Alternative Music
Rosalía: MOTOMAMI
On Rosalía’s Saturday Night Live debut in March, she sang her pop-bachata hit “La Fama” while wearing a sequoia-sized puffer jacket and beaded mantilla. It was a strikingly dramatic look for a song trembling with betrayal, and it was immediately memed for its resemblance to a quilted comforter and shower mat (the resulting virality was, perhaps, part of the point). But the streetwear-meets-Catalonian tradition look was also a visual cue to her current mindset as a musician releasing her third album: to finesse the gap between classical and contemporary in a big and brazen fashion, with humor and cojones. Theoretically, a wide-open, globalist approach is not so different from the Spanish superstar’s astounding second album, El Mal Querer, where her electronic take on flamenco shot her to in...
OVERKILL’s New Album Won’t Arrive Before April 2023
On March 10, 2022, OVERKILL frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth was interviewed by Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock on the band’s tour bus outside The Forge in Joliet, Illinois. Speaking about the progress of the recording sessions for OVERKILL‘s 20th studio album, Blitz said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We didn’t record all the parts yet. We like to keep it as fresh as possible. The drums are done; the guitars are done. D.D. [Verni, bass] and I need to sit down and finalize a few things. We’re looking for an April 2023 release, followed by a European tour.” Asked about the musical direction of the new OVERKILL material, Blitz said: “It’s gonna be hard to figure it out for me until it actually takes shape. It seems a lit...
SHARON OSBOURNE To Join PIERS MORGAN With Show On U.K.’s TALKTV
Sharon Osbourne, the wife and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, will host a new show on Rupert Murdoch‘s TV station TalkTV. The news of Sharon‘s involvement with the channel was revealed by U.K. media personality Piers Morgan. Earlier today, Morgan, who will host a show called “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on TalkTV, took to his Twitter to share a video message in which he said: “So what I’m really looking for in my co-workers at TalkTV is somebody who is, well, a bit like me. Very opinionated, fearless, funny, knows their own mind, not afraid to speak it, unpredictable, maybe a little big dangerous. But also somebody who every time they open their gobby little mouth, it makes global news.” The video continued with Osbourne sliding...
Official RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary Is ‘About Perseverance, Dreams And The Power To Believe In Yourself’
“Dio: Dreamers Never Die”, the career-spanning documentary on the life and times of the legendary rock icon Ronnie James Dio, will receive its world premiere this week at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. “Dio: Dreamers Never Die” is the first documentary about Dio to be fully authorized by the artist’s estate. According to the film’s official description, it “delves deep into his incredible rise from ’50s doo-wop crooner to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore‘s RAINBOW, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osbourne in BLACK SABBATH, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie‘s biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll clichés. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the...
GRETA VAN FLEET Guitarist JAKE KISZKA Hospitalized With Pneumonia
GRETA VAN FLEET guitarist Jake Kiszka has been hospitalized with pneumonia. The band shared the news of the musician’s diagnosis earlier today on social media following yesterday’s announcement that it was postponing its remaining two Michigan concerts on the “Dreams In Gold” world tour. GRETA VAN FLEET postponed last night’s Flint concert and tonight’s Ypsilanti show last night’s Flint concert after revealing that Jake and singer Josh Kiszka had woken up with a non-COVID-related illness. The band later issued an update, saying that while Josh has mostly recovered, Jake Kiszka‘s condition has worsened to the point he had to be hospitalized. “Jake‘s diagnosis is more complex,” GRETA VAN FLEET said in a statement. “What ...
Pearl Jam’s 10 Best Needle Drops
Pearl Jam famously abstained from making music videos for a few years in the 1990s, when they were one of the biggest bands in the world. But their music has regularly graced television and the big screen in other ways, appearing on the soundtracks of films like Judgment Night, The Basketball Diaries, and Reign Over Me. And Pearl Jam songs have popped up all over television, sometimes in surprising places like over a dozen episodes of the CBS procedural Cold Case. Here’s a look back at the 10 best Pearl Jam needle drops in film and TV. 10. “Man of the Hour” – Big Fish (2003) Advertisement Related Video [embedded content] In 2003, Tim Burton adapted Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, a story of a man’s reconciliation with his dying father. Burton sought out Pearl Jam ...
Channing Tatum Teases Magic Mike 3 Plot: “It’s a Reverse-Role Pretty Woman”
Grab your stash of one-dollar bills, because Magic Mike 3 is officially underway: In a recent New York Times sitdown, Channing Tatum offered an update on the third film in the dramedy stripper series. Titled Magic Mike’s Last Dance, its plot takes inspiration from another famously salacious rom-com: Pretty Woman. “I leave for London tomorrow, and it’s going to be pretty bonkers,” Tatum said. “We’re kind of swinging for the fences — there never needs to be another stripper movie after this one. We’re trying to do a fish-out-of-water story where it’s a reverse-role Pretty Woman story that ends up with a lot of dancing in it.” In case you haven’t seen the 1990 rom-com classic, Pretty Woman follows a Hollywood prostitute (Julia Roberts) who is hired to be an escort by a wealthy ...
Remi Wolf Announces “The Gwingle Gwongle Tour,” Shares “Pool” with Still Woozy: Stream
Quiet on set: Remi Wolf is ready to make her grand entrance in a city near you. Our former Artist of the Month has announced “The Gwingle Gwongle Tour,” a 22-date trek in support of her effervescent new album Juno. In anticipation of that jaunt, Wolf has shared “Pool,” a fresh collaboration with fellow California songwriter Still Woozy. Wolf is already booked in April and May supporting Lorde on her “Solar Power Tour,” and she’ll also be making a stop at Hangout Fest 2022 before heading off on a previously-announced European trek. “The Gwingle Gwongle Tour” officially kicks off September 12th in Santa Cruz, California. Wolf will cut a horseshoe across the country, swinging down the California coast and along the southern border of the United States. By the end of Septem...
Tegan and Sara Announce Cast for High School Memoir TV Adaptation
Tegan and Sara have found their Tegan and Sara! On Thursday, the indie pop duo announced the stars of their upcoming comedy series High School. The sisters will be played by fellow twins and TikTok stars Railey and Seazynn Gilliland. Railey is set to portray the 15-year-old version of Tegan, who’s described in a press release as “gregarious, confident, and extroverted,” while Seazynn will step into the shoes of the “reserved, observant, and sensitive” Sara. Meanwhile, How I Met Your Mother alum Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer will play the twins’ TV mom, Simone, and her boyfriend, Patrick, respectively. Advertisement Related Video “It felt kismet when I saw Railey and Seazynn for the first time on TikTok,” said Tegan Quin in a statement. “There was something undeniably intriguing about ...
TRAVIS BARKER On KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN’s CANNIBAL CORPSE Shirt Controversy: ‘That’s The Lamest S**t Ever’
BLINK-182 drummer Travis Barker says it was “the lamest shit ever” for former CANNIBAL CORPSE singer Chris Barnes and others to criticize Kourtney Kardashian after the reality TV personality and social media star was photographed wearing one of CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s t-shirts. In the widely circulated photo, Kardashian is seen sporting an “Eaten Back To Life”-era long-sleeve T-shirt from the death metal veterans while she and Barker, who is her fiancé, were in Venice for the Dolce & Gabbana show. Her stylist, Dani Michelle, had since confirmed to Vogue that Kourtney borrowed the shirt from Barker, who has a large collection of punk and metal t-shirts. “Kourt has told me before that his closet is an archive itself. She can pick any t-shirt to wear and it&#...
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Explains Why It Won’t Pull DOLLY PARTON From Ballot
The organizers of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame have declined Dolly Parton‘s request to pull her nomination. On Monday (March 14), the 76-year-old country music legend asked the Hall to withdraw her name from the 2022 ballot, saying “I don’t feel that I have earned the right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.” Parton was one of 17 artists nominated for the Rock Hall class of 2022, along with JUDAS PRIEST, Eminem, Lionel Richie, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and Beck, among others. Ballots are cast by an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists — including previous inductees — historians, music industry members and critics. Factors considered by voters consider include “an artist’s musical influe...
PSYCHO LAS VEGAS Festival Moves To Resorts World, Announces 2022 Lineup
The sixth installment of the Psycho Las Vegas festival will take place August 19-21 at Resorts World Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. A Psycho Swim pre-party is set for August 18. Psycho Las Vegas made its debut in 2016 at the Hard Rock Hotel, where it was held its first three years before moving to Mandalay Bay for its 2019 and 2021 editions. As previously announced, the 2022 edition of Psycho Las Vegas will see MERCYFUL FATE (USA-exclusive performance), EMPEROR (USA-exclusive performance), MAYHEM, SATYRICON, WATAIN, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, SAMAEL, BORIS, MGLA, CIRITH UNGOL, KING WOMAN, MARISSA NADLER, BÖMBERS and YEAR OF NO LIGHT perform at the annual bacchanal. Earlier today, Psycho Las Vegas revealed the second wave of artists for the three-day event, with tickets available for purch...
