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Month: May 2021

Robert Smith Of The Cure Teases New Collaboration With CHVRCHES
31May By SimonNo Comments
Music

Robert Smith Of The Cure Teases New Collaboration With CHVRCHES

Be on the lookout this week for a collaboration you may not have been expecting. The iconic Robert Smith of The Cure has been engaged in a volley of tweets with the account of alt/rockers CHVRCHES. By the looks of things, we should be getting a new song on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/RobertSmith/status/1399186571342094338 News of this exciting new collaboration led to a YouTube viewing wormhole of Robert Smith collaborations. Besides the inevitable South Park videos that pop up, there are a few musical pairings worth mentioning. As far as new music from Smith's full-time band The Cure, the wait continues. On Blink 182's self-titled 2003 release, Smith is featured on a track called 'All of This'. Singles 'Feeling This' and 'I Miss You' led the album cycle off and the band h...
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Seven Albums To Get Excited About For Summer of 2021
27May By SimonNo Comments
Features

Seven Albums To Get Excited About For Summer of 2021

There are way more than seven albums coming out over the next few months. But we don't have the time to cover them all, so here are our top seven to keep your eyes out for in the summer of 2021. 7. Eve 6 'Grim Value' Eve 6 return with a new EP on June 25, their first album of new material since 2012's Speak In Code. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nLJ4Y9t98c 6. Yola 'Stand For Myself' The uber talented Yola just released her latest single 'Stand For Myself'. The track is the title cut from her new album due July 30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMa2jthBS3Y 5. Modest Mouse 'The Golden Casket' Indie alt-rockers Modest Mouse is set to release their new album The Golden Casket on June 25. 'Leave A Light On' is the first material we're getting from the record...
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Disney’s “Cruella” is Darkly Wicked Fun (Review)
26May By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments
Film, Reviews

Disney’s “Cruella” is Darkly Wicked Fun (Review)

Disney has always had a habit of raiding their past in order to fuel their present-day success. Before home video, they frequently reissued their classic films in theaters and that eventually turned into the cash-cow of the Disney Vault wherein their most classic films would get released on vhs/dvd/blu-ray for a limited time and then they would build up demand for those same titles by pulling them off the market for years at a time. In 2014, they turned their focus onto a famous Disney villain by releasing the live-action film "Maleficent," which had Angelina Jolie tackling the evil queen from the animated classic "Sleeping Beauty." It racked up over $750 million at the international box office and spawned a sequel, so it can't be a big surprise that they are back to flesh out another...
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If You Haven’t Been Paying Attention To Mammoth WVH, You Should
25May By SimonNo Comments
Reviews

If You Haven’t Been Paying Attention To Mammoth WVH, You Should

More than five years in the making, the world is getting a chance to hear the music of Wolfgang Van Halen. We've had a chance to see him on the road previously on a number of tours alongside his father and uncle Eddie & Alex. The difference now is that we're getting a chance to hear the original material he's been cultivating in recent years. Keep in mind Van Halen wrote, sings, and plays all the instruments throughout the album. Mammoth WVH is set to release a self-titled debut album on June 11. A steady stream of material has seeped out since the announcement. Six of the album's 14 songs are now public so there's plenty of material to wrap your head around. Back in November, the first track to be released was 'Distance', a tribute to father Eddie Van Halen who tragically passed t...
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For Sale: See Photos of the Former L.A. Home Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love Once Shared
23May By SimonNo Comments
Features

For Sale: See Photos of the Former L.A. Home Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love Once Shared

The Los Angeles area home once shared by the iconic couple Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love is on the market. According to the listing at Sotheby's International Realty, the three-bedroom, three-bath house is available for just under a million dollars. Located at 6881 Alta Loma Terrace, the home is a major fixer-upper as it's fallen into disrepair. The 2,500 square foot pad is part of R&R history as much of Nirvana's final album In Utero was reportedly written there. Cobain & Love moved into Hollywood Hills home in 1992 with a young Frances Bean. For more photos, you can link up with Sotheby's International Realty.
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Muse Celebrating 20th Anniversary of Origin of Symmetry Album With Remixx Edition
22May By SimonNo Comments
Music

Muse Celebrating 20th Anniversary of Origin of Symmetry Album With Remixx Edition

Hard to believe it's been 20 years. Experimental alt/rockers Muse are set to reflect upon the success of their sophomore album release Origin of Symmetry. The new XX Anniversary Remixx Edition will be released on June 18. The album originally topped the charts in the UK in July of 2001 but wasn't available in the United States until four years later due to some issues with the record label. By then US fans were wrapping their heads around songs from the Absolution album which included break-out singles 'Time Is Running Out' and 'Hysteria'. So while a success across the pond and appreciated by fans, the album never got a proper spotlight in the states. Muse's Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme are celebrating their 27th year as a band. They've got two Grammy's and ...
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Almodovar’s English-language “The Human Voice” Streaming Now on HBO Max (Review)
21May By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments
Art, Film, Reviews

Almodovar’s English-language “The Human Voice” Streaming Now on HBO Max (Review)

I've been a huge fan of Pedro Almodovar's work since I saw his Academy Award-nominated 1988 film "Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown" as a teenager. Prolific and always provocative, the Spanish director has never made a feature film in English, but now he has delivered a rather experimental 30-minute film that is. During the COVID lockdown he teamed up with the brilliant Tilda Swinton to create the short based on a play by Jean Cocteau. Swinton is credited simply as "Woman." Her lover has left and she is in their shared apartment with his packed suitcases and dog, who has slowly begun to realize that his master isn't coming back. Distraught and unsure of how to manage an animal who wants nothing to do with her, we observe her grief, anger, sadness, and ultimately a phone ...
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Lollapalooza Confirms Return For 2021, Lineup Announced
19May By SimonNo Comments
Music

Lollapalooza Confirms Return For 2021, Lineup Announced

The iconic Lollapalooza Festival was forced to cancel last year in the face of the pandemic. They've come roaring back to life with a lineup announcement and ticket information. Set to take place July 29 through August 1 in Grant Park in Chicago, tickets are on sale now. The four-day event will feature big names like Foo Fighters, Post Malone, and Miley Cyrus. The full lineup can be viewed here. Lollapalooza was founded in 1991 when organizer Perry Ferrell conceived of the idea as a farewell tour for his band, Janes Addiction. The show has spent time as a traveling roadshow but has been a destination festival since 2005. The lineup is impressive, who are you most excited for? Are you ready to start going back to concerts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGb4UbAQrI&t=...
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Apple TV+ Premieres “1971” Series on Friday (Review)
18May By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments
Film, Music, Reviews

Apple TV+ Premieres “1971” Series on Friday (Review)

A phenomenal new docuseries entitled "1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything" is premiering on AppleTV+ this Friday, May 21. Using David Hepworth's book "Never A Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded" as inspiration, an award-winning team of filmmakers has crafted a highly bingeable eight-part series that intertwines the music and politics of this volatile and highly creative moment in history. I've been able to preview the first five episodes of the series, which was executive produced by Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees ("Amy," "Senna") and really wanted to put this on people's radar because even as a music lover since childhood, this was absolutely packed with footage and stories I had never seen before. Each episode hovers between 45 and 50 minutes, but manages ...
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Amy Adams Goes For Broke in “The Woman In The Window” (Review)
14May By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments
Film, Reviews

Amy Adams Goes For Broke in “The Woman In The Window” (Review)

Based on the 2018 novel of the same name, "The Woman In The Window" has had a long and troubled road to release. It was originally scheduled to hit theaters in the fall of 2019, but hit two major snags along the way. Test audiences rated the film poorly enough that portions were reshot and re-edited. Originally a 20th Century Fox release, it also had the misfortune of being one of the last Fox projects sitting unreleased when Disney took over. The new regime kicked it to the curb and it ended up in the hands of Netflix. Now, I've not read the book and have absolutely no idea what the reshoots did to the change the final product, but what I can tell you is that if you have an affinity for throwback 90s thrillers like "Pacific Heights," "Unlawful Entry," "The Hand That Rocks The Crad...
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