November 23, 2019, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the quintuple platinum Metallica–San Francisco Symphony album “S&M”. The idea for the symphonic and metallic collaboration came from Metallica’s late Cliff Burton. Burton passed away in 1986 but his idea lived on in his bandmates and came to fruition years later when they performed on April 21 and 22 of 1999 at Berkeley Community Theater. In celebration of that epic musical contribution on September 6 and 8 of 2019, the San Francisco Symphony will be appearing with Metallica again to perform the symphonic accompaniment originally composed by late conductor… Read more »
This fall, from the creators of ABC’s Black-ish and Grown-ish, comes the third element of the Johnson family’s world – Mixed-ish. Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross) is a wife, doctor, and mother who realizes that her children don’t know her story, so she’s telling it. Narrated by “Bow”, the series follows her childhood after living on a commune that the government might have labeled a radicalized cult in violation of over 47 ATF regulations then entering society at the age of 12 in 1985. Bow’s parents (Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tika Sumpter) send their biracial children, Rainbow (Arica Himmel), Johan (Ethan… Read more »
The Maine have announced The Mirror Tour this fall, an “immersive audio and visual experience unlike anything The Maine has done before.”
It’s never too early for good tunes. It’s time to Rise Rock n’ Shine…
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the new UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
With the Vans Warped Tour 25th anniversary shows and genre sensation blink–182 touring the 20th anniversary of their “Enema of the state” album a massive pop-punk revival is underway. Blink–182’s new album “NINE” will be out September 20 and after the outstanding reception of “blame it on my youth” one can only imagine the trajectory from there will skyrocket. The tracklist for NINE definitely sounds like it will be a good time at the very least. That title of track 13 though – I’m here for it. 1. “The First Time” 2. “Happy Days” 3. “Heaven” 4. “Darkside” 5. “Blame… Read more »
Simple Creatures dropped a new video today for their song “Special” and it’s EVERYTHING. If you’ve lived in a cave for the past 26 years and don’t know it both Mark Hoppus and Alex Gaskarth make music to be consumed with a sense of humor. Not every song is funny but, when you catch the lyrics, there are jokes in almost every song. It just makes sense that the new video would feature Hoppus and Gaskarth as sock puppets. The video is an Alex Gaskarth production, stylistically homemade and full of imaginative goodness. Gaskarth is a well of talent and… Read more »
The guys are welcoming their first guest ever, Matt Good (who also happens to be producing their new album).
Visionary director Ang Lee has taken movies to another level with the new technology used in “Gemini Man” which lands in theaters October, 11. In the film, Will Smith portrays 2 characters, 50-year-old assassin Henry Brogan and a 23-year-old operative named Junior via cutting edge performance capture technology. The effect is mind-blowing as you watch him play opposite himself in some scenes. The action itself is next-level with hold your breath motorcycle chases and high energy fight sequences. With the outside-the-box creativity of Darren Lemke and the dark imaginings of David Benioff, the story is guaranteed to be completely captivating.… Read more »
“Why Women Kill”, a new dark comedy created by Marc Cherry, premieres on CBS All Access Thursday, August 15. The show will be available weekly on the direct-to-consumer digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service. Starring Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste the show follows the fall out after infidelity taking place in the same house in 3 separate decades. Marc Cherry, known for his highly addictive shows “Desperate Housewives” and “Devious Maids”, is named as executive producer along with Marc Webb who also directed the series premiere and one additional episode. The trailer is both creepy and funny… Read more »
