he global release date for BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE, the latest film from global superstars BTS, has been confirmed for August 7, together with the unveiling of the movie’s official poster.
BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE is the third film from BTS following 2018’s record breaking release of Burn the Stage the Movie, which reached a box office of $18.5m, cementing itself as the highest grossing global event cinema release of all time and 2019’s Love Yourself in Seoul, which brought fans together again to celebrate the most sought-after concert of 2018.
This latest film finds the band at the end of their LOVE YOURSELF tour in Europe, when the global icons had held 24 concerts in 12 cities. From Seoul to Paris, the tour was full of energy and passion. On the day following the final Parisconcert, on a rooftop table in the city, the boys begin a small after-party, sharing their own stories as never heard before.
Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing has said on the release: “Trafalgar Releasing is thrilled to collaborate with Big Hit Entertainment again for BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE, giving fans around the world an intimate opportunity to see the band following their landmark LOVE YOURSELF tour. The ARMYs are truly a community, and we are excited to bring them together for an all-new BTS experience in cinemas worldwide.”
Tickets will be on sale from the official film website beginning Wednesday, July 3. Fans are encouraged to sign-up for updates regarding tickets, participating theaters and more information.
The Jump is a new podcast from Mailchimp Presents in partnership with Little Everywhere, with executive producers Dann Gallucci (of Modest Mouse and The Murder City Devils fame), Jane Marie (This American Life), and Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder). First season guests are (in no particular order) Perfume Genius, Big Boi, Courtney Love, Neko Case, Esperanza Spalding, Karen O, and Dave 1.
Hosted by Garbage’s Shirley Manson, the 7-episode, short-form interview series features conversations with musicians about “the moments in an artist’s career where they decide to take a leap into something new, and after that, nothing is the same.” Each episode focuses on a single song the artist has chosen that is especially meaningful—both in their personal life and for their career trajectory.
The first episode premieres today, Monday, June 24, 2019, athttp://bit.ly/thejumppodcast or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes will premiere weekly.
Little Everywhere is a podcast production house and recording studio based in Los Angeles. Founded by award-winning journalist Jane Marie and audio trailblazer Dann Gallucci, the company offers a full suite of podcast production and audio direction/engineering services. Clients include NPR’s Embedded, The New Yorker Radio Hour, and LeVar Burton Reads.
The Mailchimp Presents platform is launching with 50 pieces of original content; dozens more will be added over the next six months. The programming deals with universal themes like striking out on your own, feeling like an imposter, staying true to yourself, and finding your people. The Mailchimp Presents platform experience is optimized across mobile and desktop. No login is required to access the entertainment, which is available at mailchimp.com/presents at no cost.
Canadian heavy alt rock and grunge outfit Sleepcircle have delivered their sophomore release, From the Heavens, Through the Window — available now.
Recorded at Rain City Recorders with producer Matt Roach, the 10-track release deftly displays the British Columbia-based five-piece band’s unmistakably signature sound, while paying fitting homage to the forefathers of the genre.
“From the Heavens, Through the Window is an adventure through various states of the mind,” vocalist Curtis Sharp explains on the album as a whole. “Most songs were composed with mixed messages and hidden meanings.
“I even make a point of putting a specific reference to something in each song, however loosely related or trivial… For example, ’Nature Boy’ is a call to our rites of passage, whereas ‘Succubus’ is a basic amalgamation of my worst girlfriends.
“Acid Rain’ is an adventure in the petty nature of our culture, and ‘Pumpkin Head’ is an unusually ambiguous foray into politics. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Apparition’ are an adventure through mental health.”
Much like “Pumpkin Head,” Sharp continues, the album art is done in such a way that you can orient it upside down or right side up to reveal a different picture, but the title remains readable. “Long story short, the album travels through common cycles of inner turmoil and social issues and can be enjoyed simply for the music, or in deep connection with its many meanings.
“My hope is the playful dance with difficult topics nudge the listener a little closer to sanity.”
Formed in 2014 by guitarists Paul Wilson and Kavian Iranzad, Sleepcircle is rounded out with bassist Ian Jay Lavery, drummer (and Paul’s brother) Andrew Wilson, and Sharp on vox. Their debut Dead Wait was released in 2017.
From the Heavens, Through the Window is available now.
Let’s go back a bit, to International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019, Geddy Lee of Rush sat down with host Shelli Sonstein of Q104.3 New York’s Sonstein Sunday to talk about his own family’s harrowing experience with the Holocaust. Lee’s parents, Morris and Mary Weinrib (née Manya Rubenstein) were Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who had survived the ghetto in their hometown Starachowice, followed by their imprisonments at Auschwitz and later Dachau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, during the Holocaust and World War II. They were about 13 years old when they were initially imprisoned at Auschwitz. After a period, his mother was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and his father to Dachau. When the war ended four years later and the Allies liberated the camps, his father set out in search of his mother and found her at a displaced persons camp. They married there and eventually emigrated to Canada.
Walking Dead star Ross Marquand impersonates Al Pacino, John C. Reilly, Kevin Spacey, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Sly Stallone and Christopher Walken doing ordinary stuff.
Video editor Bill McClintock has created a brilliant mashup that combines Queen’s We Will Rock You with Sly Fox’s Let’s Go All the Way, The Temptations’ Shakey Ground, Metallica’s Sad But True and The Jackson 5’s ABC.
Fitz and the Tantrums has announced details for their much anticipated, forthcoming album. Titled “ALL THE FEELS,” the multi-platinum band’s fourth full length release arrives everywhere on September 20.
Frontman Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick said: “So many highs and lows this last year but we’ll make it through together. We are so excited to finally share what we’ve been working so hard on. ‘ALL THE FEELS’ has all the emotions. We hope you love it as much as we do.”
Fitz and the Tantrums also unveiled today the album’s title track and its companion music video – watch it below.
“123456” is currently ascending the Hot AC radio chart, following back-to-back weeks as Alternative radio’s #1 most added song. The track has already been featured in high profile spots on MLB Network and will highlighted in the forthcoming Netflix film “Otherhood.” Released earlier this spring, “123456” marked the first new music from Fitz and the Tantrums since 2016’s acclaimed self-titled album, which featured the band’s biggest hit to date, “HandClap.” The global smash has logged more than 400 MILLION worldwide streams while enjoying top 5 chart success at multi-format radio outlets nationwide. Likewise, the 2x-Platinum certified song’s official companion video has amassed more than 80 MILLION views to date on YouTube alone.
Fitz and the Tantrums are currently in the midst of a massive North American co-headlining tour with Elektra labelmates Young The Giant. The band’s cross-country trek kicked off earlier this month with a sold-out show at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, and continues into August, highlighted by a stop at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 1 and a special, homecoming show at The Forum in Los Angeles on August 10. Support comes from indie-pop trio COIN (June-July) and indie-alt songstress Alice Merton (August).
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS “ALL THE FEELS” TRACK LISTING
1. All The Feels
2. 123456
3. I Just Wanna Shine
4. Ain’t Nobody But Me
5. I Need Help!
6. Don’t Ever Let Em
7. Basement
8. Ready or Not
9. OCD
10. SuperMagik
11. Belladonna*
12. Stop
13. Dark Days
14. Hands Up
15. Kiss The Sky*
16. Maybe Yes
17. Livin’ For The Weekend*
*appears on digital release only
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2019 CO-HEADLINING WITH YOUNG THE GIANT
JUNE
28 Columbus, OH Express Live Outdoors – SOLD OUT
29 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
30 Cleveland, OH Jacob’s Pavilion at Nautica
JULY
2 Des Moines, IA Brenton Skating Plaza*
3 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Concert Cove
5 New Braunfels, TX Whitewater Amphitheater
7 Houston, TX Lawn at White Oak Music Hall
9 Oklahoma City, OK The Zoo Amphitheatre
10 Fayetteville, AR Walmart AMP
12 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheatre
13 Charlotte, NC Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
14 Atlanta, GA State Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
16 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater
18 Tampa, FL The Cuban Club Courtyard
19 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
20 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheater
21 Orlando, FL Orlando Amphitheater
AUGUST
1 Chicago, IL Grant Park (Lollapalooza)*
2 West Allis, WI Wisconsin State Fair Park*
4 Seattle, WA Marymoor Park Concerts
6 Troutdale, OR Edgefield Amphitheater – SOLD OUT
8 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
9 San Diego, CA CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
10 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
11 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
14 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
15 Berkeley, CA The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
16 Las Vegas, NV Downtown Las Vegas Events Center
