Scowl have shared a new track from their upcoming album, Are We All Angels. Much like previous singles “B.A.B.E” and “Not Hell, Not Heaven,” “Tonight (I’m Afraid)” respects the balance between melodic alternative rock and hardcore intensity. The mid-song breakdown, leading into Kat Moss screaming over her affecting singing, is what makes Are We All Angels one of the most anticipated indie albums of the year.
On Are We All Angels, Scowl — made up of Moss (vocals), Malachi Greene (guitar), Mikey Bifolco (guitar), Bailey Lupo (bass), and Cole Gilbert (drums) — were inspired by everyone from Negative Approach, Bad Brains, and Hole to Billie Eilish, Radiohead, and Julien Baker.
“The majority of us were really not proficient musicians when this band started,” Moss explained. “It was very Germs-esque in that way, like baby’s first hardcore band, which is awesome. But now, we still might not know what we’re doing, but we have a better idea of what we want to do.” Greene added, “Hardcore and punk have sculpted how we operate, what we want to do as a band, and how we participate. At our core, we are a punk and a hardcore band, regardless of how the song shifts and changes.”
You can watch the flipbook-animated video for “Tonight (I’m Afraid)” above.
Are We All Angels is out 4/4 via Dead Oceans. Find more information here.
Anyone who says “R&B is dead” clearly missed the news: not only is R&B alive and well, but one of its contemporary vanguards may be coming soon to a city near you. SiR, the Inglewood singer affiliated with Top Dawg Entertainment, has announced his Step Into The Light Tour. Promoting his 2024 album, Heavy, the Step Into The Light Tour will continue SiR’s 2024 Life Is Good Tour.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, March 7 at 10 AM local time. Prior to that, an artist presale will begin Wednesday, March 5. You can sign up for access here. You can find more information at inglewoodsir.com.
SiR Step Into The Light Tour Dates
05/07 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/08 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
05/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
05/13 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic
05/15 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
05/20 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
05/22 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore New Orleans
05/24 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues Orlando
05/25 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre
05/28 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
05/29 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
06/01 – Wallingford, CT @ Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
06/02 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
06/04 – Toronto, ON @ REBEL
06/06 – Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe
06/07 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
06/10 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
06/11 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues Cleveland
06/13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
06/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus
The tried-and-true network reign of procedurals has yielded several lengthly (and continuing) franchise runs with spin offs. Upcoming attractions include NCIS: Tony and Ziva (coming to CBS and Paramount+) but also more of Law and Order: Organized Crime (supplementing NBC’s long-lived shows over on Peacock). Then there’s CBS’ Criminal Minds, which ran for fifteen seasons before graduating into another form, Criminal Minds: Evolution, which revived much of the gang for Paramount+.
The only downer with that latter series is that Matthew Gray Gubler (who has portrayed the Dr. Spencer Reid for over a decade) was seemingly no longer part of the Behavioral Analysis unit due to being on “a special assignment.” Word surfaced a few months ago, however, that Gubler would make a third-season appearance to bring his lustrous hair back for the masses. Gubler, as well, has been busy with his next procedural series, Einstein, so let’s open the book on what to expect.
Plot
Last year, CBS revealed their intent to remake a German series, also called Einstein, which starred Tom Beck, ran for three seasons, and is currently available to stream on Prime Video/Amazon. Gubler, of course, was an automatic pick to portray a genius after doing the walking-encyclopedia thing on Criminal Minds for so long.
In Einstein, Gray will flex his procedural muscles again with dramatic tones. In doing so, he will portray a mess of a lazy and tenured college professor, Lew Einstein, who happens to be the great grandson of the great Albert Einstein. Lew is a pain in the butt, and according to CBS, he is “[i]rreverent and misguided,” but his “genius and famous name weighs heavily on him, but using his gift to help solve homicides may – finally – offer his life some direction and purpose.” Lew has also, until now, been able to earn a comfy living at Princeton University, but those days of coasting are over when “his bad-boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.”
Variety recently updated with word that this detective shall be Maddie Paris, portrayed by Rosa Salazar (Captain America: Brave New World, Brand New Cherry Flavor), who is “a Detective Inspector for the New Jersey State Police, who went into law enforcement after the death of her husband. Sharp and disciplined, Maddie demands a lot from her colleagues and even more from herself and feels conflicted about working with Professor Einstein.”
For now, the project has only been ordered to pilot, although that could change at any time, especially with Gubler’s presence being front and center.
Release Date
The Ontario Creates industry website pinpoints February 27 for a starting date on filming on Einstein. If everything goes well with a full season order, Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 could be a realistic timeline.
Cast
Gubler and Rosa Salazar are the only confirmed cast members at present.
Trailer
Since Gubler devotees haven’t been graced with footage or a trailer yet, here’s a Criminal Minds compilation video of Gubler’s Reid bromancing with Shemar Moore’s Morgan for seven minutes straight.
Tony Hawk is among the greatest skateboarders ever, and it’s hard to say he’s anything but No. 1 when it comes to pop culture impact. This is thanks largely to the 1999 video game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and the sequels that followed. It’s one of the most iconic games of the original PlayStation era, and part of that is due to the game’s soundtrack, which is one of the most distinct and memorable in gaming history.
Hawk reflected on that during his appearance on The Late Show last night (March 3), revealing he had no idea how strongly it would endure. He said he was “very involved” in putting the soundtrack together and explained:
“It was fun because we weren’t under many regulations for that game. It had never been done before, so Activision gave us free reign to do whatever we wanted, so I definitely wanted to keep the culture alive in it and represent it well. So I just threw out bands that I heard growing up at the skate park, largely rooted in ’80s punk rock. It was like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Sex Pistols, Gang Of Four, Dead Kennedys, and I didn’t realize that that would be such an iconic part of the game as well, and people really identified with the music. I think it opened up people’s eyes to new bands and new genres.”
Check out the interview clip above. For more information, Hawk also participated in recent oral histories about the game soundtrack for Kerrang and Rolling Stone.
Carl Dean, the longtime husband of Dolly Parton, is dead at 82 years old. He died on March 3 in Nashville and a cause of death has not been revealed.
Partonannounced the news on social media, saying in a statement:
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”
Per Parton’s website, Parton and Dean met in 1964, outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville, when Parton was 18 and Dean was 21. Reflecting on that, Parton says, “I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me). He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about.”
She and Dean got married on May 30, 1966 (Memorial Day) in a small ceremony attended by only Parton’s mother Avie Lee Parton, the preacher, and his wife. At that point, Parton had released a handful of singles and was a year away from the release of her 1967 debut album Hello, I’m Dolly.
Since then, Dean rarely made public appearances alongside Parton. He did, however, inspire one of Parton’s biggest songs, 1973’s “Jolene”: In a 2008 interview, she explained how the song’s story is based on a bank teller who took an interest in Dean, saying:
“She got this terrible crush on my husband, and he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us — when I was saying, ‘Hell, you’re spending a lot of time at the bank. I don’t believe we’ve got that kind of money.’ So it’s really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one.”
“They say that opposites attract, and it’s true. We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun. I never know what he’s gonna say or do. He’s always surprising me. My husband is a good man, first of all. He’s a deep person, but he has a great and warped sense of humor. He makes me laugh and entertains me. He’s very secure within himself.”
Ultimately, Parton and Dean were married for nearly 60 years before his death.
The teen years are rough for most of us, and we can remember how hard it was. Homework, acne, peer pressure – over and over again.
When Sam Keith was asked to sing the national anthem before a football game at his high school, he looked like the typical teenager. Well, until he took hold of the microphone.
Sam was a sophomore at Nashoba Regional High School, located in Massachusetts. At only 15, he was asked to sing the anthem. And when he did, his voice left everyone in chills.
He was a football player. No one expected such a voice on him. Well, his friends did because they knew he wasn’t just a football star. He was also a singer and actor at school.
Within the first few notes, it as clear that Sam had talent. The anthem sounded like it could have been coming from someone like Luciano Pavarotti, not a teenager who wasn’t even legal to drive.
We’re fortunate that people had their camera phones going and thought to record Sam’s rendition of the national anthem. It’s clear that he is a talented singer, and we hope that he’s able to do amazing things with that voice.
It’s always amazing to see how teens are able to overcome the drama of their teen years and produce amazing results. We hope to see more videos like this in the near future!
One of the best things about the tech that we have today is being able to record videos of cute kids. Any time they do something adorable, we can record it. This way, years later, we can replay and hear their sweet little voices.
A Southern Mom Hits Record
A southern mom by the name of Chrystal Logsdon thought to grab her phone and hit record when her son was doing something cute. At only 52 seconds, the video went viral after being posted to Facebook – and we’re really not surprised at all. Chrystal’s son is helping to make a grocery list. He has such an amazing southern accent, so everyone fell instantly in love with him. He pretended to write down everything on his own notepad. And he repeated every item that his mom tells him about.
Spaghetti became ‘sketti and bananas became nanas.
This little boy was so eager to help his mom with the grocery list.
The boy didn’t want to accept mom’s answer that they were done with the list. He insisted that they needed more things. So, he turned to dad to find out if there were any more items that were needed.
We hate that we never got to hear about any more items that this sweet boy needed to add to the grocery list. Luckily, the video lives on and we can watch it again and again.
If you know someone who needs a smile, this video is worth sharing. Oh, that accent!
Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures can complicate things during the winter months. Even a trip down the driveway can be catastrophic. Luckily, laughter is a great way of warming us all the way to our core!
It’s not always something we admit, but the truth is that when someone else takes a spill, we find it funny. A UK wife asked her husband to take out the trash. It was quite cold. And this simple chore left her in tears as she laughed so hard at her husband’s misfortunes.
As she saw what was happening, she immediately reached for her phone to record the incident.
Alun Miles, the husband, tried to move his trash can from the driveway to the curb. The thin layer of black ice made that harder than it should have been.
Alun kept sliding all over the driveway. And his wife and kids were cackling as they saw what was happening. The garbage truck drove right past him because he didn’t have the can at the curb yet. Meanwhile, you can hear his wife giving him some advice – to put the can in front of him. That may have been the funniest part of the entire video.
The good news is that he never truly got hurt. He managed to get the can to the curb. And thanks to his wife, she posted the video online so that we could all get some laughs.
Onions are an important culinary staple to keep in the kitchen. However, I’ve often gotten into an argument with my husband over where they should be stored. He says that they should go in the fridge while I think it’s best to keep them in the pantry. I always heard that keeping onions in the fridge will impact their flavor.
I decided to do some research, so hopefully this helps you with any debates you may have in the future, too.
Placing items in the refrigerator is generally considered a way to prevent spoilage and extend freshness. But, not all vegetables require this kind of cold storage.
Before you toss your onions into the fridge, here are a few things to consider:
Temperature: Onions prefer cool, dry areas. The fridge can be too cold and too humid, leading to advanced decomposition.
Humidity: When there’s too much humidity in a fridge, onions can mold and even rot (even in a crisper drawer).
Ethylene gas: Onions will emit this gas, and this will speed up their ripening (and spoil faster). It can also lead to spoilage of other ethylene-sensitive produce. The solution: segregation.
Accessibility: When you put your onions in the fridge, they’re often out of sight. Keeping them on the counter in a basket makes them more accessible, so you are more likely to use them.
Texture and flavor: Onions are known for their crisp “crunch,” as well as strong flavor. They will become softer and less pungent in the confines of a fridge.
You want your onions to last, so it’s best to keep them in a cool, dry place like inside your pantry. You should also make sure that there is some kind of ventilation so that they don’t get too moist – a basket or mesh bag will help.
Here are a few other things:
Inspect your onions regularly
Keep your onions separate from other produce
Only use the fridge if you won’t use your onions for a few weeks
Ultimately, you want to do whatever you can to preserve the flavor and freshness of your onions. When possible, keep them out of the fridge.
My cleaning routine usually involves making a few sprays of my own because I want something powerful that will cut through grease and grime. My MIL was visiting and saw me mix bleach and ammonia. She said the chemical smell was too strong and harshly criticized me for mixing these.
Is there a real danger here?
Bleach + Ammonia
There is a danger to mixing bleach and ammonia, but many people don’t know this. It all has to do with the chemical reactions that are likely to occur.
Both bleach and ammonia are powerful on their own. Then they get mixed together, a toxic gas known as chloramine is produced. It can pose various health risks.
Often, people mix the chemicals without knowing of the dangerous chemical reaction. Then, they start cleaning in a room where there isn’t sufficient ventilation. The more you inhale, the more serious the conditions can be. Plus, it can exacerbate other health problems, such as asthma.
Mixing ammonia and bleach doesn’t lead to a more powerful cleaning agent.
Here are a few best practices:
Read the labels
Create plenty of ventilation
Contact local poison control if you’ve experienced exposure and serious symptoms.
While it can be scary to learn that you created a toxic chemical reaction, there are plenty of products that you can mix – like vinegar and baking soda. If you’re not sure what chemicals you can mix, it’s best to stick with a store-bought cleaning product (and don’t mix it with anything).
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