May is major at Max and HBO! This month, several highly anticipated shows, series, specials, live sports streams, and documentaries will be available to watch on the streamer, including the highly anticipated third season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series “Hacks,” starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. A24-heads will also get a double dose with the streaming premieres of both the critically acclaimed 2023 wrestling biopic “The Iron Claw” and the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense.”
Plus, catch up on shows from around Warner Bros. Discovery’s other brands, including Discovery, MotorTrend Network, Magnolia Network, TLC, Food Network, and more.
Find out everything coming to Max this May and get your watchlist ready with The Streamable’s top 5 premiere picks!
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Plus, catch up on shows from around Warner Bros. Discovery’s other brands, including Discovery, MotorTrend Network, Magnolia Network, TLC, Food Network, and more.
Find out everything coming to Max this May and get your watchlist ready with The Streamable’s top 5 premiere picks!
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- 5/2/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max streaming service in May. The Max May 2024 lineup includes season three of the comedy series Hacks, the drama series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and the unscripted series Thirst with Shay Mitchell.
The May schedule also includes the comedy special Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, as well as the original documentaries Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. and MoviePass, MovieCrash. Turtles All the Way Down, Stop Making Sense, and The Iron Claw are some of the films coming to the service.
Featured Programming
Hacks Season 3 (Max Original Comedy Series)
The nine-episode season debuts with two episodes on May 2, followed by two new episodes each week, concluding with the season finale on May 30.
Logline: A year after parting, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special...
The May schedule also includes the comedy special Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, as well as the original documentaries Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. and MoviePass, MovieCrash. Turtles All the Way Down, Stop Making Sense, and The Iron Claw are some of the films coming to the service.
Featured Programming
Hacks Season 3 (Max Original Comedy Series)
The nine-episode season debuts with two episodes on May 2, followed by two new episodes each week, concluding with the season finale on May 30.
Logline: A year after parting, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special...
- 4/24/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Nothing about Einstürzende Neubauten’s “Everything Will Be Fine” suggests anything could be fine. The track, from their new album, Rampen: Apm (Alien Pop Music), begins with creaking, like the warning sounds of a structure about to break. It could be the “collapsing new buildings” of the band’s name. And when frontman Blixa Bargeld opens his mouth, it’s not words of reassurance, instead he’s rasping moistly in English and German about voids and nothingness. Every second feels unsettling.
Then in comes the funk, as Alexander Hacke plays some wah-wah inflected electric bass,...
Then in comes the funk, as Alexander Hacke plays some wah-wah inflected electric bass,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
If you’re eager to see “Stop Making Sense” on the big screen again, well, watch out … you might get what you’re after.
Starting Jan. 27, the beloved Talking Heads concert film will return to movie theaters across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. via A24, in honor of the movie’s 40th anniversary this summer.
“Stop Making Sense” will have residencies in cities including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and more. Tickets will be available to purchase here.
A24 will also release a special collection of merchandise available to purchase at selected theaters. A preorder for a collector’s edition 4K and Blu-ray release of the film will open Jan. 27. And considering Talking Heads reunited to celebrate the film last year at Toronto International Film Festival, perhaps members of the band will make surprise cameos at theaters throughout the theatrical tour.
Starting Jan. 27, the beloved Talking Heads concert film will return to movie theaters across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. via A24, in honor of the movie’s 40th anniversary this summer.
“Stop Making Sense” will have residencies in cities including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and more. Tickets will be available to purchase here.
A24 will also release a special collection of merchandise available to purchase at selected theaters. A preorder for a collector’s edition 4K and Blu-ray release of the film will open Jan. 27. And considering Talking Heads reunited to celebrate the film last year at Toronto International Film Festival, perhaps members of the band will make surprise cameos at theaters throughout the theatrical tour.
- 1/17/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Hayley Williams and her Paramore band members have a tape they’d like to play for you. Not long after parting ways with Atlantic Records to become an independent rock band, Paramore is teasing a partnership with A24 to release a 16-track Stop Making Sense tribute album inspired by the life-altering album and concert performance by the Talking Heads. While details remain a mystery, the project teases “16 tracks from 16 artists.”
Paramore is singer Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York, and drummer Zac Farro. Recently, the band created a panic among its fanbase when rumors about them breaking up circulated online. The nail-biting occurred when the band removed its website and scrubbed its social media platforms. However, the band has no intention of parting ways—quite the opposite. In addition to announcing the Stop Making Sense tribute album, Paramore will support Taylor Swift on her sold-out Eras arena tour in 2024.
In a...
Paramore is singer Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York, and drummer Zac Farro. Recently, the band created a panic among its fanbase when rumors about them breaking up circulated online. The nail-biting occurred when the band removed its website and scrubbed its social media platforms. However, the band has no intention of parting ways—quite the opposite. In addition to announcing the Stop Making Sense tribute album, Paramore will support Taylor Swift on her sold-out Eras arena tour in 2024.
In a...
- 1/10/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Let’s say you’re a band — a famous and well-regarded one — and you are deep into a tour that’s ambitious, theatrical, and almost triples the number of musicians you normally have onstage. Once upon a time, you played stark post-punk songs and Al Green covers at Cbgb. Now your shows are messing around with German expressionistic lighting, Kabuki tropes, and comically oversize suits. There are multimedia slides with random words and phrases (“Dollface,” “Drugs,” “Public Library”) projected on screens behind you. Your lead singer does an Astaire-and-Rogers...
- 9/27/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Watching “Stop Making Sense” in 4K IMAX at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival was a transporting, immersive, joyous experience. Some of us also saw the 1983 Talking Heads concert tour promoting their fifth album, “Speaking in Tongues”; when Jonathan Demme saw the show, the director asked if he could document the concerts. The band, who admired Demme films such as “Caged Heat” and “Melvin and Howard,” loved the idea.
Demme shot the film over three performances in December 1983 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Four months later, it was in theaters and grossed $5 million. Forty years later, the band holds the film rights. They worked with A24 to release the restored 4K version for its exclusive IMAX run on September 22 before heading to conventional theaters September 29 around the world.
At the Toronto world premiere, even the band rose up in their vertiginous IMAX seats and danced — who could resist “Road to Nowhere,...
Demme shot the film over three performances in December 1983 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Four months later, it was in theaters and grossed $5 million. Forty years later, the band holds the film rights. They worked with A24 to release the restored 4K version for its exclusive IMAX run on September 22 before heading to conventional theaters September 29 around the world.
At the Toronto world premiere, even the band rose up in their vertiginous IMAX seats and danced — who could resist “Road to Nowhere,...
- 9/22/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Considered by many critics to be the greatest concert film ever made, Stop Making Sense recently enjoyed its fortieth anniversary, prompting a reissue of the film – directed by the late Jonathan Demme – after a picture and audio restoration that leaves little doubt as to the validity of the claims of the piece being the best concert film of all time.
The concert captured here was shot over three December nights in 1983 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and features the core members of The Talking Heads – David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison – alongside additional musicians Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry, and Edna Holt performing many of the band’s most memorable songs.
For those that haven’t seen the film yet, it begins with Byrne walking to the center of an empty stage with an acoustic guitar and a tape player. He then begins the performance,...
The concert captured here was shot over three December nights in 1983 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and features the core members of The Talking Heads – David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison – alongside additional musicians Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry, and Edna Holt performing many of the band’s most memorable songs.
For those that haven’t seen the film yet, it begins with Byrne walking to the center of an empty stage with an acoustic guitar and a tape player. He then begins the performance,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
If you’re the Talking Heads, you may find yourself at the top of the Imax charts after the Toronto International Film Festival Imax screening of Stop Making Sense, the band’s legendary concert film. The Stop Making Sense 40th Anniversary TIFF screening, courtesy of A24, earned $640,839 and sold out 25 screens across 165 Imax markets in North America and the BFI Imax in London.
Fans lucky enough to attend the world premiere at Cineplex’s Scotiabank Imax Theatre in Toronto experienced a special Q&a live stream from TIFF, moderated by Spike Lee. The band’s four original members reunited for the event: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrington.
“The unforgettable Stop Making Sense looks and sounds even more incredible in Imax, and we’re excited to share this event with TIFF and our audiences everywhere,” said CEO Rich Gelfond. “This further establishes our ability to deliver live...
Fans lucky enough to attend the world premiere at Cineplex’s Scotiabank Imax Theatre in Toronto experienced a special Q&a live stream from TIFF, moderated by Spike Lee. The band’s four original members reunited for the event: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrington.
“The unforgettable Stop Making Sense looks and sounds even more incredible in Imax, and we’re excited to share this event with TIFF and our audiences everywhere,” said CEO Rich Gelfond. “This further establishes our ability to deliver live...
- 9/12/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The entire Talking Heads section at Toronto’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre on Monday night stood up and danced during their landmark concert film, Stop Making Sense, instigated by enthusiastic audience members, especially at the back who were on their feet as if at a live show. One person even leapt over the railing, ran across the aisle, and sprinted up the stairs then back to his seat, lickety split.
It was that kind of atmosphere for the world premiere of the newly restored 4K version of the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film celebrating its 40th anniversary as part of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival: Joyous. Fun. Clapping and cheering included, although it was hard to tell to if it was live or the December 1983 audience at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Such is the brilliance of digital surround sound.
It was also hard to see in the dark theater...
It was that kind of atmosphere for the world premiere of the newly restored 4K version of the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film celebrating its 40th anniversary as part of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival: Joyous. Fun. Clapping and cheering included, although it was hard to tell to if it was live or the December 1983 audience at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Such is the brilliance of digital surround sound.
It was also hard to see in the dark theater...
- 9/12/2023
- by Karen Bliss
- Consequence - Music
The hottest ticket at TIFF this year was for a 40-year-old concert film of a band that broke up in 1991.
Toronto audiences Monday night were treated to the world premiere of the new, IMAX, 4K restored version of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, originally released in 1984.
The band members: Frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz and keyboarder/guitarist Jerry Harrison all attended the screening at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre and took part in a Q&a afterward with Spike Lee, who directed the concert film David Byrne’s American Utopia — which premiered in Toronto three years ago.
“I want to go on the record: This is the greatest concert film ever!” said Lee of Demme’s movie, which was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983, as The Talking Heads were touring to promote their Speaking in Tongues album.
Toronto audiences Monday night were treated to the world premiere of the new, IMAX, 4K restored version of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, originally released in 1984.
The band members: Frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz and keyboarder/guitarist Jerry Harrison all attended the screening at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre and took part in a Q&a afterward with Spike Lee, who directed the concert film David Byrne’s American Utopia — which premiered in Toronto three years ago.
“I want to go on the record: This is the greatest concert film ever!” said Lee of Demme’s movie, which was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983, as The Talking Heads were touring to promote their Speaking in Tongues album.
- 9/12/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Talking Heads have a tape they want to play — again. Ahead of its 4k re-release in theaters in September, A24 has shared a new trailer for the band’s indelible concert film Stop Making Sense. Check out the clip below.
Widely regarded as the greatest concert film of all time, director Jonathan Demme made Stop Making Sense from the footage of three shows Talking Heads played at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in December 1983. Featuring all of the band’s biggest songs up until that point — “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down the House,” and “Life During Wartime” among them — the concerts were highly choreographed and pioneered the use of digital audio, moving beyond a straightforward live recording. Backing members Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Scales (and David Byrne’s oversized suit) added to the movie’s power as well.
Before its theatrical re-release, Stop Making Sense...
Widely regarded as the greatest concert film of all time, director Jonathan Demme made Stop Making Sense from the footage of three shows Talking Heads played at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in December 1983. Featuring all of the band’s biggest songs up until that point — “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down the House,” and “Life During Wartime” among them — the concerts were highly choreographed and pioneered the use of digital audio, moving beyond a straightforward live recording. Backing members Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Scales (and David Byrne’s oversized suit) added to the movie’s power as well.
Before its theatrical re-release, Stop Making Sense...
- 8/17/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Talking Heads have a tape they want to play — again. Ahead of its 4k re-release in theaters in September, A24 has shared a new trailer for the band’s indelible concert film Stop Making Sense. Check out the clip below.
Widely regarded as the greatest concert film of all time, director Jonathan Demme made Stop Making Sense from the footage of three shows Talking Heads played at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in December 1983. Featuring all of the band’s biggest songs up until that point — “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down the House,” and “Life During Wartime” among them — the concerts were highly choreographed and pioneered the use of digital audio, moving beyond a straightforward live recording. Backing members Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Scales (and David Byrne’s oversized suit) added to the movie’s power as well.
Before its theatrical re-release, Stop Making Sense...
Widely regarded as the greatest concert film of all time, director Jonathan Demme made Stop Making Sense from the footage of three shows Talking Heads played at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in December 1983. Featuring all of the band’s biggest songs up until that point — “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down the House,” and “Life During Wartime” among them — the concerts were highly choreographed and pioneered the use of digital audio, moving beyond a straightforward live recording. Backing members Lynn Mabry, Ednah Holt, Alex Weir, Bernie Worrell, and Steve Scales (and David Byrne’s oversized suit) added to the movie’s power as well.
Before its theatrical re-release, Stop Making Sense...
- 8/17/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
After sweeping the 95th Academy Awards with seven monumental wins for Everything Everywhere All At Once, A24 plans to release the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense in 4K for a theatrical release! Director Jonathan Demme’s first concert film is my favorite concert experience ever captured on film. The phenomenal performance by the Talking Heads changed how I listen to music. I’ll never forget the first time I watched Stop Making Sense on my way to All Tomorrow’s Parties 2008, curated by My Bloody Valentine.
Stop Making Sense stars core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, P-Funk Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry, and Edna Holt. Shot over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in December 1983, the elaborate set features memorable Talking Heads songs like “Psycho Killer,” “Life During Wartime,” “Found a Job,” “Slippery People,” Burning Down the House,” “Making Flippy Floppy,...
Stop Making Sense stars core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, P-Funk Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry, and Edna Holt. Shot over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in December 1983, the elaborate set features memorable Talking Heads songs like “Psycho Killer,” “Life During Wartime,” “Found a Job,” “Slippery People,” Burning Down the House,” “Making Flippy Floppy,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
A24 has acquired worldwide rights to the classic Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.” A 4K restoration of the movie will be released in theaters globally later this year.
Jonathan Demme, the acclaimed filmmaker of “Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” directed 1984’s “Stop Making Sense,” which is regarded as one of the greatest concert films ever.
If the suit still fits… This year, we’re bringing Jonathan Demme’s groundbreaking 1984 Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (newly remastered in 4K!) back to theaters worldwide. #StopMakingSense2023 pic.twitter.com/Kh2Nevaf2X
— A24 (@A24) March 16, 2023
In the New York Times’ 1984 review of “Stop Making Sense,” critic Janet Maslin says the rock concert film “looks and sounds like no other.”
“The film’s visual style is as coolly iconoclastic as Talking Heads itself,” she wrote. “Mr. Demme has captured both the look and the spirit of this live performance...
Jonathan Demme, the acclaimed filmmaker of “Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” directed 1984’s “Stop Making Sense,” which is regarded as one of the greatest concert films ever.
If the suit still fits… This year, we’re bringing Jonathan Demme’s groundbreaking 1984 Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (newly remastered in 4K!) back to theaters worldwide. #StopMakingSense2023 pic.twitter.com/Kh2Nevaf2X
— A24 (@A24) March 16, 2023
In the New York Times’ 1984 review of “Stop Making Sense,” critic Janet Maslin says the rock concert film “looks and sounds like no other.”
“The film’s visual style is as coolly iconoclastic as Talking Heads itself,” she wrote. “Mr. Demme has captured both the look and the spirit of this live performance...
- 3/16/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
In the wake of delivering Talking Heads frontman David Byrne his second Oscar nomination with Everything Everywhere All at Once, A24 has acquired worldwide rights to his former band’s 1984 cult hit concert pic Stop Making Sense for theatrical release later this year.
A24 will give the director Jonathan Demme’s first concert pic a 4K restoration. If the company can polish this up in time, boy, this would be a fun midnight film for Cannes. The news comes off the heels of A24 acquiring and re-releasing Darren Aronofsky’s Pi.
Stop Making Sense stars core band members Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison along with P-Funk Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in December 1983 and features such memorable Talking Heads songs as “Burning Down the House,” “Life During Wartime,...
A24 will give the director Jonathan Demme’s first concert pic a 4K restoration. If the company can polish this up in time, boy, this would be a fun midnight film for Cannes. The news comes off the heels of A24 acquiring and re-releasing Darren Aronofsky’s Pi.
Stop Making Sense stars core band members Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison along with P-Funk Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in December 1983 and features such memorable Talking Heads songs as “Burning Down the House,” “Life During Wartime,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
YouTube Originals will launch on Nov. 18 “Behind the Beats,” a novel animated pop music anthology series produced by France’s TeamTO and 22D Music Group in partnership with France Télévisions, the French public broadcaster.
Episodes 1-4 of the novel history of pop will also debut on the YouTube Kids app, YouTube Originals Kids & Family announced on Wednesday.
YouTube and TeamTO have shared first-look images from the series in exclusivity with Variety.
The deal sees YouTube launching the series worldwide but with a one-year holdback in the French language, where France Télévisions has first-window exclusivity.
“This new animated musical series from TeamTO hits a sweet spot for family co-viewing, filling a gap for parents who want to watch something together with their kids that they actually will enjoy,” said Craig Hunter, global head of kids & family originals for YouTube.
Currently packing a first season of 26 five-minute episodes, “Behind the Beats” tells...
Episodes 1-4 of the novel history of pop will also debut on the YouTube Kids app, YouTube Originals Kids & Family announced on Wednesday.
YouTube and TeamTO have shared first-look images from the series in exclusivity with Variety.
The deal sees YouTube launching the series worldwide but with a one-year holdback in the French language, where France Télévisions has first-window exclusivity.
“This new animated musical series from TeamTO hits a sweet spot for family co-viewing, filling a gap for parents who want to watch something together with their kids that they actually will enjoy,” said Craig Hunter, global head of kids & family originals for YouTube.
Currently packing a first season of 26 five-minute episodes, “Behind the Beats” tells...
- 10/12/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia.
Guns N’ Roses’ 2002 Chinese Democracy tour and Tom Waits’ 2004 Real Gone tour were such wildly different affairs that comparing them almost seems ludicrous. Gn...
Guns N’ Roses’ 2002 Chinese Democracy tour and Tom Waits’ 2004 Real Gone tour were such wildly different affairs that comparing them almost seems ludicrous. Gn...
- 8/4/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bootsy Collins has released a characteristically eye-popping new clip for “Jam On,” his recent collaboration with Snoop Dogg and 17-year-old guitarist Brandon “Taz” Niederauer.
The clip is a delightfully outlandish space-age blast with Bootsy — wearing a stunning, glittering red top hat and matching outfit — and Co. delivering the song from a funked-out future. Niederauer steals the show with his impeccable shredding, while the clip also serves as a tribute to late Parliament-Funkadelic keyboard player, Bernie Worrell, who appears via archival footage.
Along with releasing the “Jam On” video, Collins...
The clip is a delightfully outlandish space-age blast with Bootsy — wearing a stunning, glittering red top hat and matching outfit — and Co. delivering the song from a funked-out future. Niederauer steals the show with his impeccable shredding, while the clip also serves as a tribute to late Parliament-Funkadelic keyboard player, Bernie Worrell, who appears via archival footage.
Along with releasing the “Jam On” video, Collins...
- 10/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier in June, Rolling Stone posted an in-depth article about how Melissa Reese “broke the Guns N’ Roses glass ceiling” by becoming the first official female member of the band. But by the time she reached that glass ceiling, there were six fairly large cracks in it placed there by horn players Cece Worrall-Rubin, Anne King, and Lisa Maxwell, and background singers Diane Jones, Traci Amos, and Roberta Freeman.
All were brought on board in the early stages of the Use Your Illusion tour in the summer of 1991, and they...
All were brought on board in the early stages of the Use Your Illusion tour in the summer of 1991, and they...
- 6/24/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a partial list of musicians we lost in the 2010s: Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Ornette Coleman, B.B. King, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Merle Haggard, Kitty Wells, João Gilberto, Ravi Shankar, Tabu Ley Rochereau, David Mancuso, Amy Winehouse, Abbie Lincoln, Gil Scott Heron, George Jones, George Martin, George Michael, Allen Toussaint, Donna Summer, Phife Dawg, Prodigy, Adam Yauch, Heavy D, Captain Beefheart, Robert Hunter, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Otis, Big Jay McNeely, Levon Helm, Kate McGarrigle, Guy Clark, Pete Seeger, Ralph Stanley, Gregg Allman,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Pedro Bell, the artist responsible for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton album covers, has died. Both Clinton and bassist Bootsy Collins confirmed the news on social media, though a cause of death was not announced.
“We lost the Master Mind behind the Graphic’s [sic] & Artwork of Funkadelic,” Collins tweeted. “Mr. Pedro Bell is an American artist and illustrator best known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums. Thxs for yr service our brother.”
Clinton wrote on Facebook, “Rip to Funkadelic album cover illustrator Pedro Bell.
“We lost the Master Mind behind the Graphic’s [sic] & Artwork of Funkadelic,” Collins tweeted. “Mr. Pedro Bell is an American artist and illustrator best known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums. Thxs for yr service our brother.”
Clinton wrote on Facebook, “Rip to Funkadelic album cover illustrator Pedro Bell.
- 8/28/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
For a moment in the early Seventies, the House Guests were the hottest new funk group in Ohio. Its members, which included bassist Bootsy Collins and his brother, guitarist Phelps “Catfish” Collins, among others, had just finished backing James Brown on tracks like “Super Bad” and “Sex Machine” and had returned to their hometown of Cincinnati to try something different. They drafted singer Rufus Allen, who wasn’t afraid to do James Brown–style splits, and landed gigs opening for everyone from Gladys Knight and the Pips to George Clinton’s Funkadelic.
- 6/20/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore will receive the 2019 Moog Innovation Award at this year’s Moogfest. A ceremony for the prize — which honors artists who exemplify the “bold, innovative spirit” of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog — will take place Friday, April 26th following Gore’s keynote conversation with Mute Records founder Daniel Miller.
The annual music-technology festival kicks off Thursday, April 25th and runs through Sunday, the 28th in Durham, North Carolina. Previous Moog Innovation Award winners include Brian Eno, Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads), Devo, Gary Numan, Bernie Krause and...
The annual music-technology festival kicks off Thursday, April 25th and runs through Sunday, the 28th in Durham, North Carolina. Previous Moog Innovation Award winners include Brian Eno, Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads), Devo, Gary Numan, Bernie Krause and...
- 4/25/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
The theme is simple here: four albums with guitars galore — solo and in tandem; loaded with effects and stripped to pure tone; in settings where you least expect them, but always in flight.
Circles Around the Sun, Let It Wander (Rhino)
This tripping-instrumental quartet was certified authentic psychedelia before they ever appeared on record — by no less than the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. Guitarist Neal Casal of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood started Circles Around the Sun with keyboard player Adam MacDougall (another member of the Brotherhood), bassist Dan...
Circles Around the Sun, Let It Wander (Rhino)
This tripping-instrumental quartet was certified authentic psychedelia before they ever appeared on record — by no less than the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. Guitarist Neal Casal of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood started Circles Around the Sun with keyboard player Adam MacDougall (another member of the Brotherhood), bassist Dan...
- 8/14/2018
- by David Fricke
- Rollingstone.com
“Well… how did I get here?” – David Byrne, “Once in a Lifetime”
On a sunny July day, I traveled east of Los Angeles proper to the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, while Talking Heads lyrics ran through my head. IFC’s “Documentary Now!” was shooting a parody of the band’s iconic film “Stop Making Sense,” and invited fans and reporters to don their best ‘80s attire and be the live audience for their spoof concert film.
Read More: ‘Documentary Now!’ Season 2 Trailer
Directed by Jonathan Demme, “Stop Making Sense” was released in 1984 and has been touted as one of the greatest concert films of all time. Lead singer David Byrne’s big white suit, the on-stage minimalism, the driving setlist and special guest performers had a cumulative effect of creating an eclectic yet energetic narrative. Watch a trailer for the film below:
Before the big performance, “Documentary Now!” star/co-creator...
On a sunny July day, I traveled east of Los Angeles proper to the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, while Talking Heads lyrics ran through my head. IFC’s “Documentary Now!” was shooting a parody of the band’s iconic film “Stop Making Sense,” and invited fans and reporters to don their best ‘80s attire and be the live audience for their spoof concert film.
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Directed by Jonathan Demme, “Stop Making Sense” was released in 1984 and has been touted as one of the greatest concert films of all time. Lead singer David Byrne’s big white suit, the on-stage minimalism, the driving setlist and special guest performers had a cumulative effect of creating an eclectic yet energetic narrative. Watch a trailer for the film below:
Before the big performance, “Documentary Now!” star/co-creator...
- 10/12/2016
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Prepare to get funked up like you haven’t been in a long time. Legendary funk musician George Clinton is preparing to release a new album, his first since 2008’s “George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love.” The announcement was made Tuesday by record label Brainfeeder. Also Read: Bernie Worrell, Parliament-Funkadelic Keyboardist, Dies at 72 “Yes, the word is out! @George_Clinton will release a new album on Brainfeeder,” the label tweeted. “Details coming soon…,” the label vowed. The 75-year-old musician, best known as the man behind the bands Parliament and Funkadelic, has a history with Brainfeeder. Last year, he...
- 8/23/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
In a year crowded with triumph, controversy and loss, the 2016 edition of the Bet Awards took it all in Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with a program that poignantly marked the joy and pain since last year’s telecast, even as the awards event kept faith with its own history as a forum for social commentary. With the passing of Prince on April 21, and other singular talents of black music before and since — Funkadelic-Parliament co-founder Bernie Worrell died on Friday — the mood could have been justifiably more introspective than in previous years. But the ceremony veered from the.
- 6/27/2016
- by Michael E. Ross
- The Wrap
Bernie Worrell, the keyboardist and composer who was known as an early member of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Friday, according to his website. He was 72. A Facebook account purporting to belong to Worrell bore the message, “At 11:54, June 24, 2016, Bernie transitioned Home to The Great Spirit. Rest in peace, my love — you definitely made the world a better place. Till we meet again, vaya con Dios.” Worrell had been battling lung cancer. Also Read: Ralph Stanley, Bluegrass Legend and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' Singer, Dies at 89 The musician, also known for his work with Talking Heads, was born in...
- 6/24/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, along with former key members Bootsy Collins and keyboardist Bernie Worrell, dropped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday to perform the funk group's 1978 hit "Flash Light" ahead of an all-star New York "funkraiser" for Worrell that night. Jon Batiste and the Late Show also sat in on the performance of the party-starting classic.
In January, Worrell revealed that he's battling a "mild form" of prostate cancer and stage-four liver cancer. To help Worrell with his medical bills, friends and admirers of the Rock...
In January, Worrell revealed that he's battling a "mild form" of prostate cancer and stage-four liver cancer. To help Worrell with his medical bills, friends and admirers of the Rock...
- 4/5/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago – When I screened “Inside Llewyn Davis” from the Coen Bros. before it was nominated for two Oscars and praised by critics everywhere, I beefed to myself: Who is this musician? Why does his story matter as compared to so many other real musicians who you never hear about but deserve that kind of spotlight?
Rating: 2.0/5.0
While it turns out that Llewyn Davis is a fictional character partly inspired by the autobiography of folk singer Dave Van Ronk, in “Ricki and the Flash” we get more of the same but in a more forgettable, inconsistent and predictable way. You’ll wonder once again: Is the “guitar heroine” Ricki Rendazzo a real musician and why does her story warrant a film? Answers: No (but it’s another “inspired by”) and she doesn’t.
While Ricki’s real name in the film is Linda, she’s not a real person and neither is her band.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
While it turns out that Llewyn Davis is a fictional character partly inspired by the autobiography of folk singer Dave Van Ronk, in “Ricki and the Flash” we get more of the same but in a more forgettable, inconsistent and predictable way. You’ll wonder once again: Is the “guitar heroine” Ricki Rendazzo a real musician and why does her story warrant a film? Answers: No (but it’s another “inspired by”) and she doesn’t.
While Ricki’s real name in the film is Linda, she’s not a real person and neither is her band.
- 8/7/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
It’s familiar fodder for a comedy/drama. Y’know the story of a parent leaving the family unit in order to follow a dream. Then years later, having to return for an uncomfortable, often strained reunion that usually concludes with a big, new extended-family group hug. After a failed attempt (but sometimes successful) at acquiring fame and fortune the prodigal poppa realizes that everything he really desired was right in his back yard. We recently saw this occur in Danny Collins. But this new flick does a switcheroo with that formula. This time mom flew the coop in pursuit of her passions and dreams. Meryl Streep reteams with Jonathan Demme (they remade The Manchurian Candidate a few years ago) to tell Oscar-winning scribe Diablo Cody’s tale of, not speedster superheroes, family and rock n’ roll. Grab a brew and settle in for a solid set from Ricki And The Flash.
- 8/7/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Flash and How To Dull It: Demme and Streep Concoct Uneven Rock Cocktail
We’ve known the multifaceted Meryl Streep, amongst her many surprising and highly touted talents, has considerable range and presence as a vocalist. Director Mike Nichols was well aware of this, utilizing her untapped virtue in early titles like Silkwood (1983) and Postcards From the Edge (1990), back when everyone was mainly agog over her filmography of accents. Now, an auteur who has maintained an equally lucrative career of a wide ranging trajectory, returns for his first narrative venture since 2008’s Rachel Getting Married for another bit of familial dysfunction with Ricki and the Flash, a vehicle resting comfortably on the shoulders of Streep’s musical abilities. Considering the performer’s striking ease and expected plausibility as an aged musician still chasing the dream, it is unfortunate the cotton candy concoction surrounding her is so intensely belabored.
Ricki...
We’ve known the multifaceted Meryl Streep, amongst her many surprising and highly touted talents, has considerable range and presence as a vocalist. Director Mike Nichols was well aware of this, utilizing her untapped virtue in early titles like Silkwood (1983) and Postcards From the Edge (1990), back when everyone was mainly agog over her filmography of accents. Now, an auteur who has maintained an equally lucrative career of a wide ranging trajectory, returns for his first narrative venture since 2008’s Rachel Getting Married for another bit of familial dysfunction with Ricki and the Flash, a vehicle resting comfortably on the shoulders of Streep’s musical abilities. Considering the performer’s striking ease and expected plausibility as an aged musician still chasing the dream, it is unfortunate the cotton candy concoction surrounding her is so intensely belabored.
Ricki...
- 8/6/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Ricki of “Ricki and the Flash” is a rocker, a Hollywood lifer who has given up everything to pursue her dreams of stardom. There are probably thousands of Rickis still hoping for that big break in Los Angeles. The one city where a dream doesn't die once you hit retirement age. (Oh, and lest we forget, Ricki happens to be played by none other than Meryl Streep. That’s somewhat important, isn't it?) Well into her ‘60s, she spends her days as a tempestuous checkout clerk for a Whole Foods knock off. At night she slides on a leather jacket to front a group of old school rock and rollers who make up the house band for a divvy San Fernando Valley bar. But the joy she finds from belting out covers of classic tunes isn’t just about her love of music. It helps her forget the other life she left behind,...
- 8/4/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
"We didn't want any of the bullshit," former Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz says about Stop Making Sense, the band's influential 1984 concert film. "We didn't want the clichés. We didn't want close-ups of people's fingers while they're doing a guitar solo. We wanted the camera to linger, so you could get to know the musicians a little bit."
It was December 1983 when the group filmed three shows at Hollywood's Pantages Theater, while on a tour for Speaking in Tongues that found them playing in an extended lineup with extra percussion,...
It was December 1983 when the group filmed three shows at Hollywood's Pantages Theater, while on a tour for Speaking in Tongues that found them playing in an extended lineup with extra percussion,...
- 8/1/2014
- Rollingstone.com
S&A featured the Kickstarter campaign for this last fall, which was successful. The film looks like it's done, or close to being done since it's listed as one of 109 films screening at the SXSW film festival in March. Author, filmmaker, producer Nelson George presents a documentary feature titled Finding The Funk, a journey through the origins and influence of funk music, from James Brown to D'Angelo. Among those to be featured in the film are: Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, D'Angelo, Marcus Miller, Mtume, Nona Hendryx, Vernon Reid, Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, Steve Arrington, Reggie Hudlin, Sheila E, Shock G, and others. Cliff...
- 2/28/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
S&A featured the Kickstarter campaign for this last fall, which was successful. The film looks like it's done, or close to being done since it's listed as one of 109 films screening at the SXSW film festival in March. Author, filmmaker, producer Nelson George presents a documentary feature titled Finding The Funk, a journey through the origins and influence of funk music, from James Brown to D'Angelo. Among those to be featured in the film are: Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, D'Angelo, Marcus Miller, Mtume, Nona Hendryx, Vernon Reid, Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, Steve Arrington, Reggie Hudlin, Sheila E, Shock G, and...
- 1/31/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
The key to any voyage into the twangy depths of this weekend's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is planning.
San Francisco's annual free celebration of bluegrass (and also not bluegrass) in Golden Gate Park, now in its 12th consecutive year, has gotten so popular that shuttling between stages to see all of your favorite bands can prove virtually impossible. Instead, the best idea is often just to get there early, pick a spot near the stage you're most interested in and stay there for the long haul.
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While the lineup was announced months ago, the actual full schedule, complete with set times, was only released recently. Essential planning's gotta all be done Right This Very Second.
Our top recommendations are Ben Kweller, Buddy Miller, Robert Earl Keen, The Dirty Three, the Heartless Bastards, Son Volt and Les Claypool's Duo De Twang. If you're curious as to why this is exciting,...
San Francisco's annual free celebration of bluegrass (and also not bluegrass) in Golden Gate Park, now in its 12th consecutive year, has gotten so popular that shuttling between stages to see all of your favorite bands can prove virtually impossible. Instead, the best idea is often just to get there early, pick a spot near the stage you're most interested in and stay there for the long haul.
(Scroll Down For Playlist And Lineup)
While the lineup was announced months ago, the actual full schedule, complete with set times, was only released recently. Essential planning's gotta all be done Right This Very Second.
Our top recommendations are Ben Kweller, Buddy Miller, Robert Earl Keen, The Dirty Three, the Heartless Bastards, Son Volt and Les Claypool's Duo De Twang. If you're curious as to why this is exciting,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Aaron Sankin
- Huffington Post
With celebrity drop-ins stealing some of the South by Southwest thunder – the Foo Fighters touting their new documentary, Jack White his label and rolling record store – it’s easy to forget that the festival is the place for emerging bands to showcase their work to fans, industry insiders and media. Friendly Fires, a quartet from Hertfordshire, England, is one of 2,000 acts here in Austin hoping to improve their lot.
They’re better off than most: they’re signed to Xl Recordings,...
They’re better off than most: they’re signed to Xl Recordings,...
- 3/18/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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