Year: 2024

Just days after announcing his new album, Faith Of A Mustard Seed with an impassioned trailer, West Coast hitmaker Mustard has announced the album’s release date. The “Ballin’” producer revealed that his fourth studio album is dropping on July 26, five years after the release of his last album, Perfect Ten. It also arrives just weeks after the producer achieved his first-ever(!) No. 1 hit, “Not Like Us,” with Kendrick Lamar — making July the perfect time to strike while the iron is hot.

Despite only recently enjoying that achievement, Mustard’s last album, Perfect Ten, did bring him another kind of success, receiving a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards — the first time he was nominated as lead artist. It was also featured artist Roddy Ricch’s first nomination (he won for a different song that year, having appeared on the Nipsey Hussle song “Racks In The Middle”). “Ballin’” was one of three singles from Perfect Ten, along with “100 Bands” and “Pure Water.”

Since the release of Perfect Ten, Mustard has kept busy, producing beats for Coi Leray, Vince Staples, Roddy Ricch, and Blxst, among others. With Faith Of A Mustard Seed on the way, it looks like Mustard will once again take over the season he named his label after.

Faith Of A Mustard Seed is out on 7/26 via 10 Summers Records and Interscope.

The Los Angeles Lakers have still not found their next head coach. After weeks of reports indicated that ESPN broadcaster and retired player JJ Redick was the frontrunner for a job, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN brought word earlier in the week that the team identified UConn coach Dan Hurley as their top target for the position.

However, after meeting with the Lakers over the weekend, the back-to-back national championship winning coach chose not to make the leap to the NBA, instead opting to stick with the Huskies and chase a three-peat at the college ranks.

Now, the Lakers must pivot to Plan B after a very public, all-out chase of Hurley that came up short. One would expect JJ Redick will return to the pole position for the job after weeks of being considered the top candidate before the Lakers took a big swing on Hurley. Whoever lands the job will be replacing Darvin Ham, who the team decided to fire after two years at the helm in the aftermath of their ouster in the first round of the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets.

Redick will be available to take the job in a week or two, whenever the NBA Finals are over — which could be as soon as Friday night if the Boston Celtics can complete a sweep of the Dallas Mavericks. For the Lakers, it will be fascinating how they spin all of this, because missing out on Hurley certainly doesn’t look great, especially with how publicly the negotiations played out. Perhaps this was all an elaborate scheme to drag out the process (and get Hurley a nice extension in Storrs) and cover their tracks while waiting for Redick to be done with his ESPN duties. Even if so, the pressure ramps up on Redick or whoever takes the job to deliver given the caliber of coach L.A. was pursuing in Hurley.

Good news, SZA (and everyone else who enjoyed one of the best shows of 2022): the first footage from Severance is here.

Apple TV+ released a sizzle reel of its upcoming shows and movies, including Silo, Pachinko, and Severance. The video above begins with Mark (played by Adam Scott) walking into Lumon Industries where Seth (Tramell Tillman) is waiting for him. “Welcome back,” he says, ominously, while holding balloons. “It’s been a minute.” It’s been two years actually! Later, Mark glitches back and forth between his “innie” and “outie” personas while hooked up to wires and laid out on a table before he appears to make a run for it.

Apple TV+ also released an image from the new season of Mark going Pennywise mode.

The cast hasn’t said much about the new season, although Scott did discuss the show’s intense fanbase with People. “That was the weirdest thing, is that we were making this show… Innies and Outies… and all these new words, and it was completely in a vacuum, and the whole thing was done. By the time it came out, we had been done for eight months or whatever it is and then, suddenly, it comes out and it works and people like it,” he said. “So suddenly, Innie and Outie are things out in the world with people is so weird.”

Severance season 2 will likely premiere in late 2024 or early 2025.

Chappell Roan is an icon, a legend, the moment. The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess artist performed at Governors Ball 2024 on Sunday, June 9, and maximized her time on stage.

According to Rolling Stone‘s Larisha Paul, Chappell Roan “emerged from a giant apple on stage, painted entirely green in drag as the Statue of Liberty” and got emotional when delivering a message to her audience, “I am in drag as the biggest queen of all, but in case you had forgotten what’s etched on my pretty little toes: ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’ That means freedom and trans rights. That means freedom and women’s rights. And it especially means freedom for all oppressed people in occupied territories.”

Before singing “My Kink Is Karma,” Roan also confirmed that she had been invited to perform at the White House for Pride Month but declined the offer because “We want liberty, justice, and freedom for all. When you do that, that’s when I’ll come.”

Roan’s set also featured the live debut of an unreleased song entitled “Subway.”

Below, watch some clips from Chappell Roan’s Governors Ball 2024 set, including a cameo from Melissa McCarthy.

FIDLAR, the Los Angeles-based surf punk band, has announced their first new album in five years. Following up last year’s That’s Life EP, FIDLAR will release Surviving The Dream on September 20, 2024. The first two singles are “Fix Me” and “Get Off My Wave,” which you can hear above and below, respectively. The dates for the album’s promotional tour accompanied the announcement, and you can find those below.

Frontman Zac Carper explained the album’s aims in the press release, saying, “This record is about doubling down on what you love. For us, its about playing shows and making music. Coming back after a few years away, our intention was to self-make an album that the3 of us are stoked on. We’re very very very pumped on it and what’s to come. These songs are meant to be heard live with the fellow FIDIOTS going off.”

Surviving The Dream is out on 9/20. Find more info here.

Surviving The Dream Tracklist

01. “Fix Me”
02. “Low”
03. “Sad Kid”
04. “Down N Out”
05. “Orange County”
06. “Break Your Heart”
07. “Get Off My Wave”
08. “Change”
09. “Making Shit Up”
10. “Dog House”
11. “I Don’t Want To Do This”
12. “Nudge”
13. “Hurt”

FIDLAR – 2024 North American Headlining Tour Dates

09/23 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
09/24 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
09/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
09/27 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
09/28 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
09/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand At The Complex
10/01 – Denver, CO @ Summit
10/02 – Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
10/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
10/05 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/07 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/08 – Buffalo, NY @ Electric City
10/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
10/12 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/14 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/16 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
10/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/21 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
10/22 – Austin, TX @The Mohawk
10/25 – Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress Plaza
10/27 – Del Mar, CA @ The Sound At Del Mar
10/31 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
02/17-25, 2025 – Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise

Darvin Ham was fired as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers after two seasons with a 90-74 combined record in the regular season and a 9-12 postseason record that included a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2023. However, Ham could not replicate that run this year and was let go after a first round exit in which the Lakers once again struggled to close out games against the Denver Nuggets.

How much of the Lakers issues fall on Ham is difficult to know, as he certainly wasn’t operating with an ideal roster around LeBron James and Anthony Davis, but it also didn’t feel as though they were getting the absolute most out of that group. The truth lies somewhere in the middle, and Ham’s tenure certainly wasn’t a disaster even if he only lasted two seasons in the pressure cooker that is the Lakers bench.

As such, there was a bit of wonder as to what Ham would do in the immediate, as he figures to be considered for head coaching jobs again in the future, but was immediately the most coveted potential lead assistant on the coaching market. A number of contenders reportedly made a pass at Ham to join their staffs, but ultimately he chose to return to Milwaukee, where he spent four seasons under Mike Budenholzer and will now work for Doc Rivers.

Ham could’ve joined Budenholzer in Phoenix, but opted to go with the roster he’s more comfortable with in Milwaukee, as he has a tremendous relationship with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, and the longtime Bucks core. For Rivers, he brings back an assistant who knows how to get the most out that group, having been on the staff that led Milwaukee to its lone championship, and Ham gets to slide back into a comfortable situation while keeping his options open for a future head coaching gig in the coming years.

(WARNING: Spoilers for the most recent All American episode will be found below.)

After this week’s episode of All American there will be just two episodes left before season six comes to a close. As we head into this week’s episode, the many couples on the show all have issues of their own to work through, which is pretty much the case at all times on All American. This week, a failed couples retreat brings the group back to South Crenshaw, Layla and Jordan make progress toward their wedding, and Jaymee and Asher look tor reconnect. Also, Laura goes on a date! Here’s when you can watch it all go down.

When Will All American Season 6, Episode 11 Come Out?

The eleventh episode of All American season six, titled “The Next Episode,” will arrive on June 10. The Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul-directed and Adrian Dukes-written episode will be available on Monday, 6/10 on the CW TV channel at 8pm EST/PST. The episode will later be available to stream on the CW app and website at 3 am ET/12 am PT. A synopsis for “The Next Episode” can be found below:

When a couples’ trip doesn’t go as planned, Spencer volunteers the Vortex’s help at South Crenshaw High’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” Jordan and Layla receive news from their wedding venue that leaves them each feeling conflicted. Elsewhere, a new development in Miko’s trial leads Coop to make a risky move. Finally, Laura prepares for her first date, and Asher and Jaymee attempt to reconnect.

You can also watch the trailer for All American season six, episode eleven below:

New episodes of ‘All American’ are available on CW TV on Mondays at 8 pm ET/PT and on the CW app and website at 3 am ET/12 am PT.

Doja Cat’s sense of humor isn’t for everybody. She has thrown fans off a few times with her off-beat (okay, unhinged) humor, from nearly getting into beef with another artist over a quirky impression to a spoof interview with her alter ego, “Scarlet,” who she asked to “sh*t on my face.”

During her recent Parklife Festival set, her jokey attempt to show appreciation for one of her inspirations was met with confusion by the crowd — a reaction that disgusted Doja Cat. Trying to lead a singalong to Hilary Duff’s “Come Clean,” Doja was frustrated by the silence that followed. “B*tch, you don’t know that sh*t?” she asked incredulously. “What the f*ck?”

Of course, “Come Clean” came out well over 20 years ago, when Doja herself was only eight years old (arguably in the song’s target audience). There’s a possibility that much of the Parklife crowd was either (a) not born yet, or (b) not big fans of the then-Disney Channel star. Still, she does have some call for her surprise at the crowd’s disinterest; “Come Clean” was Duff’s first top 40 single, peaking at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA, despite receiving only mixed reviews from critics.

One mystery has been solved: who is in the cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. But here’s another: what’s the deal with that title? The first Knives Out was a reference to a Radiohead song (“So knives out / Catch the mouse / Squash his head / Put him in the pot”), while sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery shares a title with a Beatles cut from The White Album. Director and writer Rian Johnson continued the music-based naming convention with the upcoming Wake Up Dead Man, as he confirmed to Tudum.

Wake Up Dead Man is also the name of the final track on U2‘s polarizing 1997 album, Pop. “Pop is a very underrated album, and that song is very right for the title,” Johnson said. “But I’ve had ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ in my head for a long while, and I first heard the phrase in American folk music.”

This rules out my theory for the movie: that Bono’s alter-ego MacPhisto is the killer. If that was the case, Johnson would have picked a title from Achtung Baby or Zooropa. Or maybe he’s throwing us off the sense. This is a mystery only Benoit Blanc — and his new hairdo — can solve.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, which stars Craig, Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Daryl McCormack, Josh Brolin, and Thomas Haden Church, premieres on Netflix in 2025.

Not all comedy ages well. In fact, a lot of it doesn’t, but it takes a certain someone to really align themselves with the times. Luckily, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has always known what’s funny, even when her colleagues might not.

Louis-Dreyfus weighed in on the recent comedic debate that has comedians like Jerry Seinfeld calling out “P.C. crap” for affecting comedy. But the Seinfeld star doesn’t believe that it’s a bad thing to be aware of certain topics.

“If you look back on comedy and drama both, let’s say 30 years ago, through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces that don’t age well,” Louis-Dreyfus told The New York Times. “And I think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result.”

JLD then said that it’s a “red flag” when certain people start whining about modern topics. “When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness — and I understand why people might push back on it — but to me that’s a red flag, because it sometimes means something else,” the Veep actress continued. “I believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing. I don’t know how else to say it.”

Her opinion is quite different than her former costar. Seinfeld recently told The New Yorker that the “extreme left” is ruining comedy. He explained, “It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, ‘Oh, Cheers is on. Oh, M*A*S*H is on. Oh, Mary Tyler Moore is on. All in the Family is on.’ You just expected, There’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight. Well, guess what — where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people. His comments didn’t land well with his fellow comedians.

Instead of worrying about offending people, Seinfeld decided to combat “P.C. crap” by making a movie about breakfast pastries. The jury is still out on how well that worked for him.

(Via EW)