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Mac DeMarco Wears Inflatable Santa Costume in “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” Video: Watch
Mac DeMarco has continued his tradition of Christmas covers with his rendition of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” Written by Meredith Willson, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” is perhaps best known for being a Top 10 hit in 1951 for Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra. Bing Crosby also shared a popular version that year, with Johnny Mathis and Michael Bublé releasing their own covers decades later. DeMarco’s take on “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” adds a slightly jazzy touch to the standard with his signature piano, while bells make the cover even more whimsical. It comes with a fun music video in which DeMarco and Dan McNeill ride around Los Angeles on motorcycles while wearing inflatable costumes of Santa Cl...
Kendrick Lamar Goes to Therapy with Helen Mirren in “Count Me Out” Music Video: Watch
Kendrick Lamar has a therapy session with Helen Mirren in the new music video for “Count Me Out” from his latest album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. The song kicks off Volume 2 of the three-part album, opening with a collage of thoughts including, “Session ten, breakthrough.” The new music video does away with that exposition, instead showing Lamar attempting to plumb his thoughts with the help of Mirren’s therapist. The pair discuss a heated run-in with a white woman in a parking lot before growing more serious. “You texted me at 2:00 in the morning: ‘I feel like I’m fallen,’” Mirren says. “Why do you feel that way?” Advertisement Related Video The lyrics provide the answer, and the visuals, directed by Lamar and Dave Free, display a kaleidoscope of colorful imager...
Little Simz Shares Gorgeous Musical Short Film NO THANK YOU: Watch
Little Simz is ending 2022 with a bang: Coinciding with last weekend’s release of her new album NO THANK YOU, the British-Nigerian rapper has today shared an 11-minute short film of the same name. It comprises five songs from the album, including “Heart on Fire,” “X,” “Silhouette,” “Sideways,” and “Broken.” Simz offers some words of wisdom before the video sets into action: “Emotion is energy in motion,” reads text across the screen in its first seconds, just as the music is about to begin. “Honor your truth and feelings. Eradicate fear. Boundaries are important.” Visually, the Gabriel Moses-directed clip is on par with a feature-length noir arthouse film, as Little Simz raps in an array of settings: Alongside some contemporary dancers, in the drivers’ seat of a car on a rainy ni...
Apocalyptica Unveil “Rise Again” Featuring Epica Singer Simone Simons: Stream
Finnish metal cellists Apocalyptica have unleashed a new single, “Rise Again,” featuring vocals from Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. The song precedes a 2023 UK/European tour co-headlined by Apocalyptica and Epica. “Rise Again” is a new take on the instrumental song “Rise,” which appears on Apocalyptica’s latest studio album, 2020’s Cell-0. “It was so great to make ‘Rise Again’ with Simone Simons!” Apocalyptica’s Eicca Toppinen said of the new song in a statement. “When we were putting the ‘Epic Apocalypse’ tour together, we were thinking of making this collaboration with Epica even deeper by releasing a song together.” Advertisement Related Video He continued, “‘Rise’ from our Cell-0 album had the beauty and feel which we felt could fit perfectly for Simone’s unique voi...
Paramore Break the Cycle on Latest Single “The News”: Stream
Paramore have released “The News” from their upcoming sixth album, This Is Why, along with a horror-filled music video that might as well be ripped from the headlines. The single follows the band struggling to break free from the negative news cycle as Hayley Williams pleads, “Turn on/ Turn off the news.” In a statement, the singer shared that “The News” felt “exciting from the start. It feels like a happy medium between classic Paramore angst and bringing in some influences we’ve always had but never exploited.” She also added that “watching Zac [Farro] track drums for this one was one of my favorite memories from the studio.” The frenzied force of the production fits with Williams’ fluctuating ability to overcome the constant information overload. “The 24-hr news cycle is just impossible...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Californication” Passes One Billion Views on YouTube
Everybody’s been there and we don’t mean on vacation: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ music video for “Californication” has passed one billion views on YouTube. It’s RHCP’s first billion-eyeball video, Variety reports, averaging over 290,000 views per day in 2022. Released in 2000 and posted to YouTube in 2009, the video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. It stars shirtless band members Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante, both in real life and as digital, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater-style avatars. The video end with an earthquake swallowing band and California alike, and you can revisit it below. As the fourth single from 1999’s Californication, the title track peaked at a very nice No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and hit N...
Jesus Piece Return with “An Offering to the Night,” First New Song in Four Years: Stream
Jesus Piece have shared their first new music since 2018, dropping the single “An Offering to the Night.” The band also announced that it’s inked a record deal with Century Media for its long-awaited sophomore album. The Philadelphia act’s debut album, Only Self, earned acclaim for its unique mix of hardcore, metalcore, and death metal. “An Offering to the Night” brings back the push-pull tension of Only Self, while upping the extreme metal vibes. Distinct groove-work from bassist Anthony Marinaro and drummer Luis Aponte drives the song, while vocalist Aaron Heard delivers a raw and aggressive performance on the two-minute crusher. The press release teases the track as a “spectacular preview into Jesus Piece’s second act,” hinting that a new full-length album is on the way (though no speci...
Jesus Piece Return with “An Offering to the Night,” First New Song in Four Years: Stream
Jesus Piece have shared their first new music since 2018, dropping the single “An Offering to the Night.” The band also announced that it’s inked a record deal with Century Media for its long-awaited sophomore album. The Philadelphia act’s debut album, Only Self, earned acclaim for its unique mix of hardcore, metalcore, and death metal. “An Offering to the Night” brings back the push-pull tension of Only Self, while upping the extreme metal vibes. Distinct groove-work from bassist Anthony Marinaro and drummer Luis Aponte drives the song, while vocalist Aaron Heard delivers a raw and aggressive performance on the two-minute crusher. The press release teases the track as a “spectacular preview into Jesus Piece’s second act,” hinting that a new full-length album is on the way (though no speci...
Björk Shares Volcanic Video for “Sorrowful Soil”: Watch
Björk is keeping the momentum going on her new album Fossora: Today, the art-pop legend has shared the transfixing new music video for the album highlight “Sorrowful Soil.” Björk shared in an Instagram post that, along with the single “Ancestress,” “Sorrowful Soil” is one of two songs on Fossora about her late mother. While “Ancestress” was her own take on “funeral music,” “Sorrowful Soil” focuses more on the period of time leading up to a loved’s ones imminent passing. “when my grandfather passed away there was a pamphlet at the hospital advising relatives how to talk to loved ones before they pass away,” the Icelandic musician went on. “i loved how it went really generic and universal and said that all of them will give families to-do-lists (dry-cleaning and such) but also ask ...
Selena Gomez Gets Up Close & Personal in New Film Version of ‘My Mind & Me’ Music Video
Selena Gomez fans who have not yet seen her Apple TV+ documentary My Mind & Me or the fans who want to relive it are in luck: On Thursday (Dec. 1), the multi-hyphenate shared a film version of her documentary’s accompanying title track, which features several intimate scenes from the film. The video kicks off with Gomez sitting down at a grand piano, softly playing the keys to the song. Snaps of her recording the track, in addition to snippets of her traveling, performing live in concert and interacting with friends, fans and family, go in quick succession until the video’s end. “My mind and me/ We don’t get along sometimes/ And it gets hard to breathe/ But I wouldn’t change my life/ And all of the crashin’ and burnin’ and breakin’, I know now/ If somebody sees me like this, then they ...
The Cure Release Expanded Version of 1991 Documentary Play Out
The Cure have today shared an upgraded, extended HD version of Play Out, their 1991 behind-the-scenes their documentary. You can watch all two hours of it on YouTube. Directed by Peter Fowler, Play Out follows The Cure across a handful of vastly different, yet equally important performances. From debuting future hits at small-scale English clubs to a headlining set at Wembley Arena and a coveted spot on MTV Unplugged, the expanded version of the documentary offers an even closer look at how one of history’s most influential goth-rock bands came to be. The re-release of Play Out coincides with the 30th anniversary reissue of The Cure’s most commercially successful album to date, Wish, which notably includes their smash “Friday I’m In Love.” The reissue comprise...
††† (Crosses) Release New Song “Sensation”: Stream
††† (Crosses), the duo featuring Deftones singer Chino Moreno and producer / multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, have released a new song, “Sensation.” The track is the latest piece of music to be unveiled off the group’s upcoming EP, PERMANENT.RADIANT, out December 9th via Warner Records. “Sensation” arrives with a brooding music video, which features a recurring protagonist, actress Thais Molon, waking up following a car crash and trying to get a ride in the middle of a massive desert. Molon’s pursuits are paired with grainy live footage of the band in a narrow, dark alley. “Sensation” follows the previously released “Vivien,” which will also appear on the EP. Earlier this year, Crosses also released the stand-alone singles “Initiation” and “Protection.” Advertisement Related Video C...
