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Nova Twins Fight the Good Fight with the Genre-Bending Supernova: Review
Sometimes, the best art is born out of adversity, struggle and strife. Look at some of the greatest creative movements in history, for example. The protest songs of the ‘60s, the Harlem Renaissance — they come from times when pain, oppression and destruction were to no longer be tolerated by the masses. For UK’s Nova Twins, that adversity, struggle and strife was large scale — an intersectional pile on of racism, sexism, environmental decline, and the loss of rights. Their sophomore album, Supernova, tackles some of these issues from the opposite perspective, focusing on the reclamation of what’s been taken rather than the agonizing over what’s been lost. Instead of forlorn lyrics directly reflecting our many tragedies, the duo, Amy Love and Georgia South to be specific, create agency in t...
Nova Twins Fight the Good Fight with the Genre-Bending Supernova: Review
Sometimes, the best art is born out of adversity, struggle and strife. Look at some of the greatest creative movements in history, for example. The protest songs of the ‘60s, the Harlem Renaissance — they come from times when pain, oppression and destruction were to no longer be tolerated by the masses. For UK’s Nova Twins, that adversity, struggle and strife was large scale — an intersectional pile on of racism, sexism, environmental decline, and the loss of rights. Their sophomore album, Supernova, tackles some of these issues from the opposite perspective, focusing on the reclamation of what’s been taken rather than the agonizing over what’s been lost. Instead of forlorn lyrics directly reflecting our many tragedies, the duo, Amy Love and Georgia South to be specific, create agency in t...
Win Tickets to an Advance Screening of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
If you’re itching to watch A24’s Marcel the Shell With Shoes On but can’t wait until its general release on June 24th, today might be your lucky day. It’s been over ten years since our favorite stop-motion shell came along and stole our hearts. Directed by Dean Flesicher-Camp and co-written and voiced by Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On the short film follows a little troublemaking shell named Marcel, and now has over 32 million views on YouTube. Piggybacking off of Marcel’s success, Fleischer-Camp and Slate decided to give the guy his very own feature film. Released by A24, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a mockumentary-style film that follows Marcel searching for his family with the help of a documentarian. Advertisement Related Video Slate reprises her role as Marcel, and t...
Tommy Lee Exits Mötley Crüe’s Reunion Tour Kickoff Five Songs into Set Due to Broken Ribs: Watch
It took Mötley Crüe six and a half years to return to the stage, but drummer Tommy Lee only lasted five songs during the band’s reunion tour kickoff in Atlanta on Thursday night (June 16th). Lee explained from the stage that he recently had broken his ribs and that he wouldn’t be able to continue the concert. In his place, Ozzy Osbourne drummer Tommy Clufetos stepped in to complete the gig. The fact that Clufetos was in the building likely meant that Lee probably knew he’d have a hard time finishing the set. According to Ultimate Classic Rock and fan video footage posted to Twitter (see below), Lee told the crowd, “We did it! You did it, we did it, we’re f**king here,” alluding to the fact that the Crüe’s co-headlining “Stadium Tour” with Def Leppard had finally kicked off after a two-year...
Kit Harington to Reprise Jon Snow in Game of Thrones Sequel Series
The legend of Jon Snow has yet to be fully told. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kit Harington has signed on to reprise the character in an upcoming Game of Thrones sequel series. It’s the first known Game of Thrones spin-off series that’ll take place after the events of the original series. In the case of Jon Snow’s character, he was last seen heading North of the Wall after killing Daenerys Targaryen. Needless to say, the news is surprising for a variety of reasons. For one, HBO programming president Casey Bloys previously ruled out a spin-off series featuring the original GoT stars. “Nope, nope, nope. No. Part of it is, I do want this show — this Game of Thrones, [David Benioff and D.B. Weiss]’s show — to be its own thing. I don’t want to take characters from this world that they d...
Bruce Springsteen Joins Paul McCartney for “Glory Days” and “I Wanna Be Your Man” in New Jersey: Watch
New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen keeps crashing others artists’ concerts in his home state. The Boss’ latest victim was Paul McCartney, who welcomed the fellow music legend to the stage during a show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Thursday. McCartney introduced Springsteen’s appearance as a “birthday present to myself” (the former Beatle turns 80 years old this weekend). Springsteen proceeded to wish Macca “80 more years of glory days” before playing the classic Born in the U.S.A. anthem. The two then teamed up to perform The Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man.” Watch the on-stage collaboration go down below. Earlier this month, Springsteen crashed Coldplay’s concert at MetLife Stadium to perform “Working on a Dream” and “Dancing in the Dark.” Next year, Bruce and ...
Yaya Bey : Remember Your North Star
Bey’s focus on the past adds depth and context to Remember Your North Star’s stories about the relationships in her life today. Vacillating between come-ons and teardowns, her stances are always moving. On the woozy “don’t fucking call me,” as she ruminates on post-breakup loneliness in an airy upper register, she describes a toughened sense of adoration for a challenging lover: “Love you like cooked food, baby, you’s a meal,” her pitch-shifted voice chants, “Only cost a few gray hairs/That’s a steal.” She constantly shifts into different modes of lyrical and vocal expression, each one more poetic and surprising than the last. “keisha” is a masterclass in melody, adopting the swagger of R&B’s greatest shit-talkers while retaining Bey’s coolheaded style. The song’s washed-out guitar m...
Elvis Review: Baz Luhrmann’s First Biopic Is Not As Absurd and Ahistorical As You Might Expect
The Pitch: Baz Luhrmann, the Australian maximalist behind such audaciously stylized films as Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, has taken on his first biopic, and it’s a monster. Although a few attempts have been made at dramatizing the life story of Elvis Presley, most notably Kurt Russell in John Carpenter’s 1979 film also titled Elvis, Luhrmann’s movie is by far the biggest and boldest yet, with an $85 million budget dwarfing every other Presley biopic combined. Austin Butler, a 30-year-old actor who made his name with several teen and tween-friendly TV roles on the Disney Channel and The CW, is the unlikely star of this massive biography of the King of Rock’n’Roll. An Anaheim native whose most prestigious previous project was a small role as a member of the Manson Family in Once Upon ...
Anthrax’s Frank Bello Announces Debut Solo EP Then I’m Gone
Anthrax bassist Frank Bello has announced his debut solo EP, Then I’m Gone, arriving November 4th. The release is a personal one for Bello, who played every instrument (except drums) on the EP’s three core tracks: “Then I’m Gone,” “It Won’t Be Long,” and “See Me Now.” He also scored and played additional narrative pieces that see Bello reading excerpts from his 2021 autobiography, Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax. “I revisited some really dark times in my life when I was writing my book, and writing these songs was the result of reliving them,” said Bello via a press release. “Music has always been a great outlet for me as a coping mechanism. I felt it was a good time to put out these songs for people who connected with the book and maybe some who ha...
Jack Black Fights for His Title in Trailer for Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: Watch
Jack Black is back as the Kung Fu Panda, but whether Po Ping is still the official Dragon Knight is up for debate. That’s the premise of the first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, which you can watch below. After no-good weasels Klaus (Chris Geere) and Veruca (Della Saba) acquire a powerful weapon on Po’s watch, the emperor takes away his Dragon Knight title. In order to earn it back, the panda teams up with the English knight Wandering Blade (Rita Ora) to prevent the two from collecting the other weapons the weasels need to destroy the world. In addition to these new characters, James Hong reprises his role as Po’s adoptive father Mr. Ping. Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight premieres on July 14th. The series is the third such television spinoff f...
Drake Announces Surprise Album HONESTLY, NEVERMIND Dropping at Midnight
Drake’s been quiet on the solo front since last fall, but he’s ending that drought by dropping a surprise album called HONESTLY, NEVERMIND at midnight. Without any warning, Drake announced the impending album on his Instagram on Thursday afternoon. “7th studio album “HONESTLY, NEVERMIND” out at midnight,” he wrote alongside an image of what is presumably the album’s artwork. Stay tuned for more details, including its tracklist. HONESTLY, NEVERMIND marks Drake’s seventh studio album and is the follow-up to the lackluster Certified Lover Boy, which he released last September. Shortly thereafter, the Toronto rapper reunited with Kanye West and joined his former rival for their Free Larry Hoover Concert. Advertisement Of course, Champagne Papi hasn’t stayed completely off the radar i...
Two Door Cinema Club Return With “Wonderful Life,” Tease Upcoming Album Keep On Smiling: Exclusive
When Two Door Cinema Club returned back in 2019 with False Alarm, there was a delightful tone of being “seriously unserious.” But now, that lighthearted message means something a bit different; after two years of a pandemic and a lengthy period of being stuck at home, playful and positive art helped lessen the weight of our global situation, and as most of us exit lockdown, there’s a definable sense of tension around re-entering the world and starting over. For Two Door Cinema Club, they just want you to keep calm and smile on. Today (June 16th), they’ve announced their forthcoming fifth studio album, set for release on September 2nd of this year. Keep On Smiling as a title implies a couple different things: for one, it’s a steadfast image of positivity and optimism, a plea to keep sp...
