Foo Fighters have shared a new music video for their Medicine at Midnight track ‘Love Dies Young’. The clip, written and directed by Dave Grohl, stars Jason Sudeikis as a demanding swimming coach. Foo Fighters’ faces have been pasted onto the swimmers’ bodies. Check it out below.
‘Love Dies Young’ is the latest single from Medicine at Midnight, which arrived back in February. The band, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month, are set to star in the upcoming horror film STUDIO 666.
The War on Drugs appeared on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where they were joined by Lucius for a performance of their single ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’. Watch it below.
‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’ is the title track from the band’s latest LP, which follows 2017’s A Deeper Understanding and arrived in October via Atlantic Records. The War on Drugs are set to embark on a North American tour in support of the album in 2022.
Holy Other has shared a new single, ‘Shudder’, which features NYX Electronic Drone Choir and Daniel Thorne. It’s the latest offering from the British producer’s forthcoming album Lieve, following the previously shared songs ‘Groundless’ and the title track. Check it out below.
Lieve, Holy Other’s first new album since 2012’s Held, is out tomorrow (November 19) via his own imprint.
“It’s such a clear visual to me, what this city looks like at dusk: industrial, a beautiful, polluted glow,” Ring said in a press release. “’Sydney Hue’ is one of those songs that always played out in my head like a movie. Blue hour, when the sun has set yet the remaining light glistens across jagged edges of the high rise buildings. Blurred street lights and peoples faces reflect on my windscreen, as I drive through streets that burst with life yet feel so lonely. I am filled with memories and nostalgia until everything builds and swirls into chaos, cars collide, guitars squeal and we call out to one another – even if only in thought.”
Taylor Swift has released another new version of ‘All Too Well’. Recorded with Aaron Dessner and Jonathan Low at Long Pond Studios, ‘All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version)’ follows ‘All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)’, ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)’, as well as a live acoustic rendition of the track. “One of the saddest songs I’ve ever written just got sadder,” Swift wrote on Twitter. Listen to it below.
Following the release of Red (Taylor’s Version) last Friday (November 12), Swift released an All Too Well short film starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien. Earlier this week, she shared the Blake Lively-directed video for ‘I Bet You Think About Me’.
Viji, the moniker of London-based singer Vanilla Jenner, has dropped a new single called ‘Cali’ (via Dirty Hit). Check out its music video below.
“I wrote it early last winter from a small apartment in rainy London,” Viji said of ‘Cali’ in a statement. “Winter months always affect me, I hate when the light comes and goes so quickly. Without being able to travel abroad, I wrote this song directed at California. ‘Cali wait for me / I promise that someday I will be there’. It’s only the second track of mine without guitars, a side of my music I haven’t shown so much.”
Of the video, she added: “The video was shot on VHS in a friend’s room. Most of it is me lounging, I wanted to capture a general restlessness. Props like playboy magazines and McDonalds meals made it quintessentially American. The light fades from day to night on a loop, until it becomes just night for the second half of the song.”
‘Cali’ follows the release of Viji’s two EPs, Are You In My Head and Suck It.
Charli XCX: Alone Together, the new documentary about the creation of the singer’s lockdown album how i’m feeling now, is coming to cinemas and VOD on January 28. The film, which premiered at SXSW back in March, is the feature-length directorial debut from Bradley & Pablo, best known for creating music videos for Harry Styles, Rosalía, and Lil Nas X. It was produced by Charli with Snoot Entertainment and Dangerous Baby Productions.
“With almost a year of editing over 5000 clips from different cameras and formats condensed into 107 minutes, Charli XCX: Alone Together is a love letter to her fans who are the co-stars of the movie,” a description for the film reads.
Charli XCX’s next album, CRASH, is set to arrive on March 18, 2022.
New York City-based artist Nisa has shared ‘The Savior’, the final preview of her upcoming EP Time to Plant Tears. Give it a listen below.
“‘The Savior’ is a trumpet call from within beckoning me to stop prioritizing others’ needs over my own, especially when it comes to making choices that affect me first,” Nisa explained in a statement. “It’s a reminder of the grounding nature of focus when the illusion of control starts to fade.”
Time To Plant Tears, the follow-up to Nisa’s debut EP Guilt Trip, is out December 2. It includes the previously released tracks ‘St James Gate’ and ‘Cold’.
Gordi, aka Sophie Payten, has shared a cover of Dolly Parton’s 1999 track ‘Grass is Blue’. “I wanted to cover it because Dolly funded the Moderna vaccine and is an all round queen,” she wrote on Twitter. Check out the cover, alongside a video directed by Triana Hernandez, below.
Gordi released her second album, Our Two Skins, in the summer of 2020. Earlier this year, she teamed up with Alex Lahey on the track ‘Dino’s’. Check out our Artist Spotlight feature with Gordi.
The culture of video games has made the jump to mainstream. There are a variety of explanations for this. First, the video games themselves have become digitally enhanced with elevated graphics and gaming techniques. Second, the availability of social networking sites means gamers are now able to connect with one another, developing their skills and forming niche fanbases.
Still, not all ‘gaming’ looks alike. Today, there are two core industries that fit under the umbrella term: casino gaming and video gaming. Casinos have been around for almost five hundred years, with many popular games from poker to slots developing slowly over time (or in the last century, in the latter case).
This long and storied history is reflected in the diversity of online casino games offered by companies such as Betway, which includes dozens of game options along with live variations. Like the rise of video games, casino gaming has a culture that’s unique to the industry, including major events that draw in thousands of viewers and celebrity pros.
Even fashion can be viewed as a unique characteristic of gaming. Though casinos tend to have a much more extravagant reputation than the arena of screaming eSports fans now associated with video gaming, this might not always be the case.
The Monte Carlo Effect
Generally, the first thing people think of when someone mentions casinos is Las Vegas, but the concept of gaming goes back millennia. Some historians estimate a primitive version of casinos may have been found in Greece during 500 BC, hinting that the earliest gamers wore chiton, himation, and chlamys. Think: white flowy fabrics with royal red accents.
The first physical casino that’s still in operation dates back to 1630 and is on the Grand Canal in Venice. At the time, Italy was the center of fashion as the Renaissance took hold; as such early iterations of modern casino fashion favored romantic draping and heavily structured silhouettes for men and women.
Since then, casino culture has been through several changes and revivals. Its heyday belongs to the Wild West, where card games were considered the primary source of entertainment for lonely frontiersmen. An outfit during this era was not complete without the wide-brimmed cowboy hat. To better accommodate the dusty weather, players would adorn themselves with cowboy vests, leather chaps, and boots.
Today, casino culture has transitioned to be associated with upper-class lifestyles, at least in Europe where casinos like the Monte Carlo command attention. In such cases, there’s no expense spared. Think: Givenchy and Dior, as well as other high-fashion brands.
Big Retail in eSports
Many people might imagine video gamers wearing similar outfits to online casino gamers, where comfort is king. In this case, sweatpants and t-shirts are all a player needs before logging on for hours-long stretches of gaming.
As video games have grown in popularity, however, the video game industry has developed a particular dress code. Though the general public are happy to imagine a couch potato, video gamers, much like their casino counterparts, have historically been pioneers with specialized, niche interests outside of popular entertainment.
As such, many opt for casual attire with a dash of vibrant colors or wear top brands. Some gamers even opt for semi-glamorous looks when it’s time for a major tournament. However, most modern video gaming fashion focuses on merchandise from popular teams like NRG, Fnatic, or Team Liquid.
In the case of Fnatic, one of their latest deals was with Gucci, which slashes the idea that retail video gaming merch has to be casual. Another big-name deal that went through last year was with League of Legends, whose developers collaborated with Louis Vuitton to create a special line of gaming clothes.
But fashion in video gaming doesn’t just come down to gamers. Instead, some of the most popular video game franchises, from Final Fantasy to League of Legends, are also incredibly impactful in the fashion world based on what characters wear.
