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Hood Politics Ushers in Brighter Days and Longer Nights With “Hood Poli Summer Of Love” Compilation
As dance floors begin to beam back to life across the world, Hood Politics Records has returned with a fitting compilation for the occasion. Staying true to their mission of highlighting the best in new tech- and G-house, Hood Poli Summer Of Love is a powerful prescription to sustain through the late nights. “The beauty of this compilation is that we’re really capitalizing on Hood Politics first-timers here, artists that we love, who have been on our radar that we wanna put on. I feel it’s super important to capitalize on this contrast to make these releases amazing,” label founder DJ Susan explained. “The amount of mind-blowingly amazing fresh talent out there is incredible. I want to be the label manager that really shows love a...
GREAT WHITE’s MARK KENDALL Reflects On Last Year’s Controversial North Dakota Concert
GREAT WHITE guitarist Mark Kendall says that his band was unfairly criticized for playing a concert in Dickinson, North Dakota just a few months after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Video footage of GREAT WHITE‘s July 2020 outdoor performance — which was part of the town’s “First On First: Dickinson Summer Nights” series — showed there were no safety restrictions at the event, with attendees standing shoulder to shoulder and not a single person wearing a mask. Although North Dakota health officials at the time recommended social distancing and wearing masks when possible, there was no legal requirement to do so in the state. Steven Peterson, a GREAT WHITE fan who attended the Dickinson concert, told CNN that “maybe 5%” of the audience wore ma...
New Zealand Mother Names Her Three Children METALLICA, SLAYER And PANTERA
A New Zealand mother has reportedly named her three children Metallica, Slayer and Pantera. The news of the unidentified woman’s choice of names for her kids was first broken by New Zealand journalist and documentary filmmaker David Farrier (Netflix‘s “Dark Tourist”). “Proud to report that a New Zealand mother has named her children Metallica, Pantera and Slayer,” Farrier wrote on his Twitter. “She told me, ‘It’s not easy raising three of the heaviest bands.'” Farrier went on to say that he has seen the birth certificates of all three kids and admitted that he was was initially suspicious, especially after noticing that Metallica had a middle name of “And Justice For All”, in honor of the band’s fourth album. ...
POWERMAN 5000 Frontman Looks Back On ‘Massive’ Nu Metal Movement: ‘It Was A Really Exciting Time’
In a new interview with Sofa King Cool, POWERMAN 5000 frontman Spider One was asked how it feels to have been part of the wave of rock bands that were responsible for creating the “nu metal” genre back in the late 1990s. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I don’t think anybody who was part of that thought of it that way. I definitely didn’t. Where that term came from, who knows? I don’t know who made that up. And we didn’t really even feel like we were a part of it. We felt like we were just doing our thing, and we didn’t particularly feel like a part of a scene. But now when I look back on it, it was a pretty cool time. The variety of bands from that era, it’s pretty impressive. “People like to say everythingR...
Translations: Apocrypha Remixed – ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS
RATING: 8/10 For those still perplexed by Burton C. Bell‘s decision to quit FEAR FACTORY just as new album “Aggression Continuum” burst into view, part of the explanation is available here. Criminally overlooked upon its original release in 2020, ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS‘ second album “Apocrypha” thoroughly deserves a second crack at the whip, not least because it eliminated any sense that Bell‘s long-time but infrequent concern was only a side project. Forged in collaboration with Jayce Lewis and John Bechdel, the band’s follow-up to 2008’s “Numinosum” remains a rich, immersive and forward-thinking gothic rock record, and one that provided a much-overdue showcase for Bell‘s oft-maligned clean voice. Unfolding amid de...
Nintendo Unveils New Switch OLED Model
Nintendo on Tuesday unveiled its Switch OLED model, the highly anticipated update to its pre-existing hybrid console. Expanding on the regular Switch model’s 6.2-inch LCD screen, the OLED edition arrives equipped with a seven-inch screen that delivers more vivid colors and sharper contrast. Additionally, the latest model also features a wide adjustable stand for tabletop usage, an updated dock that includes a wired LAN port, 64GB of storage and advanced audio for an enhanced gaming experience. The console employs the same Nvidia Custom Tegra processor as the regular Switch device and offers a similar 4.5- to nine-hour battery life. “The new Nintendo Switch (OLED model) is a great option for players who want to experience the new vibrant screen when playing in handheld and tabletop mode,” s...
Roblox and Sony Music Are Teaming Up To Bring More Artists Into the Game
Roblox has partnered up with Sony Music Entertainment to bring more of Sony’s recording artists into the online game. The two companies “will work together to develop innovative music experiences for the Roblox community,” according to a press release. This isn’t the first time Roblox and Sony have teamed up. In November 2020, Lil Nas X performed the first-ever live virtual concert on Roblox to the tune of 36 million listeners, and earlier this year in May, Zara Larsson held a launch party for the deluxe release of her album Poster Girl in the game. Both events were paired with in-game challenges and virtual merchandise sales. “With this new agreement, we look forward to expanding our successful partnership with the Roblox team to further unlock commercial opportunities at the intersection...
MF Doom Posthumously Honored with Street in Long Beach, New York
Eight months after his untimely passing, MF Doom is getting a street named after him in his hometown of Long Beach, New York. According to HipHopDX, a petition to name one block of East Hudson Street between Riverside Boulevard and Long Beach Road was organized by Dr. Patrick C. Graham — a former classmate who attended Long Beach High School with the late rapper — on behalf of a larger collective calling themselves the KMD-MF DOOM Way Committee. “I had several community members contact me to see if I could get engaged with it,” Dr. Graham told the outlet, adding, “I used to run the Martin Luther King Center there, so I still have a close connection to the community. I was born and raised there, went to high school with Dumile. So I said give me a minute and I’ll craft a letter to the City ...
New Zealand Mom Has Reportedly Named Her Three Children Metallica, Slayer, and Pantera
Talk about a headbanging entrance into this world: A New Zealand mom has reportedly named her three children Metallica, Slayer, and Pantera. The extraordinary tidbit was shared via a newsletter article from New Zealand documentary filmmaker and actor David Farrier (Netflix’s Dark Tourist), who also summarized the story on his Twitter account (as first reported widely by Metal Hammer). He divulged that a woman, whom he doesn’t identify in his article, has indeed named her kids after three of heavy metal’s biggest bands. “Proud to report that a New Zealand mother has named her children Metallica, Pantera and Slayer,” wrote Farrier. “She told me, ‘It’s not easy raising three of the heaviest bands.’” Related Video The filmmaker, who claims to have seen the birth certificates, admitted he...
New Anime Series Blade Runner: Black Lotus Details Voice Cast and Characters
Adult Swim and Crunchyroll have unveiled fresh details for Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the new anime inspired by the Blade Runner film franchise. Due out later this year, Black Lotus will appear on Adult Swim in English and on Crunchyroll in Japanese with subtitles. The 13-episode season is co-directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, with Cowboy Bebop auteur Shinichiro Watanabe servicing as creative producer. The plot seems to follow Elle, who according to a press release is a “female replicant created for a secret and unknown purpose.” Elle will be voiced in English by Jessica Henwick, a rising 28-year-old British-Chinese actress who recently starred in Underwater and will soon be appearing in The Matrix 4 and Knives Ou...
Thurston Moore’s New Memoir Sonic Life Set for Publication
With touring and most typical forms of recording shut down during the pandemic, many musicians found new ways to channel their artistic urges. Thurston Moore threw himself into writing, resulting in a new memoir called Sonic Life, which has just been picked up for publication. The Sonic Youth co-founder first mentioned work on the book while speaking with Vulture late last year. “This downtime period allowed me to do this,” he said at the time, “so I have this manuscript called Sonic Life that I probably will publish at some point in 2021.” Though publication rights for the memoir were indeed secured, Moore’s timeline was a little off — by two years. According to industry website The Book Seller, Doubleday bought the rights to Sonic Life at auction and set it for a 2023 rele...
Watch the Trailer for Woodstock ’99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Before the unmitigated disaster/possible social experiment known as Fyre Festival occurred, Woodstock ’99 was the gold standard for people spending copious amounts of money to attend a developing war zone masquerading as a music festival. While it may not have been quite as egregiously terrible as the now infamous 2017 crime scene (or at least there wasn’t social media to show everyone how bad it was back in the day), pretty much everything that could possibly go wrong did go wrong at Woodstock ’99. Now, HBO is allowing all of the zoomers and millennials who weren’t old enough to even consider attending the upstate New York disaster 22 years ago to learn all about the weekend of oppressive heat, violence, bonfires, raw sewage, sexual assaults, nü-metal, and other atrocities later this mont...
