In an interview with The Guardian, the Icelandic artist reveals that her upcoming 10th studio effort will be called Fossora and is set to arrive this fall.
Fossora will be Björk’s first album since 2017’s Utopia. She describes its sound as “biological techno.”
Björk also reveals that she’ll be starting a podcast series going through her back catalog. That’s set to premiere in the fall, as well.
While you wait for all that, you can see Björk in the new movie The Northman, which premiered earlier this year.
The Ed SullivanShow aired on TV before Harry Styles‘ time, but he now has a very special connection to all the musical greats who played on the landmark show.
Nardwuar, the lead singer of the band The Evaporators, presented Harry with the gift when he sat down for an interview with the Canadian musician. Nardwuar gifted Harry a Satellite Amps guitar pedal made for his Gibson guitar; he noted the piece was actually “made from a transistor from the Ed Sullivan board!”
Harry was speechless as Nardwuar continued, “So all the bands that played on The Ed Sullivan Show between ’48 and ’71 played through that transistor.”
The myriad of music legends to play Sullivan include Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, The Beatles, The Jackson 5 and Janis Joplin.
Nardwuar told a grinning Harry that the guitar pedal is extremely rare and only 30 exist in the world. He explained the soundboard used for The Ed Sullivan Show “was cut up and the transistors were saved.”
“That’s a very nice gift,” Harry said, noting that it’s a fuzz pedal, so he’ll be sure to “fuzz it up” on his performances. He also admitted, “I don’t really use that many pedals” because they tend to tangle up his microphone cable during performances and recording sessions.
Nardwuar’s gift is the exception, though. “This,” Harry declared while holding up the rare piece, “I will be adding … For the spicy fuzz, for now on.” He also thanked Satellite Amps’ Adam Grim for salvaging the transistors made from the soundboard and also gave thanks to the late Ed Sullivan.
The Ed Sullivan Show aired from 1948 to 1971, serving as a TV debut for many legendary artists, such as Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin.
Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Måneskin and Imagine Dragons are among the nominees for Group of the Year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
The prize is among the just-announced VMA “social categories,” which will be chosen through MTV’s Instagram Story. Bracket-style voting is set to begin Monday, August 22, at 11 a.m. ET.
The other Group of the Year nominees are K-pop bands BLACKPINK and BTS, hip-hop duo City Girls, and Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak‘s Silk Sonic.
The social categories also include Song of the Summer and Album of the Year, which includes Billie Eilish‘s Happier Than Ever as a nominee.
As previously reported, Red Hot Chili Peppers will be honored at this year’s VMAs with the Global Icon Award, which was given to Foo Fighters in 2021. RHCP will also perform at the ceremony, as will Måneskin and Panic! at the Disco.
The 2022 MTV VMAs will take place next Sunday, August 28.
The show features a rendition of Aerosmith’s 2001 hit “Jaded,” as well as such classics as “Walk This Way,” “Dream On,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Mama Kin,” “Love in an Elevator” and “Cryin’.” The band also played some select covers, including Aretha Franklin‘s “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” and the early Fleetwood Mac gem “Stop Messin’ Around.”
The film, which has been remastered in HD from the original master tapes, will be viewable for one week after its premiere.
As previously reported, the five-part series is offering new archival “official bootleg” concert films featuring never-before-seen footage debuting weekly. Each flick captures Aerosmith during a different decade.
One day after each film premieres, highlight clips from the respective movies will be added to Aerosmith’s YouTube channel.
The 50 Years Live! series concludes next Friday with a 2016 concert that Aerosmith played in Mexico City. The band is then scheduled to begin its 50th anniversary tour plans, which include a September 4 concert in Bangor, Maine, a September 8 show at Boston’s Fenway Park and two eight-date Las Vegas residencies at the Dolby Live at Park MGM venue. The Vegas engagements run from September 14 to October 5 and November 19 to December 11.
Here’s the remaining schedule of the 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults series:
8/19 — Live from Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003 (Rocksimus Maximus Tour)
8/26 — Live from Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, 2016 (Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Tour)
(LONDON) — Europe’s scorching drought has revealed the hulks of dozens of German warships that became submerged during World War Two near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo.
The ships, sunken on Danube River, were part of Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces, officials said.
The vessels still impact the river today, often hampering river traffic during low water levels, authorities said.
Now, over 20 ships have come to the surface, many of which are still loaded with ammunition and explosives. Officials say the vessels pose a risk to shipping on the Danube.
The vessels have limited the navigable section of the stretch near Prahova to 100 meters, significantly slimmer than the prior 180 meters ships had access to.
Serbian officials have taken to dredging along the river to salvage the usable navigation lanes.
We have deployed almost [our] entire [dredging] capacity… We are struggling to keep out waterways navigable along their full length,” Veljko Kovacevic, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transportation, told Reuters.
The increasing difficulties for shipping boats will impact the country’s vital transportation of coal, which accounts for two thirds of Serbia’s electrical output, officials said.
Further implicating the energy crisis, water flow in Serbia’s hydropower system dropped by half in the past two months, officials told the Balkan Green Energy News.
The country is also already enduring the impacts of the war in Ukraine upon their energy supply.
Officials said the ships vary, with some now showing turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while even more still remain buried under sand banks.
In March, the Serbian government invited a contracted a private company for the salvage of some of the hulls and removal of ammunition and explosives. The operation cost officials an estimated $30 million, according to the country’s infrastructure ministry.
“The German flotilla has left behind a big ecological disaster that threatens us, people of Prahovo,” Velimir Trajilovic, 74, a pensioner from Prahovo who wrote a book about the German ships, told Reuters.
The exposure of more of the sunken fleet comes after a summer of low water levels and sizzling drought.
The Danube levels near Prahovo are less than half their average for this time of the summer, experts say.
The Hu has premiered the second part of the band’s “Black Thunder” video.
The clip picks up where the first part left off, in the middle of an epic battle. You can watch it streaming now on YouTube.
“The music video is split into two parts and conveys the core values of men through visuals,” says vocalist Gala. “Our producer Dashka chose a unique location in Mongolia to shoot the video, where we had a great time riding the horses in the vast grassland of our countryside. We hope that our pride in our culture shines through, as we aimed to bring viewers joy and a piece of our culture through this video.”
“Black Thunder” appears on The Hu’s upcoming album, Rumble of Thunder, due out September 2. You can catch them on tour alongside Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth and Fire from the Gods.
Sammy Hagar & The Circle have released a raucous, hard-rocking version of Elvis Costello and the Attractions‘ classic 1978 song “Pump It Up” as the second advance track from their forthcoming studio album, Crazy Times, which is due out September 30.
The song is available now as a digital download and via streaming platforms, while a companion music video has debuted at Hagar’s official YouTube channel.
Explaining how he and his band wound up recording the tune, Hagar notes, “‘Pump It Up’ has been a Circle go-to backstage jam before shows. When we went in the studio with [producer] Dave Cobb, we were jamming it, getting the levels on all the instruments, headphones, mixes, etc. After an hour or so, Cobb said come on in and have a listen. We all looked at each other and said, ‘Wow sounds pretty f***ing good’ and it became our first track we recorded for the album.”
As previously reported, Crazy Times is a 10-song collection that features nine songs either written or co-written by Hagar, plus “Pump It Up.”
The album, which can be preordered now, will be released on CD and via digital formats on September 30, while standard black-vinyl and limited-edition red-vinyl LP versions will follow on October 28.
The album’s title track was previously released as an advance track, along with a companion music video.
Meanwhile, after about a month break from touring, Hagar and the band will return to the road this Sunday with a performance at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. A new leg of the group’s Crazy Times! Tour with support act George Thorogood and the Destroyers will kick off August 23 in Clarkston, Michigan.
Visit RedRocker.com to check out Hagar’s full schedule.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wayne are taking their love of basketball to the small screen.
The legendary players are joining forces as executive producers on the new documentary The Redeem Team, about the U.S. men’s basketball team that won gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
It follows the team, lead by captain Kobe Bryant and lead scorer Wade, as they became the first U.S. men’s basketball team to win gold at the Olympic Games since 2000. The 2004 team took home bronze after three consecutive years of the U.S. men’s basketball team winning gold.
The 2008 team was named “The Redeem Team,” in reference to the 1992 group that was nicknamed the “Dream Team,” as they were the first gold-winning Olympic team from the U.S. to feature active players from the NBA.
The doc includes interviews with players, including Wade, along with coach Mike Krzyzewski.
“In 2008, I played with heroes of mine, all stars, friends and future teammates. Outside of winning and showing the world that we were still the most dominant, our other big challenge was changing the perception of what everyone thought about the NBA and USA Basketball!” Wade says in a statement. “I’m excited for everyone to get an opportunity to go behind the scenes and see all the work that went into this iconic team — The Redeem Team!”
The documentary is set to be released on Netflix October 7.
(BOSTON) — Online home goods retailer Wayfair is laying off nearly 900 workers worldwide, which amounts to 5% of the company’s workforce, the company said in a memo to employees on Friday. The cuts include about 400 jobs in Boston, where Wayfair is headquartered, the company said.
Wayfair saw business surge during the pandemic, as people stuck at home eschewed brick-and-mortar shopping and increased spending on furniture, home renovations, and other domestic improvements. But the economic environment has turned against the company, as inflation has strained household budgets and limited nonessential purchases.
“We were seeing the tailwinds of the pandemic accelerate the adoption of ecommerce shopping, and I personally pushed hard to hire a strong team to support that growth,” Niraj Shah, the founder and CEO of Wayfair, said in the memo. “This year, that growth has not materialized as we had anticipated.”
Laid-off employees will receive severance based on geography, tenure and level, Wayfair said. The company is offering U.S.-based employees a minimum of 10 weeks pay, as well as continued vesting of existing equity through October, the company added.
Wayfair instituted a hiring freeze in May, signaling that its near-term outlook had changed. In total, the company has 18,000 employees.
In early trading on Friday morning, the company’s stock fell more than 10%.
“We are actively navigating Wayfair towards a level of profitability that will allow us to control our own destiny, while still investing aggressively in the future,” Shah, the CEO of Wayfair, said.
“This macro environment doesn’t change our belief in the size of the opportunity ahead, and we are moving purposefully to seize that opportunity,” he added.
(Note Language) Offset is making his solo return with the Baby Keem-produced track “54321.” He released the song Friday, along with an accompanying music video.
“Fresh to death like I jumped out a casket/Before the COVID-19, we was maskin,” Offset raps on the track, flaunting his wealth. In the visual, he’s seen having the time of his life at an amusement park.
“54321” is Offset’s first solo single and video since releasing 2019’s “Clout” featuring wife Cardi B. He’s preparing for the follow-up to his Father of 4 project, and promises it will be “full of hits” and “smashes.”
“Y’all gonna see how I’m coming. I’m coming crazy in all aspects of rapping,” he said in a recent Instagram post. “I ain’t playing no games. I got sh** for the girls, too. I made sure I touched on some sh** for the girls. …You get that support from the women, it’s gonna go next level.”
