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Inaugural Sound On Sound Festival Lineup Announced At Seaside Park

15Feb

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Events, Music

Inaugural Sound On Sound Festival Lineup Announced At Seaside Park

Bridgeport, Connecticut isn't the first place you'd think of for a music festival. However, Seaside Park is the perfect venue for a concert of this caliber. Sound on Sound Festival is set to take place on September 24 and 25. Dave Matthews + Tim Reynolds, The Lumineers, and Stevie Nicks will headline with a deep lineup to compliment them. For anyone who attended the Gathering of the Vibes festival, the venue will be familiar. The legendary jam-band festival took place there for many years. Unfortunately, the long-running concert ceased after celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015. Having attended many 'Vibes', this music fan wholeheartedly endorses Seaside Park. Tickets On Sale Now Tickets are on sale to the general public now with a fan pre-sale underway as of Thursday. ...

Visitor Impresses With Edgy New Single “Intheend”

14Feb

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Music

Visitor Impresses With Edgy New Single “Intheend”

Detroit's own Visitor is firing on all cylinders with the release of their new single "Intheend". The song appears on their new EP Greetings From Titan which is available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music now. The alt-rock four-some consists of talented frontman Randy Gray (lyrics, vocals). While Steve Dombroski plays guitar with Dustin Buckley and William Pierce hold down the rhythm section. "Intheend" was produced by the highly respected Chuck Alkazian (Pop Evil, Soundgarden, Tantric). Visitor found themselves right at home at the legendary Pearl Sound Studios. The opening crunchy guitar riff gives way to melodic verses and a soaring chorus. When asked about the meaning behind the track, guitarist Dombroski had this to say. "Intheend" is about the battle with your ...

YA Novel Adaptation ‘The Sky is Everywhere’ Premieres Today on Apple TV+ (Review)

11Feb

By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments

Features, Film, Reviews

YA Novel Adaptation ‘The Sky is Everywhere’ Premieres Today on Apple TV+ (Review)

It's been a long road to release for 'The Sky is Everywhere,' a charming and occasionally heartbreaking adaptation of Jandy Nelson's 2010 debut young adult novel. Warner Bros. first optioned the book back in 2015. By 2019, the project ended up at Apple, where they used their partnership with indie studio A24 to hand it over to critically acclaimed director Josephine Decker ('Madeline's Madeline,' 'Shirley'). Grace Kaufman in “The Sky Is Everywhere,” premiering February 11, 2022 in select theaters and globally on Apple TV+. In this teenage melodrama, Lennie (Grace Kaufman) and her older sister Bailey (Havana Rose Liu) have grown up in the pacific northwest, raised by their grandmother (Cherry Jones) and uncle (Jason Segel). When Bailey tragically and unexpectedly dies, it sends Le...

What’s Past is Prologue With Kanye West in ‘jeen-yuhs’ (Review)

10Feb

By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments

Features, Film, Reviews

What’s Past is Prologue With Kanye West in ‘jeen-yuhs’ (Review)

In recent years, the mention of Kanye West's name has become an automatic tune out for me. His ridiculous antics, including launching a failed Presidential campaign, might be comical if they weren't indicative of a man struggling with mental illness surrounded by people who enable his worst impulses. A new documentary film series from Netflix takes us back to the start. Filmmakers Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah have taken 21 years worth of intimate footage and given us the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's all here, perhaps much to Kanye's chagrin. Right before Act 1 premiered at Sundance last month, he declared that he must have final cut. As recently as this Monday, Kanye posted online that he thought all the narration should be redone by Drake (in the film, it's us...

LO LA To Debut New “Heartbreak Anthem” On Valentines Day

10Feb

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Music

LO LA To Debut New “Heartbreak Anthem” On Valentines Day

At just 21 years old, Los Angeles-based LO LA has already been performing for more than a decade. The talented singer/songwriter is coming into her own with the release of the new single "Toxic Love" on Valentines' Day. The mid-tempo track is described as a new "heartbreak anthem". It's the perfect song for anyone who's been burned by an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend. "Toxic Love" came together quickly for LO LA. She collaborated with her producer to lay it down in his parent's garage. Serving as proof that you don't always need to go into a flashy studio to express yourself. LO LA burst onto the scene in 2018 with the release of her debut single "Can't Keep Helping Myself". A cover she did of Lana Del Rey's "Queen of Disaster" led to viral fame on Tik Tok. The song has been inclu...

Help Billie Joe From Green Day Find His Stolen Car

8Feb

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Music

Help Billie Joe From Green Day Find His Stolen Car

UPDATE: Billie Joe's car has been found, read more about it in Rolling Stone. The original MendoWerks piece continues below. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has turned to social media for help finding a stolen car. According to a recent Instagram post on his personal account, Armstrong pleads with fans to reach out to local authorities if they have any tips as to the location of this classic automobile. The missing 1962 Chevy II is 'near and dear' to all their hearts. The car was in the Green Day family for more than 30 years according to his post. Anyone with information should reach out to the Costa Mesa Police department and mention incidents # 22-002015, 22-002016. The phone number to reach out to is (714) 754-5280. Let's hope someone is able to help get this sw...

Woody Allen’s Long-Delayed ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ is Painfully Unfunny (Review)

4Feb

By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments

Events, Film, Reviews

Woody Allen’s Long-Delayed ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ is Painfully Unfunny (Review)

Perhaps I'm a glutton for punishment. Despite it all, I've never been able to cut Woody Allen out of my cinephile life. Many have and I completely respect that, but I've had an entire shelf of his films in my movie collection for decades. He's made some of my all-time favorites and, even though there are incredibly diminishing returns, I still watch everything he releases. 'Rifkin's Festival,' his 49th feature film, might be the straw that broke the camel's back. I had not heard encouraging things, but when it recently snuck onto VOD with zero fanfare, I knew I had to rent it. After all, it stars Louis Garrel, one of my favorite actors from France. I was going to watch it just for him, if nothing else. And, so I clicked the rental button and sat down for what is at least a merc...

Interview: Jackie Bristow Releases Vibrant New Single “Livin’ For Love”

4Feb

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Features, Interviews

Interview: Jackie Bristow Releases Vibrant New Single “Livin’ For Love”

Nashville-based, New Zealand-born, Jackie Bristow is set to take the country music world by storm. Her new single "Livin' For Love" is out now and sets the table nicely for the release of her new album. Outsider is Bristow's fifth studio album and is due out in March. We recently had a chance to catch up with the talented singer/songwriter. Be sure to check out the interview (and music video) below. We'll get into some of the challenges of filming a music video while on lockdown. Plus we have more info on which popular HBO show you may have recently heard one of her older songs. When COVID arrived in March of 2020, while visiting family in New Zealand, Bristow was unable to return to the United States. Thankfully due to advances in technology, she was able to collaborate with produ...

‘The Fallout’ Premieres on HBO Max (Review)

1Feb

By Matt ShiverdeckerNo Comments

Features, Film, Reviews

‘The Fallout’ Premieres on HBO Max (Review)

Even with the pandemic shift to online learning in some locations, last year there were 34 school shootings in the United States. In Megan Park's directorial debut, a group of students struggle to cope after a fellow student guns down several of their classmates. While Fran Kranz's recent drama 'Mass' deals with parental grief several years after a school shooting, 'The Fallout' handles the immediate aftermath of survivor's guilt from the student perspective. Jenna Ortega gives a revelatory performance as Vada, a 16-year-old who just happens to be on a hall pass in the restroom when the tragic incident begins. Vada grabs Mia (Maddie Ziegler), another young student who happens to be in the restroom at the time, and they hide in one of the stalls, getting up to stand on the toilet ...