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Best Coast Recruit Hayley Williams, Mark Hoppus for Full-LP ‘Crazy for You’ Film
Best Coast will mark the 10th anniversary of their debut, Crazy for You, by releasing a pre-filmed quarantine performance of the record — their first time playing it in full. The film features several guests, including Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, and Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry. The Crazy for You “birthday party” is set for August 14 at 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST. The video will be archived for ticket buyers to watch for 72 hours after its premiere. Tickets are on sale now, and any tips will be donated to the Loveland Foundation, which strives to “bring opportunity and healing to communities of color, and especially to Black women and girls” through “fellowships, residency programs, listening tours, and more.” “Crazy for You truly changed my life,” singer-songwrit...
Watch GWAR’s Second Hilarious CNN Interview
GWAR singer Blöthar the Berserker detailed the melodic focus that informed their recent unplugged session with The AV Club, telling CNN, “The focus is more on harmony and more on melody than it is on rhythm and aggression, and the same thing is true for the voice.” The metal band’s recent, home-recorded mini-set — part of the publication’s AVC Sessions: House Shows series — featured acoustic strums, hard rock belting, and plenty of stuffed animals. And that format, the Berserker said, allowed a different vantage point to survey their songs. “It has some depth, as far as harmonic progressions go,” he notes. “Most heavy metal does. Most hard rock does.” The vocalist, calling GWAR the “all-time heavyweight champions” of AV Club’s cover song contest series, also detailed recording th...
Melissa Talks Realizing She Was Pregnant On The Challenge — And Those Kyle Rumors
Melissa stated that she couldn’t keep calm and “carry on” during the Total Madness final, and the Brit ultimately quit the last leg of Season 35. And during Part 1 of the reunion, the Vendettas rookie teared up as she watched the footage because what she didn’t know (for sure) at the time was that she was pregnant. A Challenge first: taking on the final with a bun in the oven! “I was thinking to [my]self, why am I struggling so much? I was at peak fitness,” Melissa, who welcomed a baby girl named Vienna in May, recounted to her fellow competitors and host Vernon Davis. “Why am I so breathless?” Total Madness champion Johnny Bananas made a fair point: “It was because you were competing for two people!” But Melissa was aware somethi...
Pucker Up: The Kissing Booth 3 Is Coming Your Way
Prepare those kissers and ready your lip gloss, because a new installment of The Kissing Booth is coming your way — and sooner than you might’ve guessed. Just days following the release of The Kissing Booth 2 on Friday (July 24), Netflix announced the coming release of a third movie in the wildly popular franchise. During Netflix’s #TKBFanFest YouTube livestream on Sunday (July 25), the series’ primary cast — Joey King, Joel Courtney, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maisie Richardson, and Meganne Young — confirmed they are to return in the new installment, set to premiere next year. While many film and TV productions have been slowed, if not halted altogether, due to the ongoing coronavirus, The Kissing Booth 3 has already wrapped, having apparently been fil...
Jean Dawson Wants His Debut Album To Sound Like Rick Ross At A Rave
On his sunny-yet-macabre song “Clear Bones,” Los Angeles-based artist Jean Dawson pleads with death. “Mr. Reaper, will you wait on me?” he sings, asking to have a bit more time. It’s a genuine request, and Dawson has reason to ask it. On a recent call with MTV News, the 24-year-old Dawson mentions a time in his past — “breaking shit, burning shit” — when he lived more carelessly. “A lot of it is fun and games, and you don’t realize, oh shit, I could die,” he said. “Like, yo, I’ve done a lot of shit where I could have been killed, and I haven’t yet. So it’s probably time where I become way more cognizant of the stuff that I’m doing, or I’m going to end up meeting Mr. Reaper.” This may expla...
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Louis Futon, Big Gigantic’s Dominic Lalli Among 6 Artists to Play “Pass the Beat” on New Mega-Collaboration [Premiere]
In the midst of the COVID-19-induced worldwide lockdown, a number of musicians across many genres played “pass the beat,” a trend in which each participant virtually contributes something to a song. Back in March, an emerging electronic producer kicked off a challenge that would ultimately see seven artists collaborate on a new track. The fruits of their labor are finally realized with the release of “Twitter Telephone.” In the first of a series of tweets, the stem and rules were shared. The tagged producer in the post was tasked with adding something to the track before uploading it and tagging the artist they’d like to see next. Starting with Ian Ewing, the tune was altered by Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic, Martin Vogt (als...
Tomorrowland Around The World Attracts Over 1 Million Viewers
In a virtual world with no semblance of COVID-19 concerns, Tomorrowland Around The World proved to be a smashing success. Tomorrowland‘s foray into the digital concert space was announced back in June after its in-person event was shelved due to the coronavirus pandemic. Considering the notion that the venerated Belgian festival is one of the world’s largest and most popular, expectations were high for the event, which featured a mammoth lineup of EDM’s corps d’elite. Following the Sunday, July 26th conclusion of Tomorrowland Around the World, organizers reported some staggering numbers from Pāpiliōnem, the magical island they conjured for the inaugural digital event. Over 1 million viewers tuned into the virtual fest from an exhaustive list of c...
Play Zedd’s New Interactive Minecraft Rhythm Game, Courtesy of DoodleChaos
Following the release of their collaborative single “Funny,” Zedd and Jasmine Thompson joined forces with DoodleChaos, a YouTube creator who synchronizes his immersive content to popular music, for an interactive Minecraft rhythm game set to the beat of the radio hit. According to DoodleChaos, he spent a whopping 131 hours developing the project and fleshing out the unique collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning producer. After playing Beat Saber in VR, he set out to create a similar rhythm game in Minecraft “by hitting flowers with corresponding color swords.” Zedd urged fans to record themselves playing the game and use a dedicated hashtag, sharing a video of it in action. Watch that clip below. DoodleChaos also posted instructions on how to play his...
5 Times Avicii Told Brilliant Stories Through His Music Videos
It’s been about two years since legendary EDM artist Avicii tragically left us. During his illustrious career, the Swedish DJ and producer fused EDM with other genres to create memorable records. Fans who got to see him perform live will remember his magical tours and entertaining live sets. One of Avicii’s goals was to bring unique entertainment to his audience, whether onstage, offstage, or through his timeless music. Another way he touched his millions of fans around the world was through his music videos. Avicii intentionally created mesmerizing visuals for his songs. “All the songs have a story I wanted to tell,” he said after the release of Stories, his celebrated sophomore album. Like his songs, his videos make viewers think about life...
JESSE LEACH Says New TIMES OF GRACE Album Is ‘Leaps And Bounds Better’ Than 2011 Debut
In a new interview with the “BREWtally Speaking Podcast”, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach spoke about the forthcoming second album from TIMES OF GRACE, his collaborative project with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. “It’s just leaps and bounds better [than 2011’s ‘The Hymn Of A Broken Man’],” he said. “It’s more creative, it’s more genuine, I feel. I feel like there was definitely a bleed-in of KILLSWITCH influence on that first record, and how could there not be, with me and Adam working together. And I feel like this new record sort of pulls away from that and really sort of defines us and our sound as TIMES OF GRACE, where I listen back to ‘Live In Love’ [from the first TIMES OF GRACE album] a...
CHESTER BENNINGTON Was ‘Really Bothered’ By Negative Response To LINKIN PARK’s ‘One More Light’ Album
Sean Dowdell, the drummer for Chester Bennington‘s pre-LINKIN PARK band GREY DAZE, has opened up about his late friend’s mental state before his tragic death more than three years ago. The singer’s passing was ruled a suicide soon after his body was found in July 2017 at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California. Bennington had been candid about mental-health battles in numerous interviews over the years, saying he grappled with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and substance abuse. “We talked about some of those issues he had several times, of course,” Sean said in a new interview with Finland’s Kaaos TV (see video below). “First of all, he was a very happy person most of the time. And that’s the way, I think, depression works — the ...
New OZZY OSBOURNE Documentary ‘The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne’ Gets Official Premiere Date
A&E Network‘s Emmy Award-winning “Biography” banner will premiere a new documentary special celebrating one of rock’s biggest stars. Featuring exclusive interviews and archival footage, “Biography: The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne” delves into the many lives and incredible career of the man who has personified rock and roll rebellion for decades. “Biography: The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne” will premiere on Labor Day, Monday, September 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. “Biography: The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne” traces Ozzy‘s life from his childhood in poverty and time in prison, to fronting legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees BLACK SABBATH and successful Grammy Award-winning solo career, to one of rock’s elder states...
