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Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground Documentary Getting Criterion Release
Todd Haynes’ 2021 documentary The Velvet Underground, previously only available to stream on Apple TV+, is now getting a Criterion Collection release. The new 4K digital master of the film is out December 13. It features new commentary from Haynes and editors Affonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz and outtakes from interviews with people including John Cale and Maureen Tucker. There’s also a 2021 conversation between Haynes, Tucker, and Cale, plus complete versions of excerpted avant-garde films featured in the documentary. An essay from Greil Marcus, written in 2021, is included in the edition’s booklet. Read Pitchfork’s review of the movie, “Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground Documentary Breathes New Life Into a Beloved Band.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it origina...
Whitney Houston Biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody Gets First Trailer: Watch
Whitney Houston is the subject of the forthcoming biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, which arrives in theaters on December 21. Its first trailer dropped today (September 15), and it features Stanley Tucci’s Clive Davis alongside Naomi Ackie as Houston. Watch below (via People). I Wanna Dance With Somebody follows Kevin Macdonald’s 2018 documentary Whitney, which was nominated for a Best Music Film Grammy. Bohemian Rhapsody writer Anthony McCarten wrote the new feature. Houston was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, eight years after her accidental death in 2012. Revisit Pitchfork’s Movie of the Week feature “The Bodyguard Glimpsed the Future of Pop Stardom.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Foo Fighters Prep ‘Essential’ Hits Collection
The Foo Fighters will celebrate a quarter century of rocking next month when they release a career-spanning hits collection, The Essential Foo Fighters. The compilation from Sony Music is due out on Oct. 28 and will serve as the sequel to the band’s 2009 hits album and feature a number of songs not included on the previous one. Among the newer tracks featured on Essential are: “Making a Fire” (2021’s Medicine at Midnight), “Rope” (2011’s Wasting Light), “Cold Day in the Sun” (2006’s In Your Honor), “Shame Shame” (Medicine at Midnight), “Walk” (Wasting Light), “These Days” (Wasting Light) and “The Sky is a Neighborhood” (2017’s Concrete and Gold). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The album will be available on vinyl, CD and digitally with...
Lisa Calls Blinks’ Excitement Over ‘BORN PINK’ One of Her ‘Biggest Motivations’: Exclusive
What’s her name, what’s her name? Lisa sat down for a new profile with CR Fashion Book‘s fall/winter 2022 issue revealed Friday (Sept. 16), and Billboard has the exclusive scoop on her thoughts about BLACKPINK‘s new album, her fashion aspirations and more. “Before our comebacks, we always get into lengthy conversations about what we can do to improve,” the Thai K-pop idol told the fashion magazine about how she, Rosé, Jisoo and Jennie approach each new BLACKPINK era. “We try to bring out the best outcomes by discussing our thoughts on music videos, outfits, choreography, and even the littlest details such as hair colors.” The rapper also spoke about her special connection to the girl group’s Blinks, particularly in the lead-up to BORN PINK, which arrived Friday on the heels of ferocious le...
Executive Turntable: iHeartRadio Appoints New Product Chief; Warner Names Legal Head for Catalog
iHeartMedia named Uta Knablein chief product officer at iHeartRadio; she was previously executive vp of iHeartRadio’s flagship products and user experience. Knablein succeeds Chris Williams in the role and will report to iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group CEO Conal Byrne. Tracie Parry was named senior vp, head of business & legal affairs at Warner Recorded Music‘s global catalog division; she was previously senior vp/head of U.S. legal shared services for Warner Music Group’s Center of Excellence. Based in Nashville, Parry will continue much of her previous oversight in the shared services role, with those responsibilities now shifting to the global catalog team. She will additionally bring several members of her current legal team to the global catalog team, including vp of legal affairs...
Garth Brooks’ 24/7 SiriusXM Radio Station to End After 6-Year Run
Six years after its launch, Garth Brooks’ SiriusXM channel, The Garth Channel, will go off the satellite and online radio outlet at midnight Oct. 1. The 24/7 station bowed in September 2016 while Brooks was midway through a multi-year, 390-date arena tour. In 2019, he started a three-year stadium outing that, after a pandemic pause, wraps this weekend in Dublin and sold more than 6.2 million tickets for the North American leg. As the tour winds down, Brooks says he felt it was time to close the radio chapter as well. “[The Garth Channel] sold a ton of tickets for us on the [arena] tour and a ton of tickets for us on the stadium tour and now the drive for what it was and what it stood for is coming to a close,” he tells Billboard. “We plan this purposefully for all our stuff to b...
Drake Sends Shot Towards Music Critic Anthony Fantano Via IG
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Kyrie Irving Shares Weird Alex Jones Conspiracy Theory Video, Twitter Gets Jokes Off
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kyrie Irving is without question one of the best basketball players of his generation, but he also might go down as one of the most eccentric as well. The Brooklyn Nets star shared a video from shamed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Twitter is firing off jokes at Irving’s expense. Kyrie Irving, 30, has a penchant for upholding controversial stances and conspiracy theories, which gained him a fair amount of criticism from sports pundits and fans. The video Irving shared to Instagram was emblazoned with the caption “Alex Jones Tried To Warn Us,” the Infowars clip from 2002 makes mention of late 1990s Hip-Hop favorite target, the New World Order. It also hammered down on the government trying to render our world into a cashless s...
Best New Tracks: Blood Orange, Ab-Soul, Mura Masa
As the week in music comes to a close, HYPEBEAST has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks. This week’s list is led by Blood Orange, Mura Masa and Ab-Soul, who released the projects Four Songs and demon time and the single “Moonshooter.” Also joining this week’s list are offerings from Nick Hakim, Ravyn Lenae with Doechii, Obongjayar, Pink Siifu with Real Bad Man, AG Club, EST Gee and WizKid. Blood Orange – Four Songs [embedded content] Blood Orange makes his exciting return with Four Songs, his latest EP and first material of new music since 2019. The four-track record is produced and written by Hynes himself and features a series of both new and old Blood Orange collaborators, including Ian Isaiah, Eva Tolkin and Er...
ILLENIUM and Skylar Grey Release Long-Awaited Collab, “From the Ashes”
After debuting a track created alongside Skylar Grey almost a year ago, ILLENIUM has finally released their long-awaited collaboration. Premiered at one of the early stops on ILLENIUM’s “Fallen Embers” tour, “From the Ashes” sees the duo finally connect on a song after aspiring to join forces for quite some time. “I’ve wanted to work with her my entire career,” ILLENIUM tweeted earlier this month. From the get-go, it’s easy to gauge the chemistry between the two. ILLENIUM builds around Grey’s visceral vocals with finesse, producing melancholic keys and punchy drums like he does in many of his signature melodic bass anthems. Charging up the arrangement and building dramatic tension, ILLENIUM eventually unloads an emotive ...
Blanke Announces 50-Date Headlining Tour, “Earth To The Stars”
Fresh off a successful run of summer shows, Blanke has announced a massive tour, “Earth To The Stars.” The 50-date tour will see Blanke trek through the United States, Australia and Canada through March 2023. Melodic bass star Au5 will accompany the EDM.com Class of 2021 star on select dates, as well as Crystal Skies, Eddie, Effin, Pauline Herr, Sippy and more. The tour will also feature performances from the Australian DJ and producer’s high-flying drum & bass side project, ÆON:MODE. “I’m literally beyond excited for this tour, so much has gone into putting this all together, my team absolutely crushed this,” writes. “I hope you’ll all be able to make the shows near you and experience this with me.” Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles ...
Giolì & Assia Confront Demons, Discuss Symbolism In Third Studio Album, “Fire Hell And Holy Water”
When it comes to eclectic electronic music acts, it doesn’t get any more versatile and visceral than the Italian femme powerhouse duo Giolì & Assia. Equipped with an impressive mix of instrumental know-how and a tender romantic relationship, the European couple have deeply influenced the dance music landscape throughout the last half-decade. Having risen through the ranks for their inimitable blend of genres over two studio albums, the tandem’s popularity exploded after they began livestreaming performances from some of the most scenic spots on earth. Titled #DiesisLive, the series enabled viewers to consume the experience that is Giolì & Assia: an immersive affair with live instruments, haunting vocals and panoramic backdrops. Giolì & Assia performing on the F...
