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Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lucero, and Slothrust Performances Now Part of Protect Live Music Archive: Watch
Once again, Consequence’s Protect Live Music Livestream Archive has been expanded with the addition of fresh performances. New on-demand content arrives weekly, and June 9th brings with it five videos from some top-tier indie talents. Guitar masters Rodrigo y Gabriela delivered a truly ripping, incredibly filmed performances for our benefit concert, and you can revisit it beginning today. Other clips come from Lucero, Slothrust, Lady Lamb, and Angie McMahon. Watch all the performance videos now on the Protect Live Music Livestream Archive. Taking place on April 9th-10th, 2021, the original livestream concert saw all proceeds from our Protect Live Music merch line being donated to NIVA to support their fight for independent venues across the country. A portion of proceeds continue to g...
Brian Eno Launches New Sonos Radio Station with Unreleased Music
Brian Eno has unveiled a new Sonos Radio station called The Lighthouse. Available via Sonos Radio’s ad-free HD audio tier, the channel is broadcasting classic songs from the ambient legend’s career alongside previously unreleased music and more. Featuring hundreds of unheard tracks — the earliest of which is from 1990, notes Eno — The Lighthouse will serve as a “living collection” where Eno will continue to release selections from both past and new musical projects directly to fans across the world. “New pieces will be entering the mix and some of that will go back even further,” explained Eno in a press release. “You will be listening to a sequence of tracks which will be randomly generated, chosen by chance so there is the possibility of odd, I hope exciting collisions — things that...
At Miley Cyrus’ Intimate Pride Concert in Nashville, Love and Rainbows Were in the Air
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T14:30:47+00:00“>June 9, 2021 | 10:30am ET On Tuesday night (June 8th), the church pews of the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee were rumbling with all the energy of a revival: service was in session, hosted by one of the city’s most famous exports, Miley Cyrus. A true homecoming, Cyrus spent the evening taping a Pride-themed special both grandiose and intimate in scale thanks to the venue’s capacity, which was just shy of 2,500 guests. The no-phone/camera show was ticketed via lottery exclusively to vaccinated residents of Music City — and Nashville came ready to dance. Cyrus’ connection to the LGBTQ+ community is longstanding and well-documented. Her Happy Hippie...
David Duchovny Announces New Album Gestureland
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T14:35:36+00:00“>June 9, 2021 | 10:35am ET X-Files and Californication actor David Duchovny has announced his new album, Gestureland, out August 20th via GMG/King Baby. Recording for the 12-track project began in February 2020 at Outlier Studio in upstate New York and resumed after COVID-19 lockdown throughout the year at his band’s own studio in Long Island City. The album was finalized in early 2021. “The album represents three years of song writing over which time I think we developed into a band so there’s a stronger element of deep collaboration here,” Duchovny said in a statement. “The songs are obviously inspired by present day life and problems but we hope to ...
Ronnie James Dio Virtual Birthday Fundraiser to Feature Members of Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Anthrax, and More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T14:50:55+00:00“>June 9, 2021 | 10:50am ET The birthday of late metal legend Ronnie James Dio will be celebrated with a virtual fundraiser event at 2 p.m. PT on July 10th. Proceeds will support the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. Metal luminaries and former band members will drop in on the virtual celebration to perform, share birthday messages, and reminisce on the life of Dio, who shared both a passion for heavy metal and charity work. Among the star-studded list of guests are Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, former Dio/Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Anthrax singer Joey Belladonna, current Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer, former GN’R guitarist Gilby Clar...
Orla Gartland Announces Debut Album Woman on the Internet, Shares “Do You Mind?”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T14:56:28+00:00“>June 9, 2021 | 10:56am ET The effervescent Irish songwriter Orla Gartland has announced her debut album Woman on the Internet. In anticipation of its August 20th release date, she’s shared the new song “Do You Mind?” Gartland has been buzzing around the edges of the musical zeitgeist for a couple of years, with a co-writing credit on the 2018 BTS track “134340” to her name. Now 26, she wrote Woman on the Internet during 2020 lockdown at her studio in Acton, and she subsequently recorded the album at Devon’s Middle Farm Studios in October with co-producer Tom Stafford. The LP takes takes its title from a line in previous single “More Like You...
10 Times Kid Rock Was the Absolute Worst
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T19:35:49+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 3:35pm ET There was a time when Kid Rock was mostly known for his music, but these days the “American Bad Ass” is making headlines for one cringeworthy controversy after another. The Detroit rap-rocker released a few under-the-radar albums in the early-to-mid ’90s before exploding with 1998’s Devil Without a Cause, which has since been certified diamond (!) thanks to songs like “Bawitdaba”, “Cowboy”, and “I Am the Bullgod”. He continued to achieve success on subsequent albums, offering a mix of heavy tracks and chart-topping adult contemporary ballads (“Picture”). Lately, though, just about every time he jumps back in the news it’s because he’s r...
Serj Tankian Unveils Cinematic “How Many Times?” Video Directed by Roger Kupelian (Lord of the Rings): Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T20:42:17+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 4:42pm ET Serj Tankian has released a music video for “How Many TImes?” as the last in a series of visual accompaniments tied to his recently released Elasticity EP. The clip for “How Many Times?” was directed by Roger Kupelian, who is known for his visual effects work on The Lord of the Rings and X-Men. Kupelianalso previously worked with Tankian on the clips for “Honking Antelope” and “Reconstructive Demonstrations”. “It’s amazing to be working with my good friend Roger Kupelian again whose images of the two kings (The Argonath) in The Lord of the Rings are stamps in New Zealand,” Tankian said in a statement. “He also directed ‘Honking Antelope...
Your Old Droog and MF DOOM’s New Song “Dropout Boogie” Posthumously Released: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T20:58:58+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 4:58pm ET New York rapper Your Old Droog teamed with the late MF DOOM for “Dropout Boogie”, a new posthumous song featuring production by fellow underground rapper Edan. Featuring a thumping bassline and dusty samples, the collaboration finds both MCs in their element as they express why school is pointless. “We sold high grade like nerds I paid to solve the square root for me,” Droog boasts. Meanwhile, DOOM reminisces on the bad times with lyrics like, “Remember classmates/ Some of them bad apes/ Hallway jooks to bathroom gang rapes.” Related Video Prior to “Dropout Boogie”, Droog and DOOM linked up on “RST” and “BDE”. In a statement, ...
Migos Reveal Culture III Tracklist: Drake, Cardi B, and Polo G Among Guests
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T21:22:53+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 5:22pm ET Migos are set to return on Friday with the long-awaited Culture III. With just days to go, the Atlanta rap trio has unveiled the album’s stacked tracklist, which contains collaborations with Drake, Cardi B, and Polo G. Also featured across the 19-song tracklist are guest appearances from Justin Bieber, Future, and NBA Youngboy, as well as posthumous collaborations with Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD. “Straightenin”, which was released earlier this month as the album’s lead single, also appears on the final tracklist. There’s also the curiously titled “Jane (Birkin)” and the not-so-curiously “Vaccine”. See the full tracklist below. Related Vid...
Cowboy Bebop Composer Yoko Kanno Returns to Score Netflix’s Live-Action Series
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T00:25:41+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 8:25pm ET Netflix has been working on a live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop for years now and the pandemic delayed it ever further, but thankfully the series is finally set premiere later this year. Perhaps even more exciting, the streamer revealed that Yoko Kanno, the original composer who worked on the classic anime series, will return to score the upcoming version. Kanno will create the soundtrack for the new series as she sees fit, which means fans can likely expect a faithful homage to the original’s music with a couple modern updates that suit it thrown in, too. Because shooting wrapped up earlier this year, it’s likely that she’s w...
Sinéad O’Connor Retracts Retirement, Criticizes BBC for “Hurtful” Interview
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T01:06:33+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 9:06pm ET Sinéad O’Connor is not retiring from music after all. In a three-page note shared on Twitter, the Irish singer explained that last week’s announcement was prompted by the fallout to insensitive questions asked by media in the UK and Canada during the press tour promoting her memoir, Rememberings. O’Connor specifically cited a particularly triggering experience on BBC’s Woman’s Hour. During the interview, host Emma Barnett asked about O’Connor having four children with four different men and brought up a piece in The Telegraph referring to the singer’s reputation “as the crazy woman in pop’s attic.” “It was unnecessary and hurt...
