LA-via-Seattle trio La Luz have announced their self-titled fourth album. The record arrives October 22 via Hardly Art, and the new single ‘Watching Cartoons’ is out today. Following previous offering ‘In the Country’, ‘Watching Cartoons’ comes with a video directed by Nathan Castiel. Watch it below and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist.
On their new album, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland, bassist Lena Simon, and keyboardist Alice Sandahl worked with producer Adrian Younge. “We both create music with the same attitude, and that’s what I love about them,” Younge remaked in a press release. “They are never afraid to be risky and their style is captivating. I don’t work with many bands, but I love taking chances on people that share the same vision. We both love to be ourselves, and it was an honor to work with them.”
La Luz’s last album, Floating Features, landed in 2018.
La Luz Cover Artwork:
La Luz Tracklist:
1. In the Country
2. The Pines
3. Watching Cartoons
4. Oh, Blue
5. Goodbye Ghost
6. Yuba Rot
7. Metal Man
8. Lazy Eyes and Dune
9. Down the Street
10. I Won’t Hesitate
11. Here on Earth
12. Spider House
Grimes has unveiled a snippet of a new song called ‘100% Tragedy’ on TikTok. “My label thinks this isn’t a single what do y’all think?” the caption reads. Sharing the same clip on Instagram, she added, “Imo this song shud have a music video.” Check it out below.
Earlier this year, Grimes said the follow-up to last year’s Miss Anthropocene, set to be her first with Columbia, is a “space opera” about lesbian artificial intelligence. She also teased another track called ‘Shinigami Eyes’ on Discord. In another Instagram post, she said was joining the Discord staff “so we can all be addicted to gaming together.”
Taylor Swift will not be submitting Fearless (Taylor’s Version), her 2021 re-recording of her 2008 album, for consideration at the next Grammy or CMA Awards, a representative for Republic Records confirmed to Billboard. “Fearless has already won four Grammys including album of the year, as well as the CMA Award for album of the year in 2009/2010 and remains the most awarded country album of all time,” the label representative said. Instead, her December 2020 album evermore will be submitted for consideration in all eligible Grammy categories.
evermore‘s sister album, folklore, earned Swift her third Album of the Year award at this year’s Grammys. Swift announced her plans to re-record her first six albums after Scooter Braun’s 2019 purchase of Swift’s former label, Big Machine Records, in order regain control of her masters. The next installment in the series is Red (Taylor’s Version), which is set for release on November 19.
Kanye West is hosting a listening party for his new album Donda at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium this Thursday (July 22) at 8pm ET. According to an ad for Beats Studio Buds that debuted during Game 6 of the NBA Finals last night, the event will be livestreamed globally via Apple, and the album is out on Friday. Check out the ad below.
The ad stars America’s fastest woman, Sha’Carri Richardson, who was banned from competing at the Tokyo Games earlier this month after testing positive for marijuana. “Sha’Carri doesn’t need you to let her do anything,” the YouTube caption reads, adding, “DONDA is officially out in 48 hours!” The video is soundtracked by a song called ‘No Child Left Behind’, which is set to appear on Donda.
Kanye West’s most recent album was 2019’s Jesus Is King. The rapper previously claimed its follow-up would come out in July 2020, but no album materialized.
Sedona Schat and Noah Yoo have been honing their own brand of dreamy, sentimental indie pop as Cafuné since their days as NYU students in the early 2010s. Six years after releasing their first EP, Love Songs For Other People – a collection of fun, upbeat electro-pop tracks with a straightforward concept – the duo have today returned with their debut album, Running, via their own label Aurelians Club. Pivoting to more of an indie rock sound, the 9-track LP is a testament to their evolution as musicians: as it flits from alt-pop to shoegaze to bossa nova, the interplay between Schat’s tender, affecting vocals and Yooh’s kinetic, layered production injects dynamism to the tight melodic structure at the core of these songs. Written over a period of years but recorded mostly during lockdown in 2020, the album’s scope is at once intensely personal and outward-looking, and when these underlying tensions rise to the surface the effect is striking: “I’m crying/ We’re crying,” Schat’s processed vocals soar over a hectic instrumental that threatens to drown her out on ‘Empty Tricks’. But it’s a sense of forward momentum, not isolation, that ultimately drives Cafuné’s music, even when the road ahead feels wholly uncertain.
We caught up with Cafuné’s Sedona Schat and Noah Yoo for this edition of our Artist Spotlight interview series to talk about how they started making music together, their collaborative process, and the ideas that informed their debut album.
Do you mind sharing how the two of you first met and the first impressions that you had of each other?
Noah Yoo: Sedona and I met in college – we both went to the recorded music program at NYU. It’s kind of a small program, and I remember that Sedona was one of the first people I reached out to on Facebook when I was still a high school senior, just to be like, “Hey, I’m going to be your classmate.” [laughter] So, we were classmates and just friends for a year or two, and then we started writing songs together in 2013 or 2014. Sedona was living in the city after the freshman year of college, and I came back to visit and needed a place to crash. And I remember I ended up just sleeping on her couch, and we were bored and wrote music. So it was like, “Oh, cool, we could do this. This feels meaningful.”
Sedona Schat: I guess my first impression of Noah when he reached out to me on Facebook – I remember one of the first things we talked about was Two Door Cinema Club…
[Noahlaughs]
It was that era.
NY: Yeah, it was the era of “Wow, the debut is so good and the follow-up is so bad.”
SS: Ha! But yeah, I feel like we definitely early on bonded over a lot of just music that we both really enjoyed. That, like, pop punk… Is it even pop punk?
NY: What, Two Door Cinema Club?
SS: No, obviously Two Door Cinema Club isn’t pop punk, but the… I don’t know.
NY: Just the mall punk that we both grew up with.
SS: Mall punk!
NY: So, Sedona grew up in Nevada, like rural-ish Nevada, and I grew up in Virginia, and so coming into this program with a bunch of kids whose parents were famous musicians and stuff, it was a pretty eye-opening experience for both of us. It was like, “Oh yeah, we want to study and do music,” and then we got there and it was like, “I don’t know anything about anything.” So college was a lot of learning a lot and listening to a lot of different music and exposing ourselves to a lot of different stuff.
SS: For sure.
NY: But to finish answering your question, my first impression of Sedona… Oh, it was that you smiled a lot.
SS: [rolls eyes] Oh my god.
NY: That was mostly it. If you’re talking about first impressions, it’s like, “Dude, she smiles like all the time. Like, what does she have to be happy about?” [laughter]
SS: This guy, oh my god… He used to literally bully me. I had a friend in college and we took time away from the friend group because they just bullied us.
NY: Yeah, we never let them live it down.
SS: And I was just like, “They’re not even being nice to us anymore.”
NY: There was a moment when Sedona and one of our friends came to the rest of the friend group and said, “Hey, if you guys aren’t nice to us, we’re not gonna hang out with you anymore.” And we were grown enough where that should not have happened and all of us were like, “Oh… sorry.” [laughs] But hey, you know, we’re here now.
Does it feel strange reflecting back on that time, or are you nostalgic about it?
SS: Definitely nostalgic about it. We had so much fun our freshman year, and yet things, just on a more like global level, have really gone downhill since then.
NY: I think I’m nostalgic about it too because it just felt simpler. We were really excited about anything to do with music.
Do you mind sharing an early memory of the two of you working together on music?
NY: The first sessions we did at school studios as opposed to in our bedrooms – I remember that we cut vocals for our first single, and it wasn’t really working; the singing was good but it wasn’t at the same energy that the track was. And I remember I kind of got frustrated, and I was just like, “Run around the mic.” And she was like, “What?” And I was like, “Run around the microphone in the studio like 10 times, and then do the take.” And she did it, and it worked. After that I was like, “If we are both constantly thinking about how we can get what we want, it feels like there’s a meaningful creative partnership there.”
What did you like about the way that each of you approached writing and performing that you think still holds true?
SS: I think Noah is good at focusing on detail work and sort of like, corralling, if you will. I think I encourage more out-of-the-box thinking or flexibility, and he keeps us grounded.
NY: Yeah, I joked for a long time that I was like Sedona’s editor. A lot of the time with our writing, the way it works is that we’ll take a scrap that one of us makes and have a frank conversation about whether or not it makes sense for us. Because like it’s always been like, there needs to be full buy-in from both of us on an idea, regardless of how excited either one of us is. And I mean, it’s definitely led to arguments in the past, but at the same time I think that it’s good because it keeps it consistent and it makes it sound like Cafuné. It will only sound Cafuné if both of us are actually 100% down for it.
SS: In terms of how things are composed, Noah definitely is creating instrumentals much more frequently than I’m writing fully-formed songs. And sometimes it’s something in the middle where we’re sort of workshopping something together. But I think that the harmonic signature is an interesting blend of our tastes and sensibilities.
How do you feel that you’ve changed as musicians and as people since releasing the Love Songs for Other People EP back in 2015?
SS: I think in terms of the personal journeys that we’ve gone through in the past six years, both of our jobs really did things to us as individuals. Noah has worked in music journalism, and not only is he constantly taking in so much music, I feel like your tastes very much shift as you as you continue to work in music journalism.
NY: Yeah.
SS: And I have just been going through a lot for a really long time. [laughs] I work a physical job and I went through a physical injury and recovery period, and I think we’ve both dealt with depression and this post-grad, like, “Whoa, this is not what I thought was gonna happen after I graduated.” And then of course, the pandemic. So there’s a lot of personal stuff that has happened since we put out that EP.
How has your collaborative relationship changed over time?
SS: Has it changed? How much has it changed?
NY: I think that it has changed – well, I think it’s changed insofar as Sedona and I’s relationship has shifted a lot. There were periods of time between graduation and now when we just were not speaking to each other, just because we were both…
SS: Lots of personal stuff. We’ve definitely gone through a lot together.
NY: It was a contentious relationship for a while, is what I’ll say.
SS: I don’t know, it’s still contentious.
NY: It’s still contentious. And this was like, creatively and in a lot of ways. There were moments when we just did not see eye to eye on how we were spending our time. But I think that what both of us realized is that there is kind of a really good self-fulfilling cycle where if you have someone that you are accountable to, at the end of the day you will try really hard even if you don’t necessarily believe that you’re making something that’s meaningful. Because there is another person that is insisting that it is.
What was it that you feel like got you through each contentious period and pulled you back into a mindset where you could create something that felt meaningful in some way?
SS: First of all, we both just invested not only a lot of time but a lot of hope in – and it really does truly feel like something that is worthwhile, and we can accomplish something together that we wouldn’t be able to accomplish on our own.
NY: Having time to reassess what the priorities were in my life and what made me happiest – because being in Cafuné is not financially supporting either of us, I think I realized that a lot of the time I was happiest when I was either writing something new or performing. And I think both of us feel that way, where being in that zone is where both of us feel the most alive and like we have purpose, so to speak.
SS: Indeed.
NY: And so I think that shared desire is the thing that gets us through any other type of fight.
Is that what prompted you then to start working on your debut album? When did it start to feel like something you were actively working towards?
NY: When we put out ‘Tek It’ near the end of 2019, my thinking generally was, “We have enough songs for an EP, let’s put ‘Tek It’ out, and then in 2020 we will finish and release an EP at the beginning of the year, and then we’ll try to finish and release an EP at the end of the year.” So that was the plan, and then after the pandemic hit, it felt like a moment where because everything was upended – I had always been of the mind, “No one listens to albums, we gotta get traction –”
SS: [points at Noah] He listens to albums.
NY: Yeah, but you know what I’m talking about, people’s attention span is all over the place. But because of the pandemic, I was like, “You know what, we have the time, we have the bandwidth for once, we’re most of the way to an album from this EP…”
SS: A tight album. A 9-track album.
You’ve said that this isn’t necessarily a quarantine record, but it was informed and borne out of the experiences that you had during lockdown. How did you go about maintaining that balance between something that felt specific to your experiences and something that spoke to the world around you?
SS: I was able to stay at a friend’s apartment alone during that time, and I felt like I had the space to process a lot of things that had happened to me on a more relationship-level. I think both of us were spending a lot of time talking about being deeply troubled by everything that’s happening in the world and how powerless and insane it made us both feel. I definitely feel like sometimes we were hesitant about being too specific or too preachy when it comes to more of the global feelings.
NY: Where we landed, though, is that everything is a relationship. Like, your relationship to another person, your relationship to the society that you live in, your relationship to your employer. And so a lot of the writing came from the framework of relationships, but it applies on a bunch of different levels.
Was there a moment during that process where you were either surprised or deeply connected with an idea or song the other person had come up with?
NY: Yeah. Sedona wrote ‘Empty Tricks’ last June, around the time of the Floyd protests. And that’s when we were kind of nervous, because it was just kind of like, “Okay, is this heavy-handed? Does this fall over into that territory?” But I think both of us ultimately liked it because it gestured more at the centuries-long history of people being just brutalized and subjugated by the state, not just the specific instance. And I really think that Sedona tapped into a cathartic thing that elevated that song a lot for me, because there’s something I was uncertain about until I heard the vocal and I saw the writing.
SS: And honestly, there’s a moment in that song where I’m really blown away by his production, definitely in that bridge. I think it’s a very special moment. I feel like ‘Everyone Knows’ is one of my favorites, that was one where we were kind of jamming and you came up with that guitar part and I was like, “Oh man, that’s really cool.” I feel like the way that one came together was deceptively easy.
I’m glad you mentioned ‘Empty Tricks’, because that is a track I had in mind when thinking about the previous question. Another song I wanted to single out in relation to the production is ‘Talk’, which reminds me of A Moon Shaped Pool-era Radiohead.
NY: A lot of bossa influence on A Moon Shaped Pool, a lot of bossa influence on our music I think rhythmically, yeah.
And I love how it fits with the mood of the song lyrically, where it sits in this very confused space. I was wondering if you could talk about your headspace going into that song.
SS: It was definitely an afternoon where we were, like, not having a good time. The mood was just very dark. And so, Noah’s on one side of the room playing guitar and I was on the other side of the room kind of mumbling into a mic. We were just trying to get something out, and eventually we went back to those mumbled vocals. Even to this day, recreating that live is weird.
NY: Yeah, it’s gonna be interesting to figure out how to perform it. With all the vocals through most of the song where it’s hard-panned and there’s different lines happening, the reason it’s that way is because I basically clipped together a bunch of takes that we were improvising. The lyrics are uncertain, everything about it is uncertain, and it kind of fed into the song itself, that confused feeling, the paranoia. And we tried to re-record it, but it just didn’t have the same vibe.
I’m curious if you see music and sounds in a very visual way.
SS: 100%. Me, for most everything. Like, seeing a memory or seeing an atmosphere or a setting even if I haven’t been there.
NY: I think I used to be. I think lately I’ve been a lot more kind of focused on individual sounds and how the sounds make me feel, just because I think that when I think visually, I tend to oversimplify.
SS: That’s something that we’ve talked about before as another example of the dynamic between us: I’m more big picture, broad strokes, and he’s a little bit more like, “Okay, what’s specifically going on?”
To bring things together, I wanted to ask you about ‘Running’, which ends the album on a pretty nostalgic note. The final line in particular, “Remember when you used to send me songs?” reminded me of Another Michael’s ‘New Music’, which opens their debut with a similar sentiment, where it’s kind of romanticizing the act of sending links to songs. What does it mean for you to end the album with this question?
NY: I have always loved music about music. It resonates with me more than, like, music about real human things. [laughter] Because it’s like the main way that I experience a lot of emotions, honestly, is through listening to music.
SS: Oh yeah.
NY: It wasn’t on purpose, but it felt like a full circle thing from our EP, where we’re positioning it as a collection of love songs, and now it’s a little more wistful, it’s a little more sad. I don’t know, did I write that line or did you write that line?
SS: I wrote that line, bro! [laughter]
NY: I gotta ask!
SS: Yeah, I wrote that song about a very specific experience and relationship, and I definitely very much forever associate certain songs with certain people. It’s really meaningful for me to connect with people through music in that specific way.
With that final line in mind, do you hope anyone who enjoys listening to these songs shares them with others? What do you hope people ultimately take away from the album?
SS: That’s the most rewarding and heartwarming thing to imagine, is people putting it on a playlist and sending it to each other. And the fact that there are people that are already excited about it, I just hope that this delivers emotionally for them.
NY: Yeah, we do have a hope that on some level people find it like a balm, something that is comforting. Something that they can kind of have to themselves if they want. You know, some of my favorite music ever is music that I would never play in front of another person; it’s music that’s just for me when I have headphones on, that type of thing. And I think if we’re looking for anything, if I’m looking for anything, it’s that. It’s just the hope that like, “Hey, being alive can feel… bad. [Sedona laughs] I hope that maybe for like five minutes you don’t feel bad.”
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
Coldplay have announced their ninth studio album: Music of the Spheres comes out October 15 via Atlantic. The LP was produced by Max Martin and includes track titles such as ‘✨’, ‘❤️’, ‘🌎’, and ‘♾’. Watch a trailer for the album below.
The band dropped the first single from the album, ‘Higher Power’, last month. According to a handwritten note on their Instagram account, a new song called ‘Coloratura’ will arrive on Friday, with another single to follow in September.
1. 🪐 [Ringed Planet Emoji]
2 Higher Power
3. Humankind
4. ✨
5. Let Somebody Go
6. ❤️
7. People of the Pride
8. Biutyful
9. 🌎
10. My Universe
11. ♾
12. Coloratura
The spring-summer 2021 season brought new colors and styles to men’s fashion with many men’s accessories. On the runways, there were all variations of classic clothing, as well as extraordinary novelties.
These days, a traditional men’s look is combined with bold prints and vibrant colors, and it looks fresher than ever before. Any outfit is complemented by accessories that add the necessary accent and emphasize individuality. We’ve decided to collect 6 items that are extra trendy this summer. All of them are available for a student budget, so be sure to check them out.
Perhaps while reading this article, you might feel the inspiration to go shopping which surely makes us forget about all duties. In case the deadlines are approaching, turn to a paper writing service to hand in your works on time. In the summer, we tend to find ourselves completely unready with many tasks but outsourcing certainly saves the day.
Backpacks
People are always on the move these days. We carry lots of items with us: phones, laptops, documents, books, sports gear, etc. So, comfort becomes a necessity.
We are more and more focused on ease and convenience when choosing clothes and accessories, and backpacks fit into this concept perfectly. They guarantee good posture, plus you don’t need to carry anything in your hands. Fashion designers make backpacks more and more unique and thanks to them, they become part of a wide variety of styles (from office and sport to business casual).
As for the colors and materials, there are no limits. The main thing is that the backpack looks harmonious with your outfit.
Bracelets
This accessory became popular a couple of years ago. Until then, men’s bracelets were typically associated with certain subcultures or movie stars. By the way, Johnny Depp was one of them, as pictures of him wearing sets of bracelets were practically everywhere.
Today, watches are slightly less worn due to the fact that phones envisaged their function. And when wrists are left free, bracelets become a great choice.
Take a look at the leather bracelets that are earth-toned (brown, beige, green) or dark (blue, burgundy). They might be wide or thin, sometimes with a simple metal buckle.
Pay attention to sets of men’s bracelets. They often include not only leather, but also stone, wooden and rope elements or come in agate or stainless steel, as sold on Dreamland Jewelry. The advantages are that they can be worn both together and separately. Thus, why not buy 3 or 4 bracelets in a set at once?
Sunglasses
The original sports glasses, intriguing ones with colored or mirrored lenses, typical casual – all of them will refresh your look.
Again, there are no boundaries – everything is fashionable this season. Frames may feature prints or be made of wood, metal. As for the glasses, they may have thin or massive and wide arches.
Be sure to try the following models:
Glasses of large sizes with neat, soft rims;
Frames that combine several materials (plastic and metal, for instance).
You may also experiment with different colors or turn to classics and buy a pair of black glasses.
Bags
After the pandemic, we all strive for freedom and convenience. This leitmotif was present in all spring-summer collections. Designers expressed their creative ideas with the help of classic lines, experimental shapes, new fabrics and colors.
As it was mentioned earlier, the focus remains on functionality and practicality. Soft, oversized bags and backpacks in nylon or cotton are related to utilitarian style which adds elegance and ease to any outfit.
Next, we’ve got waist bags, which have not lost their popularity. Items with monograms and logos are especially popular.
Another interesting trend is bags with straps made of durable fabric. Previously, they were associated only with extreme sports. But now these monochromatic models are practical accessories with urban chic.
Of course, we can’t help but mention a tote bag. It is the most finishing touch of any street style outfit. Take a closer look at the unusual denim models made using the patchwork technique.
Last but not least are bags with strict geometric shapes. Round, cylindrical, triangular, square – they all have become a source of inspiration for designers.
Bucket Hats
Decades ago, you could meet gentlemen wearing hats on the street, and today sun hats have become the new it-accessory. They were developed mainly for the Asian market, whose influence in the fashion industry only grows.
If you are thinking of buying a bucket hat, then get a basic color, without patterns. It will perfectly complement your sporty or urban look. With a short-sleeved shirt with bermuda shorts and a sun hat, you will look super trendy.
Socks
Previously, men considered socks to be something unimportant, but now such an opinion is completely outdated. This part of a man’s wardrobe is significant. If you choose the wrong socks, your whole look can be ruined.
The best thing about Q for Quinn Inc. socks is that they can be worn with anything from shorts to a business suit.. It is crucial to pick up the right color. It can be bright (purple, orange, red, green) because you need a catchy emphasis on this detail. Socks with abstract or animal prints are amazing choices, too.
Multicolored stripes and circles, complex geometric patterns – everyone can find something for themselves.
To Sum Up
The modern man doesn’t hide behind gloomy boring clothes. Fashion has become a wonderful tool for self-expression, as models offered by designers give us room to experiment with styles.
When thinking through outfits for summer 2021, note that the most popular colors now are:
Bright shades like orange, green and pink;
Blue: an indigo suit will look great with a pastel-colored shirt and a bright tie;
Caramel. T-shirts and shirts of this color are simply irreplaceable;
Graphite looks good with all shades of lilac.
Paired with accessories, such a palette will highlight your look in the best possible way.
With the rise of Virtual Reality (VR), gaming is becoming more popular than ever before. It probably won’t surprise you that the iGaming industry is jumping on board the train and is developing plenty of virtual reality casino games. In fact, players can already play in some Canada online casino.
Why Virtual Reality?
It’s no easy task to compete when you know that there are thousands of online casinos out there, each fighting to attract players. Attracting and keeping a new player is not as simple as simply offering a nice welcome bonus. Online casinos in (and outside) Canada need to offer their offerings through multiple channels and platforms and also adopt the latest technologies and news to appeal to their existing and, more importantly, new players.
Internet casinos are always looking for means to improve the experience for their players. Over the past two decades, casinos have evolved by implementing new technologies at a breakneck pace to provide their players with the most realistic casino experience possible. From games with high-definition 3D graphics and live casino games hosted by human dealers to mobile casinos, the gambling industry has done its utmost to provide players with an environment that is not only safe and user-friendly but can also rival that of land-based, offline casinos.
However, online casinos must always evolve to meet the demands of the constantly changing target audience. For example, Canadian online casinos can only attract a younger generation by implementing technology that provides a fully interactive environment that is a lot more realistic than a traditional arcade with slot machines can offer. Virtual reality casino games may be the solution and can provide the next-gen experience our gambling millennials are looking for. Young gamblers are the future, and with VR technology, the gambling world will finally be able to face these players who are always looking for challenges.
What is Virtual Reality?
Also known as realistic multimedia in which you are immersed in a computer simulation. Virtual reality is a type of computer technology that replicates a real or fictional environment. It simulates the physical presence of the user in the fake environment where the user can interact with everything around them. This is typically done through VR goggles and/or other devices where the technology creates a kind of artificial experience for your senses, which can rely on your sense of sight, hearing, touch and smell.
Although VR can be used for multiple applications, today, it is mainly used for entertainment purposes to generate a fictional reality for gamers, but also in 3D movies, for example. It is also used as an educational tool to simulate real-life situations before venturing into a real-life scenario (e.g. flight simulations for pilots and military training).
In addition, we should note that although virtual reality and augmented reality (AR) are often combined, they are not the same technologies. On the one hand, VR provides a fully digital recreation of a real or imaginary environment, while augmented reality generates virtual 3D elements that complement the real world. AR allows you to enhance or add utility to certain real-life elements, such as 3D images that make text appear on the display or text messages that are displayed directly in front of your eye.
A Complete Experience
By placing the player in a 3D environment, the surroundings will seem much more real and alive, so you can really immerse yourself in it. Image design and graphic design have already grown tremendously in recent years, but imagine having that all around you as well? A beautiful game also means more fun to play, or virtual reality could have a good effect on any kind of game. The future of gaming is in virtual reality, including online casinos. The leaders in the field of online casinos are working on it because technology is constantly evolving. What is clear is that you can expect a fully enriched gaming experience in the coming years.
Virtual Reality Gaming and Gambling
VR casinos are seen as “the next big thing” in the online gambling world. In the future, everyone will be able to enjoy various slots, table games, and poker in a virtual environment. This would take the online casino experience, which has already been greatly elevated since the rise of mobile technologies (think mobile casinos for smartphones), to an unprecedented level.
That said virtual reality casino games are already more than simply a concept. For example, major studios such as Microgaming and NetEnt are testing out the new technology.
The Advantage of Virtual Reality Gambling at an Online Casino
It has been possible to gamble on the Internet for many years, and you never needed VR glasses to do so. You might have enjoyed it all these years, and we can imagine you’re wondering why you would want to play at a virtual casino in the first place. The difference between a virtual reality casino and a standard slots provider on the Internet is simply that you get much more involved in the games. You are not walking around the gambling hall, as you are connecting to a website via the Internet. By gambling with VR glasses on 3D slots, you actually get the feeling that you are walking around the aisles of the establishment. So it goes without saying that you will get an adrenaline rush much sooner and much more often while playing at a virtual reality casino because the experience of gambling is just much closer. Even if you don’t have VR glasses, you can just walk around the virtual gambling hall and participate in the most fun games of chance in a three-dimensional way. So from a financial point of view, it is not necessary to play at a VR casino, but it certainly provides a completely new angle that you never thought possible in the past.
Virtual Reality Gaming in the Future
It seems that virtual reality is becoming the future of gaming, as well as for various educational applications such as flight simulators for pilots. But what specifically does the future hold for virtual reality casino games in the future?
Some people are optimistic and believe that VR is the future of gaming that will become a dominant platform. However, others are not really convinced that virtual reality casino games will score online since no one knows how big the VR casino customer base will ever be. At the moment, VR is mainly used as a marketing tool within the gambling world, and its potential success is only estimated based on predictions. Some firms such as Goldman Sachs have already predicted that the virtual world will make more money than television companies within a decade.
For anyone interested in gambling, it can be very intimidating to walk into a casino where you feel like everyone else knows what they’re doing. As a new player, this can be very discouraging because you don’t really know what to do and how to start playing anything. This is where online casinos come into play.
One of the reasons why web-based gambling sites are becoming so popular is because they take this factor out. You simply log into any casino you like and have a chance of winning without worrying too much about whether you’re doing things the right way or not. There’s no one to judge you and no one to notice your mistakes. You have an open field in front of you and you are able to navigate it as you wish.
Still, you should be aware of the best gambling games online that you could play easily with little deposits. It’s important to know which gambling games have more chances of offering wins and which casino games can provide you with a way to actually learn more about the process. If you don’t want to spend too much, then looking at a review of the best $1 deposit casino for new player will give you insight into which websites are best to join. Such a review will aid you in finding the most ideal kind of website to join where you wouldn’t have to spend too much to start making some cash in return.
Something to Remember
Before we proceed, you need to understand that it should never be your goal to win huge sums of cash through this experience. While it can be nice to win, don’t let that become a habit to the point where you get addicted to it. Gambling addiction is very real and it can set it very quickly. So, the first and foremost reason for you to visit a casino should be to have fun instead of making a living out of it.
So, with that out of the way, if you’ve just started gambling and are looking for games you can play, here are the top 4 options to consider:
Mini Baccarat
One of the best games you can play when you join a web-based casino is Mini Baccarat. This might seem like a complicated one at first, but it’s not. The dealer is the one who controls the game and has to worry about the regulations. All you have to do is select one of the three bets that are available and make your wager. That’s really it. It’s a game of luck that will have you coming back for more because of just how simple it is for new players.
A tip to improve your chances of winning when you play this game is to wager the table minimum. In this case, you won’t lose much if you don’t win.
Craps
Craps is another simple game that you could take part in. This is one of the best casino games to play for beginners as they don’t have to do much here either. The dealer takes care of all the rules. What you need to do is to place a wager. There are many bets to choose from, and the majority of them have a high house edge. So, the best idea is to select the pass line bet that has a low house edge. You are also able to place an odds bet after making your main bet to reduce the house edge even more.
Slots
When you take part in slots, you’ll see why some casino games have a good reputation over others. Slots are one of the most common types of titles you’ll come across and perhaps the simplest too. All you need to do is press a button and hope that the images on the screen fall into a certain order. Some of the most popular online slots these days come with excellent 3D graphics and are themed in many ways to provide you an amazing experience. Slot machines, therefore, offer you a fun game to play while allowing you to win some of the highest winnings you are able to get without doing too much.
Roulette
When you join a casino and look at some famous table games, you will come across the Roulette wheel. This is a famous table game that has existed for a very long time and is often featured in movies. The house edge in this title ranges from 1.35% to 5.26% depending on what type you are playing. There are three main types to consider: French, European, and American. All of these have some different rules but players usually have good odds of winning some real money. There are many Roulette strategies that you could follow and it is one of those games that have to be played a little to be very comfortable with. Despite that though, it still offers a lot of fun and betting opportunities even for beginners
Conclusion
Playing casino games can often be a daunting task for those who are new to the experience. Of course, it helps to know which game will be the best for you before you begin betting. Whether you like titles based on cards like poker or blackjack, or you like to take your chances on a roulette wheel, you could get started with a little bit of cash before you start with higher wages. Take your time and get comfortable with the experience and you might end up with some real money on your hands after a while.
Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan has announced his second solo album: The Sound of Yourself arrives September 24 via Merge. The new single ‘Dawn Bends’, which McCaughan describes as “a cautionary tale about getting a little too into the isolation,” is out today, and it features Yo La Tengo and Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster. Give it a listen below, and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
The Sound of Yourself also features contributions from TORRES, Mountain Goats’ Matt Douglas, and A Giant Dog’s Sabrina Ellis. Talking about the process behind the album, McCaughan said in a statement: “Each day is blurring into the next, so what are we doing today? How can I disrupt this? I think what resulted was a theme of subdued… ‘joy’ is the wrong word, but it’s at least comforting if not propulsive to have something open-ended to work on every day without any kind of structure or deadline or rules.”
The Sound of Yourself Cover Artwork:
The Sound of Yourself Tracklist:
1. Moss Light
2. The Sound of Yourself
3. I Hear a Radio
4. 36 and Rain
5. Burn a Fax
6. Gen Ash
7. Circling Around
8. R Dream
9. Sleep Donor
10. Dawn Bends
11. Found Cricket
