Towards the end of her song “Amelia,” Samia walks into a party. “I’m writing a poem, somebody stop me,” she sings over balmy synths and a chirpy beat. It’s less of an actual threat and more a self-aware quip from the 27-year-old musician who’s better than almost anyone at turning fleeting moments into poetry.
“I love romanticizing shit, and I always have,” Samia says. “I was an internally dramatic child. There’s something really powerful and something that feels like protest sometimes in writing [my thoughts] down in a song.
“I love romanticizing shit, and I always have,” Samia says. “I was an internally dramatic child. There’s something really powerful and something that feels like protest sometimes in writing [my thoughts] down in a song.
- 3/21/2024
- by Leah Lu
- Rollingstone.com
It must have been a surreal night at the Grammy Awards for boygenius, who earned wins in three categories. But what was truly surreal was the moment the trio ran to the stage to accept the Best Rock Performance trophy, all while the house band played Mr. Bungle’s wonderfully eccentric tune “Carousel.”
The bizarre moment happened during the “Premiere Ceremony,” which took place before the main nationally televised event. In presenting the Best Rock Performance category, Rufus Wainwright announced the winners as boygenius, who beat out Arctic Monkeys, Black Pumas, Foo Fighters, and Metallica for the award.
The Grammy band then kicked in to the Mr. Bungle song, and after a few moments, the members of boygenius — Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers — came running down the aisle to accept the award.
The fact that Mr. Bungle’s “Carousel” was playing was weird enough, but seeing the three...
The bizarre moment happened during the “Premiere Ceremony,” which took place before the main nationally televised event. In presenting the Best Rock Performance category, Rufus Wainwright announced the winners as boygenius, who beat out Arctic Monkeys, Black Pumas, Foo Fighters, and Metallica for the award.
The Grammy band then kicked in to the Mr. Bungle song, and after a few moments, the members of boygenius — Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers — came running down the aisle to accept the award.
The fact that Mr. Bungle’s “Carousel” was playing was weird enough, but seeing the three...
- 2/5/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
2024 is Alex G’s year. On Friday, the musician announced a slate of live shows scheduled for late summer. The North American tour comes after Alex G’s newly-inked recording deal with RCA.
The tour kicks off in June with an appearance at the annual New York music festival Governors Ball but really shifts into motion in August. Alex G will perform a headlining show in San Diego on Aug. 6 and will make stops in Anaheim, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Eugene, Spokane, Boise, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas throughout the run.
The tour kicks off in June with an appearance at the annual New York music festival Governors Ball but really shifts into motion in August. Alex G will perform a headlining show in San Diego on Aug. 6 and will make stops in Anaheim, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Eugene, Spokane, Boise, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas throughout the run.
- 1/19/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Loosely organised documentary shows Swedish singer-songwriter González musing about mental health and drifting around his luxurious-looking house
A portrait of Swedish singer-songwriter José González, who is also part of the beat combo Junip, this low-key documentary plays like a cross between a home movie aimed at González superfans, a showreel demonstrating visual effects techniques and a video lookbook for a Scandinavian lifestyle brand specialising in leisurewear and throw rugs. In practice, that means this narratively unstructured piece splices together footage of González hanging out, reading or exercising as the camera pans slowly around the Swedish countryside where he lives in a lovely house. Sometimes we see his pregnant partner Hannele Fernström, an illustrator and designer, resting and reading a book. Occasionally, we follow the couple’s very young daughter Laura as she capers about in the grass and high-summer light while wearing adorable, covetable Scandi kids clothes or babbles charmingly.
A portrait of Swedish singer-songwriter José González, who is also part of the beat combo Junip, this low-key documentary plays like a cross between a home movie aimed at González superfans, a showreel demonstrating visual effects techniques and a video lookbook for a Scandinavian lifestyle brand specialising in leisurewear and throw rugs. In practice, that means this narratively unstructured piece splices together footage of González hanging out, reading or exercising as the camera pans slowly around the Swedish countryside where he lives in a lovely house. Sometimes we see his pregnant partner Hannele Fernström, an illustrator and designer, resting and reading a book. Occasionally, we follow the couple’s very young daughter Laura as she capers about in the grass and high-summer light while wearing adorable, covetable Scandi kids clothes or babbles charmingly.
- 12/5/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Purchasing a home is in itself something to celebrate, but James Mercer had an extra reason to pop the champagne when he discovered the house he bought in Portland had, incidentally, once belonged to one of his musical heroes, Elliott Smith.
Mercer was chatting about the making of The Shins 2003 album Chutes Too Narrow for an episode of the Life of the Record podcast. On the song “Saint Simon,” Mercer sings, “Nothing holds a Roman candle to the solemn warmth you feel inside,” an Easter egg reference to Smith’s 1994 debut Roman Candle.
“I ended up buying the house that [Smith] lived in when he recorded Roman Candle and those things — just randomly,” Mercer said on the podcast. “It was kind of a music house, but I didn’t know. My drummer, Jon Sortland, he had actually lived there as well.”
The house in question was, apparently, well-known among Smith and...
Mercer was chatting about the making of The Shins 2003 album Chutes Too Narrow for an episode of the Life of the Record podcast. On the song “Saint Simon,” Mercer sings, “Nothing holds a Roman candle to the solemn warmth you feel inside,” an Easter egg reference to Smith’s 1994 debut Roman Candle.
“I ended up buying the house that [Smith] lived in when he recorded Roman Candle and those things — just randomly,” Mercer said on the podcast. “It was kind of a music house, but I didn’t know. My drummer, Jon Sortland, he had actually lived there as well.”
The house in question was, apparently, well-known among Smith and...
- 12/4/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
In an effort to defend trans rights in the United States, the U.K., and Canada, dozens of artists have recorded cover songs for a new compilation that will raise money for organizations in those countries. Joanna Sternberg recorded Caroline Rose’s “Everywhere I Go I Bring the Rain,” Rostam interpreted Lucinda Williams’ “Change the Locks,” Wednesday took on Elliott Smith’s “Christian Brothers,” and Model/Actriz perform the Ting Tings’ “That’s Not My Name” on the 44-track Fader + Friends Vol. 1 compilation available on Bandcamp for one month, starting today.
- 11/1/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Fader has released Fader & Friends Vol. 1, a real star-studded covers compilation benefitting charities fighting for transgender rights.
There’s a whole lot in these 44 tracks, but here are just a few notable highlights: CoSign alums Wednesday recorded their rendition of Elliott Smith’s “Christian Brothers,” Rostam covered Lucinda Williams’ “Change the Locks,” Ratboys did The Beatles’ “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” and NNAMDÏ did The Beach Boys’ “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
While most of the performers on the compilation — including Caroline Rose and Joanna Stenberg, who covered each other — are relative newcomers, the crop of songs constitute a vast timeline. There are covers of Big Thief, Perfume Genius, and Ethel Cain mixed together with songs by Stevie Wonder, Abba, Tina Turner, and Selena. There’s even an old English folk song (courtesy of Helena Deland).
Fader & Friends Vol. 1 will be available exclusively on Bandcamp for the month of November only,...
There’s a whole lot in these 44 tracks, but here are just a few notable highlights: CoSign alums Wednesday recorded their rendition of Elliott Smith’s “Christian Brothers,” Rostam covered Lucinda Williams’ “Change the Locks,” Ratboys did The Beatles’ “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” and NNAMDÏ did The Beach Boys’ “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
While most of the performers on the compilation — including Caroline Rose and Joanna Stenberg, who covered each other — are relative newcomers, the crop of songs constitute a vast timeline. There are covers of Big Thief, Perfume Genius, and Ethel Cain mixed together with songs by Stevie Wonder, Abba, Tina Turner, and Selena. There’s even an old English folk song (courtesy of Helena Deland).
Fader & Friends Vol. 1 will be available exclusively on Bandcamp for the month of November only,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Today, Swiss songstress Mary Middlefield returns with a brand new single entitled “Sexless,” alongside its mesmerizing accompanying music video. Her newest release is a brash, rollicking, and raunchy number that really puts it all out there in a form of vulnerability separate from her past material.
The release of “Sexless” follows the arrival of her debut album, Thank You Alexander, which dropped on March 3. Born mid-pandemic, Thank You, Alexander was Middlefield’s cathartic response to heartbreak and sadness. The album reflects her journey through themes of infidelity, romance, and abuse, with songs such as her debut track “Band Aid,” “Two Thousand One,” and “This One’s For You,” garnering support from music publications like Clash, Notion, and The Line Of Best Fit.
Visualizer for Mary Middlefield’s “Sexless” Mary Middlefield Bio:
In Lausanne, Switzerland, wildflower-trails blaze with ultraviolet colour, mountains of myth surround a lake of sapphire. It’s a...
The release of “Sexless” follows the arrival of her debut album, Thank You Alexander, which dropped on March 3. Born mid-pandemic, Thank You, Alexander was Middlefield’s cathartic response to heartbreak and sadness. The album reflects her journey through themes of infidelity, romance, and abuse, with songs such as her debut track “Band Aid,” “Two Thousand One,” and “This One’s For You,” garnering support from music publications like Clash, Notion, and The Line Of Best Fit.
Visualizer for Mary Middlefield’s “Sexless” Mary Middlefield Bio:
In Lausanne, Switzerland, wildflower-trails blaze with ultraviolet colour, mountains of myth surround a lake of sapphire. It’s a...
- 10/12/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
The Beatles knew how to derive inspiration from the most unlikely places. A guru gave a lecture that inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to write songs. Paul’s song appeared on The White Album while John’s became one of his most notable solo ballads.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney initially wrote songs with similar names
During a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John discussed his feelings about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, his former guru. “Listen, if somebody’s gonna impress me, whether it be a Maharishi or a Yoko Ono, there comes a point when the emperor has no clothes,” he said. “There comes a point where I will see. So for all you folks out there who think that I’m having the wool pulled over my eyes — well, that’s an insult to me.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney initially wrote songs with similar names
During a 1980 interview from the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John discussed his feelings about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, his former guru. “Listen, if somebody’s gonna impress me, whether it be a Maharishi or a Yoko Ono, there comes a point when the emperor has no clothes,” he said. “There comes a point where I will see. So for all you folks out there who think that I’m having the wool pulled over my eyes — well, that’s an insult to me.
- 10/1/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elliott Smith’s pre-solo band, Heatmiser, is back with another previously unreleased single from their forthcoming rarities compilation, The Music of Heatmiser (due on October 6th). Entitled “Bottle Rocket,” the song was recorded in 1992 and is a transportive artifact from the band’s early days. Stream it below.
Originally included on a demo cassette that the band was using to promote themselves during their 1992 tour, “Bottle Rocket” is not only a time-capsule of sorts, but also conveys Heatmiser’s lively energy and undeniable musical chemistry. Beginning with an appropriate amount of grungy, rock riffage, the song’s arrangement opens up to a melodic chorus with a descending chord progression and call-and-response vocals. Over top, lyrics from the band’s Neil Gust carry a feeling of yearning, albeit, a bit esoterically.
As Gust has explained recently, though, those esoteric lyrics had a very specific and personal meaning. Several years prior to writing “Bottle Rocket,...
Originally included on a demo cassette that the band was using to promote themselves during their 1992 tour, “Bottle Rocket” is not only a time-capsule of sorts, but also conveys Heatmiser’s lively energy and undeniable musical chemistry. Beginning with an appropriate amount of grungy, rock riffage, the song’s arrangement opens up to a melodic chorus with a descending chord progression and call-and-response vocals. Over top, lyrics from the band’s Neil Gust carry a feeling of yearning, albeit, a bit esoterically.
As Gust has explained recently, though, those esoteric lyrics had a very specific and personal meaning. Several years prior to writing “Bottle Rocket,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
With last year’s Laurel Hell, Mitski elaborated on the eclectic, ’80s-influenced sounds of 2018’s Be the Cowboy, synthesizing the lessons she’d learned from her earlier work about multi-instrumental songwriting and thematic cohesiveness. “According to that pattern,” Mitski told Apple Music at the time, “the next thing I’ll do will be completely different.” Indeed, her seventh album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, delivers on that promise, adapting her poignant lyricism to the acoustic strings and traditionally rural setting of country music.
As always, Mitski’s music aches with longing, and by leaning into a bleak vision of the heartland, she unlocks a gothic sense of dread. “Bug Like an Angel” opens the album with the gory image of a bug stuck to the bottom of a glass. Accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, Mitski sounds like a lonesome country balladeer, or the drinker on the...
As always, Mitski’s music aches with longing, and by leaning into a bleak vision of the heartland, she unlocks a gothic sense of dread. “Bug Like an Angel” opens the album with the gory image of a bug stuck to the bottom of a glass. Accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, Mitski sounds like a lonesome country balladeer, or the drinker on the...
- 9/11/2023
- by Eric Mason
- Slant Magazine
Get ready to delve into The Music of Heatmiser. The Portland band best known as Elliott Smith’s pre-solo career springboard has announced a new rarities compilation arriving October 6th via Third Man Records, and a demo version of the track “Lowlife” is out now.
Heatmiser initially distributed The Music of Heatmiser — then a 6-song cassette — at local record stores and shows to promote the band before they released their 1993 debut LP, Dead Air. According to co-founding singer-guitarist Neil Gust, this longer package — featuring 23 additional demos, live tracks, rare versions, and previously unreleased songs — came together thanks to drummer Tony Lash.
“Tony found a bunch of forgotten recordings and started mixing them and sending them to me,” Gust said in a statement. “We were struck by the freewheeling energy of the band; you could hear how much fun we were having. In 1992 we could barely afford the studio so it...
Heatmiser initially distributed The Music of Heatmiser — then a 6-song cassette — at local record stores and shows to promote the band before they released their 1993 debut LP, Dead Air. According to co-founding singer-guitarist Neil Gust, this longer package — featuring 23 additional demos, live tracks, rare versions, and previously unreleased songs — came together thanks to drummer Tony Lash.
“Tony found a bunch of forgotten recordings and started mixing them and sending them to me,” Gust said in a statement. “We were struck by the freewheeling energy of the band; you could hear how much fun we were having. In 1992 we could barely afford the studio so it...
- 8/15/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
The Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, and Smashing Pumpkins are just a few artists whose concerts live on in the Live Music Archive, which just recently cracked a whopping 250,000 recordings.
Over the last 20 years or so, Internet Archive staff and music-loving volunteers have compiled various concert footage on the Live Music Archive for viewers to watch and listen to freely. Now, nearly 30 items are uploaded to the Live Music Archive each day, which now takes up more than 250 terabytes of data on Internet Archive servers.
“It’s a huge victory for the open web,” Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. “Fans have helped build it. Bands have supported it. And the Internet Archive has continued to scale it to be able to meet the demand.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Live Music Archive is particularly heavy with jam band footage, including highlight performances from String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s McGee,...
Over the last 20 years or so, Internet Archive staff and music-loving volunteers have compiled various concert footage on the Live Music Archive for viewers to watch and listen to freely. Now, nearly 30 items are uploaded to the Live Music Archive each day, which now takes up more than 250 terabytes of data on Internet Archive servers.
“It’s a huge victory for the open web,” Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. “Fans have helped build it. Bands have supported it. And the Internet Archive has continued to scale it to be able to meet the demand.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Live Music Archive is particularly heavy with jam band footage, including highlight performances from String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s McGee,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The Nineties are in full swing on the soundtrack to the recent second season of Yellowjackets.
Yellowjackets Season 2 Official Soundtrack: Music from The Original Series, set for release Sept. 1, will include tracks from Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, Garbage, Elliott Smith, Veruca Salt, the Cranberries, and Pulp. It also features an original track, “Just a Girl,” by Florence + the Machine, as well as Papa Roach’s “Last Resort” in a nod to a memorable moment from the show.
Morissette’s contribution is a cover of the Showtime series’ theme song, “No Return,...
Yellowjackets Season 2 Official Soundtrack: Music from The Original Series, set for release Sept. 1, will include tracks from Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, Garbage, Elliott Smith, Veruca Salt, the Cranberries, and Pulp. It also features an original track, “Just a Girl,” by Florence + the Machine, as well as Papa Roach’s “Last Resort” in a nod to a memorable moment from the show.
Morissette’s contribution is a cover of the Showtime series’ theme song, “No Return,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
illuminati hotties are back with a breezy, summery new single called “Truck.”
Though Sarah Tudzin is probably best known for her snappy, punk-inspired indie rock, “Truck” sees the illuminati hotties mastermind pump the brakes a bit, fueled by a mid-tempo acoustic guitar chug. She’s spent quite a bit of time on the road as a touring musician, and her latest tune uses interstates and automobiles as metaphors for life’s more psychological adventures — the ones that your Maps app can’t help you navigate.
“You grew up way too fast/ Took your corncob act to the city/ Thought there could be something more/ Turns out Hollywood’s just as boring,” she sings, her voice hushed like she’s taking a page from Elliott Smith’s playbook. Tudzin further explains the meaning behind the track in a press release: “If mortality is a jolting, jagged highway exit, then heaven is...
Though Sarah Tudzin is probably best known for her snappy, punk-inspired indie rock, “Truck” sees the illuminati hotties mastermind pump the brakes a bit, fueled by a mid-tempo acoustic guitar chug. She’s spent quite a bit of time on the road as a touring musician, and her latest tune uses interstates and automobiles as metaphors for life’s more psychological adventures — the ones that your Maps app can’t help you navigate.
“You grew up way too fast/ Took your corncob act to the city/ Thought there could be something more/ Turns out Hollywood’s just as boring,” she sings, her voice hushed like she’s taking a page from Elliott Smith’s playbook. Tudzin further explains the meaning behind the track in a press release: “If mortality is a jolting, jagged highway exit, then heaven is...
- 7/19/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
In 1973, the world saw George Harrison as the Beatle who was winning the break-up. He became a solo superstar with All Things Must Pass, his big triple-vinyl extravaganza, then his noble and star-sudded Concert For Bangla Desh. He’d finally broken free of the Fabs and gotten everything he’d ever wanted. Right? Well, not exactly. George stripped it all down for his sleeper masterpiece: Living In The Material World, released 50 years ago at the end of May 1973. It’s the most profoundly weird album of his life.
Over the years,...
Over the years,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Dogstar, the Nineties alt-rock outfit that featured Keanu Reeves on bass, played their first concert in 20 years Saturday as the reunited trio performed at Napa Valley’s BottleRock Festival.
The 12-song performance boasted a mix of tracks from Dogstar’s lone two albums — 1996’s Our Little Visionary and 2000’s Happy Ending — as well as songs from the band’s in-the-works third LP, including “Glimmer,” “Flowers” and “Breach.”
The BottleRock gig marked Dogstar’s first show since Oct. 2002, the same year they broke up. However, after 20 years of dormancy, in July...
The 12-song performance boasted a mix of tracks from Dogstar’s lone two albums — 1996’s Our Little Visionary and 2000’s Happy Ending — as well as songs from the band’s in-the-works third LP, including “Glimmer,” “Flowers” and “Breach.”
The BottleRock gig marked Dogstar’s first show since Oct. 2002, the same year they broke up. However, after 20 years of dormancy, in July...
- 5/28/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
One of the things we love most about the dark Showtime series “Yellowjackets” is all the fantastic ’90s music. Half of the show takes place in 1996, when high school girls’ soccer team crash lands in the wilderness and half is set 25 years later, with the still traumatized adult survivors.
Season 2 features an exclusive track by Florence + the Machine, an eerie cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl,” Sharon Van Etten’s “Seventeen,” and such ’90s feminist icons as Tori Amos.
And of course, we love the kind of creepy main title theme, “No Return,” by Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker. The opening credits from Season 1 teased some of the things we would see unfold, and the updated Season 2 credits sequence also gives us hints at what we’ll see in upcoming episodes.
Also Read:
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2 Trailer Teases Blood, Birth and Florence Welch’s ‘Just a Girl’ (Video)
The series stars Melanie Lynskey,...
Season 2 features an exclusive track by Florence + the Machine, an eerie cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl,” Sharon Van Etten’s “Seventeen,” and such ’90s feminist icons as Tori Amos.
And of course, we love the kind of creepy main title theme, “No Return,” by Craig Wedren and Anna Waronker. The opening credits from Season 1 teased some of the things we would see unfold, and the updated Season 2 credits sequence also gives us hints at what we’ll see in upcoming episodes.
Also Read:
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2 Trailer Teases Blood, Birth and Florence Welch’s ‘Just a Girl’ (Video)
The series stars Melanie Lynskey,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger, who also wrote the novel Hollywood Babylon (which was banned in the U.S. when it was first released in 1965) and was considered to be a pioneer of underground cinema, has passed away at the age of 96. According to The Hollywood Reporter, his death was announced by Sprüeth Magers art gallery, which has presented exhibitions of his work.
Anger made more than thirty dialogue-free short films over a career that spanned from 1941 to 2013, but The Hollywood Reporter estimates that the work he did in those 72 years would take a viewer just 8 hours to watch in its entirety. His shorts have been described as “a kaleidoscope of symbolism, homoeroticism and the occult”. Some of his most popular shorts include the 1963 collage Scorpio Rising, described as “a pastiche of pop songs plastered over homoerotic biker imagery, pulp cartoons, Nazism, and paraphernalia”; the 13-minute 1953 short Eaux d’Artifice, which...
Anger made more than thirty dialogue-free short films over a career that spanned from 1941 to 2013, but The Hollywood Reporter estimates that the work he did in those 72 years would take a viewer just 8 hours to watch in its entirety. His shorts have been described as “a kaleidoscope of symbolism, homoeroticism and the occult”. Some of his most popular shorts include the 1963 collage Scorpio Rising, described as “a pastiche of pop songs plastered over homoerotic biker imagery, pulp cartoons, Nazism, and paraphernalia”; the 13-minute 1953 short Eaux d’Artifice, which...
- 5/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Yellowjackets, Season 2 Episode 8, “It Chooses.”]
After a riveting first season filled with sonic callbacks to the ’90s, Season 2 of Showtime’s Yellowjackets kicked off with a similarly wistful tone, thanks to the new trailer, spotlighting Florence and the Machine’s cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl.”
Season 1 of the series took viewers back to 1996 when a young group of soccer players survives a plane crash and the aftermath forced the characters to deal with a string of psychologically unfortunate events. Considering when the story starts, music from the era is paramount to the series. So far, we’ve heard everything from Portishead’s “Glory Box” to “Rump Shaker” by Wreckx-n-Effect in the series, with Season 2 promising to keep that same energy while jumping in between timelines.
The ’90s part of the series shows Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Sammi Hanratty, Liv Hewson, and Courtney Eaton playing...
After a riveting first season filled with sonic callbacks to the ’90s, Season 2 of Showtime’s Yellowjackets kicked off with a similarly wistful tone, thanks to the new trailer, spotlighting Florence and the Machine’s cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl.”
Season 1 of the series took viewers back to 1996 when a young group of soccer players survives a plane crash and the aftermath forced the characters to deal with a string of psychologically unfortunate events. Considering when the story starts, music from the era is paramount to the series. So far, we’ve heard everything from Portishead’s “Glory Box” to “Rump Shaker” by Wreckx-n-Effect in the series, with Season 2 promising to keep that same energy while jumping in between timelines.
The ’90s part of the series shows Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Sammi Hanratty, Liv Hewson, and Courtney Eaton playing...
- 5/22/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Dogstar, the Nineties alt-rock band featuring Keanu Reeves on bass, has officially announced its live return following a two-decade-long hiatus.
For nearly a year, Reeves and his bandmates — drummer Robert Mailhouse (a fellow actor who notably appeared on Seinfeld) and guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose — have been sharing videos of the trio recording the long, long-awaited follow-up to their second album, 2000’s Happy Ending.
With that LP completed, Dogstar will return to the stage on May 27 at the BottleRock music festival in Napa Valley, California. The performance will feature new music...
For nearly a year, Reeves and his bandmates — drummer Robert Mailhouse (a fellow actor who notably appeared on Seinfeld) and guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose — have been sharing videos of the trio recording the long, long-awaited follow-up to their second album, 2000’s Happy Ending.
With that LP completed, Dogstar will return to the stage on May 27 at the BottleRock music festival in Napa Valley, California. The performance will feature new music...
- 5/10/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets and discusses potentially triggering content."
Halfway through the first season of "Yellowjackets," Showtime's smash-hit series about a high school girls' soccer team who resorted to cannibalism to survive after their plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness, it was revealed that Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is hard enough as is, but enduring a pregnancy while stranded in the middle of the forest and surviving off of soup made from melted snow and random critters sounds like an impossibility.
To make matters even more complicated, the father of Shauna's baby is Jeff Sadecki, the man Shauna would later grow up to marry as an adult, but the boy who is currently dating her best friend Jackie. When Jackie discovers that her best friend and boyfriend were hooking up behind her back, it throws their friendship into such extreme conflict, it leads to Jackie's death.
Halfway through the first season of "Yellowjackets," Showtime's smash-hit series about a high school girls' soccer team who resorted to cannibalism to survive after their plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness, it was revealed that Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is hard enough as is, but enduring a pregnancy while stranded in the middle of the forest and surviving off of soup made from melted snow and random critters sounds like an impossibility.
To make matters even more complicated, the father of Shauna's baby is Jeff Sadecki, the man Shauna would later grow up to marry as an adult, but the boy who is currently dating her best friend Jackie. When Jackie discovers that her best friend and boyfriend were hooking up behind her back, it throws their friendship into such extreme conflict, it leads to Jackie's death.
- 5/5/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Elliott Smith Makes Awkward Appearance on ’90s Morning Show with a Puppet in Resurfaced Video: Watch
A video has surfaced of Elliott Smith making an awkward appearance on a ’90s morning show called Breakfast Time, and well, if you’re a fan of Smith, pre-digital time capsules, or just straight-up odd video content, this is a goldmine.
Smith stopped by the FX morning show on July 28th, 1995 to promote his self-titled sophomore album. The video was first uploaded to YouTube in 2019, but recently went viral after clips were shared on reddit this week. Airing from 1994 to 1996, the program was an “informal magazine show” featuring a goofy variety of interviews and segments, and even had a puppet co-host — all of which made it appealing for mainstream American television audiences, but a truly weird choice for the underground icon Smith.
Sitting down with hosts Tom Bergeron (of future America’s Funniest Home Videos fame) and Bob (a puppet) for an interview and performance of his song “Clementine,” the...
Smith stopped by the FX morning show on July 28th, 1995 to promote his self-titled sophomore album. The video was first uploaded to YouTube in 2019, but recently went viral after clips were shared on reddit this week. Airing from 1994 to 1996, the program was an “informal magazine show” featuring a goofy variety of interviews and segments, and even had a puppet co-host — all of which made it appealing for mainstream American television audiences, but a truly weird choice for the underground icon Smith.
Sitting down with hosts Tom Bergeron (of future America’s Funniest Home Videos fame) and Bob (a puppet) for an interview and performance of his song “Clementine,” the...
- 4/5/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
“I can’t hide from you like I hide from myself,” sigh boygenius on their keenly anticipated debut album the record. In interviews, the indie supergroup comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus have said that writing songs together has enabled them to be more “earnest” than in their solo material. This doesn’t mean that all 12 songs are straightforward confessionals. Most of them slot together with an appealing combination of simplicity and enigma – like those little puzzle cubes made of three types of wood. All the while, you can hear the careful questioning with which the songwriters have honed one another’s thoughts until they slot smoothly together to become satisfying tactile emotional experiences.
the record opens a cappella with the three women’s voices weaving through the old-timey melody of “Without You Without Them”. (The song was written by Dacus and it seems all three wrote independently...
the record opens a cappella with the three women’s voices weaving through the old-timey melody of “Without You Without Them”. (The song was written by Dacus and it seems all three wrote independently...
- 3/30/2023
- by Helen Brown
- The Independent - Music
Six full-length albums by Elliott Smith dating back to his teenage years circa 1985 have surfaced online.
As Pitchfork notes, the recently unveiled archive of then-16-year-old Portland, Oregon teenager Steven Paul Smith was painstakingly discovered and distributed by a young Texas fan deep in a years-long pursuit.
Cameron McCrary emailed local Portland record stores and posted entries on Discogs as part of his treasure hunt. Tony Lash, who played drums on several of the records, sold the surviving copies to an Elliott Smith completist. Other recordings trickled out over the course of two years.
All told, the repertoire spans six albums recorded between 1985 and 1989 by Smith and his high school buddies under various band names, including 1985’s Any Kind of Mudhen, 1986’s Still Waters More or Less and 1987’s Menagerie by Stranger Than Fiction; 1988’s The Greenhouse by A Murder of Crows; and 1989’s Trick of Paris Season by Harum Scarum.
As Pitchfork notes, the recently unveiled archive of then-16-year-old Portland, Oregon teenager Steven Paul Smith was painstakingly discovered and distributed by a young Texas fan deep in a years-long pursuit.
Cameron McCrary emailed local Portland record stores and posted entries on Discogs as part of his treasure hunt. Tony Lash, who played drums on several of the records, sold the surviving copies to an Elliott Smith completist. Other recordings trickled out over the course of two years.
All told, the repertoire spans six albums recorded between 1985 and 1989 by Smith and his high school buddies under various band names, including 1985’s Any Kind of Mudhen, 1986’s Still Waters More or Less and 1987’s Menagerie by Stranger Than Fiction; 1988’s The Greenhouse by A Murder of Crows; and 1989’s Trick of Paris Season by Harum Scarum.
- 3/3/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
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Alex G and Alvvays are splitting the bill on their upcoming co-headlining tour. They are linking up for an eight-date stretch of shows in North America this summer.
The tour will begin on Aug. 23 at Brooklyn, New York’s Prospect Park Bandshell. They will make stops in Boston, Philadelphia, Woodstock, Toronto, Royal Oak, and Pittsburgh before wrapping on Sept. 1 at Lewiston, New York’s Artpark.
Alex G will...
Alex G and Alvvays are splitting the bill on their upcoming co-headlining tour. They are linking up for an eight-date stretch of shows in North America this summer.
The tour will begin on Aug. 23 at Brooklyn, New York’s Prospect Park Bandshell. They will make stops in Boston, Philadelphia, Woodstock, Toronto, Royal Oak, and Pittsburgh before wrapping on Sept. 1 at Lewiston, New York’s Artpark.
Alex G will...
- 2/28/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Adeem Bingham just couldn’t abide the Aaron Lewis song “Am I the Only One.” The embittered tune, released in 2021, infamously name-checked Bruce Springsteen for being a disappointment to “real” Americans and moaned about the tearing down of Confederate monuments. Bingham, who performs as Adeem the Artist, wasn’t having it.
“It’s a terrible fuckin’ song,” Adeem, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, says. “I listened to it one time and it made me so angry.”
The Knoxville-based artist performed a parody version as a shit-stirring experiment,...
“It’s a terrible fuckin’ song,” Adeem, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, says. “I listened to it one time and it made me so angry.”
The Knoxville-based artist performed a parody version as a shit-stirring experiment,...
- 12/22/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
My roundup of the year in cinematic soundtracks is a sonic collage of emotion and sensations, mixed together with both pop and orchestral flourishes.We start off with music from Tár, Todd Field’s return to filmmaking and the story of the renowned conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic (Cate Blanchett). Hildur Guðnadóttir’s concept album features music from within the film and inspired by it, with original pieces alongside beloved works by Elgar and Mahler.Experiencing Memoria at the cinema turned my senses upside down. Here Apichatpong Weerasethakul is in full force, offering a cinematic experience of the sensory. If one were to critique a film based solely on its sonic sensibilities, Memoria achieves the highest embodiment of altered states possible through the marriage of sound and visuals. The realms of human consciousness are Apichatpong's focus and it is through sound design and music that we fall into his world.
- 12/20/2022
- MUBI
Winter is almost upon us, as evidenced by the arrival of Weezer’s “I Want a Dog,” the first single off the fourth and wintertime installment of the band’s yearlong Sznz project.
The track is Cuomo’s ode to canine companionship, with the singer pining for a pet. But — in Cuomo fashion — the track deviates into a statement about the lack of human connection in an increasingly online world.
“I want a dog to lead me to the backyard / And fetch the ball as if he was my lifeguard...
The track is Cuomo’s ode to canine companionship, with the singer pining for a pet. But — in Cuomo fashion — the track deviates into a statement about the lack of human connection in an increasingly online world.
“I want a dog to lead me to the backyard / And fetch the ball as if he was my lifeguard...
- 12/9/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
I’ve never felt so naked in my whole life,” says Jacob Slater, the man behind the reins of rock band Wunderhorse. The Hertfordshire-born frontman is centre stage at his sold-out show at London’s Lafayette, 600 pairs of eyes transfixed by him. As he roars through a rollicking set of gritty rock, his face crinkles, his body bucks. Pouring out of him are vignettes of teenage trauma, delivered with a preacher’s zeal. He bares his soul; his heart is open.
“It’s kind of a relief going on stage every night,” he tells me the following day, when we meet in a bar in King’s Cross. “It’s like this is what I’m supposed to be doing.” This is fortunate, given Wunderhorse are currently on the road with Irish rock band Fontaines DC, having previously supported North Shields artist Sam Fender. Both have been enamoured by the...
“It’s kind of a relief going on stage every night,” he tells me the following day, when we meet in a bar in King’s Cross. “It’s like this is what I’m supposed to be doing.” This is fortunate, given Wunderhorse are currently on the road with Irish rock band Fontaines DC, having previously supported North Shields artist Sam Fender. Both have been enamoured by the...
- 12/4/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
A new generation has discovered the joys of wintry, isolation-fueled ballads, but Greg Brown has been wallowing in them for four decades. With songs that straddle folk and country and resist outsized hooks in favor of gaunt, gently rippling chord changes, the Iowa-based troubadour, who’s released over two dozen records, has been a cult figure for a reason. He’s only approached a degree of mainstream exposure here and there (appearances on Prairie Home Companion and taking on the voice of Hades on Anaïs Mitchell’s original Hadestown album). But along the way,...
- 11/2/2022
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Last year, Alex Giannascoli was ready to make a change. After years of living nomadically around Philadelphia, the oracular singer-songwriter who performs as Alex G felt like settling down. So he and his longtime partner, violinist Molly Germer, bought a place of their own. “We got this old house and spent a couple months taking off wallpaper and putting up ceilings and stuff,” says Giannascoli, 29. “It’s pretty nice in there now.”
Since releasing his first demos on Bandcamp as a teen more than a decade ago, Alex G has...
Since releasing his first demos on Bandcamp as a teen more than a decade ago, Alex G has...
- 10/4/2022
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
The time has come to say goodbye,” Richard Hawley informs the crowd, as he closes his four-night residency at The Leadmill, Sheffield. The packed room is bathed in a red glow, casting strange silhouettes across the black-painted walls. Those walls have seen a lot. They’ve seen Hawley play hundreds of times – more than any other artist – and hundreds more fans hypnotised by his rich, velvety voice. Yet his farewell tonight is particularly poignant. Not only is this the end of a great gig; it’s soon to be the end of The Leadmill as we know it.
As an independent music venue, The Leadmill has played a pivotal role in the careers of some of our most celebrated rock artists. A former community centre that opened in 1980 in place of The Esquire (a Sixties club visited by Jimi Hendrix), it’s where Hawley got to practise his crooning rock’n’roll,...
As an independent music venue, The Leadmill has played a pivotal role in the careers of some of our most celebrated rock artists. A former community centre that opened in 1980 in place of The Esquire (a Sixties club visited by Jimi Hendrix), it’s where Hawley got to practise his crooning rock’n’roll,...
- 9/23/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Mya Byrne’s new song “Autumn Sun” was written as soon as the smoke cleared, literally. The California singer-songwriter was on the porch at home in Berkeley with her friends in the aftermath of the destructive and deadly California wildfires in 2018, sipping coffee and enjoying nature.
“It was the first day we could be out,” Byrne says. “We all noticed a shift in the light and talked about it; I wrote the first few lines in my phone.”
“Different shade of morning, autumn sun/Sky quilted ocean with the clouds hung,...
“It was the first day we could be out,” Byrne says. “We all noticed a shift in the light and talked about it; I wrote the first few lines in my phone.”
“Different shade of morning, autumn sun/Sky quilted ocean with the clouds hung,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Tonight marks the summer solstice and, as promised, a new EP as part of Weezer’s year-long Sznz project.
Following Sznz: Spring — which featured the band’s hit “A Little Bit of Love” — Rivers Cuomo and company released Sznz: Summer on the summer equinox. As opposed to the “happy chill” Spring, Summer recalls Weezer’s vintage Nineties sound with songs like “Lawn Chair,” “Thank You and Good Night,” and “What’s The Good Of Being Good.”
Weezer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night to perform the EP’s first single “Records.
Following Sznz: Spring — which featured the band’s hit “A Little Bit of Love” — Rivers Cuomo and company released Sznz: Summer on the summer equinox. As opposed to the “happy chill” Spring, Summer recalls Weezer’s vintage Nineties sound with songs like “Lawn Chair,” “Thank You and Good Night,” and “What’s The Good Of Being Good.”
Weezer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night to perform the EP’s first single “Records.
- 6/21/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Bright Eyes pulled out all the stops to deliver a full-band performance of “Dance and Sing” Wednesday on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The track comes off the group’s 2020 album Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, which Rolling Stone said reminds listeners why frontman Conor Oberst “was one of the best singer-songwriters of the 2000s.”
Oberst, alongside longtime Bright Eyes members Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis, were backed by a large group of musicians, including a full strings section and horn players, for the performance.
Oberst, alongside longtime Bright Eyes members Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis, were backed by a large group of musicians, including a full strings section and horn players, for the performance.
- 4/14/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Bright Eyes crank the amps up on their new cover of Elliott Smith’s “St. Ides Heaven.” The cover will appear on the group’s upcoming EP, Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion, which will arrive May 27 via Dead Oceans.
Where Smith’s original version of “St. Ides Heaven” is a tense, lo-fi acoustic track, Bright Eyes inject the song with a jolt of electricity, pairing crunching guitars with a swelling chorus of horns, synthesizers, strings, and more. Capping it all off, the song features back-up vocals from Conor Oberst...
Where Smith’s original version of “St. Ides Heaven” is a tense, lo-fi acoustic track, Bright Eyes inject the song with a jolt of electricity, pairing crunching guitars with a swelling chorus of horns, synthesizers, strings, and more. Capping it all off, the song features back-up vocals from Conor Oberst...
- 3/22/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Spring has officially sprung, and Weezer marked the occasion with a whimsical, fantasy-filled rendition of the group’s new single “A Little Bit of Love” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band transformed the late-night show’s stage into a fanciful forest, complete with a creepy mandolin-playing rabbit and frontman Rivers Cuomo sporting a pair of pointy elf ears.
Contrary to the sad sack nerd rock that propelled Weezer to fame in the early 90s, “A Little Bit of Love” is a blithe and uplifting ambling rock number, jam-packed with inspirational aphorisms.
Contrary to the sad sack nerd rock that propelled Weezer to fame in the early 90s, “A Little Bit of Love” is a blithe and uplifting ambling rock number, jam-packed with inspirational aphorisms.
- 3/22/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Over six months after Weezer first revealed plans for their ambitious “Seasons” project, the first installment of that song cycle will arrive this Sunday.
Now dubbed Sznz, the year-long endeavor finds Rivers Cuomo and company releasing four new EPs over the next four seasons. Sznz: Spring arrives first on March 20, a day that marks the spring equinox; ahead of the EP’s arrival, Weezer shared the single “A Little Bit of Love.”
Speaking about the Sznz project in 2021, Cuomo said “Spring is kind of like happy chill, and then we move through to dance rock,...
Now dubbed Sznz, the year-long endeavor finds Rivers Cuomo and company releasing four new EPs over the next four seasons. Sznz: Spring arrives first on March 20, a day that marks the spring equinox; ahead of the EP’s arrival, Weezer shared the single “A Little Bit of Love.”
Speaking about the Sznz project in 2021, Cuomo said “Spring is kind of like happy chill, and then we move through to dance rock,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s to 50 years of Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, the masterpiece that’s always waiting to be discovered. Even back then, no one quite knew what to do with those introspective, nakedly elegiac songs — or the man who created them. “Nick Drake: Out of Obscurity,” read the headline in Salt Lake City’s Deseret News in 1972. “It is true that no one knows where Nick Drake lives …Drake is unreachable, does no tours … It is as though he interacts only with nature, yet is ever studying man’s existence.
- 2/25/2022
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Bright Eyes have announced an ambitious plan to reissue their entire catalog with accompanying EPs, aptly titled the Companion series.
On May 27, the band will kick off with the first three albums: A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997, 1998’s Letting Off the Happiness, and 2000’s Fevers and Mirrors. You can hear the latter’s “Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh” above with Phoebe Bridgers, with Waxahatchee joining in on “Contrast and Compare” below, followed by “Falling Out of Love at This Volume” from the debut.
“It’s a meaningful...
On May 27, the band will kick off with the first three albums: A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997, 1998’s Letting Off the Happiness, and 2000’s Fevers and Mirrors. You can hear the latter’s “Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh” above with Phoebe Bridgers, with Waxahatchee joining in on “Contrast and Compare” below, followed by “Falling Out of Love at This Volume” from the debut.
“It’s a meaningful...
- 2/1/2022
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
As more musicians pull their music from Spotify amidst the controversy surrounding Joe Rogan, listeners are contemplating making the jump to alternate streaming services. There are a few options available, the more obvious choices including Apple Music and Tidal, but Rivers Cuomo is adding his own self-made app to the mix: Weezify.
“Tired of Spotify” the Weezer frontman wrote on Twitter. “Come on over to Weezify.” The only catch with Cuomo’s venture is that when he created the app last year, he filled it with the more than 3,200 demos...
“Tired of Spotify” the Weezer frontman wrote on Twitter. “Come on over to Weezify.” The only catch with Cuomo’s venture is that when he created the app last year, he filled it with the more than 3,200 demos...
- 1/31/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo offered a few more details about their upcoming project, Seasons, during an interview on Good Morning America Friday, July 16th
Seasons, as its title suggest, will comprise four albums; Cuomo said the band will release them next year, with each LP arriving on the first day of the season it’s tied to. “Spring is kind of like happy chill,” Cuomo said. “And then we move through to dance rock, like a Strokes-style album for the fall, and then sad acoustic, Elliott Smith-style for winter.
Seasons, as its title suggest, will comprise four albums; Cuomo said the band will release them next year, with each LP arriving on the first day of the season it’s tied to. “Spring is kind of like happy chill,” Cuomo said. “And then we move through to dance rock, like a Strokes-style album for the fall, and then sad acoustic, Elliott Smith-style for winter.
- 7/16/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In 2019, Claire Cottrill followed up her viral debut “Pretty Girl” with Immunity, a moving collection of adolescent uncertainty, anxiety, and revelation that introduced Claire Cottrill as a commanding pop storyteller. Two years later, Cottrill, who performs as Clairo, raises the stakes on Sling, her compelling, sharply-focused and musically adventurous second album.
Cottrill puts her own spin on some of the more delightfully predictable trademarks of a higher-stakes second album here: There are the requisite reflections on unexpected and somewhat unwelcome semi-stardom (see “Management”). There’s the expanded instrumental palette–flutes...
Cottrill puts her own spin on some of the more delightfully predictable trademarks of a higher-stakes second album here: There are the requisite reflections on unexpected and somewhat unwelcome semi-stardom (see “Management”). There’s the expanded instrumental palette–flutes...
- 7/16/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Barnes & Noble may be known for their cozy bookstores and massive collective of great reads across all genres, but the retailer has also just announced the return of their fan-favorite “Vinyl Weekend,” which offers dozens of limited-edition records and exclusive in-store and online specials.
This annual event is a great time for both seasoned vinyl shoppers, collectors, and record-store newbies alike to get in on some deals from Friday, July 16 to Sunday, July 18. Over the weekend, you can shop from Barnes & Noble’s wide range of vinyl to beef up your own collection,...
This annual event is a great time for both seasoned vinyl shoppers, collectors, and record-store newbies alike to get in on some deals from Friday, July 16 to Sunday, July 18. Over the weekend, you can shop from Barnes & Noble’s wide range of vinyl to beef up your own collection,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
In 2014, Cale Tyson performed at a Ones to Watch showcase presented by Rolling Stone Country at Nashville’s Exit/In opposite future star Margo Price and RaeLyn Nelson, Willie’s granddaughter. Tyson, a Texas native, sang country music songs that night, emphasizing a hillbilly hiccup in his voice and even flirting with a yodel. He sold it well and looked the part too — hat, boots, Pendleton jacket.
But over time, Tyson became tired of country music’s hang-up with a mythologized authenticity.
“It got to a point where I was...
But over time, Tyson became tired of country music’s hang-up with a mythologized authenticity.
“It got to a point where I was...
- 7/14/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Consider This: Conversations highlight television’s award-worthy productions through panel discussions with the artists themselves. The above video is in partnership by FX, produced by IndieWire’s Creative Producer Leonardo Adrian Garcia, and hosted by Elliott Smith.
For the first three seasons of the FX hit “Snowfall,” charismatic drug kingpin Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) seemed to have everything under control as he expanded his empire. But Season 4 of the drama found Franklin dealing with a level of chaos he’s never experienced, both from outside forces and within his inner circle, culminating in the ultimate betrayal.
A key element in this season was exploring the relationship between Franklin and his father Alton (Kevin Carroll), a former Black Panther who became estranged from his family only to take hesitant steps to reconnect with his son.
“This is a show that is very much about exploring consequences,” Showrunner Dave Andron said. “What...
For the first three seasons of the FX hit “Snowfall,” charismatic drug kingpin Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) seemed to have everything under control as he expanded his empire. But Season 4 of the drama found Franklin dealing with a level of chaos he’s never experienced, both from outside forces and within his inner circle, culminating in the ultimate betrayal.
A key element in this season was exploring the relationship between Franklin and his father Alton (Kevin Carroll), a former Black Panther who became estranged from his family only to take hesitant steps to reconnect with his son.
“This is a show that is very much about exploring consequences,” Showrunner Dave Andron said. “What...
- 6/15/2021
- by Elliott Smith
- Indiewire
March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day meant to celebrate trans people in a world that frequently marginalizes and mistreats them. This year, as states like Arkansas pass cruel laws aimed at denying trans people healthcare and dignity, observing this day feels especially important — and the history of trans resistance offered by Boston-based artist/activist Evan Greer’s new music video for “The Tyranny of Either/Or” couldn’t be more timely.
The song is a pop-punk anthem that could fit in with Green Day’s Nineties hits,...
The song is a pop-punk anthem that could fit in with Green Day’s Nineties hits,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Nobody director Ilya Naishuller joins Josh and Joe to talk about his favorite movies.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Nobody (2021)
Hardcore Henry (2016)
Billy Jack (1971)
My Winnipeg (2007)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Top Gun (1986)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Seven (1995)
Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993)
The Mission (1986)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Captivity (2007)
The Killing (1956)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
You And I (2008)
Infested (2002)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Goodfellas (1990)
Goldfinger (1964)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Papillon (1973)
Papillon (2017)
Midnight Run (1988)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Oldboy (2003)
Parasite (2019)
Assassins (1995)
Ladder 49 (2004)
Waterworld (1995)
Heathers (1989)
Mad Max (1979)
A History Of Violence (2005)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Punishment Park (1971)
The War Game (1966)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Uncut Gems (2019)
Culloden (1964)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Fail Safe (1964)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Let The Right One In (2008)
Patton (1970)
Hardcore (1979)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
District 9 (2009)
Paths of Glory (1957)
A Clockwork Orange...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Nobody (2021)
Hardcore Henry (2016)
Billy Jack (1971)
My Winnipeg (2007)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Top Gun (1986)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Seven (1995)
Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993)
The Mission (1986)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Captivity (2007)
The Killing (1956)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
You And I (2008)
Infested (2002)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Goodfellas (1990)
Goldfinger (1964)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Papillon (1973)
Papillon (2017)
Midnight Run (1988)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Oldboy (2003)
Parasite (2019)
Assassins (1995)
Ladder 49 (2004)
Waterworld (1995)
Heathers (1989)
Mad Max (1979)
A History Of Violence (2005)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Punishment Park (1971)
The War Game (1966)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Uncut Gems (2019)
Culloden (1964)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Fail Safe (1964)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Let The Right One In (2008)
Patton (1970)
Hardcore (1979)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
District 9 (2009)
Paths of Glory (1957)
A Clockwork Orange...
- 3/30/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
At long last, Amazon has lifted the curtain on “Them: Covenant,” the upcoming first season of Little Marvin’s highly-anticipated horror anthology series.
Per Amazon, “Them” is a limited anthology series that explores terror in America. The first season, subtitled “Covenant,” centers on a Black family in the 1950s who moves from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration. The family’s idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces — next-door and otherworldly — threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
In IndieWire’s review of the first two episodes, Elliott Smith wrote: “While many view the West with rose-tinted sunglasses, “Them” shows how the corrosive effects of racism were in full rot even in the City of Angels. As soon as the Emory family pulls into the driveway of its new home, their new white neighbors are out in full force to protest,...
Per Amazon, “Them” is a limited anthology series that explores terror in America. The first season, subtitled “Covenant,” centers on a Black family in the 1950s who moves from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration. The family’s idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces — next-door and otherworldly — threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
In IndieWire’s review of the first two episodes, Elliott Smith wrote: “While many view the West with rose-tinted sunglasses, “Them” shows how the corrosive effects of racism were in full rot even in the City of Angels. As soon as the Emory family pulls into the driveway of its new home, their new white neighbors are out in full force to protest,...
- 3/22/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
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