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Twenty One Pilot Get Lost (And Found) At Sea For Stormy Version Of ‘Saturday’
Land ho! Twenty One Pilots took to the high seas for a rollicking performance of “Saturday,” an upbeat and poppy cut that might as well have been a salty shanty, at the 2021 MTV VMAs. Much like in the song’s video, which found the Columbus duo popping off at an underwater submarine party, their live rendition of “Saturday” brought warm vibes to a chilly and blustery seascape. As members Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun recently did when they returned to the tour stage, they kicked off with a ukulele intro giving way to a full-on stage show. They appeared to float on rafts. They rocked slightly more gently than might be appropriate given the circumstances. And in a particularly cool moment, Joseph laid down onstage surrounded by waves, a physical representation of som...
Kacey Musgraves Sets VMAs Ablaze With Fiery ‘Star-Crossed’ Performance
Kacey Musgraves has traded the Grand Ole Opry for Barclay’s Center as she made her debut at the Video Music Awards on Sunday night’s telecast. The country-music queen set the scene with the first-ever live performance of “Star-Crossed,” the title track off of her new studio album. Not only did she set the scene, but she also set the stage ablaze, singing on a candlelit stage, surrounded by glowing candelabras. As the song reached its climax a giant heart was set on fire behind her, leaving Musgraves standing on a stage engulfed in flames. This marks Musgraves’s first live performance of “Star-Crossed,” following the album’s release on Friday, September 10, along with the documentary Star-Crossed: The Film, which premiered the same day on...
Olivia Rodrigo Flew Into The VMAs On A Literal Cloud
By Deepa Lakshmin Olivia Rodrigo brought her Sour prom concert film to life at the 2021 VMAs on Sunday night (September 12), descending into Brooklyn’s Barclays Center riding an iridescent cloud as poofy as her dress. Her fellow partygoers, dapper in retro suits and flouncy dresses, waited below atop purple tables littered with party cups, as the telltale first notes of “Good 4 U” rang out. When the five-time VMA nominee (and brand-new winner) touched down, she lent her “spicy Pisces” energy to the party, leading her crew into an enviable rager matching the heartbroken angst of the fan-favorite single. Welcome to Olivia’s pop-punk prom, where moshing and wild dancing are encouraged, along with a healthy splash of sparkles. It’s been a massively successful year for the Best New Artist nomin...
TIFF Review: Last Night in Soho Thrives More as a Tribute to ’60s London Glitz Than Coherent Horror
This review is part of our coverage of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The Pitch: Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie), a sheltered young woman with an all-encompassing 1960s obsession, leaves the English countryside home she shares with her grandmother to study fashion in London. When life in the dorms leaves her feeling stressed and isolated, Ellie finds a room of her own to rent in Soho. At first, the move seems ideal: Her landlady, Miss Collins (Diana Rigg, in her final role) is stern but kind. The room appeals to Ellie’s need for space and her aesthetic. And it comes with an exciting bonus: Every night, she’s transported to 1966, where she follows a glamorous young woman named Sandy (Anya Taylor-Joy) as she romps through Swinging London’s nightlife. Alternately watching Sandy...
Josh Homme’s 15-Year-Old Daughter Granted Restraining Order Against Father
Josh Homme’s daughter and eldest child, Camille Homme, has been granted a temporary restraining order against her father. Camille, 15, was granted the temporary restraining order in a Santa Monica, CA court on September 7th — a day before news broke that her two younger brothers had also sought protective orders. In an affidavit included in her court filing, Camille claims that her father has repeatedly threatened her mother, Brody Dalle, and her mother’s new boyfriend. She also says Homme has been physically and verbally abusive towards her and her brothers, and recounted instances in which he “physically disciplined” the children by “grabbing ears, jabbing shoulders, grabbing the back of our necks, slapping top of head, face palming (my brother) [sic].” Advertisement Related Video Camill...
Oneohtrix Point Never Announces Blu-Ray Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, Shares Song with Elizabeth Fraser: Stream
Last October, Daniel Lopatin released Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, one of his strongest projects to date under his Oneohtrix Point Never moniker and one of our favorite albums of 2020. To celebrate its first anniversary, the Brooklyn-based electronic musician has announced a special Blu-Ray edition of the record, to be released on October 29th via Warp. Today, he’s shared a reimagining of “Tales from the Trash Stratum” that features guest vocals from Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser. The Blu-Ray edition of Magic Oneohtrix Point Never was mixed with Dolby Atmos, and it includes a few new bonus tracks aside from “Tales From the Trash Stratum”: a take of “Lost But Never Alone” reworked by PC Music’s A. G. Cook, and the previously-released reimagining of “Nothing’s Special” with Rosalía. A...
The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen on Death by Rock and Roll and Her Love of Soundgarden
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Taylor Momsen sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Pretty Reckless’ new album, Death by Rock and Roll, a record born from loss but filled with a ferocious confidence. Advertisement Related Video The former actress-turned-rock artist discusses writing from a depth of honesty and reflecting the social movements happening around us while still keeping songs fun and full of imagination. Momsen also remarks on the guests that found their way onto the record, including Tom Morello and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron. She also recounts the moment she went all in on being a musician in the song “Rock and Roll Heave...
Coldplay and BTS to Release New Single, “My Universe”
Following its “Higher Power” music video which enlisted the help of Korean modern dance group Ambiguous Dance Company earlier this year, and months of rumors, it’s now been officially announced that Coldplay will release a collaborative single with K-pop group BTS. Last month, BTS member Jin said on livestream: “there will be an announcement about working with a foreign artist. I’ve been a fan of them since I was young & Taehyung has taken a polaroid pic of us together, which I keep on the back of my phone.” BTS also covered “Fix You” by Coldplay for MTV Unplugged back in February in which Coldplay responded to their performance with “Beautiful” in a tweet written in Korean, adding more fuel to the rumors. The upcoming track titled “My Universe” will be in both English and Korean, with...
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Hideo Kojima Is Hoping to Create Games “That Change in Real-Time”
Hideo Kojima is now looking to develop games that can change interactions and outcomes in real-time. Most known for his eccentric creative direction and vision, the Japanese video game developer revealed in a recent interview with lifestyle magazine An-An that he hopes to one day create games that can change in real-time according to external factors. “What I want to do are games that change in real-time,” he said. “Even as we’ve finally got people of various ages and occupations from all around the world playing the same game, everyone, and I mean everyone, is playing the same. Instead of that, [I want to make] something that changes based on where a person lives or how they think.” While a game like this could be incredibly complex to create, Kojima noted the example of a simpler ap...
George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival Co-Founder, Dies at 95
Wein led the festival for more than 50 years and performers would include virtually every major jazz star, from Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk to Charles Mingus and Wynton Marsalis. Just in 1965, the bill featured Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Ellington, Gillespie, Davis and Monk. “As a young pianist and club owner, he understood quality, worshipped the giants of the music, and created a revolutionary Festival format that offered the widest possible range of jazz to much larger outdoor audiences,” Marsalis said in a statement. “He loved telling stories about Bird, Duke and all of the greats, engaging in spirited debates on a variety of subjects, and was an optimistic supporter of young talent.” The success of Newport inspired a wave of jazz festivals in the U.S. and Wein repl...
Ruth Olay, Acclaimed Jazz Singer, Dies at 97
In 1951, Olay was separated from her first husband and raising their young daughter by herself when she left her job as secretary to Oscar-winning filmmaker Preston Sturges at Paramount Pictures to sing in San Diego with Black bandleader Benny Carter. It was her first professional engagement. Although she was of Hungarian ancestry, Olay used the pseudonym Rachel Davis to avoid controversy — with her dark complexion and short curly hair, it was assumed that she was Black. Later, while working as a singing waitress at the Cabaret Concert Theatre on Sunset Boulevard, Olay was approached by arranger Bill Hitchcock about making an album, and It’s About Time — released in 1956 on Zephyr Records‚ a new label financed by meatpacking heir Geordie Hormel — garnered her attention. In November that ye...
