Music festivals are planning a major comeback this fall, and some big-scale events like Coachella have already sold out. Thankfully east coast festival All Things Go is moving to a larger event space to accommodate more music fans this fall, and they’ve just announced that Haim, Charli XCX, and St. Vincent will be headlining their 2021 event.
All Things Go takes place on October 16 at their new location, Merriweather Post Pavilion outside of Washington, DC. The move allows the festival to expand their capacity and have two stages instead of just one.
Along with Haim, St. Vincent, and Charli XCX, the festival invited artists like Girl In Red, Lauv, Cautious Clay, Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy, Gus Dapperton, Tai Verdes, Role Model, Blu Detiger, Tkay Maidza, Del Water Gap, Jelani Aryeh, and Isaac Dunbar.
Along with music, All Things Go will have the full festival experience. Organizers plan to open a beer garden and invite festivalgoers to participate in art installations. They’re also launching a conference, which will be free with RSVP, with panel discussions featuring folks in music, entertainment, and journalism.
Check out All Things Go’s full lineup announcement above. Early bird tickets go on sale June 16 at 10 a.m. ET starting at $79.50 for general admission. Get them here.
Some of the artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The Jane Walker Edition of Johnnie Walker Black Label is an important whisky. It’d be easy to dismiss a company like Diageo re-branding one of the world’s most popular whiskies ever for some social justice bonus points. But that’s simply not the case here.
First, Johnnie Walker (and Diageo, in general) makes a serious matter of ensuring that its staff and leadership feature women in positions of power. That goes all the way up to Johnnie Walker’s Master Blender, Emma Walker, who created this very expression. Second, this release not only celebrates women in whisky but also helps women succeed in business every time a bottle is sold.
To achieve its bold goals, the Jane Walker Edition has tied itself to three movements. The first is IFundWomen, which helps women start businesses through a startup incubator and investment fund; the second is First Women campaign, created, funded, and run by Johnnie Walker / Jane Walker, which celebrates trailblazing women across sports, industry, and, yes, whisky; and finally, Jane Walker is the official sponsor and founder of Los Angeles’ first National Women’s Soccer League, the Angel City Football Club.
So is this expression lip service? Absolutely not. Now… let’s see what’s in the bottle.
Master Blender Emma Walker created this blend with Cardhu — a Speyside distillery — at its core. Cardhu was famously founded and run by another female pioneer in whisky, Elizabeth Cumming, back in the 1800s. The juice is a blend of malts that aged at least ten years from the Diageo stable of Scotch single malts.
The sip has a nose with a clean maltiness next to raisins and peach juice with a hint of leather coming in late. The palate is light, almost airy, with stewed apples floating in rich cream next to a touch of milk chocolate. The finish has a very faint hint of Johnnie Walker peat next to dry reeds, more malts, and a bitter chocolate powder.
The Bottle:
This is a classic Johnnie Walker bottle with the new “Jane Walker” logo embossed on the bottom of the bottle. It comes in that iconic black and gold, which is always a good look.
The box is a nice touch and really highlights the special nature of the limited release. That addition makes this feel like a bottle you can bring along to a dinner party or give as a nice gift.
The Bottom Line:
This is a really subtle riff on Johnnie Walker Black. The use of sweeter malts instead of peatier ones gives the whole feel a very approachable vibe.
It’s sippable, mixable, and giftable.
Rating:
90/100 — this feels like a unique edition of Johnnie Walker that might well make it into the main rotation. It’s finely crafted and very easy to drink.
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Perhaps the most highly-anticipated opening match of Euro 2020 was between France and Germany. The past two World Cup winners, Tuesday’s match held added importance because of what happened earlier in the day — Portugal, which beat Hungary 3-0 in the proceeding game, is also in their group, and boasts the title of being the national team that won the previous Euros.
It was expected to be a tense and cagey affair, and early in the first half, the French went ahead. The catch: No one in a blue shirt scored, as a sensational cross by Lucas Hernandez found the foot of Mats Hummels, who absolutely walloped the ball past Manuel Neuer.
Of course, Hummels is German, as is Neuer, so this was extremely bad for Die Mannschaft. Hummels has been as reliable as they come at the heart of Germany’s defense for years, so it’s really unfortunate that he got his feet all mixed up and ended up going top bins here. Still, credit has to go to Hernandez for whipping in a cross into a dangerous area — Hummels was kind of in no man’s land due to Kylian Mbappe being right there for a tap-in — and Paul Pogba for finding him with an unreal pass with the outside of his right foot.
The latest movie in the Fast & Furious franchise, F9 (aka Fast & Furious 9), is set to his theaters in the US on June 25. Cardi B landed a role in the film, and ahead of its theatrical release, she talked about her character (Leysa) and how she came to be involved with the movie.
In a video, she said, “Vin Diesel reached out, and he was talking about a role. I’m like, ‘It’s freakin’ Fast & Furious. Get me there, put me on a plane!’ I like the fact that I’m representing such a powerful, strong woman. She’s just that bitch [laughs]. […] I remember when I saw Ludacris in Fast & The Furious, […] then to see Don Omar, it makes the hood have hope. Being around Vin, he’s just so nice, so dope. He makes you feel so comfortable. I’m just so excited.”
She also tweeted today about her excitement to see the movie, writing, “I can’t wait to watch Fast and furious 9 .I haven’t seen my scenes yet! That’s the best part about it thooo watching the movie then you see yourself coming in.I’m sooo proud of myself. GOD IS GOOD ! Can I get a ALL THE TIME ? !!!!”
I can’t wait to watch Fast and furious 9 .I haven’t seen my scenes yet! That’s the best part about it thooo watching the movie then you see yourself coming in.I’m sooo proud of myself. GOD IS GOOD ! Can I get a ALL THE TIME ? !!!!
After winning a Golden Globe for her performance in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy is back to making movies, and she’s working with some of the biggest directors around. First, there’s Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho, out later this year, followed by Robert Eggers’ The Northman (The Witch reunion!) and David O. Russell’s still-untitled drama alongside Margot Robbie and Taylor Swift. But Taylor-Joy is particularly excited to collaborate with George Miller on the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa, where she’ll play a younger version of Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa.
“The thing that makes me most excited about Furiosa is, No. 1, George Miller,” she told Emma co-star Josh O’Connor as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” issue. “That brain is incredible. I feel so lucky and privileged to spend time with him, and to grow alongside him. I’m also really excited to do something physical. To physically become something else is something that will weirdly give me a lot of peace. I’m quite excited to work hard.”
Outside of Fury Road, one of the best movies of the 21st century, Miller also wrote and/or directed the other Mad Max movies, The Witches of Eastwick, Babe, and the deeply weird Babe: Pig in the City. Also, the dancing penguin movies, including the one where Matt Damon and Brad Pitt voice Bill and Will the Krill (they should get a prequel next). So, yes, I would be excited to work with him too. And Miller should be excited to work with Taylor-Joy.
An IPA is one of those beers that’s suited for any season. But it’s really the summer months when the beer style truly shines. An India Pale Ale is bright, fresh, crisp, and filled with sometimes bitter, sometimes fruity hops. The hazy IPA and West Coast IPA are notable summer favorites. But if you really want to turn this season up a notch, you’ll want to sip a very hoppy and floral imperial IPA with a serious alcohol punch.
While the West Coast IPA is known for its bitter, dank hop aroma and flavor, its cousin the imperial IPA (sometimes called the double IPA depending on the brewery) is sweeter, maltier, higher in alcohol, and (while filled with hops) is much less bitter. Based on the imperial stout, the name was created to let the drinker know they were in for something that’s much bolder and higher in ABV than they might be used to.
To help you amp up your beer drinking game this summer, we’ve decided to let you in on eight of our favorite imperial IPAs for this (and every) season. Check them out below and click on the prices if you want to give them a shot yourself.
Back in the ’90s, Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione watched a cooking show where the chef continuously added pepper throughout a soup-making demo. He thought that the same thing could work for beer, but with hops instead of pepper. This led to the idea of continual hopping. Used in its 60 Minute, 75 Minute, 90 Minute, and 120 Minute IPAs, the technique consists of continuously adding hops during the boil.
This 90 Minute offering is layered with floral hops flavor but doesn’t have the usual hop bitterness.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all pine trees, citrus peels, and fresh wildflowers. It’s pretty much a hop lover’s dream. The nose carries into the palate with resin, citrus, and the addition of dried fruits, and subtly bitter hops presence. The finish, on top of being filled with citrus and floral hops, has a nice sweet, caramel malt aspect to it.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to Imperial IPAs, it’s really hard to beat the appeal of Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. It’s 9 percent ABV and surprisingly crushable.
Firestone Walker is well-known for its hoppy IPAs. Its Double Jack was first launched in 2009 before it was removed from the rotation in 2016. It returned this past fall to wreck your palate with its triple dry-hopped boil as well as four cellar hop additions. This creates an intensely hoppy, yet surprisingly well-balanced imperial IPA.
Tasting Notes:
You’ll be met with scents of orange peels, citrus zest, wildflowers, and caramel notes on the nose. The palate is filled with fresh fruit flavors like limes, oranges, grapefruits, as well as resinous pine. A pleasing, mellow, bitter bite arrives at the very end.
Bottom Line:
The classic West Coast IPA is known for its bitter aroma and flavor. This double IPA takes it to another level with bold hoppy bitterness.
This is a really complex beer. It’s a potent ten percent ABV brew and is cooked with the brewery’s proprietary yeast strain, C-120, Aromatic, and 2-Row malts, as well as Columbus, Simcoe, Centennial, and Chinook hops. If that wasn’t enough, it’s also dry-hopped with Idaho 7, Vic Secret, and Simcoe hops.
Tasting Notes:
Right away, you’ll be struck by the aromas of orange peels, vibrant lime, and just a touch of honey sweetness. Taking a sip reveals notes of lemon rinds, more honey, orange zest, subtle pine, and a good deal of caramel malt flavor. It all ends with a nice combination of sweet citrus and bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
For a 10 percent ABV hop bomb, this is a surprisingly well-rounded and complex beer. There’s a great ratio of bitter hops to sweet malts.
Lagunitas is yet another West Coast brewery that makes its name with potent, hop-fueled IPAs. It even made a beer called Hop Stoopid for a time. Its imperial IPA Maximus lives up to its bold name with the addition of Centennial, Simcoe, and Cascade hops as well as a load of malted barley for balance.
Tasting Notes:
Like all of the beers on this list, Maximus deserves a proper nosing before your first sip. If you do, you’ll find aromas of orange zest, ripe grapefruit, resinous pine, and sweet, caramel malts. The flavor is classic West Coast IPA with hints of pine tree, citrus zest, wildflowers, fresh-cut grass, and a nice sweet, malty finish.
All in all, this is a surprisingly balanced beer for the style.
Bottom Line:
If you’re a fan of Lagunitas’ other brews, it would behoove you to grab a sixer of this potent, hoppy brew. It’s surprisingly sippable.
This beloved beer lands in multiple beer styles. It’s a hazy, New England-style IPA, but it’s also an imperial IPA. Made to pay homage to the brand’s retired Double Sunshine IPA, this eight percent ABV IPA is filled with a mix of malts, locally sourced water, and bold, slightly bitter hops. It’s tropical, fruity, and tastes like summer in a pint glass.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is piled high with the smell of dank hops, tangerines, pineapple, fresh-cut grass, and just a hint of malt sweetness. The palate is complemented by notes of resinous pine, orange peels, grapefruit, mango, caramel sweetness, and a pleasing, bitter finish that leaves you wanting more.
Bottom Line:
If you’re a West Coast IPA fan unsure of trying hazy IPAs or vice versa, this is the beer to help you bridge that gap.
Bell’s Hopslam truly lives up to its piney, bitter moniker. It’s first brewed with six different hop varieties. Then, it’s dry-hopped using Simcoe hops. Robust malts that can stand up to all those hops — as well as the seemingly strange inclusion of honey — make this one of the most well-rounded hop monsters you’ll ever sip on.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is as complex as the ingredients, with aromas of lemon zest, sweet honey, earthy grass, orange peels, and slight resin. The taste is comprised of honey, caramel malts, more grassy flavors, citrus, florals, and a nice bit of pine at the end. There’s a great balance of flavors that make this a beer to come back to again and again.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to high ABV summer sippers, Bell’s Hopslam is truly in a class of its own. It’s piney, resinous, and slightly bitter. But it’s all tempered with the addition of sweet honey.
This year-round offering is brewed with a symphony of hops including Bravo, Chinook, Mt. Hood, Nugget, Cascade, and Citra. It gets its balance from the addition of Crystal, Munich, and Pilsner malts as well as ale yeast. The result is a crisp and memorable beer.
Tasting Notes:
The aroma is ripe with fresh-cut grass, wildflowers, sweet malts, subtle tropical fruits, and bright hops. The flavor is filled with hints of lemon zest, pine trees, orange peels, subtle herbs, and pleasurable bitter yet floral hops. The last few sips are a great combination of fruity sweetness and bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
Since this beer is available year-round, you can drink it any time of the year. You can bring it to an NFL tailgate or pair it with your holiday meals. But it really shines in an innertube on the river on a hot summer day.
Minnesota’s Surly has made quite a name for itself in the craft beer world in the last decade. Its Abrasive Ale is its foray into the world of imperial IPAs. While many imperial IPAs on this list are backloaded with hops, this beer gets much of its flavor from the addition of 2-Row and Acidulated malts as well as Golden Naked and flaked oats. But it isn’t lacking in the hop department either, with Warrior and Citra hops.
Tasting Notes:
Take a moment to breathe in the aromas of toasted malts, pineapples, orange zest, and dank hops. Tasting this beer reveals notes of bold caramel malts, citrus, tropical fruit flavors, and piney, bright hops. The finish is crisp, dry, and ends with subtly bitter yet floral hops.
Bottom Line:
This might be the most malt-forward of all the beers on this list. It still has the bitter, resinous hop flavor IPA drinkers expect, but it’s balanced nicely by the oats and malts.
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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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Sleater-Kinney – Path Of Wellness
After taking a right turn into electro-pop on their 2019 album The Center Won’t Hold, the Pacific Northwestern duo are back with an album that brings them back to their alt rock roots. Path Of Wellness features pointed lyrics and angular guitars that can square up with the best of Sleater-Kinney.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000
We’re halfway through 2021, and that means we’ve gotten about 25 new albums from this Australian outfit. But the massive quantity of releases does not mean that the band is sacrificing any quality. Butterfly 3000 is the latest offering, a melodic and psychedelic affair that certainly justifies the band’s prolific nature.
Pronoun – OMG I MADE IT
Pronoun’s excellent 2019 debut album I’ll Show You Stronger was definitely the best sleeper album of that year. The new EP OMG I MADE IT picks up right where the full-length left off, boasting Alyse Vellturo’s uncanny knack for melody on top of shimmering dream pop instrumentals.
Kennyhoopla – Survivors Guilt
We’ve had our eye on Kennyhoopla for some time now, and Survivors Guilt delivers upon our intrigue. Though not quite a full-length album, the project finds Kennyhoopla together again with Travis Barker to create a truly unique modern take on pop punk.
Angel Du$t – Bigger House
Angel Du$t have expanded upon their Lil House EP with the addition of two brand new singles and the inclusion of remix tracks from Panda Bear and Lunice. The completed offering is a well-rounded representation of everything that the reformed Baltimore hardcore heavyweights have to offer in their latest incarnation.
Clairo – “Blouse”
Just two years after releasing her stunning debut album Immunity, Clairo is back with a brand new effort. Silk was produced by Jack Antonoff and is out later this summer, previewed by the sparse, beautiful single “Blouse,” which features backing vocals from Lorde.
Bleachers – “How Dare You Want More”
Speaking of Jack Antonoff, the producer extraordinaire also has some music of his own coming soon. Bleachers’ new album Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night is also out later this summer, and the latest sampling is “a huge dose of saxophone for a jazzy, Springsteen-ian feel, even if the lyrics themselves are a bit more morose,” writes Caitlin White for Uproxx.
Deafheaven – “Great Mass Of Color”
After a brief teasing period, shoegaze black metal heroes Deafheaven have officially returned with new music. “Great Mass Of Color” is the first taste of the band’s forthcoming album Infinite Granite, and is what Derrick Rossignol calls for Uproxx “an aesthetic departure for the group, as it sees the post-hardcore group venturing into softer territory more than ever before.”
Lucy Dacus – “Brando”
With her third studio album, Home Videos, just around the corner, Lucy Dacus has shared yet another searing single called “Brando”. According to Uproxx’s Sarah Grant, the new track “has the sound and scorch of a Highway 61-era Dylan,” but with the muse being the Criterion Collection rather than F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Pom Pom Squad – “Crying”
Pom Pom Squad has been picking up steam as their debut album Death Of A Cheerleader draws closer, due for release at the end of this month. “Crying” opens with an almost vaudeville overture, before bursting into an excellent sludgy, slow-burning grunge track.
Illuminati Hotties – “Pool Hopping”
Illuminati Hotties are here to prep us for the warmth of summer. “Pool Hopping” is a jubilant lead single for the band’s forthcoming album Let Me Do One More, which “emits so many summertime vibes, it’s easy to gloss over Tudzin’s most excellent couplet game,” writes Sarah Grant for Uproxx.
Laura Stevenson – “State”
Laura Stevenson is one of the most underrated songwriters and vocalists out there right now. On the first preview of her self-titled sixth(!!) full-length, Stevenson demonstrates her impressive range, from intimacy to thrashing alternative rock.
Kevin Devine – “Lakes On The Moon”
Originally only available for a few hours during Bandcamp Friday earlier this year, Kevin Devine is finally gearing up for the proper release of a five-song EP. No One’s Waiting Up For Me Tonight is due later this month, and is preceded by “Lakes On The Moon,” a glowing folk song about forgiving the people you love.
VIAL – “Roadkill”
VIAL’s new single “Roadkill” opens with a lone guitar that gives the impression of a lo-fi punk song, before exploding into a full-band onslaught filled with murderous lyrics. The Minneapolis band’s new album Loudmouth is due in July, and was produced and mixed by Henry Stoehr of Slow Pulp and co-produced by Avery Springer of Retirement Party.
McCleney – “Kerosene”
At the ripe young age of 27, McCleney already has a co-sign from Quincy Jones and is building up an extremely impressive catalogue. Featuring St. Panther, “Kerosene” is the latest addition to McCleney’s setlist, a raw track that combines elements of acoustic folk with bedroom pop and an incredible sense of groove and rhythm.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Early this year, Dr. Dre was rushed the the hospital following a major health scare. It turned out that he had suffered a brain aneurysm and he remained in the ICU for several days. Thankfully, the producer made a full recovery and even hit the studio shortly after returning home. While Dre says the incident took him by surprise, he now has some sage advice to prevent the same issues from arising in others.
Dre recently sat down with the LA Times to discuss his new endeavor, an LA public high school aimed at preparing students to become entrepreneurs. The producer also spoke about his surprise brain aneurysm, giving an update on the current state of his health:
“It’s a really weird thing. I’ve never had high blood pressure. And I’ve always been a person that has always taken care of my health. But there’s something that happens for some reason with Black men and high blood pressure, and I never saw that coming. But I’m taking care of myself. And I think every Black man should just check that out and make sure things are okay with the blood pressure. And I’m going to move on and, hopefully, live a long and healthy life. I’m feeling fantastic.”
Anderson .Paak also recently gave an update about Dre’s health, saying he’s actually being doing great in quarantine. “Dre’s having a good-ass time,” he said. “That’s already his life — isolation, working all the time. I think he was probably used to it. But he’s having fun now because a lot of people have more time on their hands, so they can come visit him and make music with big Uncle Dre.”
Cyberpunk 2077 would like to welcome you to Night City … again. After being pulled from the PlayStation store last December due to a plethora of bugs and various other performance issues, Cyberpunk 2077 will be back up for sale on the digital marketplace starting on June 21. CD Projekt Red announced the big news in a recent press release, which was then corroborated in a statement given to IGN by Sony Interactive. In the statement, Sony said:
“[Sony Interactive Entertainment] can confirm that Cyberpunk 2077 will be re-listed on PlayStation Store starting June 21, 2021. Users will continue to experience performance issues with the PS4 edition while CD Projekt Red continues to improve stability across all platforms. SIE recommends playing the title on PS4 Pro or PS5 for the best experience.”
For those unfamiliar with the Cyberpunk 2077 saga — and boy, do we mean saga — the game was first released December 10, 2020, after close to a decade in development and with all the hype a game could possibly hope for. However, all this hype quickly turned into criticism when the game released with a staggering amount of issues that ultimately led to developer CD Projekt Red offering refunds to anyone who purchased the game and Sony flat-out removing the ability to purchase it from its store on December 17, just a week after release. Sony stated this decision would be enforced indefinitely, and as we hit nearly six months of the game being removed, many thought indefinitely might just be forever.
However, since release CD Projekt Red has released patches and updates in an attempt to make Cyberpunk 2077 playable, and it seems like Sony has deemed those updates good enough to resume sales. However, according to Sony’s statement those on PlayStation 4 should still be wary about purchasing, as several performance and stability issues still exist. While the Cyberpunk 2077 fiasco isn’t completely over for CD Projekt Red, this is a good sign that things are winding down — which is great considering they’re potentially entering a huge legal battle as they fight to retrieve game data and personal information stolen from the company.
One of the best things about social media is that there are some pages that deputize the general public to find great content and submit it to be published. It’s like harnessing a mind-hive of funny to create a place where it can be enjoyed by everyone.
The People Standing page on Instagram is a great example of this type of crowdsourcing for comedy. The site has over 140,000 followers and features candid, user-submitted pictures of people standing awkwardly that were taken all over the globe.
Here are 17 of the best.
When the jet lag kicks in.
Crouching tiger, hidden birdie.
What muscles does this exercise work, exactly?
That’s an exciting way to teach physics.
Sliding into her DMs like …
Wait, what?
Her legs look like a bad Photoshop.
They call this the “Cleveland crutch.”
Marshawn Lynch can stand however the hell he likes.
Taking the dog for a trot, Mr. President?
You shall not pass.
When you’re lying in the gutter, but staring at the stars.
We’ve all done the covid crouch.
Don’t you just love it when your boss is constantly peering over your shoulder?
When you gotta go to the little girls’ room but also want to finish that invoice.
The twist in chapter 5 came out of nowhere.
There’s a lot that can go wrong when using a urinal standing on your head.
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