‘Thee Black Boltz' by Tunde Adebimpe Review: A Solo Record's Homemade Sound
TV on the Radio was a mostly black band in a mostly white scene, and wrote elliptical songs that sometimes touched on politics—its members seemed more serious, and also more musically ambitious, than their peers. After 2014's 'Seeds,' the project went on an extended hiatus, though the past year has seen a buzz of activity, including a tour. There's no word yet of a new record, so for now Mr. Adebimpe's debut solo LP, 'Thee Black Boltz' (Sub Pop), out Friday, will have to tide fans over.
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New York Post
07-08-2025
- New York Post
The Strokes announce short 2025 tour. Get tickets today
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. The Strokes are getting their reps in. Ahead of their two weekends of headlining gigs at the 2025 Austin City Limits Festival, Julian Casablancas and co. are teaming up for a pair of 'warm-up' concerts. These shows will take place at Las Vegas' Cosmopolitan on Saturday, Sept. 27 and El Paso's Abraham Chavez Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Special guests have been teased for both shows; at the time of publication, they have yet to be announced. This quick flurry of concerts will be the first for the garage rockers since March 2024 when they performed a one-off at Chicago's Credit Union 1 Arena to support U.S. Representative Kina Collins. That night, the scuzzy, fuzzy quintet delivered a 16-song set according to Set List FM. Highlights included fan favorites like 'Is This It,' 'New York City Cops,' 'Soma,' 'Someday' and 'Reptilia' as well as the band's sublime, under-appreciated gem 'Call It Fate, Call It Karma.' 'Most of the members focus on delivering a tight sound, resulting in them standing still on stage while lead singer Julian walks and dances around, waiting for his verses,' Prowl Radio wrote in a review of the show. '…in regular fashion, Julian had a ball on stage, rambling and joking around between songs, delivering unhinged remarks such as 'Where is my elixir? My steroid juice!' with maniacal laughter as he drank and also yelled, 'People of Chicago… REPENT!'' Over the last year, Casablancas, 46, has spent time fronting his side-group, The Voidz. On July 30, they released a four-song EP titled 'Męġż of Råm,' that sounds wholly unlike The Strokes but is an acquired taste worth trying; we can't get enough of the experimental half laid-back/half metal auto-tune aesthetic the group has cultivated. Fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming Strokes shows and festival appearances on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the two one-off shows is Friday, Aug. 8. Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event. The Strokes tour schedule 2025 A complete calendar of all concert and festival dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below. Austin City Limits Festival 2025 The payoff to the short tour goes down in Austin on Oct. 3-5 and Oct. 10-12. Both weekends, the 'Reptilia' rockers will be joined by big names like Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Cage The Elephant, Doechii and Rilo Kiley. Personally, we're most excited to see Dr. Dog but that might just be us. If you'd like to attend, single and multi-day Austin City Limits passes can be found here. The Strokes set list Last March, The Strokes performed in Chicago. Here's what they took to the stage at that gig, according to Set List FM: 01.) 'Selfless' 02.) 'Hard to Explain' 03.) 'You Talk Way Too Much' (First time live since 2015) 04.) 'The Adults Are Talking' 05.) 'Take It or Leave It' 06.) 'Drag Queen' (First time live since 2017) 07.) 'Bad Decisions' 08.) 'The Way It Is' (First time live since 2019) 09.) 'Last Nite' 10.) 'Juicebox' 11.) 'Is This It' 12.) 'New York City Cops' Encore 13.) 'Call It Fate, Call It Karma' (With extended outro of Julian singing bits of 'Riders on the Storm' by the Doors) 14.) 'Soma' 15.) 'Someday' Encore II 16.) 'Reptilia' Julian Casablancas new music On July 30, Casablancas' The Voidz unveiled the four-song EP 'Męġż of Råm.' It's a weird, unbridled, pure artistic expression. Tight harmonies, lush soundscapes and bizarre yet beautiful vocal choices by Jules make for a fascinating listening experience that we can't help but revisit over and over. Although we love The Strokes wholeheartedly, this side project diversion allows Casablancas to let his freak flag fly in a way his OG band never would. In the event, you'd like to listen we recommend starting with the paranoid anthem 'Blue Demon.' The almost four-minute bop is like a cursed 8-bit video game soundtrack that somehow makes you want to get up and shake it. We're also partial to the creepy yet tranquil 'Russian Coney Island,' chilled-out fantasy 'Unholy Lover' and almost ambient fever dream 'Drifto.' Want to hear? You can find 'Męġż of Råm' here. Huge artists on tour in 2025 Not in Vegas or Texas? No worries. Here are just five of our favorite gritty rockers with Strokes-like sensibilities you won't want to miss live these next few months when they come to a venue near you. • Death Cab For Cutie • Pixies • Oasis • Vampire Weekend • Nine Inch Nails Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you. This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
Los Angeles Times
15-07-2025
- Los Angeles Times
The biggest snubs and surprises of the 2025 Emmy nominations
Emmy nominations arrived Tuesday morning, and if you made the list, it's a 'White Lotus' Full Moon Party vibe, full of celebratory cheers, toasts with your beverage of choice (it's still early, maybe some of that Thai Red Bull?) and techno music playing loud enough to have Interpol banging on your door. And if you didn't hear your name called, well, you're feeling like poor Pornchai watching Belinda sail away into the sunset. Or maybe you're like Saxon, compartmentalizing the whole thing, pretending it never happened. We feel you. With Emmy submissions down this year, there aren't as many slots available to salute all the worthy work, leading to some sad omissions — which, for the sake of alliteration and search engine optimization, we'll call 'snubs.' There were also some surprises, some worthy, some about as welcome as one of those poison piña coladas Jason Isaacs blended up in the 'White Lotus' finale. Grab something to eat (maybe an item from the Old School Hollywood buffet table) while we run down the morning's notables. SNUB: 'The Four Seasons' (comedy series) You kind of hated these wealthy, entitled boneheads, and not in ways that were intended or even fun. SNUB: Colman Domingo, 'The Four Seasons' (comedy actor) You know it's bad when even Domingo can't snag a nom. SNUB: Natasha Lyonne, 'Poker Face' (comedy actress)To quote Lyonne's human lie-detector Charlie Cale, that's 'bulls—.' SNUB: 'The Rehearsal' (comedy series) How could a show about airline safety produce more laugh-out-loud moments than any other comedy series this year? How could a show so funny, insightful and, yes, occasionally terrifying not be nominated for comedy series? (Also, and not completely unrelated: How could it take this long for the TSA to let us keep our shoes on?) SNUB: Selena Gomez, 'Only Murders in the Building' (comedy actress) Gomez earned her first Emmy acting nomination last year, but with the category trimmed to five nominees from six, something had to give. Detractors fault her flat, monotone delivery, though if you're acting opposite Martin Short and Steve Martin, you need to find your own lane. Arguably, Gomez has. Look for that debate to continue next year when the show returns for a fifth season. SNUB: Kate Hudson, 'Running Point' (comedy actress) The Lakers can't win anywhere, can they? SNUB: Bridget Everett, 'Somebody Somewhere' (comedy actress) Somebody, somewhere voted for Everett, so tender and vulnerable and utterly charming on this now-ended HBO series, one that seems destined for a long life of cult appreciation along the lines of 'Enlightened,' created by (yes) Mike White. SURPRISE: Kristen Bell, 'Nobody Wants This' (comedy actress) Not a surprise that's she's nominated — everyone watched this show in one sitting. But a surprise that this is her first nomination ever. Well-earned, even if I'm not convinced Adam Brody's rabbi would throw everything away for her character. SNUB: Steve Martin, 'Only Murders in the Building' (comedy actor) How do you nominate Martin Short and not Steve Martin? Big always wins over subtle. You have to wonder if voters forgot, or didn't watch, the show's last season — it has been awhile — which had Martin carrying the plot's emotional weight as his character grieved the loss of longtime stunt double and friend, Sazz (played by Jane Lynch). SURPRISE: 'Paradise' (drama series) The dystopian drama that asked the question, 'Would you want to be trapped in an underground bunker with the likes of these people?' I can't think of anything more frightening and enough Emmy voters agreed. SNUB: 'Your Friends and Neighbors' (limited series) As the Jon Hamm series went along, it felt more like a Patek Philippe ad than any kind of comment on the empty lives of the wealthy. (Are there not any rich people out there leading fulfilling lives?) By the end of its run, we were checking our watches, and voters didn't give it the time of day. (Sorry.) SNUB: 'Disclaimer' (limited series) What a disappointment. Alfonso Cuarón's highly anticipated seven-chapter psychological thriller premiered at the Venice Film Festival last August, screening four episodes over two nights. It then went to Telluride, Toronto and London. It was an event ... until people saw it and were left baffled. How could the filmmaker behind 'Children of Men,' 'Gravity' and 'Y tu mamá también' make something so dull that few people could to finish it? SNUB: Renée Zellweger, 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' (limited series/movie actress) When 'Love Island' defines romantic-comedy for a lot of people, she didn't stand a chance.
Business Insider
13-07-2025
- Business Insider
I did the cheapest tour at Disney World. At just $39 a person, it was worth every penny.
Epcot's Behind the Seeds Tour starts at $39 a person, making it the cheapest tour at Disney World. This one-hour tour takes guests on a tour of Epcot's greenhouses with a knowledgeable guide. We learned about innovative food-growing techniques at Disney and got to sample fresh produce. If you go to Disney World a lot, it's easy to feel like you've seen and done it all. However, you can see a whole different side of the parks by taking one of its special tours. On a recent trip, my husband and I booked Disney World's cheapest tour, the Behind the Seeds Tour, for a chance to explore Epcot's greenhouses with an expert guide. The Behind the Seeds Tour is fairly affordable. The Behind the Seeds Tour at Epcot's Land Pavilion costs $39 to $45 per person (depending on the day), plus tax. That makes it the cheapest tour at Disney World, tied with Caring for Giants (which lets you see elephants at Animal Kingdom up close-ish). That price point is a steal at Disney. Other tours cost considerably more: The Segway tour of Fort Wilderness costs $90 to $99 per person. Keys to the Kingdom, which takes you backstage at Magic Kingdom, starts at $149 a person. The SCUBA diving tour of Epcot's Seas Pavilion costs $229 or more. And don't get me started on VIP Disney Tours, which cost between $450 and $900 per hour, with a minimum of seven hours required. For those without a calculator, that's over $3,000 for seven hours — and that doesn't include park tickets or guide tip. (And yes, the 20% tipping rule is fairly standard for tours.) It's cool to see so many plants and the growing process up close. Living With the Land is one of Disney World's most underrated attractions. The slow-moving boat ride takes you through a tour of Epcot's innovative greenhouses, which use unique growing methods as a test case for how we can more efficiently grow food to feed the world. The Behind the Seeds Tour builds on that experience: You actually get to walk through those greenhouses with an expert tour guide, who lets you look at the plants, fruit, vegetables, and fish up close. There's a lot to see in the greenhouses. We got to peek into the aquaponic tanks, come face-to-face with massive gourds, and walk through the Living With the Land ride's famous "salad spinners" and conveyor belt-esque hydroponics system that grows plants without any soil. The guide can share so much more information than what you learn on the ride. Our guide was full of fun facts and able to answer all our wildest questions about why they grow tomatoes vertically or how they use parasitoid wasps to manage pests like leaf miners. They shared some incredible facts with us, like how saffron is harvested (and why it's so dang expensive) and how we can reduce water usage when growing produce with specific techniques. But by far the most impactful thing I learned is that it can take 1 pound of feed to yield 1 pound of fish, while it takes up to 8 pounds of feed to yield 1 pound of beef. That can make fish significantly more environmentally friendly to farm than cattle. Although we still eat beef, my husband and I have specifically made sure we eat fish at least twice a week now, when we'd otherwise eat red meat. Meeting Stanley the plant and sampling a fresh cucumber were among the highlights. The Behind the Seeds Tour wasn't all facts and figures. We also got to sample produce harvested that morning — and it was the freshest, tastiest cucumber I've ever had. Though we weren't allowed to physically touch any of the plants and trees growing in the greenhouses (for their safety), our guide made one exception: Stanley, the most sensitive plant at Epcot. Stanley is a Mimosa pudica, a plant that can close its leaves when you touch it, as a defense mechanism. Each member in the group got to "pet" Stanley and watch his leaves close up quickly in response — it was a cool experience that made me feel more connected to the living world around me. The tour isn't a huge time commitment, but it may be the highlight of your day. The Behind the Seeds Tour only lasts an hour, which means there's plenty of time to enjoy Epcot for the rest of your day, whether you want to ride the Guardians of the Galaxy coaster or down a couple of margaritas in the Mexico pavilion. But in my experience, it will be the best hour you spend in the park. It may even be the highlight of your whole trip. And at $39, I also found it to be well worth the cost. Although I may not be ready (or able) to fork over thousands for a VIP Tour, this positive experience motivated me to try others, like the Wild Africa Trek, during my next trip.
