Every so often, Saturday Night Live unveils their next lineup of hosts and performers by sharing the names unceremoniously scribbled on Post-it Notes. The brightly-colored sticky notes have once again returned to disclose which musical acts have been booked for the first two episodes in April, revealing that St. Vincent and Kid Cudi are set to take the late-night stage. Jack Harlow is also featured in the announcement, although his upcoming appearance was revealed last month.
St. Vincent has been booked for SNL on April 3, almost exactly a month after the singer announced her anticipated album Daddy’s Home, which is slated for a May release. She’ll be appearing alongside host Daniel Kaluuya, who recently starred in the Oscar-nominated film Judas And The Black Messiah. St. Vincent’s performance will mark the second time the singer has been invited to play her music on the SNL stage since 2014.
Following St. Vincent’s episode, Kid Cudi will take the SNL stage on April 10, hosted by Carey Mulligan. Kid Cudi previously appeared on the show back in 2018 to make a cameo in a sketch with Kanye West, but April’s episode will be the rapper’s musical debut on the program.
Sharing the news on social media, St. Vincent expressed her excitement: “Saturday Night Live has been my favorite show since I was a kid and I can’t believe I get to play it AGAIN,” she wrote.
Saturday Night Live has been my favorite show since I was a kid and I can’t believe I get to play it AGAIN! #SNLhttps://t.co/7smXhKbm8V
A couple of days ago, I was thinking about how [extremely Old Man Yells at Streaming Services and Cable Networks voice] there’s too many documentary series. The second you finish Murder Among the Mormons, you feel obligated to watch American Murder: The Family Next Door. And Allen v. Farrow. And History of Swear Words. It’s hard to keep up! And Q: Into the Storm is right around the corner. But I now regret ever thinking that. Without the documentary-series craze, there would be no Sasquatch.
Get a load of this synopsis from Hulu:
While visiting a pot farm in Northern California in 1993, investigative journalist David Holthouse heard a story that still haunts him: On a nearby farm three men were torn limb from limb in a savage Bigfoot attack. Sasquatch follows David as he revisits the Redwoods 25 years later, in search of any evidence that might lead to the truth of what happened that night. As he pulls at the threads of this story, he’ll be taken down a path that’s far more terrifying than anyone would have imagined.
Bigfoot. Weed. Murder. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. Sasquatch has it all. Please let John C. Reilly give a talking head interview as Bigfoot, please let John C. Reilly…
The three-part series, from director Joshua Rofé and executive producers Mark and Jay Duplass (who gave us Wild Wild Country), premieres on Hulu on April 20.
Charli XCX spent some time in 2020 chronicling her feelings through diary entries, and she concluded her final one of the year, “If 2020 has taught us one thing, it’s that we really can’t predict what the future holds… so live your life and live it now because, honestly, who knows what will happen next?” It turns out that what the future holds is a new album that Charli is excited about.
In the comments of a TikTok post, Charli hinted at the nature of her upcoming project, writing, “Next album is gonna be POPTASTIC and I’m feeling v inspired.”
Charli XCX teased her next album in a recent TikTok comment:
It’s unclear if the new material Charli is talking about comes from before How I’m Feeling Now or after. She said back in May 2020 that she was unsure if she would release music she was working on pre-quarantine or not: “With most pop major label artists, there’s a level of extreme planning, a lot of pre-thought, pre-consideration, and set-up. That helps in so many ways for the pitch of the album, the longevity of the album and the relationship with the people you’re pitching the album to and I understand why it happens. But that doesn’t excite me that much. I’m really into the sporadic-ness of what I’m doing right now. One thing I will struggle with is, I was making a different album before quarantine and I do love a lot of those songs, but they’re going to feel so old to me if they do eventually come out. It just doesn’t inspire me to talk about songs I made a year-and-a-half ago.”
Charli XCX is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.
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Perfume Genius – Immediately Remixes
Perfume Genius’ Set My Heart On Fire Immediately was one of 2020’s most captivating releases, and he is make sure that no one forgets about the album with the release of a brand new set of remixes. Immediately Remixes features reinterpretations of the album from artists like Jaakko Eino Kaleivi, A.G. Cook, Jim-E Stack, and many more and is described as a “companion album” to the original effort. It certainly adds extra depth to the world Mike Hadreas created just a year ago, and we’re happy to be back in it.
Really From – Really From
Boston-based quartet Really From gained some attention with their 2017 LP Verse, which created a unique and very interesting blend of modern emo and jazz. On their new self-titled effort, the band finds a healthier balance between the two seemingly disparate genres, often allowing the horn sections to take precedence over the twinkly guitars. Really From is an album that will please fans of American Football and Charles Mingus alike.
Harmony Woods – Graceful Rage
Harmony Woods went mostly silent after the release of their 2019 LP Make Yourself At Home. That all changed last week, when Sofia Verbilla dropped Graceful Rage out of nowhere, a brand new album produced by Bartees Strange that features her most fleshed-out songwriting and fullest production to date. All told, the surprise album is an astounding statement from the young songwriter.
Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Pick A Day To Die
On their first album in nearly a decade, Sunburned Hand Of The Man has reconvened their collective of musicians for Pick A Day To Die. It’s an album that’s as experimental and exciting as we could have hoped from the Massachusetts group. After all, as Steven Hyden wrote in last week’s Indie Mixtape newsletter, “when the going gets tough, the tough get weird. And times this exceedingly weird call out for a band like Sunburned Hand Of The Man.”
Future Teens – Deliberately Alive
Future Teens have gotten sharper and sharper with each release. Deliberately Alive is just five tracks long, but nicely showcases the Boston quartet’s knack for indie pop structures refracted through a pop-punk lens. It would be no surprise if the band’s next full-length effort helps them break through into the more mainstream alternative scene.
Lucy Dacus – “Thumbs”
Lucy Dacus started inserting “Thumbs” into her live set as early as 2018, and fans have been begging for an official studio release consistently throughout the intervening three years. Fans were rewarded for their persistence last week, when Dacus released what Derrick Rossignol calls for Uproxx a “smoldering, emotional, and understated” standalone single.
Citizen – “Black & Red”
Citizen’s forthcoming LP Life In Your Glass World is their most expansive release to date, heading more in the direction of danceable new wave and away from the pop-punk that they made their name on. “Black & Red” is perhaps the greatest example of this new mindset, with intermingling guitars and a driving bass line.
Crumb – “Trophy”
Crumb’s new single “Trophy” is their first offering of new music since they leapt into the conversation with their 2019 album Jinx. It follows the formula that made Crumb exciting in the first place, devolving into a cacophony of instrumentals before snapping back into focus. The track “opens with lulling synths before their drummer picks up the past with a swift, shuffling beat,” writes Carolyn Droke for Uproxx. “Vocalist Lila Ramani offers her muffled musings, adding dimension to the song’s washed-out atmosphere.”
Idles – “Peace Signs” (Sharon Van Etten cover)
As part of Sharon Van Etten’s announcement that she would be releasing a tenth anniversary reissue of Epic, she also noted that she would be sharing another artist’s cover of one of her songs every week until release, culminating in a full album’s worth of covers. This week, she invited Idles to “apply their signature intensity” to “Peace Signs,” writes Derrick Rossignol for Uproxx.
F*ckin Whatever – “I’m Waiting On You”
This project features Anthony Green of Circa Survive, Adam Lazzara and John Nolan of Taking Back Sunday, and additional percussion from Benjamin Homola of Grouplove, but it doesn’t sound anything like you’d expect. While all of the vocalists are emo legends, the new music from F*ckin Whatever takes on an indie-pop feel, with a beat built around diegetic sounds like hand claps and what sounds like spoons. In fact, the group’s forthcoming self-titled EP features zero instruments at all.
Jenny Lewis & Serengeti – “Idiot”
Jenny Lewis and Chicago rapper Serengeti struck up a friendship in 2018, and have spent the last several months working together and releasing collaborative music. “Idiot” is the latest offering from the duo, a groovy offering that features the two vocalists trading verses. Lewis’s sections take on a dreamy approach, while Serengeti’s is more spoken word.
Current Joys – “Amateur”
Nick Rattigan’s project Current Joys have been pretty prolific throughout the 2010’s. Voyager is the project’s seventh full-length album, and lead single “Amateur” illustrates that Rattigan hasn’t lost his touch. After a melancholy, cinematic opening, Rattigan’s yearning vocals come into full focus as the track continues to build.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Two years ago, it was announced that HBO had picked up a scripted drama series, written by Adam McKay and based on Jeff Pearlman’s Showtime book, about the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s. Not much has been reported about the series since, with 2020 putting the TV production business in a holding pattern and numerous projects were shelved or pushed back.
However, it appears the series is still in the works, and we learned one major name that is now attached to star in it, as Variety brought word that Adrien Brody has signed on to portray a young Pat Riley for the series. It is, if nothing else, a pretty close casting choice in terms of look, and we’ll find out exactly how well Brody can channel Riley’s swagger and fire on the small screen. The rest of the casting decisions will be fascinating to see, as, most prominently, they have to find folks to play Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, and the rest of the Showtime crew.
Making a scripted drama about a basketball team brings plenty of challenges, but chief among them is finding actors who can believably portray players who tower over normal-sized humans — this isn’t a unique issue to basketball, as sometimes you get a very lean Cuba Gooding Jr. playing O.J. Simpson. In any case, Brody is now attached as Riley and with it on HBO, it stands to reason that they can really explore the full Showtime experience off the court, as the Lakers were the biggest stars in L.A. and enjoyed their status as such.
In a new interview with MTV News, Lil Baby revealed the title of his and Lil Durk‘s hotly-anticipated joint mixtape. While there was some doubt that such a project even really existed, Baby insisted that “Me and Durk dropping an album for sure” before revealing that the album in question is titled The Voice Of The Heroes. Baby explained the title as well, saying, “When it comes to that street sh*t, that ‘hood sh*t, we like the heroes. The kids look at us as heroes.”
Further detailing the contents of the album, Baby promised a variety of different song styles. “We got songs with bars, we got songs with vibes,” he said. “It’s gonna be one of the craziest albums to ever come out… We got more than one album recorded. We been locked in with each other. That sh*t easy.”
The two rappers first teased the potential crossover project in the wake of their “Finesse Out The Gang Way” video from Durk’s 2020 album The Voice. A few weeks later, they went into full promo mode, posting about the mixtape all over their social channels. With Lil Baby revealing the tape’s title, perhaps the release date will follow. Until then, fans will just have to wait for more details and run back “3 Headed Goat” on repeat.
The lead-up to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s CBS Evening News interview with Oprah promised drama, for sure, although I’m not sure that anyone expected Piers Morgan to completely act like an a** to the point where he stormed off the Good Morning Britain set, quit his job, and thanked his haters. And after that, Sharon Osbourne defended Piers and went off the rails on-air herself, which led to The Talk taking a days-long hiatus after she and a co-host clashed over Sharon standing by Piers’ racist comments about not believing Meghans claims of racist remarks (about her son’s skin color) by an unidentified Royal. Not only that, but Meghan admitted that she felt suicidal during her time with the British Royal Family, which Piers also didn’t believe (so much talk show drama).
On the latest episode of CBS This Morning‘s Gayle King claims that she’s spoken with Meghan, who has receipts to prove what she said. It bears remembering that Gayle is best friends with Oprah, and Gayle is also friends with Meghan, so it’s within the realm of possibility that, yes, Gayle and Meghan likely discussed this subject.
Via People, King related how “Meghan has documents to back up everything that she said on Oprah’s interview. Everything.” The co-host added that Harry has spoken with his father and brother, Prince Charles and Prince William, about the Oprah discussion, and now, “The family has to acknowledge that there are issues… They want a conversation.” Here’s a CBS This Morning clip where King reveals that the conversations between Harry and family “were not productive. But they are glad that they have at least started a conversation.”
.@GayleKing checked in with Prince Harry & Meghan this weekend:
“Harry has talked to his brother and he has talked to his father, too. The word I was given was those conversations were not productive. But they are glad that they have at least started a conversation.” pic.twitter.com/fe0ATukkYw
Last week, Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview left Prince William insisting to reporters that “we are very much not a racist family,” as the below clip shows.
NEW: Prince William says he hasn’t spoken to his brother yet but will do and when asked about alleged racism he replies “we are very much not a racist family”pic.twitter.com/TNRsNSa0Au
It remains to be seen whether Meghan will come forward with those receipts that Gayle mentions, or if a peace deal will be struck between the Sussexes (who fled the UK, which has led to the stripping of their Royal patronages, security, and Harry’s military uniforms) and the British Monarchy.
Belgian-based bass duo Ganja White Night knows their weed. That’s probably obvious, given the name that Ben “Bamby” Bayeul and Charlie “Erwan” Dodson chose for their electronic music duo, but good herb is more than just a reference in the group’s work, it’s the driving force. Bone rattling UK-influenced bass music, mind-melting psychedelic visuals, an emphasis on sensory experiences above all else, and a touch of reggae or soulful horn stabs for good measure — it all started with some great weed that Bamby and Erwan bonded over one night.
In the decade since that precipitous evening, Ganja White Night has produced some of the most unique sounds to come out of the Deep Bass music scene. And they’ve kept on smoking just as vigilantly as ever.
On the heels of the group’s newest single, “Ease Your Mind,” a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and producer GRiZ -(a cannabis connoisseur in his own right), we linked up with Bamby to talk about his five weed smoking essentials. From preferred strains to favorite vape pens to beloved accessories, he offered a guide to how he likes to get stoned, on or off tour.
So turn up “Ease Your Mind,” take a hit, wait for that bass drop, and let’s dive in.
Originally when I started experimenting with weed I was rolling spliffs. I discovered my favorite flower strains in the Netherlands, which were Hindu Kush and NLX. Hindu Kush puts me in a strong relaxation mood which is great for nighttime music listening sessions and NLX provides me with big energy and is great for socializing with my friends while going out to raves.
Pens have really been my go-to since moving to California in 2019. I try to find the good quality ones — the purer the better, as usual. I’ve been using Dosist, Raw Garden, and StIIIzy but l try as much as possible to avoid products with added flavor. I believe, in general, that hash oil pens are convenient, tasty, and “healthier” because of the low combustion. That was a nice discovery when we started touring in the US!
The US also introduced us to the idea of taking “dabs,” which was new to us. We quickly understood how different the quality and culture here was compared to Belgium. Not gonna lie, there’s some serious shit going on here in the US.
It’s no secret that cooking with “weed butter” is an experience you gotta try. The way it kicks in is really interesting, it kind of creeps up on you, much different than when you smoke it. I think the experience is more situational, so you kind of have to be careful.
Many years ago, I ate a couple of cookies without being told they were the “inspirational” kind. Let me tell you something, when you’re not aware of what’s going on, and it hits… Gosh. You better hold on! I think that night I ended up looking everywhere in my basement for a gas leak that could explain why I was feeling the way I did.
Anyway… proceed with caution and read the label on your damn cookies.
OCB rolling paper is still my favorite paper to use. I used to holds contests with friends when I was younger about who can roll the best and biggest joint in record time or in tough weather conditions outside. We all have that one friend that can roll the perfect joint when it’s pouring rain with tons of wind with no problem, and you know how important this member is to your crew. That isn’t me, which explains why oil pens are my go-to now!
5. A Good Setting/Vibe
The strains and the way you’re smoking them are one thing. Of course, we all want to have really nice quality flowers but in the end, what I think matters most is the people you’re with, the music in the air, and the places you go. Sometimes it really is that simple and no matter how good or bad the weed is that you are smoking, if you are surrounded by good people and good energy, that’s what will create lifelong memorable experiences.
Cannabis, in general, made me who I am today in so many aspects. It opened my mind to hear and feel music differently. The experience we all shared while smoking weed and having late-night talks and listening sessions discovering new music and feeling connected to it and the other people that were enjoying it — I am absolutely convinced that it helped forge my music composition style tremendously and I can still hear and feel it in the way I produce today, 20 years later.
I will always encourage people to try new experiences, but I’ll recommend surrounding yourself and setting your life up with good people, art, and music first. That will give you the best shot to having good experiences that will make you grow.
During Tuesday’s episode of The View, the panel tackled recent polling that shows 41 percent of Republicans refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccination, which prompted Meghan McCain to point the finger at Vice President Kamala Harris for the partisan gap. While McCain differentiated herself from her fellow conservatives by joking that she trusts doctors so much that she’d “let them put an iPad Nano between my shoulder blades if it means I can get drunk at Caesar’s Palace again,” she played a deceptively edited clip of Harris from September 2020 where she tells CNN’s Dana Bash, “I would not trust Donald Trump,” if he attempted to rush out a vaccine before the election. (Which, for the record, Trump attempted to do, but was stopped by the FDA.)
“So she’s expressing skepticism about the vaccine under the Trump Administration. A lot of Republicans I know are expressing skepticism about to vaccine under the Biden Administration which is why this has been so dangerous that this has become so politicized,” McCain said. “Both sides are equally responsible for this.”
However, as Mediaite notes, McCain’s clip leaves off the part where Harris explains that she doesn’t trust Trump because he told people to “inject bleach,” but Harris would trust medical experts like Dr. Fauci if they vouched for the vaccines. “I think Dr. Fauci has proven, for anyone who’s been watching him for years and years, to put the public health of the American people as the highest priority in terms of his work and his reputation and his priority. Yes, I trust Dr. Fauci.” Joe Biden also voiced his trust in Fauci and supported the vaccines when they were approved in November while Trump was still in office. In short, McCain’s argument doesn’t hold water given both Harris and Biden publicly backed the vaccines even as they rolled out under the Trump administration.
The Walking Dead is only halfway through its six Season 10 bonus episodes, but the AMC series is already looking ahead to the 11th and final season, which is currently filming and is expected to air starting this summer. This week, Skybound Entertainment — the production arm behind The Walking Dead — released a short teaser for the final season designed to tease comic-book elements from the final season. They also released another one last week:
The teasers offer glimpses of normal pre-apocalypse life, with a bakery, an ice-cream shop, and commerce. That’s because the final arc of The Walking Dead will take place in The Commonwealth, a community of 50,000 that has managed to piece together a normal civilization. There is, however, a major catch, which the characters from Alexandria will soon discover.
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One of the more exciting turns in The Commonwealth arc, however, is The Wall of the Lost, used by residents of The Commonwealth to post pictures of their lost loved ones with whom they hope to be reunited. In the comics, the Wall of the Lost helped to unite Michonne with her daughter, although that is unlikely on the series. Michonne is currently not on The Walking Dead, and her character did not have a daughter.
More likely, however, the Wall of the Lost will offer a big opportunity for other characters to unite. The way that the Wall of Lost is currently being set up is to give Daryl an opportunity to reunite with Leah and/or Connie, Daryl’s two romantic interests, who are both currently MIA. There’s also the possibility that the Wall of Lost could provide a jumping off point for the Carol and Daryl spin-off, if for instance they decided to make it about Daryl and Carol reuniting loved ones based on pictures from the Wall of the Lost, which might even include Rick Grimes.
The tenth season of The Walking Dead, meanwhile, continues to air on Sundays on AMC.
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