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Santigold Announces Comeback Album Spirituals, Shares “Ain’t Ready”: Stream
Santigold has announced her new album, Spirituals, out September 9th. As a preview, she unleashed the defiant single “Ain’t Ready.” For Spirituals, Santigold recruited a list of contributors including Rostam, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Boys Noize, JakeOne, Doc McKinney, Psymun, Ricky Blaze, Lido, Ray Brady, and Ryan Olson. In a statement, the artist revealed how she got over writer’s block. “Recording this album was a way back to myself after being stuck in survival mode,” Santigold explained. “It wasn’t until I made the space to create that I realized I wasn’t only creating music but a lifeline. California was on fire, we were hiding from a plague, the social justice protests were unfolding. I’d never written lyrics faster in my life. After having total writer’s block, they started...
The Rome and Duddy Show Leak New Dirty Heads Music, Judge TGATS Live
Listen via: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez and Dirty Heads Duddy B were back on Facebook this week for another live episode of The Rome and Duddy Show! Related Video Once again, the hosts presented a new round of The Great American Talent Show and answered fans’ questions. But there was also some juicy bonuses during this TGATS, including “leaks” of new music from Dirty Heads and Duddy’s brother, Jake Bushnell. Advertisement Listen to the full episode now, or watch a replay of the full livestream below. Then make sure you like, subscribe to, and review The Rome and Duddy Show wh...
She Wants Revenge Announce Summer Comeback Tour
She Wants Revenge are hitting the road. On Thursday, the dark alternative act announced the “Disappear Tour,” slate of summer headlining dates across the US. The tour signals a coming together between singer Justin Warfield and multi-instrumentalist Adam Bravin after their second indefinite breakup in 2020. (The first occurred in 2012 following the release of the duo’s third and most recent album, 2011’s Valleyheart.) Back in April, Consequence even did a deep dive into the history and happening of the California-based darkwave act as part of our ongoing Whatever Happened To series. The cross-country trek begins August 11th at the Music Box in San Diego, California, before continuing on to cities like San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas. After eleven other ...
The What Podcast Makes Their Bonnaroo Schedule Picks
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Radio Public | RSS Bonnaroo is just a week away, which means it’s time to finalize your personal schedule. The What podcast’s Barry and Lord Taco, with some help from Brad, offer their picks for which acts they plan to see at The Farm this year. Related Video Will they choose The War on Drugs, Arlo Parks, or Japanese Breakfast, or Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on Friday? Where will they find some downtime on Saturday to rest up for late-night? What other events are going on outside of music that are can’t-miss — and where can you see The What hosts recording a live episode? Advertisement Find this all out by listening to the episode now above, or w...
St. Vincent Covers “Funkytown” for Minions: The Rise of Gru Soundtrack: Stream
St. Vincent is going straight to “Funkytown.” Today, Annie Clark has unveiled her cover of the Lipps Inc. classic for the soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru. Take a listen below. “Won’t you take me to funkytown?/ Won’t you take me to funkytown?/ Won’t take me to funkyto-own?/ Won’t you take me to funkytown?” she asks again and again with a healthy amount of vocoder over a bouncing, synth-driven beat produced by Jack Antonoff. The song will be featured in the upcoming sequel to 2015’s Minions, which promises to tell “the origin story of how Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), the world’s greatest supervillain, first met his iconic Minions, forged cinema’s most despicable crew and faced off against the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled,” all set in the flash of the 1970s. Advertis...
The Wild Things on Working with Pete Townshend, Concept Albums, and Face Crystals
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS The Wild Things sit down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Afterglow, the band’s sophomore album that was co-produced by Pete Townshend. Related Video Sydney Rae White and Rob Kendrick tell us about how the record slowly morphed into a type of concept album, how they landed The Who guitarist as their guide, and what it was like to have their first post-lockdown show as openers for the legendary rockers at Royal Albert Hall. The husband-and-wife team also gives us the backstory on first single “Only Attraction,” live favorite “Drunk Again,” and their love of face crystals. Advertisement Listen to The ...
Antonio Sánchez Enlists Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for “I Think We’re Past That Now”: Stream
Antonio Sánchez has released “I Think We’re Past That Now,” his new collaboration with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross which features lyrics penned by the Nine Inch Nails frontman. Stream it below. “I can hear the sound coming out of them/ But I don’t seem to be able to comprehend,” Reznor whisper-sings on the first verse over Sánchez’s scattershot percussion. “I can feel their bullets fly through me/ But I think I’ve decided they don’t work on me.” The song will appear on the Grammy-winning drummer’s upcoming album, SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II), out August 26th via Arts Music/Warner Music. The long-gestating follow-up to 2017’s Bad Hombre will also feature collaborations with the likes of Dave Matthews (“Eh Hee 2.0” with Pat Metheny), Kimbra (“Suspended Animation”), Rodrigo y Gabriela (“M-Pow...
Song of the Week: The Smile Embrace Dramatic Balladry on “Free In the Knowledge”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, The Smile unleash a devastating, melancholy rumination on living with the consequences of the world around us. It’s as if Thom Yorke decided about a decade ago to commit himself to releasing some of the most devastating music of his career — which is kind of like a Carolina Reaper deciding to be spicier, or the Mariana Trench deciding that it’s not quite deep enough. There’s “Dawn Chorus” from his 2019 solo record ANIMA, “Unmade” from the Suspiria soundtrack, and pretty much everything off of Radiohead’s ...
The Wiggles Bring Out Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker for “Elephant” and “Hot Potato”: Watch
In just about the biggest thing to happen to Australia since it broke off from the supercontinent Gondwana, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala joined fellow Aussie icons The Wiggles on stage for a rendition of their unexpected collaborative version of “Elephant.” The lead single off 2012’s Lonerism, “Elephant” is the track that took Tame Impala from a regional rising star to a globetrotting festival headliner. The song gained a child-friendly second life last year, when The Wiggles covered it for Triple J’s Like a Version as part of the lead-up to ReWiggled. The new rendition, with its interpolation of The Wiggles’ “Fruit Salad Yummy Yummy!,” became an unexpected hit, even topping the 2021 poll of the Triple J Hottest 100. Fans at the RAC Arena in Perth, Austral...
Flea’s Daughter Used His Grammy as a Garden Shovel
Flea’s daughter really digs his Grammy trophy — literally. As the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist noted in a new interview with KROQ in Los Angeles, he once lost his first-ever Grammy, only to discover months later that his first child Clara Balzary had been using it as a garden shovel. The anecdote came up as Flea attempted to explain how much — or how little — these accolades mean. “Put it this way, I’m grateful to win a Grammy, Grammys are awesome,” he said, “but after we won our first Grammy, like three years later, my mom said, ‘Michael, where’s your Grammy?’, and I was like, ‘I don’t know, mom, I put it somewhere.’” He continued, “Months after that, my gardener came out of the backyard in the garden and you know how the Grammy looks like an old record player with the horn on it? My da...
The Rome and Duddy Show: That’s the Way It Works
Listen via: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS The Rome and Duddy Show is back with a new episode, “That’s the Way It Works.” In addition to the boys’ take on The Slap Heard ‘Round the Oscars, the episode features a fresh round of the fan-favorite contest, The Great American Talent Show. Join Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez and Dirty Heads’ Duddy B as they judge 10 new fan-submitted talent entries and narrow it down to the top four. After the show, listeners can vote on their favorite TGATS entry via The Rome and Duddy Show Facebook group. The winners will be announced in a later episode, and whoever comes out on top will r...
Dirty Heads Announce 2022 Headlining Tour
Dirty Heads have announced their 2022 US headlining tour titled “Let’s Get It Kraken.” Featuring special guests SOJA and Tribal Seeds, the summer trek spans from June through August. “Let’s Get It Kraken” kicks off on June 24th in Seattle, with subsequent stops in New York City, Austin, and Las Vegas before wrapping on August 12th in Chicago. A rotating cast of Artikal Sound System and The Elovaters will also join on select dates. A special ticket presale for Consequence readers (code: GOODTIMES) begins on Tuesday, March 29th at 12:00 p.m. local time here, with tickets available to the general public via Ticketmaster on Friday, April 1st. See the full itinerary below. Advertisement Related Video Last summer, Dirty Heads released their greatest hits collection, The Best of Dirty Heads, feat...
