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Vicky Cornell, Her Lawyer, and Band’s Ex-Manager Hit Back at Soundgarden Members in Latest Legal Spat
Vicky Cornell, her lawyer, and a former band manager have all hit back at the remaining members of Soundgarden following the filing of legal papers earlier this week demanding Vicky relinquish the band’s social media and website passwords. The surviving band members claim that Vicky has let Soundgarden’s social media pages fall into disrepair. They said they’ve been locked out of the various social media accounts ever since go-between company Patriot Management gave Vicky the passwords in late 2019. It’s the latest in a long-running legal dispute between the Chris Cornell estate and Soundgarden. In a statement posted on the official Chris Cornell Instagram Stories, former manager Ron Lafitte’s appeared to side with Vicky Cornell’s camp: “During my six years working with Chris Cornell and S...
The 2021 Lexus IS300 AWD Is a Cheap Tune Away From IS350 Power
Don’t let the 2021 Lexus IS300 AWD‘s name deceive you; while the $40,025 rear-drive IS300 uses a 241-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4 for motivation, the $42,025 all-wheel-drive IS300 has a 3.5-liter V-6. So despite sharing a badge with a four-cylinder car, it actually shares its engine with the pricier IS350 F Sport that stickers for $43,925 in rear-drive guise and $45,925 with AWD. There’s a “but” in there, though, as the IS300 AWD’s 3.5-liter V-6 makes just 260 horsepower and 236 lb-ft of torque, 51 fewer horses and 44 fewer lb-ft than its IS350 stablemate. But the lesser IS model’s V-6 sure doesn’t feel detuned. In our testing, an IS300 AWD needed 5.7 seconds to scoot from 0 to 60 mph, the same as a 100-pounds-light...
Lana Del Rey Ties This Rock Band for Most No. 1s on Alternative Albums Chart
“Chemtrails Over the Country Club” is her fifth leader, matching Foo Fighters’ record. Lana Del Rey ties Foo Fighters for the most No. 1s in the history of Billboard‘s Alternative Albums chart, earning her fifth ruler with Chemtrails Over the Country Club on the tally dated April 3. Chemtrails bows at No. 1 with 75,000 equivalent album units earned in the March 19-25 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, 58,000 units comprise album sales. Del Rey first crowned Alternative Albums (which began in 2007) for two weeks in 2012 with her first LP, Born to Die, followed by one-week reigns for Honeymoon (2015), Lust for Life (2017) and Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019), ahead of Chemtrails. Foo Fighters have led the list with Echoes, Silence, Patience & Gr...
Sexy Zone Debuts at No. 1, Yoasobi Rises to No. 2 on Japan Hot 100
Meanwhile, Yoasobi released the “Kaibutsu” CD this week, which sold 27,275 copies to lift the track from No. 7 to No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100. The song came in at No. 2 for sales and look-ups, adding points from these physical metrics to the already-steady digital ones: downloads (No. 3, from 7,969 to 12,354 units), streaming (No. 5, from 8,073,014 to 8,356,769 streams), and video views (No. 3, from 2,330,981 to 2,525,688 views), which have all increased this week. The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, Twitter mentions, YouTube and GYAO! video views, Gracenote look- ups and karaoke data. Check out the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, dated March 22 to 28, here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. S...
WagakkiBand & Voice Actor Tasuku Hatanaka Compare Notes on Participating in New Animated Series ‘Mars Red’
In a new interview, WagakkiBand lead vocalist Yuko Suzuhana, guitarist Machiya, and Hatanaka sat down with Billboard Japan’s Mariko Ikitake to share their respective experiences contributing to the series, which also features L’Arc-en-Ciel frontman Hyde’s new track “On My Own” as the ending theme. WagakkiBand are also set to livestream a fan club-only concert on Sunday, April 4 at 5:00 p.m. JST. Tickets are available for overseas fans through PIA LIVE STREAM and ZAIKO. Check out the Q&A below. When were you asked to participate in this project? Machiya: Back in 2019. We’ve worked on other animated series before, but this was the first time we were asked to submit our ideas so far ahead of the series premiere. So we sensed that the creators were pretty fired up about th...
A Guide to Easter Sunday Livestreams & Virtual Concerts
Carrie Underwood’s My Savior: Live From the Ryman Carrie Underwood is hosting a virtual live performance of her first gospel album My Savior at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. “My Savior: Live From the Ryman” will stream on the country star’s Facebook page at noon ET, with donations from the show earmarked for Save the Children. The free virtual show will feature special appearances from gospel legend CeCe Winans, Underwood’s duet partner on “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”; singer/songwriter and Needtobreathe frontman Bear Rinehart, who will join in on the hymn “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus”; Southern gospel and harmonica legend Buddy Greene; and 10-time CMA Musician of the Year Mac McA...
Mike Posner Says Avicii’s Death Inspired His Walk Across America
If Mike Posner‘s goal was to show Avicii he was cool, he should consider the mission accomplished. In an intimate interview with Forbes, Posner opened up about his impending climb of Mt. Everest for the Detroit Justice Center and the loss of both his parents and Avicii. Posner, who successfully walked across the country in 2019, said his journey was inspired by the death of the legendary “Levels” producer. “When someone you love dies it’s like you’re sleeping and someone dumps a bucket of ice water on you or something. You wake up,” Posner told Forbes’ Steve Baltin. “And so those two deaths (my dad and Avicii), reminded me of what I wanted to do before I died. And hopefully that’s no time soon. But I’m not totally ...
Baauer Announces Twitch-Streamed Virtual Music Festival, BOPFEST
Hot on the heels of his first-ever Grammy nomination, electronic music virtuoso Baauer is dipping his toes in the virtual festival scene. The famed producer, whose stunning PLANET’S MAD audiovisual album garnered a 2021 nod for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, has announced his own digital music festival called BOPFEST. In an ode to the one-year anniversary of his first livestream, the online-only event will go down on Baauer’s Twitch channel next Saturday, April 10th. Baauer’s inaugural BOPFEST lineup features Good Times Ahead and X&G, two renowned electronic duos, as well as surprise appearances from unannounced special guests and numerous winners of Baauer’s livestreamed Twitch beat battles. The stream also promises a brand new musica...
Electric Forest Organizers Share Critical Update on Festival’s 2021 Edition
There is still a glimmer of hope for the 2021 edition of Electric Forest. After receiving approval from the Rothbury Village Council for the festival’s June 2021 dates back in January—with alternative dates in August—organizers of Electric Forest have provided an update on the status of this year’s event. In a post shared on the festival’s website today, organizers addressed the uncertainty of the pandemic related to “large gatherings, vaccination timelines, social distancing regulations, general safety, and many other COVID related considerations,” noting they are monitoring the situation closely. “If Electric Forest 2021 is to happen, it will take place in August,” the post reads. At the time of this article’s ...
Pinkshift Release Debut EP Saccharine
Self-described “Baltimore shit-stirrers” Pinkshift have released their debut EP Saccharine and it’s exactly the angsty, melodic-punk listeners have been anticipating. The EP features four previously released singles, “On Thin Ice,” “Toro,” “Rainwalk,” and their most popular tune, “I’m Gonna Tell My Therapist On You.” In conjunction with Saccharine’s release, Pinkshift shared a re-recorded version of “Mars,” a song released as a demo in 2019. “I’m Gonna Tell My Therapist On You,” an undeniably catchy tune, went viral upon its release in late July, a few short months after the band’s first tour as a four-piece was canceled due to the pandemic. In an interview with SPIN last year, lead singer Ashrita Kumar recalls a conversation with her guitarist, Paul Vall...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Shares An Easter Story Short Film
Leave it to Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan to offer an alternative to The Passion of Christ and Peter Rabbit for Easter viewing. “This is An Easter Story. There are many. But this one is ours,” Keenan says. In the seven-minute documentary-style clip — shot, directed, and narrated by Keenan — he speaks on the origin of Easter egg hunts, the vernal equinox, and more. As Keenan feeds and cares for the ducks at his Arizona vineyard home, he explains that searching for eggs on Easter is “not a random, non-sequitur ritual.” In his “no duck left behind” daily count, he discovers Larry is missing, and that she’s hidden in the brush to lay an egg. He also discusses the importance of community, concluding, “we can not always do this thing of life on our own.” An Ea...
Nas “EPMD,” Jim Jones “A Monster Made It” & More | Daily Visuals 4.1.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Damn near three decades in the game and the Hip-Hop living legend known as Nasty Nas continues to school these youngn’s on how MCing is done. A year after releasing his Grammy winning LP King’s Disease, Nas comes through with some new visuals to “EPMD” where he pays respect to the legendary rap duo from Queens while styling at a mansion with cars, women and sheep?! Leave it to Nas to throw a screwball out there for no reason. Back in Harlem, Jim Jones keeps the Dip Set vibe going and for his visuals to “A Monster Made It” burns downs some ganja and plays a big game of chess with himself. Y’all know he still cheated somehow. Just sayin.’ Check out the rest of today’s drops incuding work from The Weeknd, Young Dolph and Key Glock, and more. NAS – “EPMD” [embedded c...
