Conway the Machine will release his new project La Maquina this Friday, April 16, via Griselda Records, his own Drumwork Music Group, and EMPIRE. It’ll mark the Buffalo rapper’s second full-length of 2021, following If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed, his February collaboration with Big Ghost Ltd. The project includes “Blood Roses,” as well […]
Dylan Revisited is a new compilation that comes packaged with the June 2021 issue of Uncut. It features covers of Bob Dylan songs by the Flaming Lips, Weyes Blood, the Weather Station, Thurston Moore, Richard Thompson, and many others. It also includes Low’s cover of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Listen to it below. The last […]
Arcade Fire have shared a new original 45-minute piece of music called “Memories of the Age of Anxiety.” The music is available on the meditation and sleep app Headspace; it promises “meditative vibes to help you focus and feel inspired.” The band’s last album was 2017’s Everything Now. A new album from Arcade Fire was […]
The New York City-born singer scored her seventh Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 when most recent album, 2018’s Liberation, opened at No. 6. Liberation was her first album since 2012. Aguilera updated her fans last month with two posts from the studio. “I’m a perfectionist and want to give everything my best – […]
Hey, Oscar, are you single? Superstar songwriter and 12-time Academy Award nominee Diane Warren posted a tongue-in-cheek dating profile on Wednesday, and the man she’s in search of shares a lot of similarities with the golden guy doled out every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. “So, it’s never too late […]
Now aged 91, McKean composed “The Biggest Disappointment, “Ringer from the Top End,” “Walk a Country Mile” and “Indian Pacific,” and did so while touring regional and remote Australia at a time when the perceived role of women was that of home maker. McKean will be in the room for the presentation during the 2021 […]
Jane Seymour has signed on to star in and co-executive produce a new Irish mystery thriller for Acorn TV, AMC Networks’ streamer that focuses on British content. “Harry Wild” is set to go into production next month in Dublin. It’s targeted to debut in 2022 across all Acorn markets, which include the U.S., Canada, U.K., […]
Streaming media service Plex, looking to grow its free, ad-supported video business, announced that it raised more than $50 million in Series C financing from existing investor Intercap. The financing round includes approximately $15 million in new capital. The remainder represents Intercap’s secondary purchases from employees and other early shareholders. To date, Plex has raised […]
“Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” isn’t exactly trying to reinvent the multi-cam sitcom wheel. The new Netflix comedy, starring and executive produced by TV veteran Jamie Foxx, follows single Atlanta entrepreneur Brian (Foxx) who suddenly has to father his teenage daughter Sasha (Kyla-Drew) after her mother’s untimely death, much to their mutual wariness. Brian’s eagerness embarrasses […]
Liz Phair has detailed her highly-anticipated next album Soberish. The LP arrives June 4 via Chrysalis. Today (April 14), Phair has shared the latest single from the record, titled “Spanish Doors.” Hear it below, and scroll down to find Soberish’s tracklist and album art. “Spanish Doors” is “about the fracturing of a beautiful life, when […]
Taylor Swift stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight (April 13), where she was immediately asked by Colbert if the Fearless song “Hey Stephen” was about him. “No, Stephen,” she said. This turned into an entire bit where she revealed a bunch of intimate details she knew about Colbert’s life and work. She […]
Tirzah is back with the video for a new song called “Send Me,” her first solo song since the release of Devotion back in 2018. The track was recorded and performed with Mica Levi and Coby Sey. The visual is created by Leah Walker, who also made the single artwork. The video also features the […]
The merger will be partly financed by $1 billion of new Series C preferred equity investment led by SoftBank’s Latin American Fund, along with current Univision investor ForgeLight LLC, Google and The Raine Group; and $2.1 billion of debt commitments arranged by J.P. Morgan. The merger would create the largest Spanish-language media company in the […]
With all that work to do, it made sense for Swift to zoom in from the studio where she’s rerecording her complete works. That’s exactly what she did. So, was “Hey Stephen” written about Colbert? Nope. C’mon. Swift recorded it back in the day when she was 18, he was probably 44. “It’s just the […]
Taylor is, of course, at the beginning of a journey that will see her rerecord her catalog, starting with the recently-released Fearless (Taylor’s Version). During her spot on late-night TV, Taylor referenced 1989 and “Shake It Off,” one of its hits. There’s no argument, 1989 is in the pipeline. Though amateur sleuths are peeling back […]
Looking to upgrade your Roku remote? The company launched its first rechargeable remote control, priced at $30, that will let you track it down by saying “Hey Roku, find my remote.” The Roku Voice Remote Pro works with all of the company’s players and Roku TV models dating back to 2017. It’s available to order […]
Netflix wants to get tykes clicking into their favorite TV shows and movies faster: The streamer is launching a redesigned kids profile on connected TVs to prominently feature characters from their most-watched titles right on home screen. It’s an effort by Netflix to engage kids more immediately, by using a visual language they grasp more […]
Swiss doc company Lightdox has just acquired world sales rights to documentary “Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege” Abdallah Al-Khatib’s debut, co-produced by Films de Force Majeure and Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts, premieres in Vision du Réel’s platform on April 21 in its main International Feature Competition A Lebanon, France and Qatar co-production, the film follows the […]
M.I.A. has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to support people directly affected by the volcanic eruptions on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. “I’ve never set up a crowdfunding page before, but as you may know Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been very close to my heart,” she wrote. “I wrote my first song there. […]
Mudhoney are the namesake of a new tunnel boring machine in their home city of Seattle. The machine will be used to dig a tunnel as part of efforts to reduce the city’s sewer overflow within the next four years. See a video of the group unveiling their eponymous appliance below. Mudhoney earned the honor […]
iLoveMakonnen has returned with a surprise new album. My Parade is his first release after his departure from Warner Records; it’s out via Timeless Magic and COR/TAN Records. He revealed the new project tonight alongside the single “Whoopsy,” which features Payday. Listen to the new album below. “The My Parade project is my first album […]
Fearless (Taylor’s Version) has banked the most sales and album streams so far, to lead the Official Chart Update. Should it hold its ground when the weekly chart is published this Friday (April 16), Swift will have a seventh U.K. No. 1, slotting her into third place among female artists with the most U.K. chart-topping […]
Judge Case set an April 30 court hearing ahead of likely setting a date for Weinstein to be extradited to California. During Monday’s hearing, the court heard from Norman Effman, an attorney for Weinstein, who asked for a delay on a likely extradition to allow his client to undergo key medical procedures now scheduled by […]
Music From The Home Front was the brainchild of Mushroom Group chairman Michael Gudinski, who envisioned an event that would unite artists and their audiences, a reminder that we’re not alone, even during the bleakest days of the pandemic. Gudinski got the ball rolling, fast. With just nine days to make it happen, and with hundreds […]
As more states start to allow residents to take part in sports wagering, ESPN has come up with a game presentation just for them. Executives call it the “BetCast.” On Wednesday at 7 p.m., the Disney sports-media giant will air an alternate feed of an NBA game that pits the Brooklyn Nets against the Philadelphia […]
Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith will move production on their big-budget, runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” out of Georgia in protest over the state’s controversial new voting restrictions. The announcement continues the economic fallout from Gov. Brian Kemp and the state legislature’s decision to pass new regulations that critics maintain amount to voter suppression, aimed at […]
London-based production, finance and sales outfit “Film Constellation” has boarded international sales on dystopian sci-fi thriller “Settlers,” directed by Wyatt Rockefeller, and starring Sofia Boutella, whose credits include “Atomic Blonde,” “The Mummy,” the “Kingsman” franchise and “Star Trek: Beyond.” Boutella plays Ilsa, a refugee from Earth, who has settled with her husband and daughter on […]
Kid Cudi was the musical guest on last night’s Carey Mulligan–hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. He performed two songs from his 2020 album Man on the Moon III: The Chosen: “Tequila Shots” and “Sad People.” Cudi also appeared in a musical sketch called “Weird Little Flute” where he and some friends (Pete Davidson, Chris […]
During the “Weekend Update” portion of last night’s Saturday Night Live, Michael Che welcomed guests Bruce Springsteen (played by Beck Bennett) and Barack Obama (played by Chris Redd) to discuss the duo’s new podcast Renegades: Born in the USA. In the sketch, Springsteen and Obama were asked about their rapport and what they discuss. The […]
Bad Bunny has announced El Último Tour del Mundo 2022—a tour named for his 2020 album of the same name. The dates range from February to April across North America. Find the announcement video below. Tickets go on sale April 16 at 12 p.m. The announcement video features WWE star Triple H, who praised Bad […]