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Beyonce and Jay-Z on Shortlist of 15 Original Songs Competing for 2022 Oscar: Full List
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are both represented on the shortlist of 15 songs competing for best original song at the 2022 Academy Awards — Beyoncé with “Be Alive” from King Richard; Jay-Z with “Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall. If both stars are nominated, this will mark the first time in Oscar history that a married couple has competed against one another in any category. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Shortlists in 10 categories were announced on Tuesday (Dec. 21). Members of the music branch voted to whittle down the initial list of 84 eligible songs to the 15 shortlisted songs. They will also vote to determine the five nominees. All Academy voters will make the final selection. The 94th annual Academy Awards will be presented on March 27, 20...
Lorde Stares at the Ocean in “Leader of a New Regime” Music Video
Lorde has dropped a serene music video for her track “Leader of a New Regime.” Paired with ocean-side views, rocky cliffs, brown horses and a sand-placed mirror, the folk-pop songstress contemplates the state of the world and its imminent need for a new leader. “Won’t somebody, anybody, be the leader of a new regime?/Free the keepers of the burnt-out scene another day/Lust and paranoia reign supreme/We need the leader of a new regime,” Lorde says. Clocking in at just over 1.5 minutes, the short and simple track raises a poignant question that almost functions as a call to action. Directed by Lorde and Joel Kefali, the New Zealand-born singer looks out at the expansive ocean, dips her fingers in water and walks along rocks as she softly sings the two verses. The track appears on Lorde’...
Overkill Announce 2022 US Tour with Prong
Thrash metal cult heroes Overkill have announced a March 2022 US tour with support from Prong. The 16-show outing will hit venues across the Midwest and East Coast, kicking off March 3rd in Poughkeepsie, New York, and running through a March 19th date in Stroudsburgh, Pennsylvania. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. The New Jersey-based Overkill are still touring in support of 2019’s The Wings of War, their latest studio album. However, the veteran band is also celebrating the recent release of a 6-LP box set, The Atlantic Years 1986-1996, collecting Overkill’s major-label studio albums from that time. Related Video Overkill are also hard at work on a new album, with bassist D.D. Verni telling Misplaced Straws in September, “We’re recording it right now, a good portion of it’s done. It keeps ge...
Kate Bush Backs NHS Worker Pay Raises in Christmas Message
Reclusive art-pop singer Kate Bush emerged today to share a Christmas message posted to her official website, in which she touched on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and advocated for UK National Health Service (NHS) workers to receive pay raises for their heroic efforts. “It’s been a terrible time of loss for so many. I want to say a big thank you to all the people on the front line and in the NHS,” she wrote. “I have such huge respect for all the nurses and doctors who’ve already been working flat out for nearly two years. These caring people are showing such extraordinary acts of kindness to others. Let’s hope they get the pay rises they rightly deserve.” Back in March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under fire for offering a puny 1% increase in wages to doctors and nurses....
Elton John Subjects Us to Horrible Flashbacks with “The Ultimate Zoom”: Watch
Winter… Zoom parties… new COVID-19 variant… Sounding familiar? Believe it or not, we’ve entered a disturbing era in which artists can say they’ve “reunited” with their lockdown collaborators, and Elton John certainly isn’t counting himself out from the quarantined festivities. The iconic musician has rounded up the cast of his recent album, The Lockdown Sessions, for a playful (albeit dismal) clip titled “The Ultimate Zoom Call.” John simply does not care that you’ve had enough Zoom gatherings, which is why he’s corralled the likes of Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X, and many more to subject you to the harrowing reminder that we are coming up on the second anniversary of this shit. Eddie Vedder, Stevie Wonder, Young Thug, Damon Albarn, and Nicki Minaj were also among the est...
Police Reviewing Video in Drakeo the Ruler Stabbing, Mom Plans to Sue Over Killing
Los Angles police detectives are reviewing video and security footage from the Dec. 18 Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival in an effort to identify the person who fatally stabbed Drakeo the Ruler backstage as the late rapper’s mother vows to sue over her son’s killing. Explore See latest videos, charts and news According to the Los Angeles Times, an unnamed person with direct knowledge of the incident told the paper that Drakeo (born Darrell Caldwell) was attacked by a group of people, with several videos emerging after the incident; it was unclear at press time if any of the clips captured the stabbing. While authorities have not released many details about their investigation, sources told the Times that there were many people backstage when the attack took place. Drakeo, 28, was slated to...
Billy Corgan Mourns Father’s Passing, Plays Holiday Show With Family as Tribute
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan paid homage to his late father, William Dale Corgan Sr., over the weekend following the elder Corgan’s death from a heart attack. In a Twitter tribute video, the singer said his father, 74, had had a host of health issues over the past few years and his death was not “wholly unexpected,” but still came suddenly on Friday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “And then to make matters even crazier, he was pronounced dead in his home and they were able to revive him, and so for a short period of time he was alive and there was faint hope that he was going to pull through it and of course we were all laughing saying, ‘of course he’s gonna live’ cuz that’s who he is,” Corgan said. Corgan Sr., however, did not survive, passing away in a helicopter on ...
20 Best Latin Songs of 2021: Staff Picks
“Telepatia,” “Yonaguni,” and “Pepas” sent Latin artists Kali Uchis, Bad Bunny and Farruko skyrocketing to the top of Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart this year. Meanwhile, fueled by their massive success on TikTok, Rauw Alejandro (as a solo act) and Gera MX entered the all-genre Hot 100 chart for the first time. Needless to say, it was a good year for Latin music, which provided a soundtrack for all your moods: Karol G’s “200 Copas” for your heartbreak, Calibre 50’s “A La Antiguita” to flaunt your romanticism, and Yotuel’s Latin Grammy-winning “Patria y Vida” for your inner activist. Below, see our editors’ picks for the best 20 Latin songs of 2021, arranged in alphabetical order by artist. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=R...
Proud Grandma Tina Knowles-Lawson Thanks Beyoncé and ‘Beautiful Grand Babies’ For Talk Show Theme Song
Tina Knowles-Lawson roped in some A-list ringers to record the theme song for her new Facebook Watch interview series, Talks With Mama Tina. In a 40-second trailer that dropped on Monday (Dec. 20) Knowles-Lawson announced the show, which she promised would find her inviting “some of my favorite people over to my home” for a chat, and revealed the theme sung by daughter Beyoncé and the matriarch’s grandchildren. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Among the stars who pop up in the trailer are comedian/actor Kevin Hart, Chloe & Hailey, Kelly Rowland, Ciara, John David Washington, Paulette Washington, Storm Reid, Marsai Martin, Zendaya and Tiffany Haddish. The series’ mellow R&B theme song opens with a group of children saying, “let’s talk abo...
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Perform “Searching for My Love” on Fallon: Watch
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night to perform “Searching for My Love.” The track is featured on the duo’s new collaborative album Raise the Roof, which was released last month. Watch the replay below. Previously, Plant and Krauss supported the album’s release by performing “Can’t Let Go” and “Trouble With My Love” on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. They also recently played an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Next year, the Led Zeppelin frontman and bluegrass singer will embark on an expansive international tour in support of the studio effort. They’ll play ten US dates throughout June before hopping the pond for the trek’s European leg, which includes stops at London’s BST Hyde Park, the Lucca Summer Festival in Italy, and the Forest...
Thom Yorke Shares Sixth Sonos Radio Mix: Stream
Thom Yorke has returned with the sixth edition of his ongoing Sonos radio show, “In the Absence Thereof.” Check out the playlist below. “In the Absence Thereof…v6” is a particularly cinematic mix. Whereas Yorke’s last playlist featured the familiar sounds of Tom Waits and Madlib, this installment veers toward the instrumental. Chiming percussion dominates Mark Fell’s opening song “INTRA-3,” while droning keys swell in Terry Riley’s “Across the Lake of the Ancient World” and Arvo Pärt’s “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.” Yorke’s latest mix isn’t all instrumental, however. UK rappers Space Afrika and Blackhaine spit over a glitchy beat in “B£E,” and The Bug’s “How bout dat” sees FFSYTHO rap over a slow, dark crawl. Yorke’s son, Noah, even appears on the playlist with “Trying Too H...
Metallica Dig Out More Deep Cuts for Second and Final 40th Anniversary Show: Review
Setting the Stage: The first night of Metallica’s two 40th anniversary shows at in San Francisco’s Chase Center delivered a strong career-spanning set, so expectations ran high for Night 2 a couple of evenings later (Sunday, December 19th). Once more, no special guests were present for this final performance (unlike their 30th anniversary concerts), but quite a few setlist surprises occurred. Similar to the first night, the setlist was constructed in a manner that featured a tune or two from each album chronologically. But, this night, instead of starting from 1983’s Kill ‘Em All and running through 2016’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, it was set up in reverse order, starting with the band’s last album and finishing up with selections from their debut. Taking the Stage: As with the fi...
