Deftones have shared a new single called ‘Genesis’. It serves as the opening track of their upcoming studio album, Ohms. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying black-and-white video directed by Sebastian Kökow.
“Climbing out of the ashes/We’re turning time inside out,” Chino Moreno sings on the chorus over a blistering instrumental. “We’re floating off in the ether/We’re miles beyond the sound.”
Ohms is set for release on September 25 via Warner. Made with producer/engineer Terry Date, it marks the follow-up to the band’s 2016 record Gore. Previously, Deftones shared the album’s title track.
Jennifer Kamikazi has released a new song called ‘Black Skin’. Listen to it below.
Talking about the new track for Our Culture, the singer-songwriter explained: “The song was produced by one of those powerful females I grew up around. Her name is Tania Ilyashova. We started making the song before lockdown and had left it on the back burner. However, after the Black Lives Matter movement that soon followed, it felt right to release it as soon as possible due its message.”
She continued: “The song is about black beauty and was inspired by my childhood and growing up in a society with Eurocentric and toxic beauty standards. What makes this song special is that it was made by two friends whose backgrounds could not be any more different. Tania was born and raised in Latvia from the opposite side of the equator from me in Rwanda. This track has triggered numerous conversations between us, conversations which we believe many people should have. These conversations help to eliminate the false idea that racism is a black problem and for every member in society to work towards fighting all forms of discrimination.”
The Smashing Pumpkins have revealed the details for a new double album. Titled Cyr, the 20-track double LP arrives November 27 via Sumerian and includes the previously released singles ‘Cyr’ and ‘The Colour of Love’. Below, check out the record’s cover artwork and tracklist.
Cyr marks the band’s 11th studio album and the first since 2018’s SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. Produced by Billy Corgan and recorded in Chicago, the LP features Corgan and additional founding members James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, and longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder.
In addition to the album announcement, The Smashing Pumpkins have also announced an accompanying animated series called In Ashes. Created by Corgan, the series spans five episodes and and will feature new music. The first two episodes – ‘As the Crow Flies’ and ‘Inspirations, Aspirations’ – are set for release on September 25th. Watch the show’s trailer below.
Cyr Cover Artwork:
CYR Tracklist:
1. The Colour of Love
2. Confessions of a Dopamine Addict
3. Cyr
4. Dulcet in E
5. Wrath
6. Ramona
7. Anno Satana
8 Birch Grove
9. Wyttch
10. Starrcraft
11. Purple Blood
12. Save Your Tears
13. Telegenix
14. Black Forest, Black Hills
15. Adrennalynne
16. Haunted
17. The Hidden Sun
18. Schaudenfreud
19. Tyger, Tyger
20. Minerva
Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper have teamed up for a new song called ‘HOLY’. It arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Colin Tilley (who recently helmed Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘WAP’ video), which sees Bieber working a construction job in a factory that’s been shut down due to the “current and ongoing global situation.” The clip also stars Ryan Destiny and Wilmer Valderrama. Check it out below.
The single was teased earlier this week, promising the beginning of a “new era” for the pop star. Earlier this year, Bieber released his latest studio album, Changes. He recently starred in DJ Khaled and Drake’s video for ‘POPSTAR’.
Sam Smith has announced their new album, Love Goes. It’s set for release on October 30 and includes the newly released single, ‘Diamonds’. The track, which comes with an accompanying Luke Monaghan-directed video, was co-written with Shellback and Oscar Holter and produced by Shellback and Oscar Görres. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album’s tracklist.
Previously titled To Die For and scheduled for release in May, the album was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Every time I went into the studio I promised myself I would shoot for the stars and have no limitations…I am sorry it’s taken a while,” Smith said in a statement. “But these unprecedented times gave me the room and space to fall in love with these songs all over again…After it all I still believe love is the answer. And with love in our hearts and kindness in our words and actions, we sing on.”
Love Goes Tracklist:
1. Young
2. Diamonds
3. Another One
4. My Oasis [ft. Burna Boy]
5. So Serious
6. Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else)
7. For the Lover That I Lost
8. Breaking Hearts
9. Forgive Myself
10. Love Goes [ft. Labrinth]
11. Kids Again
12. Dancing With A Stranger [ft. Normani] (Bonus)
13. How Do You Sleep? (Bonus)
14. To Die For (Bonus)
16. Fire on Fire (Bonus)
17. Promises [ft. Calvin Harris] (Bonus)
Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin have announced a new collaborative project. It’s titled Fly Siifu’s and it comes out on November 13th via Lex Records. The’ve also shared a new track from the album, the Playa Haze-produced ‘Richard Pryor’, which arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Nelson Nance, the brother of filmmaker Terence Nance. Check it out below, and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
Fly Siifu’s includes the previously released single ‘Dollar Dr. Dream’ and features guest appearances from Liv.e, $ILKMONEY, Fousheé, and B. Cool-Aid, as well as production credits from Madlib, Jay Versace, Richmond beatmaker Graymatter, and more.
Earlier this year, Pink Siifu’s released his latest album, Negro. Fly Anakin’s last project was 360 SANTANA, a collaborative LP with his fellow Mutant Academy member Big Kahuna OG.
Fly Siifu’s Cover Artwork:
Fly Siifu’s Tracklist:
1. Kin’Tro
2. Fly Siifu’s Voicemail
3. Suitcase Special
4. Runthafade
5. Foisey’s Interlude [ft. $ILKMONEY]
6. Richard Pryor
7. Open Up Shop [ft. B. Cool-Aid]
8. Mind Right [ft. Liv.e]
9. Shloww
10. One Hit Moo Skit
11. Rick James
12. Black Bitches Matter Hoe
13. Spades’
14. 333GET@ME
15. Clean [ft. Liv.e]
16. Creme’s Interlude [ft. Fousheé]
17. Waiting to Get Shot
18. Time Up
19. Demon Tyme Skit
20. Razberry
21. Pick Up TF Phone
22. Dollar Dr. Dream
Rico Nasty has unveiled a new song called ‘Own It’. It’s accompanied by a bizarre music video directed by Philippa Price. Check it out below.
The track marks the latest in a series of singles Rico has released in 2020, following ‘Dirty’, ‘My Little Alien’, ‘Popstar’, and the 100 gecs collaboration ‘iPhone’. Her upcoming debut studio album, Nightmare Vacation, has no release date as of yet. Her last project was a collaborative LP with Kenny Beats, Anger Management, which came out last year.
Brian Eno has announced the first-ever compilation of his work for film and television. Titled Film Music 1976 – 2020, the collection includes both classic and lesser-known compositions in addition to seven previously unreleased recordings. It arrives November 13 via UMC. Below, listen to ‘Ship in a Bottle’, a newly unveiled recording from Peter Jackson’s 2009 film The Lovely Bones, and scroll down for the collection’s tracklist and cover art.
Film Music includes collaborations with filmmakers such as David Lynch (Dune’s ‘Prophecy Theme’), Michelangelo Antonioni (Beyond the Clouds’ ‘Beach Sequence’), Derek Jarman (Jubilee’s ‘Dover Beach’), Michael Mann (Heat’s ‘Late Evening in Jersey’) and Jonathan Demme (a cover of ‘You Don’t Miss Your Water’ from Married to the Mob), among others.
Over the course of his five-decade career, Eno has composed the score for 20 films. More recently, the producer reunited with his brother Roger Eno for the Mixing Colour LP.
Film Music 1976-2020 Tracklist:
1. Top Boy (Theme) (2:30) from Top Boy – Season 1 *
2. Ship in A Bottle (2:43) from The Lovely Bones *
3. Blood Red (3:15) from Francis Bacon’s Arena *
4. Under (5:20) from Cool World
5. Decline and Fall (3:35) from O Nome da Morte *
6. Prophecy Theme (4:22) from Dune
7. Reasonable Question (2:41) from We Are As Gods *
8. Late Evening in Jersey (4:38) from Heat
9. Beach Sequence (3:32) from Beyond The Clouds
10. You Don’t Miss Your Water (3:46) from Married to the Mob
11. Deep Blue Day (3:59) from Trainspotting
12. The Sombre (4:28) from Top Boy Season 2 *
13. Dover Beach (4:45) from Jubilee
14. Design as Reduction (4:19) from RAMS
15. Undersea Steps (4:06) from Natural World – Hammerhead *
16. Final Sunset (4:11) from Sebastiane
17. An Ending ( Ascent ) (4:24) from For All Mankind
Netflix has announced a documentary series based on the popular Song Exploder podcast, which debuted in 2014 and focuses on notable musicians breaking down the process behind the creation of their songs. Alicia Keys, Ty Dolla $ign, Michael Stipe (breaking down the R.E.M. hit ‘Losing My Religion’) and Lin-Manuel Miranda are set to feature as guests in the first season of the series. Watch the first trailer below.
“As a teenager, I used to sit in my room and listen to music while poring over the lyrics and liner notes and artwork until I could almost feel myself living in the world of the artist,” creator Hrishikesh Hirway said in a statement. “It was the most incredible feeling, and with Song Exploder, I wanted to take that feeling and go even further.”
He added: “It’s been so exciting to turn it into a television show, because it’s provided a chance to immerse yourself in the music, and the ideas behind the music, in a deeper way than I ever imagined.”
The TV series is set for global release on October 2nd. Since its debut, the podcast has had 192 episodes with guests that include Fleetwood Mac, Lorde, Solange, U2, Metallica, and the Roots.
In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on September 18th, 2020:
Alicia Keys,ALICIA
Alicia Keys is back with her seventh studio album, ALICIA. Originally scheduled for release on March 20 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the R&B singer-songwriter’s latest marks the follow-up to 2016’s HERE and features guest appearances from Sampha, Tierra Whack, Khalid, Miguel, and more. “I’ve been loving getting to know all the sides of me over the years. And now here I am fully ALICIA,” she said in a statement about the album and its accompanying memoir. “I love all the sides of it. I love all the sides of me/us it reflects, I love how much closer I am to myself. How much more willing I am to get familiar with myself. I never realized how much I relied on only one side. How much I had hidden away the parts that expressed anger, rage, sensuality, or vulnerability.”
A.G. Cook,Apple
A mere month after the release of his 49-track LP, 7G,A.G. Cook has come through with a new studio album titled Apple. Out now via PC Music, the 10-song album includes the previously released singles ‘Oh Yeah’, ‘Xxoplex’, and ‘Beautiful Superstar’. “Apple is my own take on Personal Computer Music,” the electronic producer said in a statement. “I’ve always been interested in the blurred line between bedroom and professional studio production and at what point a personality either gets created or accidentally takes shape. For me, there’s a great sense of freedom in combining something slick with something naive reality where anything could happen.”
Fenne Lily,BREACH
Fenne Lily has released her sophomore album and first for Dead Oceans, titled BREACH. The follow-up to 2018’s On Hold was recorded with producer Brian Deck at Chicago’s Narwhal Studios and at Electrical Audio with none other than Steve Albini. Written during a period of self-enforced isolation before the pandemic actually hit, the album deals largely with “loneliness, and trying to work out the difference between being alone and being lonely,” according to the singer-songwriter. “I think this record is proof that I can be emotionally stable, even if right now I feel a little bit up and down,” she adds. “There’s the ability to find clarity in that”. BREACH includes the previously released singles ‘Alapathy’, ‘Berlin’, and ‘Solipsism’.
Cults,Host
Cults – the New York duo consisting of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion – have returned with their fourth studio album, Host, via Sinderlyn. Following 2017’s Offering, the 12-track LP was co-produced by Cults and Shane Stoneback and finds multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin serving as primary songwriter for the first time. “In the past, I’d never brought my own music to the table because I was just too shy,” Follin said in a statement; Brian Oblivion added, “When Shane and I heard what Madeline had written, we couldn’t believe it. The music just floored us.”
Other albums out today:
Devi McCallion & Katie Dey, Magic Fire Brain; Anjimile, Giver Taker; Deradoorian, Find The Sun; Osees, Protean Threat; Napalm Death, Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism; Into It. Over It., Figure; Yellow Days, A Day In A Yellow Beat.
Alicia Keys
A mere month after the release of his 49-track LP, 7G, 
Cults – the New York duo consisting of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion – have returned with their fourth studio album, 