Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her highly anticipated Sour Tour in Portland Tuesday evening — and news of the teen superstar’s surprise cover of Veruca Salt’s 1994 single “Seether” during the show set music Twitter ablaze, with reactions from fans of the trailblazing grunge outfit ranging from enthusiastic to bewildered.
Veruca Salt, however, is lending their full support to Rodrigo’s rendition of their breakthrough hit, sharing their reaction to the news on social media. “Xx to @oliviarodrigo for covering our bop amidst all of hers! We love it,” the band wrote in an Instagram post.
Veruca Salt, however, is lending their full support to Rodrigo’s rendition of their breakthrough hit, sharing their reaction to the news on social media. “Xx to @oliviarodrigo for covering our bop amidst all of hers! We love it,” the band wrote in an Instagram post.
- 4/7/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Marvel’s first full-length Eternals trailer doesn’t reveal much about the plot, but it sets a mood. The film is directed and co-written by Chloé Zhao, who won Best Picture and Best Director for Nomadland, a heart-wrenching journey through a desolate landscape. The song featured in the Eternals trailer has been evoking tragic isolation for years. It played on an endless loop in 1999’s Girl, Interrupted. It foretold the zombie apocalypse in the first teaser trailers for The Walking Dead. But the song has even sadder roots than that.
“Throughout the years we have never interfered, until now,” we hear a disembodied female voice (likely Salma Hayek’s Ajak) observe in the trailer. If gods or goddesses stopped bad things from happening to good people, a lot of great music may never exist. The music for the song “The End of the World” was composed by New York City-born Arthur Kent.
“Throughout the years we have never interfered, until now,” we hear a disembodied female voice (likely Salma Hayek’s Ajak) observe in the trailer. If gods or goddesses stopped bad things from happening to good people, a lot of great music may never exist. The music for the song “The End of the World” was composed by New York City-born Arthur Kent.
- 5/24/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Ready to feel old? '90s rockers Veruca Salt are doing a goddamn reunion tour. The Nina Gordon/Louise Post-fronted band, who rose to fame on the strength of their hit 1994 single "Seether," has announced a 15-date North American tour (full lineup below) that will see all four original members (Gordon, Post, Steve Lack and Jim Shapiro) hitting the stage together for the first time in nearly two decades. The reunion ball got rolling just last month when the group revealed they'd be releasing a 10-inch on Record Store Day (April 19) featuring "Seether" and two all-new songs entitled "The Museum of Broken Relationships" and "It's Holy." Gordon left the band to pursue a solo career in 1998, reportedly due to a creative dispute with Post. The band released a total of four albums and three EPs under various lineups. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday, April 18. Will...
- 4/16/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Last week’s E! documentary I am Britney Jean revealed that Britney puts on a decent British accent (thanks, Grandma!) as well as some of the choreography and the 24-song set list for her two-year residency Piece of Me at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, which starts tonight. (Check back tomorrow for EW’s review of the inaugural show.)
The drama – will “Alien” make the list? – is gone, and we know what to expect when Britney takes the stage. Or do we? Planet Hollywood’s new theater is barely finished, Britney’s album sales are miserable, and it’s anyone...
The drama – will “Alien” make the list? – is gone, and we know what to expect when Britney takes the stage. Or do we? Planet Hollywood’s new theater is barely finished, Britney’s album sales are miserable, and it’s anyone...
- 12/27/2013
- by Laura Hertzfeld
- EW.com - PopWatch
Alt-rock band Veruca Salt has reunited. The '90s darlings tweeted that they will be recording new songs in the near future with Brad Wood, who produced the band’s 1994 hit record, American Thighs. Wood’s fingerprints were all over a number of other seminal '90s LPs, like Liz Phair’s Exile In Guyville and Whip-Smart, Ben Lee’s Grandpa Would, Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary, and Seam’s The Problem With Me. According to another tweet from Veruca Salt’s page, Nina Gordon and Louise Post have been “writing/rehearsing like mad,” and both bassist Steve Lack and ...
- 9/23/2013
- avclub.com
Season 1, Episode 4: "I'll Try To Fix You" There is perhaps no better encapsulation of the many flaws and tremendous promise that Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" contains than "I'll Try To Fix You." The last of the first batch of episodes sent to press, as the credits roll, it's easy to see why advance reviews were all over the map, because the show itself is an unwieldy mess of liberal politics, sitcom comedy, media commentary and genuinely affecting drama. And all of those thing swirl together in what is perhaps the most representative episode of the show so far. Let's start with the bad, of which this episode has more than a few things to talk about. First up, despite being a seasoned news veteran who presumably has years of experience within the industry, we're led to believe that Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is completely clueless as to how tabloid journalism works.
- 7/16/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Patty Schemel is best remembered as the drummer of the alternative rock group Hole, fronted by erstwhile alt-queen rocker, now-notorious loudmouth Courtney Love. For top level context, Schemel laid the thunderous beat on both of Hole’s most popular and well-known records, including 1994’s Live Through This, which was released just four days after frontwoman Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, was found dead in their home. This is all well-documented. What only the most hardcore of rock aficionados will remember was that Schemel’s drum parts on 1997’s follow-up record Celebrity Skin were replaced by a session drummer at the behest of producer Michael Beinhorn (knob-twiddler for records like Soundgarden's Superunknown, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Mother's Milk and Grave Dancers Union by Soul Asylum).
What isn’t well-documented in the career and life of Hole and Schemel -- and this is what “Hit So Hard: The Life...
What isn’t well-documented in the career and life of Hole and Schemel -- and this is what “Hit So Hard: The Life...
- 4/10/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Director: P. David Ebersole Writers: P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes Featuring: Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Gina Schock, Kate Schellenbach, Kurt Cobain, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Nina Gordon, Patty Schemel, Phranc, Sarah Vowell Some of you might be asking the same question I asked myself when I first received the press release for Hit So Hard: The Life & Near‐Death Story of Drummer Patty Schemel -- why would I want to watch a documentary about the drummer of Hole? Nothing personal about Schemel, but she is not the first person who comes to mind when I think of Hole. Knowing absolutely nothing about Schemel, I figured that it would not hurt anything for me to give Hit So Hard a chance. Full Disclosure: I am not a fan of Hole (I am more of an early Nirvana -- Bleach and Nevermind -- man myself), so I am probably coming...
- 3/16/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Anybody who listened to Hole during their peak knows that the band was dominated by frontwoman Courtney Love. Her personality was so outsized and her voice so big and distinct that there was little room for anybody else in the band to really shine. But Hole were an incredibly efficient rock machine, and a lot of that was because of the savage precision of drummer Patty Schemel. Drummers tend to get short shrift in any band (save for iconic singularities like Keith Moon, John Bonham or Neil Peart), so it's about time that one of the more talented members of the time-keeping fraternity gets the attention she deserves.
That attention comes in the form of "Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death of Patty Schemel," a documentary about Schemel's life and career behind the kit. The film, which borrows its title from a song from Hole's 1998 album Celebrity Skin,...
That attention comes in the form of "Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death of Patty Schemel," a documentary about Schemel's life and career behind the kit. The film, which borrows its title from a song from Hole's 1998 album Celebrity Skin,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
There was a period of time in the '90s when you couldn't swing a cat without hitting a woman with a loud guitar. While the predominant sound of female rock in the last decade of the 20th century may be defined by the overriding sound of Lilith Fair (where ladies with acoustic guitars shared gentle feelings), there were no shortage of chicks who wanted to turn their amps up to 11 and bang along with the boys. Taking cues from the jagged sounds of riot grrrl, female-centric acts found their way onto the radio and into the hearts of fans and critics alike. And it wasn't just about the savage garage wailing of Hole, either. There was new wave (Elastica), gutter folk (Liz Phair), dream pop (Belly), electro-rock (Luscious Jackson) and rugged arena-sized riffage (L7). Today, you have to dig pretty deep to find transgressive woman playing loud and not...
- 2/11/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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