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Marshmello Teases Stacked Collaboration With Benny Blanco and Vance Joy
Marshmello has announced he’s locked in his first release of the year, a massive collaboration alongside Benny Blanco and Vance Joy. Luckily, the superstar producer assured fans won’t have to wait long to hear it, as “You” will be out next week. Once again Marshmello proves to be a master at subverting expectations. This collaborative ensemble was far off the radar, and with Mello withholding any preview of the track for now, it seems we’ll be left hanging for a few days until its final release. He also teased a claymation style music video starring the three artists that will likely accompany the track. As 2020 came to a close, Marshmello acknowledged he’d gone particularly quiet on social media. He attributed the break to ...
Dillon Francis Launches Limited Edition Merch to Help Save His Favorite Restaurant
Dillon Francis and the online apparel company PIZZASLIME together have launched a new initiative aimed at supporting La Poubelle Bistro and the food insecure throughout Los Angeles. Taking to Instagram, Francis explained that one of his favorite restaurants of all-time is struggling financially and in serious need of donations. In an effort to save it, he and PIZZASLIME have dropped a series of limited edition La Poubelle merch including dad hats, joggers, hoodies, and more. Dillon Francis assured fans 100% of donations will go towards supporting La Poubelle and the charitable organization The LA Mission. La Poubelle has weathered thick and thin for over five decades in the Hollywood area, but the current environment has posed a cost too great to bear without community assistance. There is...
ZHU Releases New Pandora Playlist Sharing His Favorite Club Hits
The ever-elusive ZHU dropped a new Pandora playlist this week, taking fans on a trip across his favorite club hits. Titled “Club Culture: ZHU,” the curated selections span decades and include tracks from Justice, Eats Everything, FISHER, and many more. ZHU kicks things off with a brief visualization exercise. “I want you to close your eyes and imagine yourself in a foreign country,” he says. “The bass is booming and the dance floor is packed.” The brief introduction sets the stage perfectly for the slew of energizing club hits to follow starting with the tried and true Prince classic “I Wanna Be Your Lover.” Further along in the sonic journey, ZHU reminds fans of his more recent work including the enveloping waves of bass in “Risky Busi...
UK to Increase Fines to £800 for Residents Attending and Hosting House Parties
New COVID-19 related measures in the UK aim to increase the crackdown of house parties with more than 15 people present. Starting next week, fines of £800 will be assessed to attendees who break the law, an amount that is quadruple the current fee of £200. Home Secretary Priti Patel expressed frustration stating the government would “not stand by while a small number of individuals put others at risk.” Martin Hewitt, Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, chimed in to decry large gatherings as “dangerous” and “irresponsible.” Believing prior measures were not effective enough, Hewitt has welcomed the stricter penalties. He went on to provide recent examples of residents continuing to break regulations. In one instance, he c...
MOON SHOT Featuring Former CHILDREN OF BODOM Bassist: ‘Blood Looks Cool’ Music Video Out Now
With years of combined experience and hundreds of gigs around the world, bassist Henri “Henkka T. Blacksmith” Seppälä, vocalist Ville Malja (LAPKO), guitarist Jussi Ylikoski and drummer Mikko Hakila (DISCO ENSEMBLE) united last year to form MOON SHOT. They now release the band’s second single and video, “Blood Looks Cool”, available on all streaming platforms. A build-up of tension, a “rubber band stretched too far” according to Hakila, released with a flash as the chorus takes over, “Blood Looks Cool” has a very specific target in mind. “‘Blood Looks Cool’ is a song for outsiders,” says Malja. “For those who feel they don’t belong. It’s a positive fight song about social otherness.” Previ...
KISS’s GENE SIMMONS: Drugs And Booze Don’t Work
Gene Simmons spoke to U.K.’s The Sun about how he has managed to remain in a good enough physical shape to perform with KISS despite the fact that he will turn 72 in August. “You can talk about hair creams and dick extension formulas and all that stuff, but there’s no substitute for genes,” he said. “I’m 71, come into the ring with me. I’ll show you what this guy can do. I’m 71 because I’ve never used drugs or booze. “You can fill your body with garbage,” he continued. “Put it into your car and see how far your car goes. I don’t care if it’s a Rolls-Royce, it’s going to splutter and die. The more shit you put into your body the more you’re going to be a walking pot of shit. “I don’t ...
A DAY TO REMEMBER Announces ‘Live At The Audio Compound’ Acoustic Livestream Event
A DAY TO REMEMBER has announced a free acoustic livestream event, “A Day To Remember: Live at The Audio Compound”. Set for Monday, January 25, the stripped-down set will broadcast on the platinum-selling band’s official YouTube channel at 8:00 p.m. ET for 24 hours. This will notably be A DAY TO REMEMBER‘s first livestream performance. As a preview, the band has shared an acoustic video of “Degenerates”, which was shot in fall 2019 during its sold-out run of homecoming headline shows. For “Live at The Audio Compound”, A DAY TO REMEMBER is gearing up to deliver a very special set consisting of fan favorites from its catalog and sought-after deep cuts. Additionally, they will debut “Everything We Need”, a brand-new track from their w...
DEE SNIDER: ‘TWISTED SISTER Was One Of The Greatest Live Performing Bands Of All Time’
“Twisted Sister: Breaking The Band”, which focuses on how TWISTED SISTER crashed and burned in the 1980s, will premiere on Saturday, February 6 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on Reelz. Official show description: “In 1984, TWISTED SISTER were one of the biggest heavy metal bands on the planet with the world at their feet. After a decade battling to get to the top, this Long Island bar band were hailed as the new rock gods of MTV but their crash and burn would be spectacular! Told by the band themselves and their lead singer, the voice of ‘Breaking The Band’, Dee Snider. This is a cautionary tale of how ego, overexposure and intra-band tension would rip the group apart. Revealing the true story behind the split of rock and roll’s most outrageous, heavily made up ...
Kodak Black Addresses Trump’s Pardon in New Song ‘Last Day In’
During his last night in office, Donald Trump granted clemency to a handful of notable inmates, including Kodak Black. Shortly after his release, the rapper tweeted thanks to the former president. “I Want To Thank The President @RealDonaldTrump For His Commitment To Justice Reform And Shortening My Sentence,” he wrote. “I Also Want To Thank Everyone For Their Support And Love. It Means More Than You Will Ever Know. I Want To Continue Giving Back, Learning And Growing.” On Saturday, Kodak released a new song, aptly titled “Last Day In,” in which he addresses the pardon. “Trump just freed me, but my favorite president is on the money,” he raps. “All they hatin’ presidents has become evident to me.” The Florida rapper is still facing a first-degree criminal sexual misconduct charge ...
R.I.P. Larry King, Longtime TV Host Dead at 87
Larry King, the famously suspender-clad and bespectacled media personality who became a fixture on television screens and an enduring part of American popular culture, has died at the age of 87. According to a statement issued by his family, King passed away Saturday morning (January 23rd) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Earlier this month, King was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19. A two-time Peabody and Emmy Award winner, King’s career spanned across six decades and multiple mediums. He’s perhaps best remembered as the host of CNN’s Larry King Live, the interview-based program that he moderated for 25 years. Following his exit from CNN in the early 2010s, King launched a new program called Larry King Now on Hulu. All told, King was said to have conducted over 3...
Arctic Monkeys’ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Takes Us Back to Their Garage Days
Editor’s Notes: Consequence has been around long enough that so many of the new albums that originally turned us on to music are now celebrating their first milestone anniversaries. As we begin to reflect on these records, you can catch our updated assessments here. “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes,” Arctic Monkeys’ vocalist Alex Turner sings on the opening line of Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. It’s a somewhat ironic statement. The Sheffield indie rockers’ most recent album sounds nothing like The Strokes, especially the opening track “Star Treatment”. The 2018 record is infused with a lounge-jazz, yacht-rock persona with songs that follow Odyssean orbits rather than traditional verse-chorus patterns. With the Arctic Monkeys that fans are familiar with now, going back to their 20...
Larry King, Legendary Broadcast Journalist, Dies at Age 87
With his celebrity interviews, political debates and topical discussions, King wasn’t just an enduring on-air personality. He also set himself apart with the curiosity be brought to every interview, whether questioning the assault victim known as the “Central Park Jogger” or billionaire industrialist Ross Perot, who in 1992 rocked the presidential contest by announcing his candidacy on King’s show. In its early years, “Larry King Live” was based in Washington, D.C., which gave the show an air of gravitas. Likewise King. He was the plainspoken go-between through whom Beltway bigwigs could reach their public, and they did, earning the show prestige as a place where things happened, where news was made. King conducted an estimated 50,000 on-air interviews. In 1995 he presided over a Middle Ea...
