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My Morning Jacket have issued a call for unity on their new single “Are’t We One?”

Coming in on anthemic piano and technicolor ’60s protest vibes, “Aren’t We One?” takes direct aim at American injustices. The lyrics find frontman Jim James wishing he could “flood out of our nation,” as it has been consumed by what he calls in a press statement “the divide and conquer mentality holding us back.” On the track, he sings, “This land’s supposed to offer some peace/ Too many chains in the home of the free/ So many lost souls seeking redemption/ So many hungry hearts seeking relief.”

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Co-written by James with “a little help” from Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull and Mmj keyboardist Bo Koster, “Aren’t We One?” comes with a peace-loving visualizer, which you can watch below.

The song’s release heralds My...

Militarie Gun have announced Life Under the Sun, a new EP due on January 26th featuring reimaginings of songs from their debut album, Life Under the Gun. Along with the announcement, they shared the single “My Friends Are Having a Hard Time” featuring Manchester Orchestra.

Life Under the Gun debuted in summer 2023 and served as a proper introduction to the blend of kinda-sorta hardcore sonics and personal songwriting that earned Militarie Gun a spot on Consequence‘s list of 15 rising artists to watch in 2024. The track “My Friends Are Having a Hard Time” — which has now been reimagined as a duet with Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull — exemplifies that blend.

“My girl says this song makes her really sad,” frontman Ian Shelton told Consequence for Militarie Gun’s Track by Track breakdown of Life Under the Gun. “Being someone who loves melancholy songs, I just love it. At the time I wrote it,...

Before the massive breakthrough success of their second feature film "Everything Everywhere All At Once," it's safe to say that directorial duo the Daniels (a.k.a. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) were considered extremely niche filmmakers. Eight years before they wowed the world with their multiversal dramedy they released their first film "Swiss Army Man" to a far more lukewarm reception. So much so that when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 it even triggered some walkouts.

In retrospect, "Swiss Army Man" even at its most absurd is far milder than Daniels' second film. Sure, there's a moment when castaway Hank Thompson (Paul Dano) uses Manny's (Daniel Radcliffe) post-mortem erection as a compass and an abundance of farts. But "Everything Everywhere All At Once" also boasts two fight scenes that make spectacular use of both dildos and butt plugs. Which begs the question of whether those same...

The leap from short-form filmmaking to feature can be rife with pitfalls. A reliance on the flashy style that was the foundation of a music video or commercial can quickly run dry, particularly if there isn’t a strong script to support the endeavor. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan (or Daniels, as officially credited) have made the jump with Swiss Army Man, an inventive, wild piece of filmmaking that one will either be sold on by the premise or turn away quickly. As described by the directors it follows “a suicidal man who has to convince a dead body that life’s worth living.”

With more context, we find Hank (Paul Dano) on a remote island by himself after a boating trip stranded him. Seconds away from ending this desolate existence by hanging himself, he spots a washed up body on the beach, “played” by Daniel Radcliffe. From one literal glance at the title,...

You could know Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Kevin Devine from any number of places. In addition to an illustrious solo career and performances as Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band, Devine was on the radar late last year as one-half of duo Bad Books with Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull. Now, Devine is one again giving fans new content to fawn over with two albums, Bubblegum and Bulldozer, set for release later this fall. The forthcoming dual release was funded by a Kickstarter campaign Devine began earlier this year. As usual, Devine’s fans blew away expectations, raising over $100,000 and claiming the title...

The Dear Hunter is the brainchild of Casey Crescenzo, who grew up surrounded by music and has been playing guitar since he was 8. Since the birth of The Dear Hunter, Crescenzo has produced a wealth of content under the name including several EPs and four albums. Now, his fifth full-length album Migrant has been announced for release on April 2 via Equal Vision Records. Below, you can watch a live video of The Dear Hunter performing “Deny It All” with a little help from Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull. The video is an exclusive clip from The Dear Hunter’s forthcoming...

Before the VMAs air live August 28 at 9 p.m. Et on MTV, we shine a spotlight on some lesser-known clips.

By James Montgomery

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Photo: Flanigan/ FilmMagic

Last week, the nominations for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards were revealed in a live special that featured plenty of surprise guests (like multiple-nominees Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Tyler, the Creator) and just as many actual surprises.

Perhaps nowhere was the latter more apparent than in the Video of the Year category, which saw Perry's "Firework" and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" grab noms (as predicted), but also featured a trio of rather unexpected inclusions: Mars' "Grenade," the Beastie Boys' "Make Some Noise" and Tyler's "Yonkers."

In fact, though they're all worthy selections, this year's Video of the Year category might best be remembered for the clips that didn't make the cut. And we're not just talking about high-profile vids...

Part of what made Mean Everything to Nothing, Manchester Orchestra’s sophomore coming out party, such a dynamic and attention-grabbing effort was its strict dedication to sonic theft. Absolutely nothing they did was original, with the Atlanta quintet plagiarizing their way through rock history, lifting from Bright Eyes’ hyper-literate folk one minute and Nirvana’s tuneful alt-grunge the next. Singer-songwriter Andy Hull seemed hell-bent on tackling every trademarked form of rock composition, and while that fact may have resulted in a curious identity crisis, there was a winsome, borderline tongue-in-cheek quality to the whole affair that seemed to imply the band weren’t...

Every once in a while a band really surprises you. Manchester Orchestra's new album -- and especially the title track "Simple Math" -- does just that. The band's sophomore album "Mean Everything to Nothing" was hailed as a masterpiece, which meant there were a lot of expectations for the young band's next effort. But instead of living up to those expectations, Manchester Orchestra far surpassed them. Their new album, "Simple Math", due to hit stores on May 10th, is an album of intricate beauty and well-crafted songs, that reveal a depth of emotion far belying their youth.

The title track is a dense five minutes that builds from a quietly haunting starting place to a beautifully soaring and string-backed crescendo. The band is at their best in the song, layering rhythms on top of each other to create complexities of sound that you don't come across very often. The...