Michelle Williams has been cast as Peggy Lee in a forthcoming biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Todd Haynes, who previously worked with Williams on the Bob Dylan-centric I’m Not Here, is set to direct the project. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Fever is based on a Nora Ephron screenplay, but that the project
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What song do you have on repeat right now that’s your own? My favorite song of ours is “Fly Abound”. Not to be confused with the title track of our new album, “Fly Around”. Notice there is a “b” instead of an “r”. The song reprepresents a new direction for us. The sound is slow
What’s the vibe for 2021 with your music? Sexy, unapologetic, bluesy, and nothing you’ve ever heard before. You have a wonderfully bluesy voice. How do you maintain it? Ahh thank you so much! Honestly…. I just sing in the shower and whenever I listen to music which is CONSTANTLY. Do you think it’s about quantity
After multiple postponements, Thom Yorke has canceled the U.S. leg of his Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes tour. According to his announcement, refunds will be issued. Find Yorke’s note below. Yorke announced his Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes tour way back in October 2019. U.S. tour dates were set to begin in March 2020, but could not take place
Megan Thee Stallion has shared a new video for her DaBaby-featuring Good News single “Cry Baby.” It’s directed by Colin Tilley, who previously directed Megan’s videos for “Body,” “Don’t Stop,” and “WAP” (plus recent videos by Justin Bieber, Post Malone, J Balvin, and more). This one takes place in a toy store, and it features
Trent Reznor has issued a new statement regarding his former friend and collaborator Marilyn Manson. The statement, shared with Pitchfork, comes days after Manson’s former partner Evan Rachel Wood alleged that the musician groomed and abused her during their relationship. Reznor’s statement addresses an anecdote involving Reznor that Manson included in his 1998 autobiography The
Stereolab have shared another entry from their forthcoming Electrically Possessed compilation. The song, “Household Names,” appeared on the band’s 2000 mini-album The First of the Microbe Hunters. Check it out below. Tim Gane reflected on “Household Names” in a press release: During a two-week break in touring for the Cobra and Phases Group LP we
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival concluded tonight by awarding the top jury prizes to films that premiered at the event. The Questlove-directed Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)—a film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival—was awarded the U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Questlove reacted to the
May 2007: Wood stars alongside Manson in a sexually suggestive video for his song “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand).” It’s public knowledge that Wood is dating Manson, who’s in the midst of a divorce from dancer Dita Von Teese. The following year, Manson and Wood split. June 2009: In an interview published
Andy [Gill] & I both lived in a shitty house in Leeds where we used to sing The Band or Muddy Waters songs, chugging disgusting homebrew beer that I fermented in a dustbin. We started writing songs—mostly homages to Dr. Feelgood or the Velvets—recording them on a crappy cassette player. Inspired by the New York
Ricky Powell, the portrait and street photographer best known for his work with Beastie Boys, has died, his management confirmed to Complex. He was 59. In his heyday in the in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Powell was a mainstay in the downtown Manhattan art and music scene. His portraits and candids of musicians
Co-Hosts Gabrielle Ruiz and Pallavi Sastry invite podcast listeners to join in on the meaningful conversation with Corbin Bleu and Sasha Clements as they discuss the importance of strong friend groups as a couple as well as separately, platonic love and more. Corbin Bleu is and actor, model and dancer but he is best known
Loma Vista Recordings is no longer promoting Marilyn Manson’s music after Evan Rachel Wood accused the musician of abuse. The label had released Manson’s last two albums, 2017’s Heaven Upside Down and 2020’s WE ARE CHAOS. When reached by Pitchfork, the label shared the following statement: In light of today’s disturbing allegations by Evan Rachel
Evan Rachel Wood has alleged that Marilyn Manson groomed and “horrifically abused” her for years, writing on Instagram and in a statement to Vanity Fair. The actor, who was briefly engaged to Manson in 2010, has previously spoken about surviving domestic abuse but declined to name the alleged perpetrator. Manson has not yet responded to
Chet “JR” White, the bassist and producer best known for his work in the band Girls, died in October 2020 at age 40. Prior to his death, he produced California singer-songwriter Lia Ices’ Family Album, which was released on Friday (January 29) via Natural Music. Listen to the new album below. “Experiencing JR’s creative genius
Double K, one-half of Los Angeles rap duo People Under the Stairs, has died. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, Double K died at home yesterday (January 30). DJ Mark Luv, a friend, claimed he died in his sleep. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. He was 43 years old.
Gary Barlow. (Toni Anne Barson/FilmMagic) Picture it: You’re in a cavernous sports stadium, coronavirus is a distant dream, and the lights begin to dim – Little Mix, the Spice Girls and the Sugababes emerge to rapturous cheers and screams. But nobody is here to see the holy trinity of pop. Nope. They’re here to see Gary
Figures across the music community continue to pay tribute to SOPHIE, the highly influential avant-garde pop producer who passed away early Saturday morning (January 30) in Athens, Greece, following an accidental fall. Artists including Danny L Harle, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, umru, Slayyyter, Nile Rodgers, Lyra Pramuk, Holly Herndon, Suzi Analogue, Jack Antonoff, CupcakKe, Iglooghost,