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Sabaton Announce EP Trilogy, Release First Collection Weapons of the Modern Age: Stream
Sabaton have announced a trilogy of EPs titled Echoes of the Great War. The EPs further explore the history of World War I, and the band has released the first collection, Weapons of the Modern Age, which is now streaming. The new EP arrives amidst Sabaton’s fall North American tour. The band plays in Dallas on Friday night (September 30th) and continues on the road through an October 23rd gig in New York City, with tickets available via Ticketmaster. The Swedish power metallers have been digging deep into the first World War, having released two concept albums on the topic, The Great War (2019) and The War to End All Wars (2022). Based on a sampling of the first EP in the trilogy, fans can expect plenty of historically accurate lyrics paired with a heavy dose of fist-pumping, power-metal ...
The Nostalgia of Hocus Pocus 2 Only Serves Itself
Hocus Pocus 2, the long-awaited-by-some sequel to the 1993 fantasy comedy horror film rocking the same name, is best summed up with a stray fart joke. A newly resurrected Mary Sanderson (Kathy Najimy), one of the three nefarious Sanderson sisters (Salem witches whose 1600s reign of terror over the town ended by the noose) stumbles into a Walgreens. She and her siblings, Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Winifred (Bette Midler), are in search of provisions, and lured into entering the pharmacy by the film’s teen heroes. One by one they walk in. Mary, awed by the automatic doors, steps through and immediately, casually, unwarrantedly trumpets her flatulence. End scene. Farts are funny when they have a point. Hocus Pocus 2’s fart has no point. Mary farts because the filmmakers, producers, and ...
billy woods Drops New Album Church
Surprise! The rapper billy woods is back with a new album made with producer Messiah Musik: Church is out now via Backwoodz Studioz. The 12-song LP includes contributions from woods’ Armand Hammer bandmate Elucid, as well as Fat Ray, Akai Solo, and Fielded. Messiah Musik exclusively produced the album, save for “Fever Grass,” which he co-produced with billy woods. Listen to Church below. According to press materials, Church is an exploration of memory, faith, marijuana, and fate, as well as “the price of love and the cost of doing business.” The new album was executive produced by woods, engineered by Steel Tipped Dove, and mixed and mastered by Willie Green at the Greenhouse. Church follows woods’ Preservation-produced Aethiopes, which arrived earlier this year. In late 2020, the rapper t...
Honey Dijon Details New Album Black Girl Magic
Chicago-born DJ and producer Honey Dijon has detailed her second studio album, Black Girl Magic. The follow-up to 2017’s The Best of Both Worlds arrives November 18 via Classic Music Company. The new LP includes contributions from Eve, Pabllo Vittar, Josh Caffe, Mike Dunn, and many more. Earlier this week, Dijon shared her latest single “Show Me Some Love,” which features Channel Tres and Sadie Walker. Listen to that below and scroll down for the album art and tracklist. “This album is dedicated to love. Love of music, community, but most of all the love of self,” Honey Dijon said of Black Girl Magic in a press release. “Being true to who you are in spite of everything else and having the courage to love fearlessly.” Of “Show Me Some Love,” collaborator Channel Tres said: “I had a lot of f...
London Club Oval Space Shuts Down
Oval Space, a staple of London’s music circuit, has had its license revoked after a man was allegedly shot on the dancefloor last month, Mixmag and Resident Advisor report. The 24-year-old victim was reportedly shot again on a street near the venue, but his injuries are not life-threatening. The popular east London club has a chance to appeal the decision within three weeks. A licensing committee that convened on Tuesday (September 27) sided with police, who mounted a case against the club based on the alleged dancefloor shooting, as well as less serious past disturbances. In the hearing, Oval Space apologized for its oversights and said it had fired the security company employed on the night, which allegedly failed to search a bag thought to contain the gun. Its nearby sister venue, Pickl...
Kendrick Lamar Doesn’t Want to Hear About Bowen Yang’s Summer in ‘SNL’ Premiere Promos
Saturday Night Live is kicking off its 48th season this weekend (Oct. 1), with Top Gun star Miles Teller making his hosting debut and Kendrick Lamar taking the stage as the musical guest. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Ahead of the premiere, both Teller and Lamar appeared in a series of playful promotional clips for the episode, in which the duo are standing alongside SNL favorite, Bowen Yang. Among discussions of odometers and Gilmore Girls gossip, the “Humble” rapper stayed pretty quiet. However, when the conversation came up about how everyone spent their summers, Yang went on a lengthy tangent about “making too many plans” and conversations about therapy and astrology. At that point, Lamar had enough, and followed Teller in walking...
Madonna Teases She’s ‘Back At It’ in the Recording Studio
Is a new Madonna album on the way? Well, the superstar appears to be cooking something up in the studio. “Back at it……..,” Her Madgesty tweeted Friday afternoon (Sept. 30) alongside four snaps of herself hard at work in the recording booth. In two of the pics, the singer is hunched over a laptop, transcribing her handwritten notes (or lyrics?), though whatever she was writing has been redacted. In another, she sits at piano, wearing sunglasses and fingerless black gloves with her pink hair in stark contrast to the instrument’s bright red finish. Just last month, Madonna released Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, a remix collection of her record 50 chart-topping hits on Billboard‘s Dance Club Songs chart, ranging from 1983’s “Holiday” to 2019’s “I Don’t Search I Find.” The compilation ea...
‘Community’ Movie Is Finally Happening, But Without Donald Glover – For Now
What may have started as a joke in season two and evolved into a hashtag campaign by fans is now coming to fruition. More than seven years after the former NBC comedy wrapped its run with its sixth and final season on Yahoo, cult favorite comedy Community is officially getting its long-awaited movie. Peacock, NBC’s streaming counterpart, has greenlit the untitled movie after landing the project from series creator Dan Harmon following a bidding war with other platforms. Six of Community’s nine central stars will return for the movie: Joel McHale (Jeff), Danny Pudi (Abed), Alison Brie (Annie), Gillian Jacobs (Britta), Jim Rash (Craig) and Ken Jeong (Ben). Donald Glover (Troy), Chevy Chase (Pierce) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley) are not c...
Here’s the Host & Musical Guest for Every ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season Premiere
When host Miles Teller and musical guest Kendrick Lamar take the stage at Studio 8H in New York for Saturday Night Live’s Season 48 opener on Saturday, Oct. 1, they’ll join a long and star-studded lineage. We took a look back to see who was booked as host and musical guest on the first episodes of every previous season of the show. These are considered plum bookings: Viewers often make an extra effort to check out the first episode of a season. As a result, producers go all out to open the season with a strong episode. For SNL, that means booking a hot host and musical guest. Legendary comedian George Carlin was host of the first episode on Oct. 11, 1975. There were two musical guests that night, Billy Preston and Janis Ian, both of whom had had big recent hits on the Billboard Hot 100. St...
Cardi B Wants The Apology To PnB Rock’s Girlfriend To BE VERY LOUD, Twitter Agrees
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: DENNIS A. CLARK / Getty Following the senseless murder of Hip-Hop star PnB Rock, many social media detectives got on Twitter and claimed it was a harmless post by his girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang, that tipped off his killer to his location. One person, Cardi B, called C A P on that, and following the release of new developments in the case, she wants the apology to PnB Rock’s girlfriend to be VERY LOUD. It didn’t take long for Twitter sleuths to falsely determine that PnB Rock’s girlfriend gave away the couple’s location when she shared a photo of the meal she was enjoying while at Roscoes Chicken & Waffles in South Los Angeles on Sept.12. Sibounheuang was subjected to harsh bullying and accusations from people like Kodak Black and a rappe...
What You Need To Know About Scam Using Urban One-Radio Name
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Creative Services / Radio One Digital The following is an urgent warning from Radio One about a scam involving some of its radio station properties. With the advent of social media, these scams are on the rise, and Radio One, an Urban One company, wants its listeners to be educated, advised, and on the alert for these scams. Here’s how it works: the scammer creates a fake station or personality page, possibly even stealing logos and photos of real stations or personalities without Radio One’s permission. The scammer then reaches out to aspiring artists via social media. You may get a direct message or phone call about a song contest or about putting your song on air. The message or caller claims to be with a Radio One or other local radio station and says...
You Care: Kanye West Changes Instagram Profile Pic To Kris Jenner
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David M. Benett / Getty Ye aka Kanye West is apparently seeking to mend his relationship with Kris Jenner, changing his Instagram profile image to a picture of her in a gesture of peace. According to reports, fans noticed the change in the choice of picture to feature the matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan on the artist’s Instagram profile earlier this week. It prompted a flurry of speculation, as he’s recently been on a rampage of publicly criticizing Jenner. The storm of comments even compelled Ray J to make his own tirade against Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian. But there’s no malice in the move, according to West. Related Stories “I POSTED KRIS WITH THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND RESPECT,” the “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” artist, 45, wrote in a post made via hi...
