Ice Cream for Crow , Captain Beefheart ’s twelfth album, will surely attain the sacred status enjoyed by the rest of this beloved eccentric’s musical canon, and it will do so without so much as a critical blink. So it should be: in the arid expanses of rock & roll, Beefheart’s fecund gift for words and music stands out like a flower rising from parched earth. Personally, I have nothing but gratitude for almost every note he’s ever played, but a few observations about his new record may be in order. First, in addition to the whooping crane and the manatee, Captain Beefheart’s voice should be added to the list of endangered species. These days, he’s not so much singing as delivering raspy recitations, and his touted seven-and-a-half octave range — a sad casualty of cigarettes and age? — is nowhere in evidence. Second, he doesn’t seem entirely at ease before the microphone, and on several compositions—notably, “Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat”— he sounds disconcertingly … [Read more...] about Ice Cream For Crow
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The Second Coming of D’Angelo
D ‘Angelo is a morning person, of sorts. When he’s working in the studio, as was often the case in the 14-year interregnum between 2000’s Voodoo and 2014’s Black Messiah, he quits his all-night recording sessions just in time to greet each day’s sunrise. “I’m definitely on the night shift,” he says, drawing deep on one of a series of Newport cigarettes, not long after midnight in the midtown Manhattan studio where he recorded much of Black Messiah. He’s wearing a denim shirt unbuttoned over a white undershirt, dark jeans and leather boots. Dog tags bearing the names of his three children hang from a chain around his neck. He looks weary, though he woke up not long ago. It’s his first interview since he released one of the most universally acclaimed albums in years, an album that seemed as if it might never come out at all. D’Angelo could well be the most singular, visionary star to emerge from R&B since Prince. His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic … [Read more...] about The Second Coming of D’Angelo
Cynthia Erivo & Alia Shawkat Lead Anthony Chen’s ‘Drift’ For ‘Call Me By Your Name’ & ‘Nomadland’ Producers — Cannes
EXCLUSIVE : Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo ( Harriet ) will lead cast alongside Being The Ricardos and Arrested Development star Alia Shawkat in Anthony Chen’s ( Ilo Ilo ) English-language debut Drift . The film reunites Call Me By Your Name producers Emilie Georges and Peter Spears and exec producer Naima Abed. Spears won the Best Picture Oscar last year for Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland . Drift follows a young Liberian refugee named Jacqueline (Erivo) who has barely escaped her war-torn country to a Greek island. She offers massages to tourists in exchange for one or two euros to battle her hunger, while her daily struggle for survival keeps the memories that haunt her at bay. She meets an unmoored tour guide (Shawkat) and the two become close as they each find hope in the other. Ibrahima Ba, who has a supporting role in Cannes 2022 title Father & Soldier , is also among cast. Filming is currently underway in Greece on the under-the-radar … [Read more...] about Cynthia Erivo & Alia Shawkat Lead Anthony Chen’s ‘Drift’ For ‘Call Me By Your Name’ & ‘Nomadland’ Producers — Cannes
Sidharth Shukla Fans Lash Out At Producer For Releasing Late Actor’s Music Video Without His Family’s Consent
Sidharth Shukla is not with us in this world and his fans always remember him during their good and bad days. Recently, they got angry at the makers of the music video 'Jeena Zaroori Hai', which features Sidharth Shukla with Vishal Kotian and Deepika Tripathy. For the unversed, the producers of the music video reportedly released the song without the consent of Shukla's family. The Shuklas had also shared an official statement with the media on the same. Well, Sidharth Shukla's fans got very disappointed with the makers as they lashed out at them on Twitter. See tweets here- Sparkle_Shine23 "Shame on each & every person who are involved in this MV. Y'll had TIME to do more projects and gain out of it. Yet, you chose this way because #SidharthShukla Ka Naam Nahi Use Karoge Toh Footage Kaise Milegi. Haina? STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA." Sidnaaz78 "STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA Atleast think of a mother who had lost her only son... We can atleast … [Read more...] about Sidharth Shukla Fans Lash Out At Producer For Releasing Late Actor’s Music Video Without His Family’s Consent
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For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now நிக்கி கல்ராணியை மணந்தார் நடிகர் ஆதி! View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts Must Watch முகப்பு செய்திகள் News | Published: Thursday, May 19, 2022, 13:58 [IST] சென்னை : டான் படம் பார்த்து விட்டு சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் கண்ணீர் விட்டு அழுததாக நடிகர் சிவகார்த்திகேயன் கூறி உள்ளது அனைவரையும் ஆச்சரியப்பட வைத்துள்ளது. இது எப்போ நடந்தது. ஒன்றுமே தெரியவில்லையே என அனைவரும் கேட்டு வருகிறார்கள். நடிகர் சிவகார்த்திகேயன் வரிசையாக பல படங்களில் நடித்து வருகிறார். டாக்டர் படத்திற்கு பிறகு அவர் நடித்த டான் படம் சமீபத்தில் ரிலீசானது. பள்ளி பருவ மற்றும் கல்லூரி கால அனுபவங்களை நினைவுப்படுத்தும் படமாக டான் படம் அமைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அறிமுக இயக்குனர் சிபி சக்கரவர்த்தி இயக்கிய இந்த படத்தை லைகா ப்ரொடக்ஷன்ஸ் மற்றும் எஸ்கே ப்ரொடக்ஷன்ஸ் இணைந்து தயாரித்தனர். இதில் சிவகார்த்திகேயன், பிரியங்கா அருள்மோகன், சமுத்திரக்கனி, … [Read more...] about டான் படம் பார்த்து விட்டு கண்ணீர் விட்டாரா ரஜினி…சிவகார்த்திகேயன் சொன்ன சுவாரஸ்ய தகவல்
UMI’s Peaceful Soul: ‘I Can Be Whatever I Want to Be’
Like so many people of mixed heritages, Tierra Umi Wilson exists between worlds. The 23-year-old artist — who performs under her middle name, UMI, which means “ocean” in Japanese — was born in Seattle to a Black father and a Japanese mother, and has spent her life negotiating the cultural exchange she embodies. Her 2020 EP Introspection put that interrogation into music as she worked her way through questions of heritage and sexual identity. But while that record was explicitly inward-looking, UMI’s debut album — Forest in the City , out May 27 on RCA — seeks to turn her search outward. The themes are more universal and the sounds more expansive, bouncing from sun-soaked electro R&B on “whatever u like” to moody slow jams like “moonlit room.” It’s as if being at a fulcrum between communities has given UMI the confidence to be something completely different: herself. “Growing up, I didn’t feel Japanese enough, I didn’t feel Black enough, and I didn’t feel me enough, … [Read more...] about UMI’s Peaceful Soul: ‘I Can Be Whatever I Want to Be’
A Notorious B.I.G. Classic Gets Flipped Into a New Song Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Bella Alubo
The Notorious B.I.G.’s verses from “I Love the Dough” has been flipped into a new song, “G.O.A.T.,” which arrives one day before what would’ve been the late rapper’s 50th birthday, May 21. The original “I Love the Dough” is, of course, vintage Biggie, the Life After Death track featuring a bouncing beat from Easy Mo Bee, verses from Jay-Z, and a hook from Angela Winbush. “G.O.A.T.”, meanwhile, boasts a contemporary Afrobeats vibe, and finds Biggie trading verses this time with Ty Dolla $ign , while Nigerian R&B star Bella Alubo sings the hook. The track was co-produced by Nigerian producer, Kayomusiq. “Being on a song with Biggie has been a dream of mine since I was a kid,” Ty Dolla $ign said in a statement. “The song title is fitting of him…the G.O.A.T. Happy Birthday, Big. We miss you.” Voletta Wallace, the late rapper’s mother, added, “It’s wonderful to witness my son’s music reimagined for his fans and today’s generation of young men and women to embrace his … [Read more...] about A Notorious B.I.G. Classic Gets Flipped Into a New Song Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Bella Alubo
ARO’s Chilly, Trance-like ‘House of Lies’ Is a Song You Need to Know
The squirmy synth line that opens “House of Lies,” the latest single from ARO ’s upcoming Vacare Adamare LP, worms its way in slowly. “Picked you like a rose that wasn’t blooming,” sings ARO, “’cause everything I do is of my choosing.” That couplet perfectly sets up her whole perspective — everything she does is on her own terms. Five years have passed since ARO introduced herself with “Raining Gold,” a slow-building, cinematic sliver of electro-pop that builds until it bursts. She got immediate attention at the time, since people figured out ARO is an acronym for her name, Aimée Rachel Osbourne — Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s eldest daughter — and she was making music that was nothing like her father’s. Yet despite the attention, she bided her time; Vacare Adamare , her debut, won’t come out until October 30th. “House of Lies,” and her lyrics about setting her own destiny, perfectly sum up her attitude. Beyond the mission statement, there’s an element of mystery to “House … [Read more...] about ARO’s Chilly, Trance-like ‘House of Lies’ Is a Song You Need to Know
Blood Brothers: Inside the Music of ‘The Knick’
W hen Steven Soderbergh began work on The Knick – his gritty, historical medical series for Cinemax, set in New York City in 1900 – he enjoyed replicating the era’s look, fashion and stomach-churning surgical practices. But one of the few things that was far too ghastly to replicate was the music. “Oh, it was horrible,” he says with a laugh. “Aesthetically, it’s a really cool period, but the music was absolutely boring and not interesting. Ragtime had just started – and there’s a tiny bit of that in the background of some scenes – but other than that, there was nothing good.” So the director turned to the only person he thought could give The Knick a unique sound: his frequent collaborator, Cliff Martinez. As the director filmed the show, he had been using shimmery EDM flourishes that Martinez had written for the 2012 teensploitation flick Spring Breakers and some of the composer’s wiry synth lines from his own 2011 pandemic disaster film, Contagion , as temporary … [Read more...] about Blood Brothers: Inside the Music of ‘The Knick’
Dr. Dre to Release New Album as ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Soundtrack
Dr. Dre will finally end fans’ 16-year wait for a new album when the rapper releases his Straight Outta Compton soundtrack, which will consist of new music entirely produced by The Chronic mastermind, a source tells Rolling Stone . Dre is expected to confirm the album, the companion piece to the N.W.A biopic, on his Beats 1 radio show The Pharmacy this Saturday. Ice Cube appeared on Philadelphia’s Power 99 Wednesday morning and let slip the news about Dre’s Straight Outta Compton soundtrack. Despite Cube giving an August 1st release date for the album, multiple sources have told Rolling Stone that the album will be released at a later date than Saturday. “It’s mega. It’s Dr. Dre , it’s what everybody’s been waiting for,” Ice Cube told the Rise & Grind Morning Show . “It’s definitely a dope record, and he’s dropping it all on the same day.” It’s unclear whether any of the music destined for Dre’s Straight Outta Compton soundtrack was originally … [Read more...] about Dr. Dre to Release New Album as ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Soundtrack