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Watch Every Car Commercial From Super Bowl LV, 2021’s Big Game
Let’s put our differences aside for a minute because whether you’re rooting for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV, we can all come together to appreciate a quality Super Bowl commercial. Especially if it includes cars. That’s why we’ve gathered every automotive ad from 2021’s Big Game for your viewing pleasure and put them right here in one place—we’ll continually update this post with the latest as they’re released, too. Enjoy! Cadillac | “ScissorHandsFree” To highlight its upcoming semi-autonomous features—and the new Lyriq electric SUV—Cadillac has brought back Edward Scissorhands. Well, it is actually Mr. Scissorhands’ son, Edgar, who is played here by Timotheé Chalamet; Winona Ryder...
The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen Lives for ‘Death by and Roll’
“The 27 Club” is a depressing cultural phenomenon — it’s the age musical luminaries Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Mia Zapata of the Gits, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died. The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen is now is 27 but was 25 when she wrote a reckoning in the semi-autobiographical “25.” The song appears on Death By Rock and Roll, the band’s fourth record. The LP is a stunner; a dozen stellar songs that are at once reverential, referential and intensely personal. In the past four years, Momsen lost two hugely important people in her life. In 2017, Chris Cornell died by suicide, and not long after, her musical mentor and best friend Kato Khandwala died in a motorcycle crash. Understandably, Momsen was devastated. Thanks in no small part to the catharsis of ...
Electric Vehicles could Revitalise the Economy, says Nigerian Director General
Image sourced from CJ’s Electric Hyundai recently unveiled the first Electric Vehicle assembled in Nigeria. At the launch, Mallam Kasifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Nigeria’s Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says that the introduction of electric vehicles to the country is a sign of “advancing towards a vibrant economy”. He went on to say that a “digital ecosystem is a sure way in creating value, wealth and prosperity, especially now that Nigeria is on its course to become one of the leading digital economies in the world.” According to The Vanguard, this ecosystem is a way to create value that will enable growth, wealth and prosperity. Head of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Babatunde Raji Fashola says that “inno...
Why SMEs are the Lifeblood of the South African Economy
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent a staggering 98% of business in South Africa today. The fact that SMEs also employ between 50 and 60% of the country’s workforce and are responsible for a quarter of the job growth in the private sector – according to McKinsey – means they truly are the backbone of the South African economy. Yet it is SMEs that have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown regulations have wreaked havoc, with the cash flows essential to sustaining smaller businesses completely drying up in some instances. Tragic stories of once-thriving businesses having to close their doors litter the financial landscape, and certainly, the virus could not come along at a worse time for owners already grappling with a precarious economy prior to its arrival. Bu...
EDM.com Reveals Class of 2021
EDM.com has revealed its official Class of 2021 list. This isn’t an index of hot SoundCloud beatmakers or a vanilla “artists to watch” list to keep an eye on for some nebulous amount of time. It’s a list of ten musicians with game-changing skill sets who are on the precipice of becoming headlining superstars in the electronic music landscape. Through their defiant approaches to industry standards and their workhorse-like mentalities, they have already proven their volcanic potential in the dance music scene and are now ready to erupt. Over the next month, we’ll be publishing a wide range of special content from these artists. This includes guest mixes, interviews, and Instagram takeovers with live, behind-the-scenes footage and sneak peeks at new music, a...
Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power Still Thrives on Chaos and Unyielding Fury
When rock and roll evolved from the harmonious sludge of ditties about loving a gal from down the street or how kids wanted to rebel against their parents, The Beatles and Stones pushed our consciousness. Those bands dared us to see the emotional and sonic boundaries via large, orchestrated movements with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band or the smooth but malicious undertones of Let It Bleed. These two bands broke the mold. They accelerated what the culture and artform were, but even as the Stones dipped their toes in dark water, it was still palatable to the masses, selling millions. But soon, new bands pushed harder. They came at the culture like a brick to the teeth: Jimi Hendrix took us to a different plane of existence, Black Sabbath dared us to see the devil and dance with him, ...
Prerunner Spec-Sheet Showdown! 2022 Nissan Frontier Pro-X vs. Ford Ranger FX2
The new Nissan Frontier is finally here. Even though it rides on the old model’s underpinnings, it benefits from a thorough makeover that was so long overdue we’re just happy Nissan finally got around to it. Among all the Fronty’s newness, a surprise stood out: A new Pro-X trim level, a two-wheel-drive, off-road-focused model spun off the continued Pro-4X 4×4 iteration. Such two-wheel-drive, butched-up models used to be more of a “thing” in the ’90s, but they’re making a comeback, most notably with Ford’s introduction of the Ranger FX2 package. Seeing how it is a natural foe for Nissan’s Frontier Pro-X, let’s see how the two stack up. Frontier Pro-X vs. Ranger FX2: The Basics Both are mid-size trucks that send power to the re...
Guessing the Classic Car Market’s Future on Top Gear America
Picking future classic cars is tough, and Top Gear America host Rob Corddry tells us about this episode’s challenge—which is all about predicting which cars’ values might go up in the future. Car collecting as an investment is much more complicated than it seems. The value of the most desirable classic cars are at all-time highs, but there are still fluctuations in the market. Buying low and selling high is always the way to go with any investment, but how does a savvy collector know what car, today, will become a future classic, worth more than it ever was when new? The Top Gear America hosts think they have this car-collecting conundrum figured out. The producers challenged Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry, and Jethro Bovingdon with finding a car that’s not currently considered...
Print Versus Digital: Is The Office Printer Dead?
There’s been talk of a paperless office for years – but the office printer isn’t going anywhere soon. It’s just changing to adapt to life in the digital age. At least, this is the prediction of Gareth Brenchley, MD of Itec Cape Town. He believes that even in an age of sustainability, smart mobile working and digital collaboration, most companies still have print-reliant workplaces, and spend tens of thousands a year on print. “Businesses are still extremely reliant on printing for their business processes, but the print environment has grown up. The printer isn’t just a ‘dumb device’ in the corner of the office: it’s become part of a connected, intelligent network, with modern multifunctional printers (MFPs) giving users new abilities to digitise their documents and manage their informatio...
Song of the Week: boygenius Reunite on Julien Baker’s Confessional “Favor”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. While several stories over the past few weeks have reminded us that the entertainment world can still be very much a boys’ club in the worst ways imaginable, on the artistic side of matters, we’ve seen an undeniable shift in the recognition women are finally beginning to receive within the music industry, especially in the rock genre. Studies have shown that young women are not only picking up guitars at the highest rates ever, but they’re actually learning to play them in larger numbers than their male counterparts. No doubt it’s been partl...
Underground Vibes | 062
“The Song 2.0“ – Elport & Aiden Myers Out via Nightblue Music, “The Song 2.0” finds producer Elport and vocalist Aiden Myers team up to create a stunning combination of pop and future bass. “One Night” – problem solved & ScoobE German producer problem solved and Dutch/Irish rapper ScoobE wish for just one night of normality and festivals in their new tune – a groovy and genre-bending gem. “Easier” – PAPER FACE Emerging duo PAPER FACE have struck gold once again with their latest single “Easier,” a lighthearted tropical pop tune. “Tik Tok” – Wasback Taking on Kesha’s 2009 smash hit, Wasback taps into our nostalgia by infusing the original with house drums and groovy basslines in this slap house cover. “Disappear” – Severin & Like Lio...
The Last Remaining Juke Joints in America
Ten years ago, some buddies and I made a film called We Juke Up in Here. It was an insiders’ journey into the underbelly of Mississippi’s surviving juke joint culture. Three years later, The New York Times showed up on my doorstep. “How many such places still exist?” the reporter asked. “With actual real, live blues music at least sporadically?” I clarified. “Maybe five.” I gave them the list to visit in a three-state region, centered by Mississippi. And they did. Red Paden outside Red’s Lounge (Clarksdale, MS, 2011) CREDIT: Lou Bopp The Great Migration In Reverse In the early 1990s, I often took a cheap Southwest Airlines flight from my native Dayton, Ohio to Chicago in search of down-home blues venues like Lee’s Unleaded and Rosa’s. Then, in 1995, my advertising career moved me to ...
