Today Cage the Elephant shared this performance of ‘Rubber Ball’ from their upcoming new LP ‘Unpleeled’ which sees the band do different versions of previously released tracks in a live setting with acoustic versions. These were recorded on the band’s ‘Live & Unpeeled’ tour across the U.S. The band with Kentucky origins, is known for wild loud raucous shows which we’ve seen in person on the Nights We Stole Christmas and Lollapalooza, so see them softer and more intimate is a solid shift yet one they appear to be doing gracefully as ever. The album due out on this Friday is 21 tracks of reworkings of previous songs with covers of The Stranglers’ “Golden Brown” and Daft Punk’s “Instant Crush”.
One of the hardest to find items over the 2016/17 holiday season was the Nintendo NES Mini Classic, a retro gaming console with HDMI outputs with 30 classic games pre-loaded. It sold out in retail and digital stores with some of them being sold for hundreds of dollars online. According to TIME.com, the console was a surprise success on it’s planned short-term run selling 2.3 million copies. Nintendo then discontinued the NES Mini in April, while also having big success with the launch of their modern console the Switch.
The slim chance of getting the NES Mini has been reintroduced by ThinkGeek today with a sale that will not last long. The bundles with the console and special add-ons vary between $140-220. These will sell-out very quickly. The Japanese-based video game company is not letting the big success to passed up, and our soon going to roll our a retro console retake on Super NES, which was their 16-bit 90’s console. Find out what games are coming out on the the Super NES Classic Edition. And if that was not enough Nintendo fun, they are building theme parks with Universal Studioes, video teasers for that here.
Here is something that might aggrevate some of you about the upcoming Mario Kart game.
Returning an accidental purchase can be a frustrating endeavor. But this man’s return attempt just might be one of the most unbelievable grocery store fights yet.
A man named James Dator found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time (or perhaps the right place at the right time) when he went to the grocery store recently. Instead of your typical shopping trip, Dator found himself listening to one very confused man trying to return butternut squash because he thought it was a giant box of cubed cheese. (MORE HERE)
1. Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses
2. Dan Croll – Bad Boy
3. Linkin Park – One More Light
4. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself
5. The Academic – Bear Claws
6. Rostam – Bike Dream
7. Portugal. The Man – Live In The Moment
8. Declan McKenna – Humungous
9. Sleeping With Sirens – Legends
10. Green Day – Revolution Radio
11. Alice Merton – No Roots
12. J. Roddy Walston and The Business – The Wanting
13. Lo Moon – This Is It
14. Nine Inch Nails – The Background World
1. Linkin Park – Talking To Myself
2. Banners – Someone To You
3. Jet & The Bloody Beetroots – My Name Is Thunder
4. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
5. Spoon – Can I Sit Next To you
6. Magic Giant – Window
7. Cage The Elephant – Whole Wide World
8. The Aces – Stuck (Queued Up Artist Showcase 8/31)
9. The Struts – One Night Only
10. In The Valley Below – Bloodhands
11. Charly Bliss – Glitter (Wicker Park Fest 8/30)
12. Armstrongs – If There Was Ever A Time
13. Misterwives – Coloring Outside The Lines
14. Death From Above – Freeze Me
15. Linkin Park – Leave Out All The Rest
The Drums – Kiss Me Again (RAC Remix)
Baauer – Temple (Feat M.I.A. & G-Dragon)
Muse – Panic Station
Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Cheat Codes & Evan Gartner – Adventure
Capital Cities – Safe and Sound
A-Trak Ft. Jamie Lidell – We All Fall Down
Lorde – Supercut
Atlas Genius – Trojans (Lenno Remix)
Cage The Elephant – Punchin Bag
The Killers – Somebody Told Me
Bishop Briggs – Wild Horses
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels
Foster The People – Doing it For The Money
Andrew McMahon in The Wilderness – High Dive
Kaleo – Glass House
Phantogram Ft Joey Purp – You Don\’t Get Me High Anymore (A-Trak Remix)
Tegan and Sara – Walking with A Ghost
Crystal Castles – Crimewave
Little Dragon – My Step
Alt-J – Left Hand Free
Glass Animals – Gooey (Gilligan Moss Remix)
Chance The Rapper – All Night
Sylvan Esso – Radio
Warpaint – New Song
Banks – Beggin For Thread (Gryffin & Hotel Garuda Remix)
The XX – Islands – Strobes Remix
Royal Blood – Where Are You Now?
Highly Suspect – Lost
Sofi Tukker – Drinkee
Milky Chance – Stolen Dance
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Grouplove – Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)
Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends
Charli XCX – Break The Rules
Tove Lo – Talking Body (Panic City Remix)
1. Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
2. Good Charlotte – The Anthem
3. Papa Roach – Scars
4. Goldfinger – Counting The Days
5. We The Kings – Just Keep Breathing
6. Jack’s Mannequin – The Mixtape
7. My Chemical Romance – I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
8. Finch – What It Is To Burn
9. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Face Down
10. Panic! At The Disco – I Write Sins Not Tragedies
11. Box Car Racer – I Feel So
12. Blink-182 – Up All Night
13. Jimmy Eat World – Pain
14. Mayday Parade – Miserable At Best
15. All-American Rejects – It Ends Tonight
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
2. Police – So Lonely
3. The Breeders – Divine Hammer
4. Jane\’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
5. Morrissey – Every Day Is Like Sunday
6. Bad Religion – 21st Century Boy
7. Jimmy Eat World – Lucky Denver Mint
8. R.E.M. – Can\’t Get There From Here
9. Bush – Glycerine
10. James – Born Of Frustration
11. Live – Selling The Drama
12. The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
13. Goldfinger – Here In My Bedroom
1. Social Distortion – Story Of My Life
2. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
3. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
4. Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
5. Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
6. Pearl Jam – Daughter
7. Local H – Eddie Vedder
8. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
9. Cracker – Teen Angst
10. Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
11. Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
12. Love And Rockets – No New Tale To Tell
13. Sublime – What I Got
Linkin Park has shared a letter to their late singer and friend, Chester Bennington…
The website is beautiful, with sentiments about Chester from all over the world.
Please join me tomorrow to celebrate the life of Chester Bennington with an hour of Linkin Park songs, your calls, words and insights from friends and collegues starting at noon on The Lockout.
Ben Affleck may soon be done with Batman, according news coming out yesterday though multiple outlets. He’s committed to a solo Batman movie directed by Matt Reeves, with a script handled by Reeves after one written by Affleck and DC movie boss Geoff Johns has been dropped. Affleck was set to direct the film, until Reeves whose has had success with the ‘Planet of the Apes’ franchise and ‘Cloverfield’ was brought on to solve the heavy workload to let Affleck focus on his acting in the film. Now news comes out that Affleck’s Batman will be “ushered out ” from the DC Cinematic Universe according to several unnamed studio sources.
Memes of ‘Sad Affleck’ flurried around the internet as a bad reviews came in for his first Caped Crusader performance in ‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’. Could this have influenced the Oscar-winning Affleck to regret taking on the cowl of Bruce Wayne? That is up for debate. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Affleck’s age at 45 may influence this recent change as he might be close to 50 by the time ‘The Batman’ hits theaters.
Affleck is still maintaining the Batman mantle this week, as he’s at San Diego Comic Con to promote his next Batman performance in November’s ‘Justice League’. And there is no confirmation publicly that he’s leaving Gotman City.
No matter what you though of ‘BvS’, Affleck proved he can deliver as one of the most passionate superheroes in the DCU and gained universal acclaim in a movie many turned on when it was released. He’s the central figure to unite the team for the upcoming ‘Justice League’. It’s not easy role to take on especially after Christian Bale had great success with ‘the Dark Knight trilogy’.
UPDATE Saturday 7.22.17 3pm: Just today Affleck caused a roar during a panel today at SDCC from fans when he addressed the speculation and reports covered, saying he’s not leaving the DCU anytime soon.
“I’m the luckiest guy in the world. Batman is the f—ing coolest. It’s amazing. I know there was speculation and rumors about me not directing. I would be an ape on the ground for matt reeves. I’m really blown away and excited, and it’s a great time for the [DCEU].”
I’ll remember him best as a washed up detective who operated under the thumb of Tony Soprano, but most will know John Heard as Kevin’s father in Home Alone. The 72 year old actor was reportedly recovering from back surgery when he was found dead in his California hotel room. He also had roles in Big, Beaches, Awakenings, The Pelican Brief, and Sharknado.
In the wake of Chester Bennington’s suicide, you’ve no doubt noticed many artists speaking up on mental health issues. Add Imagine Dragon’s Dan Reynolds to the list. This emotional video is a call for people to realize the power of their words (typed, or otherwise). — [eric]
Nine Inch Nails dropped their new EP Add Violence today. It includes 5 songs including the new single “Less Than”. If you scour the artwork for the EP, you’ll notice a reference to 2022, which goes back to the Year Zero folklore. I like it!!
Not only did we get new music this week, but NIN also made a return to the stage in Bakersfield, CA on Wednesday. Check out the clip for a taste of what’s in store for us at Riot Fest!! -wALT
Nine Inch Nails dropped their new EP Add Violence today. It includes 5 songs including the new single “Less Than”. If you scour the artwork for the EP, you’ll notice a reference to 2022, which goes back to the Year Zero folklore. I like it!!
