Alternative Music
Coachella 2022: The 6 Toughest Set Time Conflicts
Coachella’s organizers have undoubtedly been busy: in a season marred with last minute cancellations, controversies, and inevitable left turns, Paul Tollett and Goldenvoice have definitely been putting in some overtime hours. Hence, one of the latest schedule drops in the festival’s history — nearly 24 hours before the festival begins, to be exact. Such a late set time release means there’s even less time to make decisions about who to see, especially given the festival’s conflict-heavy time table. There are some traditional surprises with the schedule drop — Ari Lennox has moved her set to Friday and J.I.D.’s set will go down on Saturday, for instance — but no surprise is more intriguing than the news that Arcade Fire will be performing a special set in the Mojave Tent at 6:45 p.m. (siden...
HBO Max Sets Release Date for Hacks Season 2, Shares Teaser: Watch
Hacks is back. HBO Max has unveiled the official teaser and release date for Season 2 of the Emmy Award-winning dramedy, which is slated to return on May 12th. Set to Cass Elliot’s 1969 classic “Make Your Own Kind of Music,” the clip might not divulge much about plot specifics, but there’s sure to be plenty of fun along the way. Hacks Season 2 sees the dark mentorship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her young, entitled writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) continue to evolve as the pair travel across the country workshopping Deborah’s new stand-up act, getting into a lot of mischief in the meantime. Returning alongside Smart and Einbinder are cast regulars Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Jane Adams, Christopher McDonald, Kaitlin Olson, Paul W. Downs, Poppy Liu, Rose Abdoo...
Susan Sarandon Cast as Villain in DC’s Blue Beetle Movie
DC Film’s first Latino superhero is set to do battle with Queen Narissa. Susan Sarandon has been cast as the lead villain, Victoria Kord, in the upcoming Blue Beetle adaptation. As The Wrap reports, Sharon Stone was originally tied to the role, but Sarandon has officially closed the deal on the part. The comic book adaptation will see Sarandon’s Kord teaming with Raoul Max Trujillo’s Carapax the Indestructible Man to battle the titular hero, aka Jaime Reyes, played by Cobra Kai breakout Xolo Maridueña. The cast also includes Harvey Guillén, Belissa Escobedo, and Bruna Marquezine. Angel Manuel Soto is onboard to direct the film from a script by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. Originally set for an HBO Max debut, the project has since been bumped up to a theatrical release. Advertisement Related...
Josh Brolin Meets the Void in Sneak Preview of Prime Video’s Outer Range: Watch
Consequence’s newest TV obsession might very well be Outer Range, the sci-fi neo-Western coming soon to Prime Video. Before its premiere tomorrow, April 15th, the streamer has shared an exclusive two-minute clip from the show as a sneak peek. In this preview, Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) is wandering through his otherwise unassuming Wyoming ranch when he discovers a strange, circle-shaped void. When he tries to put his hand into this supernatural portal, he experiences what appears to be a jarring memory from his past that sets off a series of thrilling events. What does this mean for Royal and the rest of the Abbott family? In case this clip leaves you more confused that curious, here’s the official logline for Outer Range: “At the onset of the series, the Abbotts are coping with the d...
WITHIN TEMPTATION Singer: ‘It Was An Honor’ To Take Part In ‘Save Ukraine – #StopWar’ Telethon Concert
Dutch rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION were one of the artists who took part in a telethon concert on March 27 in support of Ukraine. “Save Ukraine – #StopWar” united more than 20 countries and bring together more than 50 participants. The marathon was broadcast from Warsaw on the Polish TV channel TVP. In addition, broadcasters from many countries around the world, including Estonia (EBR), Lithuania (LTR), the Czech Republic (ČT2), Georgia (GPB / First), Albania (RTSH 2), Montenegro, Slovenia, Latvia (LTV), Croatia (HRT), Slovakia (RTVS), Austria (Puls 4), Cyprus, Canada (OMNI) and others, rebroadcasted the marathon on their local channels. In a new interview with Greece’s Rock Overdose, WITHIN TEMPTATION singer Sharon Den Adel stated about her band’s participation ...
JIM CARREY On Being Exposed To PANTERA’s Music For First Time: ‘I Had Never Heard Anything Like It’
In a recent interview with Kevin McCarthy, a film critic and entertainment reporter for Washington D.C.’s Fox 5, actor and comedian Jim Carrey, who has been on the press junket for the second “Sonic The Hedgehog” film, reflected on the first time he was exposed to the music of the legendary heavy metal band PANTERA. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The first time I ever heard PANTERA, I was driving down to San Diego to do a concert at a theater and to check in to a hotel. And me and my manager, Jim Miller at the time, we put PANTERA on. And I had never heard anything like it. And it hit me on such a level of, like, extreme stimulation that I just started laughing uncontrollably for the entire track. Just like nervously laughing, like, ‘What is ha...
DISTURBED’s Already ‘Completed’ New Album Is ‘Coming Soon’, Says DAVID DRAIMAN
DISTURBED singer David Draiman has confirmed that his band has completed recording a new album. Earlier today, Draiman took to his Instagram to share a selfie, and he included the following caption: “The face you make after listening to the new, completed @disturbed album #comingsoon”. Draiman‘s confirmation that a new DISTURBED album has been fully recorded comes less than week after he share a since-deleted Instagram photo of a whiteboard — which appeared to have been taken in a recording studio — charting DISTURBED‘s progress with recording. On the board, 10 songs were listed, featuring such titles as “Hey You”, “Love To Hate” and “Part Of Me”. David captioned the picture: “And that’s a wrap people. #HolyShitIsThisG...
MEGADETH Pays Visit To USS Lexington Ahead Of Corpus Christi Concert
Ahead of MEGADETH‘s concert tonight (April 14) at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine and bassist James LoMenzo paid a visit to the USS Lexington Museum. Mustaine and LoMenzo got a tour of the Blue Ghost, the longest-serving Essex-class aircraft carrier of World War II. The ship was decommissioned in 1991 and converted to a museum in 1992. USS Lexington thanked the musicians for their visit, writing in a social media post earlier today: “It’s always a pleasure welcoming exceptional guests aboard the USS Lexington Museum! Thank you MEGADETH for visiting, we hope you enjoyed your tour! Rock on!” During World War II, the carrier participated in nearly every major operation in the Pacific Theater and spent a total of 21 months...
The Kids in the Hall Literally Rise from the Dead in Season 6 Red Band Trailer: Watch
Cue the bass and roll footage of Toronto, The Kids in the Hall are back. Over 25 years after Season 5 ended, and some 12 years after the 2010 miniseries Death Comes to Town, everyone’s favorite Canadian sketch troupe is literally rising from the dead in the new Red Band trailer for Season 6. The preview opens with ominous lightning as a backhoe exhumes a grave marked “THE KIDS IN THE HALL TV SERIES 1989-1995.” The camera finds Dave Foley, Bruce McCullouch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson six feet under, and together they wake up screaming. The trailer cuts to Foley and McKinney playing the suits responsible, with McKinney dusting off his impression of the series’ executive producer Lorne Michaels. “Well, the curse is lifted and the kids are b...
Russian Doll Season 2 Review: Natasha Lyonne’s Metaphysical Comedy Continues to Screw With Time
The Pitch: Nearly four years after the Birthday That Just Kept Killing Them, Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan Zaveri (Charlie Barnett) are still free of the cosmic death wishes that tied their fates together in the first place. Well, mostly. While neither seems in imminent danger of falling down a flight of stairs or getting walloped by an errant taxi, neither do they seem to have particularly warmed to the idea of being alive in a world that deals people such uneven hands. This means that as yet another of Nadia’s birthdays is approaching — and not just any birthday, but her milestone 40th — they are neither of them surprised when the universe decides to step in and screw with their experience of time once more. In Nadia’s case, this screwery takes the form of a No. 6 train that i...
Viggo Mortensen Preps His Organs for Display in Trailer for David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future: Watch
David Cronenberg has returned with a new sci-fi horror movie, and it brings a whole new level of creepiness from The Fly director. Titled Crimes of the Future, it takes place in a time when many humans have Accelerated Evolution Syndrome, causing the growth of new body organs. Watch the teaser trailer below. Viggo Mortensen stars as Saul Tenser, an avant-garde performer who shows off the metamorphosis of his organs with the aid of his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux). Kristen Stewart portrays Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry who’s hot on their tail. In the teaser, Mortensen is shown inside a womb-like bed that detects the arrival of new organs as an ominous voice says, “It is time to stop seeing. It is time to stop speaking. It is time to listen.” Then, the clip pans o...
Chino Moreno on Deftones’ Return to Touring: It’s “Going to Be Cathartic” to Scream and Sing Again
After two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Deftones are finally set to kick off their North American tour with Gojira. Singer Chino Moreno expects the long-awaited excursion to be a cathartic experience after a couple of years off the road. The tour was originally scheduled for Summer 2020, then postponed to Summer 2021, and finally rescheduled for Spring 2022. The outing kicks off tonight (April 14th) in Portland, Oregon, and runs through a May 28th show in Minneapolis, with tickets available via Ticketmaster. Heavy Consequence recently caught up with Moreno to discuss his side project ††† (Crosses), but he also took some time to share his feelings about Deftones’ highly anticipated return to the stage. “I hate to say this, because it sounds very spoiled, but since I was 15-16 ...
