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Kate Hudson says controversy around Sia film ‘Music’ is “an important conversation to have”
Kate Hudson has spoken about the controversy sparked by Sia casting a non-autistic actor to play an autistic role in her film Music. Maddie Ziegler plays Music, a young autistic woman, in the movie, whose guardian is her half-sister Zu (played by Hudson). READ MORE: Sia – ‘Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture’ review: better than the movie Director Sia has faced a huge backlash for her casting choices in the film, which many have criticised as ableist and said could perpetuate harmful stereotypes about autistic people. Some of the scenes in the movie have also...
Watch De La Soul guest on superhero cartoon ‘Teen Titans Go!’
De La Soul have made a guest appearance in a new episode of the animated series Teen Titans Go!. The rap trio appeared as characters in the latest instalment of the superhero cartoon, which aired on Cartoon Network earlier today (February 20). READ MORE: Gods of Rap tour: Wu-Tang Clan reign supreme as Public Enemy and De La Soul roll back the years In the episode, the group come face-to-face with a monster who steals their music, despite their efforts to defeat it with a “sonic blast” – or sound waves amplified by a bazooka. Advertisement The Teen Titans are...
Blink-182’s new album to feature Grimes, Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell
Blink-182 are “slowly finishing up” their new album, which will feature Grimes, Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell. READ MORE: Blink-182 – ‘Nine’ review: the spiritual follow-up to the classic ‘Untitled’ According to drummer Travis Barker, the follow-up to the band’s 2019 album ‘NINE’ features those acts anf is “60 per cent done,” after he confirmed last month that the album would arrive in 2021. “There’s a lot of cool stuff,” Barker said of the new album while appearing alongside Trippie Redd on the Rock This podcast with Allison Hagendorf. Advertisement Earlier this month, Barker executive produced Trippie Redd’s new rock-influenced...
Behemoth plan new album release for this autumn
Polish extreme metal band Behemoth look set to release their first album in three years this autumn. It comes with the news that the band are now signed with the Nuclear Blast for worldwide releases. Behemoth’s Adam “Nergal” Darski said in a press statement that “now is about the future, and we look forward to beginning Behemoth’s next chapter with a refocused and revitalised team at Nuclear Blast!” The band’s last album was their 11th: 2018’s ‘I Loved You At Your Darkest’. Its follow-up, as per Consequence Of Sound, is tentatively set for an autumn 2021 release. Advertisement “It’s...
Watch Metallica’s live performance get censored with cheesy music by Twitch
Metallica’s livestreamed performance for BlizzCon was overlaid with cheesy music by Twitch in a bid to avoid copyright infringement. The legendary metal group was booked to play amid this year’s virtual BlizzCon – an annual event held for fans of Blizzard Entertainment games (Diablo, Starcraft, World Of Warcraft, Hearthstone) – but suffered an unfortunate censoring that made it look like they were rocking out to music made for toddlers. As AV Club writes, Metallica’s performance was shown in full on the official BlizzCon Twitch page and YouTube channel yesterday (February 19) but was censored on the front page of...
First Aid Kit cover Bette Midler’s ‘The Rose’ on Swedish game show
First Aid Kit appeared as musical guests on a Swedish game show this week, covering Bette Midler track ‘The Rose’ – watch the performance below. Klara and Johanna Söderberg have been appearing on På Spåret recently as the house band, and their appearance this week saw them taking on the 1979 track that appeared on the soundtrack for Midler’s film of the same name. Watch the performance below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by First Aid Kit (@firstaidkitband) Advertisement The Bette Midler cover is the latest in a number of renditions First Aid Kit have been...
Black Veil Brides’ new album ‘The Phantom Tomorrow’ is “almost complete”
Black Veil Brides‘ new album is “almost complete”, frontman Andy Biersack has said. READ MORE: Watch Andy Black step inside the “twisted superhero” world of ‘The Ghost Of Ohio’ and the future of Black Veil Brides The band previewed ‘The Phantom Tomorrow’, the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Vale’, last year with new single ‘Scarlet Cross’. Now, in a new Instagram post Biersack – aka Andy Black – provided fans with an update on the new record. “Just wanted to say thank you for all of your support and excitement regarding my most recent projects!” he wrote. Advertisement “The response to...
Kaytranada shares new disco song ‘Caution’ devised from TikTok project
Kaytranada has posted a new song that he made for a TikTok project spotlighting Black History Month. The Canadian producer, whose last album was 2019’s ‘Bubba’, hears him pull influences from disco for the track. Kaytranada grew up in Montreal, which was famously disco’s second city in the late 1970s. Listen to ‘Caution’ below: Advertisement Last year, Kaytranada released a new instrumental version of the critically acclaimed ‘Bubba’. The original record, which featured guest appearances from Kali Uchis, Estelle, Tinashe, Mick Jenkins, Pharrell Williams and others, was released in December 2019 and went on to make the short list...
Courtney Love claims she quit acting “after a bunch of #MeToo” incidents
Courtney Love has alleged that “a bunch of #MeToo” incidents led to her putting her acting career on hold. READ MORE: Courtney Love interviewed – “I feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock’n’roll” The Hole frontwoman was reflecting on a “fun as hell” period in the late ’90s in which she pursued acting and earned herself a Golden Globe nod for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). But in the same post she claimed she “stopped being capable” of acting owing to “a bunch of #metoos” that caused her to leave the profession. “No one would...Recent Posts
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