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Jimmy Fallon: From SNL to The Tonight Show
Comedian Jimmy Fallon discusses his start at “Saturday Night Live,” the low points in his career, and how his wife helped him turn it all around.
Who Named Heavy Metal. Here Are A Few Theories.
Heavy Metal is one of the most important musical styles of the 20th century, redefining what it meant to be heavy and powerful for generations to come, but before it split off into the hundreds of subgenres we know today, it was a budding movement in the late 60s and early 70s, and someone came along and gave it that name. It’s a great name, perfectly capturing the essence of the genre, but where did it come from, who came up with it, and perhaps most importantly, why?
Who Leads The Fan Voting For This Year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Let’s Take A Look
Def Leppard and Stevie Nicks are the early leaders in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s annual fan vote. Every single one of the winners of past fan votes ended up getting inducted that year. Along with Def Leppard and Nick, nominees include the Cure, Devo, Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, MC5, John Prine, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Roxy Music, Rufus & Chaka Kahn, Todd Rundgren and the Zombies. Fans can vote through 11:59PM ET on Dec. 9 here.
Led Zeppelin Gets Mashed Up With Greta Van Fleet And What Took Someone So Long To Do This
Greta Van Fleet’s heavy rock sound is said to be heavily influenced by the work of Led Zeppelin although they are mostly influenced by traditional artists from blues, soul, funk and folk music, along with many other rock acts. Lead vocalist Josh Kiszka has a voice that has been compared to Robert Plant’s “husky howl,” says Billboard.
So, here’s Led Zeppelin’s The Wanton Song and Greta Van Fleet’s When the Curtain Falls mashed up together by DJ Cummerbund.
Billboard Premieres New Logan Lynn Record Featuring Tiffany, The Dandy Warhols, Jarryd James and More
On Friday Billboard premiered Portland, Oregon-based indie pop musician Logan Lynn’s 9th studio record, My Movie Star alongside a new interview about the project, review of the album, and new music video. Read the whole article here.
The 20 song, 2 disc My Movie Star LP was co-produced by Logan Lynn and actor / comedian Jay Mohr (Saturday Night Live, Jerry Maguire) and features collaborations with 80s pop icon Tiffany (I Think We’re Alone Now), alternative rock gods The Dandy Warhols, Australian neo-soul king Jarryd James and dozens of other bands, artists and producers.
In their review of the new album, Billboard writes “For nearly 20 years, dance-pop artist Logan Lynn has made a career out of crafting catchy, disorderly songs that almost all include big beats, fun melodies and cheeky lyrics. But on his latest album, My Movie Star, Lynn has traded in his signature sound for a more somber, melancholy tone — a dynamic new album consisting of Lynn’s new piano-driven songs and filled with remixes and covers by other industry greats.”
Spill Magazine calls Logan Lynn’s My Movie Star “his most intimate work yet…so spare and spellbinding it threatens to stop time entirely. Or at the very least, force you to put that mobile device down and actually listen.” while Innocent Words Magazine writes “Logan Lynn is a modern day Gene Kelly.”
The album is available now on deluxe edition double CD, vinyl and digital download wherever music is streamed and sold. Lynn, who just wrapped up a summer tour raising awareness about mental health on the road with fellow Portland rockers Portugal. The Man, will be touring the U.S. in support of My Movie Star this spring.
The 1975 Announces 2019 North American Tour
The 1975 announced their 2019 tour today. The band will perform in Guadalajara, Mexico on March 20 before kicking off their North American run in Phoenix on April 15. Special guests Pale Waves and No Rome will appear on select dates outlined in the routing below.
Produced by Live Nation, the North Am outing will visit theaters and amphitheaters ending in Toronto on June 3. Tickets are available to the general public starting Friday, October 26 at 10am local time. Mexico is on sale starting Saturday, October 27 at 11am local time.
On November 30th The 1975 will release their third album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. Watch the new video for “Love It If We Made It” below.
THE 1975 TOUR DATES
Wed March 20 Guadalajara, Mexico Auditorio Telmex
Mon April 15 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre$
Tue April 16 Las Vegas, NV The Joint$
Thu April 25 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater*$
Fri April 26 Vancouver, BC Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre$
Sat April 27 Portland, OR Veterans Memorial Coliseum$
Mon April 29 Orem, UT UCCU Center$
Tue April 30 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre$
Thu May 02 Dallas, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory$
Fri May 03 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater$
Sat May 04 Sugar Land, TX Smart Financial Centre$
Tue May 07 Minneapolis, MN The Armory$
Wed May 08 Chicago, IL United Center$
Sat May 11 Detroit, MI Meadow Brook Amphitheatre$
Sun May 12 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center$
Tue May 14 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion$
Wed May 15 Nashville, TN Ascend Ampitheater$
Sat May 18 Atlanta, GA State Bank Ampitheatre at Chastain Park$
Sun May 19 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Metro Credit Union Ampitheatre$
Tue May 21 Washington, DC The Anthem$
Sun June 02 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater+
Mon June 03 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage+
$Pale Waves
+No Rome
Dead Can Dance’s Long-Awaited Album “Dionysus” Gets Released November 2, 2018
Since their inception in Melbourne in 1981, Dead Can Dance have been informed by folk traditions from all over Europe, not just solely in terms of instrumentation, but also by secular, religious and spiritual practices.
Their forthcoming album, Dionysus, took shape as Brendan Perry became fascinated by long established spring and harvest festivals that had their origins in Dionysian religious practices throughout Europe. Dionysus brings to the fore the rites and rituals that today continue to be informed by the Greek god. The album’s seven movements, in the form of an oratorio, represent different facets of the Dionysus myth and his cult. As with the rest of the Dead Can Dance catalogue, rhythms inspired by world traditions play a key role, with tracks seeming less like songs and more like fragments of a cohesive whole. Perry blends all of the album’s elements together using field recordings and chanting, including a goatherd in Switzerland, beehive’s from New Zealand, and bird calls from Mexico and Brazil. Perry uses this not only to invoke the album’s atmosphere and symbolic references but also to demonstrate how music can be found everywhere.
On Dionysus, sounds blend into one another to create an esoteric, atmospheric, at times magical realist experience for the listener.