It’s time for our yearly pop culture deep dive with Maysa Askar! Maysa is a talented photographer, designer, and creative who loves pop culture and celebrity news. This week we deep dive into the big pop culture moments of 2023 from music, television, movies and much more. I look forward to this episode each year and know you will enjoy Maysa’s fun take on what happened in 2023, and what we might see in 2024.
Orlando-based pop-punk quintet FELICITY teamed up with vocalist Jon Lundin of Point North to offer up their new single “Charlie Sheen.” “As a band, we’ve always struggled to find our identity and place in the music scene. We’ve felt overlooked, passed over, and at times forgotten. Over time, that can take a toll on your mental health and lead to self-destructive behavior,” says FELICITY guitarist Drew Rapier. “We wanted ‘Charlie Sheen’ to speak to some of our experiences and hopefully be a beacon of hope to anyone who can relate to our story and know they aren’t alone.” Check out the… Read more »
Games We Play “Petty Enemy” lyrics I made a quilt out of the red flags you waved in my face and I let you off the hookBut now I’m out of second chances, you ate off my plate can’t get back all the things you took NowI can’t shake the thought of your tongue right inside of herMouthKissing every inch of her I know what she said butHowDid it never cross your mind that we were friends but nowBut now, now, now Now you’ve made one hell of a petty fucking enemyAnd you may walk these streets but you’re so… Read more »
Electro-rockers The Anix and Julien-K are back with their new single, “CRAWL.” The collaboration brings back dark wave and electronica ‘90s energy missing in the music scene. The music video is a vintage glitch-mob fever dream, inspiring your best techno-goth dance moves. The neon pink hues and strobes, along with distorted yet alluring vocals, set the stage for the music video. Brandon Smith, the mastermind behind The Anix, explains that the chorus lyrics relate to letting go of the pressures of endless success. “‘Watch us fall into the dirt/Watch us crawl,’…is in reference to what would happen if you were… Read more »
Marking their 10-year anniversary as an independent festival this summer, Four Chord Music Festival will be celebrating this monumental milestone this summer on June 22 and 23 at the historical Carrie Furnace in Pittsburgh, PA. VIP passes and early access tickets will officially be on sale today, Wednesday 21, and general admission tickets will go on sale this Friday, February 2, at 11 AM ET. The 2024 lineup welcomes an array of massive acts in the alternative and pop-punk space, with A Day To Remember headlining on Saturday, June 22, and The All-American Rejects headlining on Sunday, June 23. Additionally,… Read more »
talker is back with her newest single, “Easygoing.” This is the first taste of what to expect from her anticipated debut album that drops later this year. The music video for it is a slow descent into obsessive, delulu energy that contrasts the catchy, poppy tune. With this latest single, she enters her singer-songwriter, girlie-pop era with hypnotic guitars and soft vocals. Celeste Tauchar, the creative mind behind talker, says that while it’s her favorite piece of music she’s worked on so far, it’s “one of the scariest to release.” It isn’t due to the relaxed tone that counteracts the… Read more »
Our Rioters get you fired up & ready for Netflix’s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender with this spoiler-free preview episode.
It’s President’s Day (or something!) here in the US and the nerds are here to give you a comprehensive timeline of our US president’s and their relationship with cannabis! We start at the very conception of the country and go throughout history to give you the prez’s that grew, openly inhaled and those who claimed they didn’t inhale until the present day! It’s a history lesson given by your favorite stoner nerds, so don’t panic! It’s organic!
This week my guest is Bert McCracken, singer of The Used! When you think of The Used you don’t think of a singer who grew up Mormon in Salt Lake City. He did and we dive right into that. We also talk about the early days of The Used and how he was able to get his demo in the hands of Goldfinger’s John Feldman who would help get them signed and also go onto produce the early stuff for The Used.
Fans of twenty one pilots are convinced that Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn are about to enter their new chapter as a band. While TOP’s social media pages have lied dormant since November 23, 2023, something else has changed for the group. Red “tape” has appeared on the album covers from their discography. So, what could this new embellishment possibly mean? twenty one pilots fans are theorizing all over social media that the first new album since 2021’s Scaled And Icy is imminent. Uniquely, it seems as if the red mark is covering the eyes on all of their album… Read more »
