Paul McCartney has announced the ‘Got Back Tour’, marking his first tour dates since 2019. The US run includes dates at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, Boston’s Fenway Park, and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, February 25 at 10:00 am local time via Ticketmaster. Check out the 14-date itinerary below.
“I said at the end of the last tour that I’d see you next time,” McCartney said in a press statement. “I said I was going to get back to you. Well, I got back!”
McCartney released his most recent album, McCartney III, in 2020. Last year, he enlisted the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent, Devonté Hynes, and Damon Albarn for a companion LP, McCartney III Imagined.
GOT BACK. NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2022
“I said at the end of the last tour that I’d see you next time. I said I was going to get back to you. Well, I got back!” – Paul
Apr 28 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena
May 2 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
May 3 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
May 6 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
May 13 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
May 17 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
May 21 – Winston Salem, NC – Truist Field
May 25 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live
May 28 – Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium
May 31 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
Jun 4 – Syracuse, NY – Carrier Dome
Jun 7 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
Jun 12 – Baltimore, MD – Orioles Park
Jun 16 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
Since the birth of the game in the 18th century, Roulette quickly became a favourite amongst real-life casino and online players alike. With the ease of gameplay, and simple to understand rules, newbies and connoisseurs can enjoy a game together, leaving winning to chance.
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20p Roulette
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100/1 Roulette
A game designed to help players win bigger and better prizes than conventional Roulette games, single numbers are set at 100/1, as the name suggests. 100/1 Roulette is the go-to game for players new and existing, to help potentially build game credits, with the chance to win some big cash prizes.
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Live Roulette
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It is important to remember that although you are playing through a screen, the money that is exchanged, represented by chips, is real. So, play smart and remember the most important thing to do, is have fun!
ELIO has shared a new single called ‘Read the Room’. Along with the track, the pop artist has announced she will be supporting Charli XCX across the European dates of her worldwide tour. Check out ‘Read the Room’ below.
“As a female artist making music, going into sessions with predominantly male producers can be a real hit or miss,” ELIO said in a statement. “I’ve had so many times where I’ve walked in a room to write a song and a producer has demeaned my writing or production skills, it’s kind of something that artists like myself have learned to expect – which is extremely unfortunate. ‘Read the Room’ is about one particular session with a producer who was a walking personification of main character syndrome (in all the worst ways). Sadly, this is seen in every industry and day to day life for a lot of women and LGBTQ+ people. We are told to be reserved, to behave, to fit into the mold of what society expects us to be – ‘Read the room’ is my way of owning that narrative.”
ELIO released her u and me but mostly me EP in summer 2020, following it up with Can You Hear Me Now in January 2021. Last spring, she put out a remix EP that featured her remix of ‘CHARGER’ with Charli XCX. ‘Read the Room’ follows recent singles ‘TYPECAST’ and ‘SUPERIMPOSE’.
Beach House have shared the fourth and final chapter of their eighth album, Once Twice Melody. The Baltimore duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally released the first four songs from the project in November, with Chapters 2 and 3 arriving in December and January respectively. The follow-up to 2018’s 7 marks the first album the band produced entirely by themselves. They brought in a live string ensemble, arranged by David Campbell, for the recording, which took place at Pachyderm studio in Cannon Falls, MN, United Studio in Los Angeles, CA, and Apple Orchard Studios in Baltimore, MD. Read our review of the album here.
Hurray for the Riff Raff, the project of Bronx-born, New Orleans–based singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra, has returned with a new LP called Life on Earth, out now via Nonesuch. Arriving five years after the band’s last album The Navigator, the record was produced by Brad Cook and includes the advance singles ‘Rhododendron’, ‘Jupiter’s Dance’, and ‘Pierced Arrows’. “This record was really about being like, ‘It’s okay that I’m a tiny piece of this huge world,” Segarra said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “How the fuck did we survive everything? That’s what I hope people get: this journey of, ‘You’re still here.’”
Methyl Ethel, the musical project of Western Australian artist Jake Webb, has released his latest album Are You Haunted?. Out now via his new label home, Future Classic, the 9-track LP was previewed with the singles ‘Neon Cheap’, ‘Matters’, and the Stella Donnelly collaboration ‘Proof’. To make his fourth album, the follow-up to 2019’s Triage, Webb returned to the studio where he recorded and wrote his first material under the moniker, which he adopted back in 2014. “A dear friend of mine recently passed away, the studio is his,” he explained in press materials. “I spent many years of experimentation with him, learning so much looking over his shoulder. It feels special to continue to share the space with his ghost, I’m still learning from him.”
PREY///IV, the debut full-length from Alice Glass, is out now via Eating Glass Records. Previously set for release on January 28, the album was delayed by three weeks and appeared on streaming services earlier this week, a few days ahead of its scheduled release date. Recorded in collaboration with producer io Jupiter, PREY///IV deals with themes of trauma and recovery. (In 2017, Glass accused her former Crystal Castles partner Ethan Kath of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse; Kath denied the charges.) The record was preceded by the singles ‘Suffer and Swallow’, ‘Baby Teeth’, ‘Fair Game’, and ‘Love Is Violence’.
Sally Shapiro have returned with a new album called Sad Cities, out now via Italians Do It Better. The synthpop duo of Shapiro and producer Johan Agebjörn have been working on following up their third album, 2013’s Somewhere Else, over the last half-decade, recording in “deep seclusion,” as a press release puts it. They previewed the album with a series of singles, including ‘Fading Away’, About You’,‘Christmas Escape’, and ‘Down This Road’. Sad Cities was mixed by Agebjörn and Johnny Jewel and features contributions from Highway Superstar, Electric Youth, and Tommy ’86.
Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono is a new tribute album celebrating the work of Yoko Ono, released today via Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records. Imagined and curated by Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, the collection features 14 new versions of Ono’s tracks performed by a range of artists including David Byrne and Yo La Tengo, Sharon Van Etten, Death Cab for Cutie, Deerhoof, US Girls, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Stephin Merritt (of Magnetic Fields), Thao, Sudan Archives, We Are KING, and Amber Coffman. Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono “was born out of both love and frustration,” Gibbard said in press materials. “The ‘love’ part is pretty obvious; It is the seemingly bottomless well of inspiration and enjoyment Yoko Ono’s music has provided me and I must assume everyone else present here on this compilation. The ‘frustration’ part, on the other hand, goes back decades.”
Other albums out today:
Metronomy, Small World; Sea Power, Everything Was Forever; Big K.R.I.T., Digital Roses Don’t Die; Debit, The Long Count; Josef Salvat, Islands.
Netflix is widely known as one of the most abundant streaming platforms operating today. In recent years, the service has committed to creating more of its own original content, which has already proven to be a success with recent global hits like Red Notice and Squid Game. While Netflix offers an extensive slate of easily binge-able content, the company has also released – and produced – its fair share of award winners, including current Oscar contendersThe Power of the Dog and tick, tick … BOOM!
Across the streamer’s catalog is a vast blend of genres, from niche to mainstream. One that proves to be consistently popular is crime. While most crime and mystery films and series take their inspiration from true events, there is a clear distinction between true crime and fictional crime. When it comes to serial killers, audiences and creators have long been fascinated by what drives people to commit such heinous acts – especially on a regular basis. Here is a comprehensive guide to some of the best movies and TV shows about serial killers on Netflix.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Not currently available on Netflix UK
This Netflix Original may not be highly praised by critics, but it’s a must-watch for fans of true crime. Zac Efron surprised viewers with an unsettling turn as serial killer Ted Bundy, a marked departure from the roles that defined the early days of his career. Directed by Joe Berlinger, the film is based on The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy, an account written by Bundy’s former partner Elizabeth Kloepfer (portrayed in the film by Kaya Scodelario). As a drama film, viewers will quickly see the highly stylized aspects of the story, and though it isn’t a documentary, it manages to remain true to the real story.
The film builds suspense by locking viewers outside of Bundy’s experience and perspective for much of the runtime. Instead, his clueless girlfriend Liz Kendall (Lily Collins) is the source of much of the suspense. Her innocence and faith in her lover is believable, and seeing Ted Bundy through her eyes allows the viewer to see him as the charismatic person she – and many other young women at the time – thought he was. While the film does leave viewers with a few questions, it’s well worth a watch and covers a significant part of America’s crime history.
Mindhunter (2017-2019)
Available worldwide
For viewers interested in the psychology behind serial killers’ decisions, Netflix’s Mindhunter is an excellent choice. FBI agent Holden Ford is frustrated when, in 1977, he finds that crime is changing, but that law enforcement isn’t keeping up with the times. He teams up with Bill Tench, who is also interested in what drives serial killers to become serial killers. The pair try to understand what has caused the damage to these criminals’ psyches by catching serial killers and listening to what they have to say.
Though dramatized, the series is very much based on true events. Followers of true crime will pick up on many familiar names, like Lee Harvey Oswald, Charles Manson, the Son of Sam, and others as Ford and Tench tail some of the 70s’ and 80s’ most notorious serial killers. The two FBI agents are also based on real people. The series is based on the book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, which was co-authored by John E. Douglas, whose experiences mirror some of Holden Ford’s. Bill Tench, meanwhile, was inspired by FBI agent Robert Ressler, who made the term “serial killer” mainstream. The Netflix Original is executive produced, among others, by David Fincher, who also directs some episodes.
Nightcrawler (2014)
Not currently available on Netflix Australia or USA
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this chilling thriller about Lou Bloom, a petty thief turned videographer. Louis becomes an overnight entrepreneur when he starts his own business capturing footage of horrific crime scenes for news outlets and recruiting subordinates to help him expand his operation. However, over time, he resorts to extreme measures to get the best shot.
While the Dan Gilroy-directed film isn’t directly based on a true story, Nightcrawler takes its inspiration from various journalistic true stories. In any case, it’s a suspenseful film that – without giving too much away – does feature a string of bloody murders. The artful cinematography and chilling lead performance add depth to the Oscar-nominated screenplay, bringing this story to life in a memorable way.
Se7en (1995)
Not currently available on Netflix Canada or USA
Director David Fincher is well known for helming high-quality thrillers, including the serial killer film Se7en. As per the title, the film’s villain begins murdering seemingly random people based on the seven deadly sins – pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Each death is more ghastly than the last, and the graphic images don’t leave much to the imagination (the film is rated R18+).
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt star as the detectives tasked with solving the case. Freeman’s William is on his way out of a professional career, while Pitt’s David is just beginning his. Their dynamic echoes that of Jake and Alonzo’s in Training Day, another city-set crime thriller of the early 2000s. Se7en leans more into mystery and suspense territory, focusing on the psychology behind the killer’s intent and his horrendous crimes. The suspense works to great effect, keeping viewers hooked from beginning to end, when the story concludes with a satisfying payoff.
The Sinner (2017-2021)
Available worldwide
Derek Simonds’ The Sinner premiered on Netflix and USA Network in 2017 and aired for four seasons. Each season follows Detective Harry Ambrose’s investigations of murder cases, with a new killer at the center of each season’s plot. In season 1, Ambrose is perplexed when a seemingly untroubled woman stabs to death a man she claims to have never met before. This leads Ambrose on a quest to find out why ordinary people sometimes commit the most heinous atrocities.
While not every season focuses on a serial killer, each season presents a compelling story that digs deep into the human psyche and the origins of trauma. Still, there’s plenty of crime and gruesome murder, as well as the show’s popular serial killer storyline in season 3. No matter the case in focus, Harry Ambrose’s journey always keeps the show grounded, returning to his own personal journey as he faces humanity at its worst.
Spree (2020)
Available worldwide
Stranger Things’ Joe Keery stars as Kurt Kunkle in this experimental satire directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko. Kurt believes himself to be quite the social media influencer, despite having an almost nonexistent following on “Kurt’s World”. In order to increase engagement on his social platforms, he begins live-streaming his rideshare fares as a Spree driver. However, when the passengers’ antics don’t attract more viewers to Kurt’s World, he begins killing them. At first, the murders are ambiguous and non-violent, but over time, Kurt becomes more desperate for attention and resorts to extreme, slasher-style tactics.
Despite the gruesome imagery, the tone of Spree is very much lighthearted and satirical. The real horror of the film is the effect that social media can have on people individually, as well as on society at large. In any case, Kurt is a refreshing take on a serial killer with motives that aren’t typically explored in darker crime films; as a relative nobody who deals with everyday issues, Kurt may be the easiest of the killers on this list to identify with. The seemingly mundane circumstances surrounding Kurt’s crimes may help viewers empathize with him, but this identification with a serial killer can also be unsettling and contribute to the film’s horror.
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, a Netflix limited series, tells the story of how one of the most famous serial killers in American history was tracked down and brought to justice. Richard Ramirez victims included men, women, and children — all from completely different backgrounds. Never in criminal history such gruesome and unconnected set of crimes were committed by a single individual. In a race against time, detective newbie Gil Carrillo from Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was joined by the legendary homicide investigator Frank Salerno to crack this case.
The Ripper (2020)
Available worldwide
For five years, between 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over women’s lives in the North of England. It was a time of national panic. Thirteen women were found dead, and the Police were hopeless in their attempts to find the criminal. No one felt secure.
This evocative four-part series re-examines the crimes and looks back at the Police’s failures and how they shamelessly misportrayed the victims to the media and the public, making it even more challenging to catch the killer.
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)
Available worldwide
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes brings the story of the serial killer, Ted Bundy, into the light and invades our mind in an entirely new and terrifying way through exclusive, never-before-heard interviews.
The harrowing docuseries centres on a man whose personality, good looks and social grace allowed him to hide in plain sight as he executed more than 30 women before he was caught in 1978.
Music cannot flourish without marketing and promotion. Many upcoming hip-hop artists have difficulties promoting their art. Artists usually have to go through the arduous process of recording music, uploading them on audio and social media platforms, waiting to be heard. Music Promotion is never an easy task.
Music marketing is not a very difficult task. It requires utmost hard work, lots of trials, excellent strategies, and perseverance. Music marketing sometimes differentiates successful artists from others. This piece contains vital information necessary for successful promotion.
How does Music marketing differ from music promotion?
Music promotion is just an activity under music marketing. YouTube is a very popular platform for musicians. Musicians create a masterpiece and upload it on YouTube and hope that people will listen to their music. But it does not work that way. That’s when musicians have to look for YouTube music promotion sites to engage more people and invite them to listen to their music. Although the terms mean different things, they are closely related. Music promotion involves getting music to as many listeners as possible, while music marketing involves promotion, branding, pricing, copywriting, content creation, and other marketing activities. Music promotion is just an activity under music marketing.
What are the issues bedeviling Music Promotion in hip-hop?
The promotion of music in the hip-hop category is not without flaws. Research has shown that the lack of proper education and the activities of some agencies, who promote music by spamming, are some of the issues bedeviling hip-hop music promotion.
Some companies charge ridiculous fees for things like Youtube views. Marketing companies that offer legitimate services are finding it difficult due to the actions of spamming companies.
Many hip-hop artists do not understand how music marketing works. This lack of understanding is why many artists engage in spamming.
What to know before Music Promotion commences?
Artists need to identify and study their audience before embarking on promotion. Strategies employed during the exercise depend on their audience. Some of the things an artist can note about their audience include;
The Favorite platform of their fans
Their likes and dislikes
The hip-hop artists they listen to
Careful study of the target audience will ease the promotion process and strengthen the artist-audience relationship.
Guidelines to effective music promotion
For a successful promotion campaign, following these guidelines may be helpful:
Have an understanding of your audience.
Select the most convenient platform for your audience
Device a strategy to reach out to your audience
Get feedback and improve on them.
Be consistent.
Have an understanding of feedback loops.
Employing the services of a music promotion company
Artists tend to hire individuals or bodies to handle the non-recording aspect of their music career as they grow. Hiring a promotion company is necessary. These companies will draw out strategies and provide optimum results.
Identifying a favorable Music promotion company
Employing a promotion company alone is never enough. Some companies might not help an artist grow with their services. There are risks associated with hiring a music promotion company. These risks can be minimized by looking out for the following qualities:
Transparency
Professionalism
Accountability
Proof of products and services provided
Marketing and promotion are of immeasurable importance to music. Effective promotion and marketing should be a priority for every artist wanting to be heard.What you should know about Music Promotion; Requirements, and Guidelines
Troye Sivan has teamed up with Jay Som for a new song called ‘Trouble’. Produced by Styalz Fuego, the track was recorded for Three Months, an upcoming coming-of-age film in which Sivan stars that will premiere on Paramount+ on February 23. Check it out below.
Three Months is directed by Jared Frieder and follows Sivan’s character Caleb Kahn, a Florida teenager who discovers he was exposed to HIV on the eve of his high school graduation. “While he waits three months for his results, Caleb finds love in the most unlikely of places,” the film’s official description reads.
Since releasing his In a Dream EP in 2020, Sivan has shared a new song called ‘Angel Baby’ and joined Mark Ronson and Kacey Musgraves in the video for ‘Easy’. Jay Som’s most recent album, Anak Ko, arrived in 2019. Last year, she joined forces with Palehound’s Ellen for their debut LP under the moniker Balechor, Doomin’ Sun. She also featured on the orchestral remix of Anjimile’s ‘In Your Eyes’ and collaborated with Hrishikesh Hirway on ‘Home’.
Tame Impala have released the deluxe box set edition of The Slow Rush, which includes a previously unreleased B-side called ‘The Boat I Row’. Give it a listen below.
Along with ‘The Boat I Row’, the box set features the previously unveiled songs ‘No Choice’ and ‘Patience’ as well as B-sides, extended cuts, and remixes, including reworks by Lil Yachty, Four Tet, and Blood Orange. It also comes with alternate artwork, a 40-page booklet, and a Slow Rush calendar for the year 2050.
Kanye West has announced that his forthcoming album Donda 2, which is currently scheduled for release on February 22 (with a listening event set to take place that same day at LoanDepot Park in Miami), will only be available to hear on his Stem Player. On Instagram, the rapper posted a teaser of new music playing on the Stem Player that was released alongside Donda last year, claiming that the new album would not be available to hear on “Apple, Amazon, Spotify, or YouTube.”
“Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player,” he wrote. “Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own.”
Whichever way you look at it, Beach House’s new album feels like their most mature effort to date. Somehow that statement rings true almost every time the Baltimore duo return with a new project, which speaks to the natural evolution of their singular, instantly recognizable sound. Having titled its most beloved albums Bloom and Teen Dream, this is a band that has spent much of its career evoking the nostalgia and idleness of youth while subtly shifting their approach; they understand that growth happens slowly and that the changes that come with it often only intensify the ache of yearning. With that in mind, their decision to extend the rollout of Once Twice Melody – their first studio album since 2018’s 7 – by releasing it gradually and in chapters feels less like a storytelling trick than a means of allowing fans to grow into the material over time, mirroring what’s always been the most enchanting and transformative part of a Beach House album: letting the songs sink in.
Since the release of their self-titled debut in 2006, vocalist Victoria Legrand and guitarist/keyboardist Alex Scally have been finding new ways of deepening and sharpening their craft. Their brand of subdued melancholia normally relies on some combination of lush synths, hypnotic vocals, and impeccable arrangements, but it’s how they go about setting the stage that makes a difference – adjusting the tone, size, or texture of their music, and of course, playing with light and shadow. They set out to capture a kind of hazy, ephemeral beauty and are swept up in fantasies of escape; but rather than getting lost in the ether, they always infuse their gauzy soundscapes with an element of physicality. For the first time on Once Twice Melody, though, they mess with time and scale: Instead of letting the magic of a spell linger in the mind of the listener, it seems to ask, what if we made the dream last longer?
And they do. Clocking in at 84 minutes, Once Twice Melody is a sprawling, phenomenal album that neither overwhelms nor overstays its welcome. What’s most impressive is not how epic or ambitious it is, but how restrained, meditative, and even unfocused it can be without sacrificing any of its emotional weight. Beach House’s music has always had the hushed, mystical intimacy of two people in a room together, and as the first album produced entirely by themselves, this 18-track collection is no different. At the same time, they take the grand theatricality of their performances to a new level, enlisting a live string ensemble to accentuate the sense of melodrama permeating many of the songs. The ominous arrangement on ‘Pink Funeral’ helps bring out the threat of horror that’s implied in the lyrics (“Once was a fairy tale/ Then it all went to hell”), while ‘New Romance’ conjures a sound that’s rich and radiant enough to match its captivating chorus. The album doesn’t shy away from spectacle, reaching transcendent heights on early standout ‘Superstar’ and even leaning into the glamour of ‘80s synth-pop on ‘Masquerade’.
These moments are powerful but never overblown; even if Legrand’s lyrics frame everything in intergalactic terms, the album’s steady pacing and layered presentation ensures that the actual emotions feel human in their intensity. And though her imagery can be both vivid and oblique, its resonance is rarely lost when paired with the music: More than a recurring symbol, the stars feel like characters that help us trace the protagonist’s journey, while references to dressing up make the process of self-discovery approachable at the scale of the body. These are songs of love and heartbreak, no doubt, but listening to Once TwiceMelody can feel like watching the duo pouring out and magnifying them in real-time. Beach House songs nearly always revolve around indefinable emotions, and this is not the first time they sound fuller and more soaring than before. But though the project might be more digestible in small doses, as a whole it turns the act of desperately holding on to something into a freshly revelatory experience: songs with titles like ‘Illusion of Forever’ and ‘Another Go Round’ come after the longest track on the album, the 7-minute ‘Over and Over’, and a song called ‘Finale’ is the one that opens its final act.
All of which is to say, this is a record that dares you to fade along with it. Beach House aren’t necessarily interested in making it engaging so much as enveloping; while a band like Big Thief might treat a similarly ambitious effort by switching up the dynamic and offering surprises along the way, Beach House create the illusion of comfort and familiarity while constantly and ambiguously grasping at something vast and profound yet implacable. This isn’t to say they don’t experiment with new ideas, but each decision to deviate from the formula feels apt. The stunning acoustic highlight ‘Sunset’ allows space for some of Legrand’s most potent lyricism, while the robotic vocals on ‘Runaway’ hint at the singer’s dissolving sense of self and direction.
It’s hard to tell if Once Twice Melody really ever reaches a point of finality – it doesn’t have to – but it’s remarkable the lengths that Beach House are willing to go to get closer to that place they can’t quite name, still, how far they’ll stretch the limits of their universe. “The end is the beginning, the beginning to an end,” Legrand proclaims on the closing track, ‘Modern Love Stories’. But what happens there, between the warm embrace of the summer sun and the cosmic darkness that ultimately consumes us? If the daydream amounts to nothing, Beach House are determined to make the rush as pure and sweet as possible; they once described their creative pursuits as “making mountains out of nothingness.” It’s best you hear the full thing, but they offer a glimpse of what that looks like on ‘Over and Over’: “Out of nothing comes/ The moonglow/ And all that is left/ Around you/ When all the lights go down,” Legrand sings, synths swelling to fill out the void. “One by one, they open/ Forever and ever/ All the little angels descend.”
Beach House have shared the fourth and final chapter of their eighth album, 
Hurray for the Riff Raff, the project of Bronx-born, New Orleans–based singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra, has returned with a new LP called 
Methyl Ethel, the musical project of Western Australian artist Jake Webb, has released his latest album 
PREY///IV
Sally Shapiro have returned with a new album called 
Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono
