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Neil Young Performs for an Audience of Animals
Neil Young has dropped his latest Fireside Sessions livestream, but with a twist. Opening up with animals, Young took things outdoors but what he’s calling the Barnyard Sessions. As usual, the result did not disappoint. Directed again by Daryl Hannah, the session is just under 29 minutes and sees Young go deep into his catalog. Opening up with “Tumbleweed” from 2014’s Storytone on ukulele outside of the barn, Young barnstormed through songs including “Homegrown,” “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” (where he’s surrounded by chickens) and “War of Man” as twilight beckons. In addition to the chickens, Young was surrounded by horses, llamas and an alpaca. As usual, Hannah and Young recorded Fireside Sessions from their home in Colorado. The previous session was released on M...
Jeff Rosenstock Surprise Releases New Album No Dream
Jeff Rosenstock has done it again. The singer/songwriter has surprise-released No Dream, his fourth solo studio album, without warning. He previously did this on New Year’s Day 2018 when he dropped Post- without warning as well. “It was feeling like a very personal record for me,” Rosenstock said in a statement. “A lot of it was stemming from the anxiety I was feeling from the last two years, this existential crisis of wondering who I am. I didn’t expect to be doing well, in my life, ever.” Having recently moved to Los Angeles, Rosenstock recorded the album with Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Hard Girls, Joyce Manor) at Oakland’s Atomic Garden. The album features appearances by Chris Farren, Laura Stevenson, Dan Potthast and more. The record (obviously) is out now on Polyvinyl an...
No Video Of NFL’s Deandre Baker & Quinton Dunbar Robbing The Cookout
Source: Broward County Sheriff’s Office / Splash News NFL players Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar currently stand accused of robbing a cookout. However, despite the rumors, the authorities are not in possession of any footage of the alleged incident. At least, not yet. Reports TMZ Sports: Multiple people involved in the investigation had told us they were confident there was video from the May 13 incident — but a spokesperson for the Broward County State Attorney’s Office tells us straight-up there’s no video, “not that I’m aware of.” One person involved in the case tells us cops are making an effort to speak with people in the vicinity to find out if the incident was captured on home surveillance video, including Ring doorbell cameras … and no, TMZ Sports has not seen any ...
HHW Gaming: The Next ‘Call of Duty’ Game Will Be Called ‘Black Ops: Cold War’: Report
Source: Activision / Treyarch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is still growing, but that is stopping Activision from pumping out another new game. News from a very reliable Call of Duty leaker claims that 2020 iteration of the popular first-person shooter will be called Black Ops: Cold War. Twitter user Okami13_, who accurately announced previous COD games like Warzone and Modern Warfare, shared a mock of the 2010’s Black Ops cover art added “Cold War” to it. According to GamesRadar, Okami’s tweet corroborates earlier leaks about the rumored forthcoming shooter, which is reportedly being developed by Treyarch, the same studio behind the first Black Ops game. Sledgehammer was initially tasked to bring the game to consoles, but due to significant production issues, Treyarch took over the projec...
Live Entertainment Is Returning Down Under
Live music is about to awaken from its lockdown slumber Down Under. From next week, Live Nation will test a weekly series of socially distanced concerts and comedy events in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. The Together Again shows will start next Friday (May 29) and Saturday (May 30) at The Tuning Fork in central Auckland, part of Spark Arena (formerly Vector Arena) with a rotating line-up of local artists and comedians. The concerts giant is “excited to be welcoming back live events in New Zealand,” comments Live Nation New Zealand chairman Stuart Clumpas in a statement, issued Tuesday (May 19). Supported by Vodafone, the gigs are an “opportunity for us to unite and celebrate the power of live with some of the country’s first socially distanced shows,” he continues. Performers acros...
‘The Voice’ Crowns Season 18 Winner
(Warning, spoilers follow) And the winner is… After an uncharacteristic season which saw NBC’s The Voice send all its contestants home to perform in isolation, one person has been crowned the champion: Team Blake’s Todd Tilghman. The 41-year-old emerged winner on Tuesday night (May 19) after a fiercely fought final which, for the first time, featured five hopefuls, Toneisha Harris and Tilghman (Team Blake), Micah Iverson (Team Kelly), CammWess (Team Legend) and Thunderstorm Artis (Team Nick), with each performing for America’s vote. In another first, The Voice finale had a crossover with another NBC brand, Songland, with competitors getting to collaborate with the latter series’ songwriters. Tilghman, the lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in Meridian, Mississippi, wins $100,000 and a recor...
Willie K, Grammy-Nominated Hawaiian Artist, Dies at 59
Willie K, the Grammy-nominated Hawaiian artist and producer, died Monday night (May 18) at his home in Wailuku after a years-long battle with lung cancer. He was 59. Born William Kahaiali‘I and known affectionately as Uncle Willie, the celebrated artist mastered the blues from a young age, taught by his dad Manu Kahaiali‘I, himself a respected musician. “My father was a great influence,” says Willie K in his biog. “He groomed me to be where I am today. He was just as diverse as I am—the guy knew how to play everything: jazz, blues and Hawaiian.” Willie’s artistry wouldn’t be tied down to any genre or instrument. He could play almost any instrument needed in his performance, from guitar to bass, ukulele and more, and his music palate was just as broad, covering jazz, reggae, rock, country a...
Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin, Loco Dice, More Announced on Lineup for Movement At Home
From the birthplace of techno music to the blue light of our computers and tablets, Detroit music festival Movement has gone virtual. The fabled fest, which has solidified itself as the premier house and techno festival in America over the years, recently announced its new livestream event, Movement At Home. Organizers from Movement have now unveiled the livestream’s lineup, which is nothing short of spectacular. Movement has taken place every Memorial Day Weekend since 2006, but its 2020 iteration was effectively crumpled by the impact of COVID-19. Back on March 19th, organizers announced the heartbreaking news that the festival could no longer go on as planned and announced its rescheduled dates, September 11th to 13th. “We share your heartbreak over this abrupt change, but t...
Lorde Gives Fans an Update on New Music: ‘I Am Truly Jazzed for You to Hear It’
Lorde has kept quiet for the better part of..well, forever. That changed on Tuesday. In a newsletter sent to fans, Lorde opened with some pleasantries about quarantine life before getting to business. Working again with producer Jack Antonoff, Lorde outlined their process (going between Auckland and Los Angeles) and how losing her dog impacting the process. “It was summer, a time of year which is usually so clarifying and special to me, but I was grieving hard for Pearl, carrying it everywhere with me,” she wrote. “I found a note in my phone from November which said: I eat a grief sandwich / I wear a grief coat / I see a grief film.” But, it’s brought out some good songs apparently. “I started going back to the studio again in December, just for something to do, and to my surprise, good th...
Live Music Events Will Return to Italy Next Month
Following the onset of COVID-19, Italy emerged as one of the world’s hardest hit countries. The virus had a devastating impact, shuttering the country and forcing its residents into lockdown in a matter of weeks. As of May 19th 2020, Italy has reported over 226,000 cases of the virus, but that number is assumed to be much higher due to those who are asymptomatic as well as those who opted to quarantine and recover from home. As other countries begin to ease restrictions on COVID-19-related ordinances, the government of Italy has followed suit by revealing its plans to reopen the country, which has been dormant in lockdown since early March. The reopening of Italy is an optimistic development in the global COVID-19 saga, but it of course comes with a myriad of safety-related cave...
Gunna Clears Up Crime Stoppers Clip Rumor, Says He’s Nobody’s Snitch
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Gunna has been dogged by rumors of cooperating with the police after a clip of the rapper surfaced that some framed as an episode of Crime Stoppers. The College Park, Ga. rapper shot down the rumors during a chat with The Breakfast Club, stating that he wasn’t on the show and further, he’s never stopped a crime. During the sitdown with DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God, Gunna, who is prepping to drop his sophomore album this week, joined the hosts via a four-way video call and gamely took on questions. Around 12 minutes in, Charlamagne cut to the chase and mentioned the clip from late 2019 that was reportedly leaked by Louisiana rapper Tec as part of an ongoing feud with Young Thug. Gunna explained that the clip wasn’t Crime Stoppers and that it w...
Boosie Badazz “Droptop Talkin’ Sh*t To Da Sky,” Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Go Outside” & More | Daily Visuals 5.19.20
Source: LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 13: Recording Artist Snoop Dogg performs during week eight of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at Staples Center on August 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/BIG3/Getty Images) For the past few months Boosie Badazz has had social media going crazy with his numerous controversial posts including weighing in on D-Wade’s daughter and causing more outrage after revealing his own child-rearing methods. Still, Boosie could care less about who he pisses off as he continues to live a luxurious life as is evident in his visuals to “Droptop Talkin Sh*t To Da Sky” where he flaunts cars, women and jewelry like it grows on trees. Snoop Dogg meanwhile seems to be staving off quarantine boredom by playing basketball, smoking ch...
