Die Antwoord Accuse 'Suicide Squad'
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2016 This file photo shows lead vocalist Watkin Tudor Jones (AKA Ninja) (left) of the Green Day returns with South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord attack on US gun culture performing with a dancer at the reen Day is taking aim at the US culture around mass Montreux Jazz lab shootings as the punk rockers return with their first stage during the 49th Galbum in four years. The group, who rode a rebirth of Montreux Jazz punk in the early 1990s, announced Thursday that its 12th stu- Festival. —AFP dio album, “Revolution Radio,” would come out on October 7. Green Day released the first single, “Bang Bang,” which is marked by the blistering guitar chords of the band’s best- known work set to lyrics that accuse US society of turning Die Antwoord accuse ‘Suicide killers into celebrities. “Bang, bang, give me fame / Shoot me up to entertain,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sings. “I am a semi-automatic lonely boy / You’re dead, I’m well-fed,” Squad’ of stealing their style he sings. Armstrong told Rolling Stone magazine that the song was “about the culture of mass shooting that happens in America mixed with narcissistic social media.” “There’s this sort of rage outh African musicians Die Antwoord accused “Suicide alongside Sigourney Weaver and Hugh Jackman. happening, but it’s also now being filmed and we all have our- Squad” director David Ayer on Thursday of ripping off Visser said Ayer had lifted from the opening sequence to selves under surveillance. To me, that is so twisted,” he said. The Stheir unique visual style, dismissing the respected film- “Umshini Wam,” a 2011 short film starring the duo and direct- United States has been shaken by a series of mass shootings maker as a “scared lil b**h.” Yolandi Visser, the rap-rave out- ed by Harmony Korine, who wrote the screenplay for Larry including at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in fit’s lead singer, posted a lengthy, blistering rant on Instagram, Clark’s controversial 1995 teen drama “Kids.” She also posted a 2012 and more recently at a gay nightclub in Orlando. which began by telling the director of the Warner Bros super video she claimed proves that Ayer had plagiarized the look of Green Day is no stranger to politics. The 2004 rock opera anti-hero film: “Yes David Ayer u jockin our style.” She went on Yolandi and Ninja for his interpretation of how the Joker and “American Idiot” paints a bleak picture of the country under to claim that she had learned through the film’s stars, Cara Harley Quinn should look. George W Bush’s administration amid its invasion of Iraq. Delevingne and Jared Leto, that Ayer had been enthusing Leto made the contradictory claim in an interview last Hailing from the San Francisco area, Green Day broke into the about Die Antwoord on set, adding: “but u never asked our week that David Bowie had been the inspiration for The Joker. mainstream with its 1994 album “Dookie,” which took up issues permission to rip us off.” Visser rounded off her Instagram rant by joining the legion of from depression to masturbation set to energetic rock inspired The 31-year-old alleged that her bandmate, Ninja, had critics who have lambasted “Suicide Squad,” which has by classic punk. The band was inducted last year into the Rock raised the issue with Ayer in a text message but that “u said grossed around $270 million despite a barrage of dismal and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year of eligibility. Green Day last nothin like a scared lil b**h.” Visser and Ninja-real names Anri reviews. “Before we knew da extent of ur two face nature-u put out recordings in 2012 with a trilogy of albums-”Uno!”, du Toit and Watkin Tudor Jones-rose to fame after populariz- invited us to ur movie premiere (which i didnt wanna go to) “Dos!” and “Tre!”-that came out within months of one another. ing the Afrikaans “Zef” counter-culture through three rap-rave but ninja went, tinkin ur solid guy an mayb there was jus a lil Armstrong since then has sought treatment for addiction to albums. They also starred in Neill Blomkamp’s 2015 sci-fi fea- ‘misunderstandin.’” “Den poor ninja had to sit thru dat hole prescription medicine and has played the part of a punk rocker ture “Chappie,” which made over $100 million worldwide, bullshit movie.”— AFP in the film “Geezer,” his first leading role. — AFP Tyga settles legal dispute Obama on indie rock kick in latest playlist with landlord to avoid jail ow have Barack Obama’s musical tastes changed in S rapper Tyga has settled a dispute over money owed his last year in the White House? Judging from his at a Malibu property, the landlord’s attorney said Hplaylists, he is getting into more indie rock. Obama UThursday, clearing the way for the musician’s arrest on Thursday for the second year in a row released summer warrant to be revoked. He had failed to pay a $480,000 judg- playlists on streaming service Spotify, revealing what’s on ment against him for back rent and damage at the mansion his speakers as he relaxes with his family on an annual holi- he rented in 2011, and a Los Angeles judge issued the warrant day to tony Martha’s Vineyard. Like the previous year, after he failed to show in court on Obama’s two playlists-one for daytime and one for night- Tuesday to discuss his finances. time listening-have plenty of classics including songs from However, Danny Abir, attorney for Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Miles Davis and The Beach Boys. landlord Gholamreza Rezai, said a confidential settlement had been But he also showed a taste for indie rock this year. He list- reached “to the mutual satisfaction ed “Elevator Operator” by Courtney Barnett, the Australian of the parties.” songwriter who has recently built a strong if niche following Abir said his legal partner would with her droll lyricism. Obama also picked “Home” by appear in court on Friday to ask that Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, indie rockers who the warrant be quashed in light of incidentally were prominent campaigners for former the settlement. Rezai went to court Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders. While Courtney Barnett in 2012 claiming that Tyga missed a most of Obama’s musical choices steered clear of politics, an $16,000 monthly rent payment, exception was “Forever Begins” by the Chicago rapper longing that was popularized in part by Harry Belafonte, the skipped out on his lease and left the Common, a track produced by Kanye West that delves into US singer also active in leftist politics. home in need of major repairs. The Grammy-nominated the civil rights struggle and touches on gun violence. Also on one of Obama’s playlists was “Me Gustas Tu” by California rapper also allegedly installed a dance pole in the The president also chose Fiona Apple’s 1997 hit Manu Chao, the Parisian singer of Spanish descent known middle of the master bedroom without permission. Tyga, who “Criminal,” a song often interpreted as feminist with its for his attacks on globalization. Other prominent artists has been dating reality TV star Kylie Jenner, claimed poverty, theme of male fragility in the face of female sexuality. whose tracks have Obama’s ear include pop superstar Janet refusing to pay the settlement ordered by Los Angeles Obama did not confine his selections to US artists. He chose Jackson, reclusive R&B sensation D’Angelo, soul singer Superior Court Judge Nancy Newman. Abir had pointed to a track by Caetano Veloso, a prominent figure in Brazil’s Janelle Monae and blues rocker Gary Clark Jr. Obama has media reports that Tyga bought Jenner a $200,000 car for her tropicalia movement and outspoken critic of the country’s often spoken of his love of discovering music and has invit- birthday. Tyga’s biggest solo hit, “Rack City,” went to number former military dictatorship. Obama chose Veloso’s version ed artists to the White House including late pop icon Prince seven on the Billboard chart in 2011. — AFP of “Cucurrucucu Paloma,” an often-covered Mexican song of and politically conscious rapper Kendrick Lamar. — AFP.