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Ableton Launches Live 11.1 Update Beta
The team behind the popular digital audio workstation Ableton always seems to be making improvements to its software, and now the Live 11.1 update has been launched in public beta to make the program even more user-friendly. The new update sees a myriad of features added to streamline the music production process within Ableton, including native support for Apple brand computers running on the recently introduced M1 Silicon chip. Ableton’s Frequency Shifter received a new mode for real-time monophonic pitch shifting, along with an added envelope section, delay, LFO, and glide functionalities. The public beta for Ableton’s Live 11.1 update is now available. Ableton Recommended Articles Align Delay and MIDI Shaper are two of the new utilities being added with ...
The Reopening of Ibiza’s Nightlife Scene Is Almost Here
According to an announcement made by the Consell de Govern Balearics, the popular island and nightlife destination of Ibiza will be allowed to reopen its nightclubs soon. However, the White Isle won’t exactly resemble its full-fledged glory off the bat. Stipulations of the club reopenings include safety measures such as a requirement for patrons to wear masks on the dancefloor at all times, drinking only when seated, and the presentation of proof of COVID-19 vaccination upon entry to each venue. Ibiza’s clubs and nightlife destinations will only be allowed to operate at 75% capacity. While not ideal for revelers and club owners alike, the island’s entertainment association, Ocio de Ibiza, believes it’s a step in the right direction. ”The responsibility w...
GWAR on Dave Grohl Almost Joining the Band: “He Was Holding Us Back”
GWAR have commented on Dave Grohl’s recent revelation that he almost joined the band back in the late ’80s. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Grohl said that he was in the running to become the drummer of the shock metal band around the time he was playing in Washington, D.C. hardcore act Scream and before he joined Nirvana. “At the time, GWAR was a band that would draw like 700 people, right? Which is huge. And then the more I thought about it, am I really gonna invite my uncle to see me play when there’s like fake blood and cum shooting all over the place?” Reached for comment, Blothar the Berserker told Heavy Consequence how it all went down. “Grohl remembers this ALL wrong!” Blothar said. “He used to hang around the track with all the other young punks jacked on gak. This is back ...
White House “Music Man” Played Show Tunes to Calm Donald Trump
It wasn’t 76 trombones leading the big parade, but Donald Trump’s White House did employ a “music man” who solved problems with show tunes. According to a new book by former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, the “music man” was the only person who could manage Trump’s “terrifying” temper, playing hit songs from musicals to help calm him down. Grisham, who in her nine months on the job never held a televised briefing with reporters, has written a tell-all book entitled, I’ll Take Your Questions Now. Via the New York Times, she wrote that, “When I began to see how his temper wasn’t just for shock value or the cameras, I began to regret my decision to go to the West Wing.” When Trump spiraled out of the control, the only remedy was the “Music Man” — an unnamed...
Bartees Strange, Eric Slick, and OHMME Cover TV on the Radio’s “Province”: Stream
The only thing better than finding a new indie rock artist you love is discovering that they look up to an old indie rock artist you also love. It’s a warm feeling, and a handful of our favorite musicians are rekindling that today by way of a cover song; Bartees Strange, Eric Slick, and OHMME joined forces to record their own version of “Province” by TV on the Radio. Stream it below. For their group rendition of “Province,” all three artists play into their unique strengths. The Dr. Dog drummer steers the track with his effortless fills and driving rhythms, Bartees Strange adds an emotional depth with his pitch-perfect vocals, and OHMME’s Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart add synth swells to the mix like celestial glitter. It’s a low-key yet riveting cover of a TV on the Radio classic, and...
Bam Margera Taken to Rehab by Police After Report of “Emotional Disturbance”
Former Jackass star Bam Margera was involuntarily taken to rehab on Sunday after police responded to an incident at a Tampa Bay-area hotel. A spokesperson for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office told Page Six that officers responded to a report of an “emotionally disturbed person” at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Pete Beach, Florida. “When deputies arrived, they were informed that Mr. Margera had an ex parte order, which is a judge’s order for court-ordered rehabilitation,” the spokesperson explained. “Those are taken out by a third party on behalf of the person.” Advertisement Related Video Last month, Margera filed suit against the producers of the upcoming Jackass film claiming that his exclusion from the project was the result of mental health discrimination. He specifically claimed that...
Moral Hygiene – MINISTRY
RATING: 8/10 There is nothing like a tsunami of stupid to get Al Jourgensen motivated. MINISTRY have been an intermittent force for subversive good for a startling 40 years now, and no one sensible would dispute that the great man’s utterly unique vision has led to some of the most absurdly entertaining records in heavy music history. In truth, however, not everything the band have released in recent times has hit the demented heights of “Psalm 69”, with later, post-hiatus works like “Relapse” and “From Beer To Eternity” seeming rather too formulaic to destroy desired targets as intended. Fortunately, 2018’s “AmeriKKKant” was a huge step in the right direction, partly because the world was in a sufficiently appalling state that MI...
JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER Undergoes ‘Major Emergency Heart Surgery’
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner is “stable and resting” after undergoing “major emergency heart surgery.” On Monday (September 27), JUDAS PRIEST announced that it was postponing the remainder of its U.S. tour due to “major medical heart condition issues” suffered by Faulkner. Produced by Live Nation, the rescheduled “50 Heavy Metal Years” trek kicked off on September 8 in Reading, Pennsylvania and was slated to run through October before concluding on November 5 in Hamilton, Ontario. Earlier today (Tuesday, September 28), Faulkner‘s girlfriend Mariah Lynch, daughter of former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch, shared the following update via Instagram: “Thank you to everyone for all your messages. I will try to get back to you ...
EXODUS’s STEVE ‘ZETRO’ SOUZA: ‘I’ll Be Like LEMMY; I’ll Die Three Months After My Last Show’
In a new interview with The Rockpit, EXODUS singer Steve “Zetro” Souza was asked what keeps him and his bandmates going more than 40 years into the group’s career. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Why does [SAXON‘s] Biff [Byford] keep doing it? Why does [JUDAS PRIEST‘s] Rob [Halford] keep doing it? Why does [IRON MAIDEN‘s] Bruce [Dickinson] and Steve Harris keep doing it? [MEGADETH‘s] Dave Mustaine… [METALLICA‘s] James Hetfield. They’ve got more money than God. You think they would have to do it again? “I love it. I love doing it. I fucking love playing music,” he explained. “It wasn’t something that, like, ‘Oh, man, I’m cool. When I was a kid, I got to be kind of a rock star ...
JAMES LOMENZO Is ‘Having The Best Time’ Playing With MEGADETH Again
MEGADETH‘s new touring bassist James LoMenzo says that he is “having the best time” playing with the band again. LoMenzo joined MEGADETH in 2006 and appeared on two of the group’s studio albums, 2007’s “United Abominations” and 2009’s “Endgame”. He was fired from the band in 2010 and replaced with returning original MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. In addition to MEGADETH, LoMenzo has played with Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and WHITE LION. For the past eight years, LoMenzo has been performing with iconic rocker John Fogerty. LoMenzo played his first show with MEGADETH in nearly 12 years last month in Austin, Texas. The concert took place three months following Ellefson‘s dismissal from MEGADETH after sexually tinged messages a...
The Muslims Aren’t Messing Around
Formed in the wake of the Trump election in 2016, the Durham, NC trio of QADR (vocals/guitar), Abu Shea (bass), and Ba7ba7 (drums) quickly released a series of albums — The Muslims (2018), Mayo Supreme (2019), Gentrified Chicken (2020) — and their Inshallah: Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth (2020) EP before earning the opportunity to be heard through one of the most established houses in punk rock. With Fuck These Fuckin Fascists, the band’s debut on venerated punk rock label Epitaph Records, The Muslims are here to tell you why they’re the “right now” of punk rock. In a chance digital encounter, the long-running label slid into the band’s DMs to ask if they would be open to putting a record out with them. At first, the band was skeptical. “We had to have a conversation of like, ‘Is this actu...
20 Years Later, Zoolander‘s Satirical Style Is Right On Time
By Sara Radin “Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty,” famed male model Derek Zoolander says from a television screen, dressed as a mermaid. The audience sees the commercial at exactly the right moment: Derek has just returned home after quitting modeling. He wants to prove to his dad and brothers he, too, can work in the coal mine despite being completely clueless and lacking any sort of physical endurance. For the occasion, Derek shows up at the small-town bar in a head-to-toe python outfit (matching suitcase included). The irony and juxtaposition of his look against the rough vibe of the mining town are exactly what makes Zoolander — a 2001 movie about a washed-up supermodel who is brainwashed into killing the prime minister of Malaysia, wh...
