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Heartworms Announces Debut Album ‘Glutton for Punishment’, Shares New Single

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Heartworms Announces Debut Album ‘Glutton for Punishment’, Shares New Single

Heartworms has announced her debut full-length, Glutton for Punishment, which will be unveiled on February 7 via Speedy Wunderground. The follow-up to last year’s A Comforting Notion EP was produced by longtime collaborator Dan Carey. Today’s announcement comes with the release of a new single, ‘Warplane’, alongside a video directed by Gilbert Trejo. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.

“The opening lyrics set the scene of a dogfight in the air while civilians are witnessing it take shape,” Heartworms, aka Jojo Orme, said of ‘Warplane’ in a statement. “My imagination is always out of my control, and my love of Spitfires even more so, so I couldn’t help but make this about a spitfire pilot.” She added, “I am dedicating this to William Gibson Gordon – a Spitfire pilot who was killed in action by an Me109 at just 20 years old. The song ends how I imagine his falling Spitfire sounds to me, like an angel losing its extraordinary wings.”

Discussing the album and its accompanying imagery, Orme commented: “I’ve been chastised my whole life; made to feel as if I didn’t belong, punished for not fitting into a perfect image of how a growing woman should be. When you’re told something enough times you start to believe it. I often find myself locked into an unhealthy cycle of craving harsh discipline, greedy for the familiarity it brings but terrified of the consequences – better the devil you know. But this album doesn’t just reflect my own experiences; it reflects those of the people in my life and the stories of others that I think need to be heard.”

Glutton for Punishment Cover Artwork:

Glutton for Punishment Tracklist:

1. In The Beginning
2. Just To Ask A Dance
3. Jacked
4. Mad Catch
5. Extraordinary Wings
6. Warplane
7. Celebrate
8. Smuggler’s Adventure
9. Glutton For Punishment

Porridge Radio Share New Single ‘God of Everything Else’

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Porridge Radio Share New Single ‘God of Everything Else’

Ahead of the release of their new LP Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me this Friday, Porridge Radio have offered one more preview. The new single, ‘God of Everything Else’, follows the already-released ‘Sick of the Blues’ and ‘A Hole in the Ground’. Check it out below.

“After a horrible relationship I felt like a piece of shit on someone’s shoe, like I was so unimportant and completely drained of any power I once had,” frontwoman Dana Margolin said of ‘God of Everything Else’ in a statement. “Lying to myself in order to get that power back. You did this to me, but I’m the god of everything else. Fuck you. A song about dissociating constantly and being in pain constantly, wandering the streets for hours with nowhere to be, never stopping to face the void, always running from it, never healing, trying to find myself in other people, not having a clue where to put my next step forward. Also a song about femininity, wondering how to be a woman, watching someone else do it so effortlessly, wondering if I could be like her would it be easier. Of course not.”

Panda Bear Announces New Album ‘Sinister Grift’, Enlists Cindy Lee for New Song

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Panda Bear Announces New Album ‘Sinister Grift’, Enlists Cindy Lee for New Song

Panda Bear has announced his first album in five years. The follow-up to Buoys is titled Sinister Grift, and it lands on February 28 via Domino. Today, the Animal Collective member has shared ‘Defense’, a collaboration with Cindy Lee. Check it out below and scroll down for the album’s cover art, tracklist, and Panda Bear’s upcoming tour dates.

Panda Bear, aka Noah Lennox, made the new record at his Estudio Campo in Lisbon, Portugal, and co-produced it with his Animal Collective bandmate Josh “Deakin” Dibb. In addition to Cindy Lee, the album features Spirit of the Beehive’s Rivka Ravede.

“Working on this record felt like a sacred and warm return,” Deakin said in a statement. “Noah and I first started putting music down to multitrack cassette in 1991. 32 years later and working in the same fashion, two friends alone in a room searching for sounds and feelings that move us, I am very proud of what we created together. Sinister Grift feels like the songwriter I’ve known for over 30 years but also feels like some sort of new chapter for Noah. Couldn’t be more proud of the result.”

The press release also includes quotes from artists who have already heard the LP. “On Sinister Grift, Panda Bear cuts a lone figure, bracing himself against the winds of fortune and calamity,” Jessica Pratt said. “Noah’s pure and poignant lamentations are less elusive this time around, as though our narrator has awoken from a sobering dream. Singing a familiar round on an imperiled path, Panda Bear presents a set of torch songs conveying hard-fought wisdom, buoyant despite the load they bear.”

Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin called Sinister Grift “a classic rock dream that ebbs beautifully into a little bit of a nightmare.”

In 2022, Panda Bear released the collaborative LP Reset with Sonic Boom, which was then expanded with Reset in Dub and Reset Mariachi.

Sinister Grift Cover Artwork:

Sinister Grift Tracklist:

1. Praise
2. Anywhere But Here
3. 50mg
4. Ends Meet
5. Just As Well
6. Ferry Lady
7. Venom’s In
8. Left in the Cold
9. Elegy for Noah Lou
10. Defense

Panda Bear 2024/2025 Tour Dates:

Dec 4 – Salão Brazil – Coimbra, PT
Dec 5 – Radar – Vigo, ES
Dec 6 – El Desierto – Valladolid, ES
Dec 7 – Plano B – Porto, PT
Dec 8 – ZDB – Lisboa, PT
Dec 10 – Lexington – London, UK
Dec 11 – Lark – Berlin, DE
Dec 13 – Le Hasard Ludique – Paris, FR
Feb 6 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN *
Feb 7 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL *
Feb 8 – Royal Oak Music Hall – Detroit, MI *
Feb 10 – The Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON *
Feb 11 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC *
Feb 12 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA *
Feb 14 – Terminal 5 – New York City, NY *
Feb 15 – Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA *
Feb 16 – 9 -30 Club – Washington, DC *
Feb 19 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC *
Feb 20 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN *
Feb 21 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA *
Mar 20 – Capitólio – Lisboa, PT
Mar 21 – Theatro Circo – Braga, PT
Mar 22 – Almacenes – Oviedo, ES
Mar 23 – Kafe Antzokia – Bilbao, ES
Mar 25 – Paral·lel 62 – Barcelona, ES
Mar 26 – 16 Toneladas – Valencia, ES
Mar 27 – La Sala – Madrid, ES
Mar 28 – Teatro das Figuras – Faro, PT
May 08 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ *
May 12 – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater – Austin, TX *
May 13 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX *
May 14 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX *
May 16 – The Fillmore – Denver, CO *
May 19 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
May 21 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
May 22 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
May 23 – Hollywood Theatre – Vancouver, BC

* with Toro y Moi

Greg Mendez Releases New Song ‘Alone’

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Greg Mendez Releases New Song ‘Alone’

Greg Mendez has shared a new track, ‘Alone’, taken from his upcoming EP and Dead Oceans debut, First Time / Alone – out this Friday, October 18. It follows last month’s ‘First Time’. The Philadelphia singer-songwriter has also announced a run of February 2025 tour dates with Lomelda and Tomberlin. Check out ‘Alone’ along with Mendez’s tour schedule below.

Greg Mendez 2024/2025 Tour Dates:

Oct 17 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd*
Oct 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s *
Oct 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe *
Oct 21 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe *
Oct 22 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop*
Oct 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club *
Oct 24 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry *
Oct 25 – Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern *
Oct 30 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right *
Feb 9 – Austin, TX – Parish ^
Feb 12 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress ^
Feb 13 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar #
Feb 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon #
Feb 15 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord #
Feb 17 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios #
Feb 18 – Seattle, WA – Barboza #
Feb 21 – Boise, ID – Neurolux ^
Feb 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ^
Feb 23 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall ^
Feb 24 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre ^

* with Allegra Krieger
^ with Lomelda
# with Tomberlin & Lomelda

Universal Music Group Acquiring Indie Label Group [PIAS]

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Universal Music Group Acquiring Indie Label Group [PIAS]

Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot, co-founders of indie label group [PIAS], have announced they are selling the remaining shares they hold in the company to Universal Music Group (UMG). UMG acquired a 49-percent share of the company in 2022, a move Gates had said would “allow us to offer a truly global distribution and services platform to the independent music community.”

The PIAS Group includes the labels Play It Again Sam, harmonia mundi, Spinefarm, and Source, as well as partner imprints such as ATO, Heavenly, Transgressive, and Mute. Billboard reports that Gates will remain CEO of [PIAS] – in addition to sitting on the Virgin Music Group main board and advisory group – and that those labels will stay fully autonomous. “I am selling my shares not my soul,” Gates said in a press release, continuing:

Since agreeing a strategic alliance with UMG in 2021 we have found them to be supportive and engaged partners who have added real value to our offering. The decision by myself and Michel to relinquish our remaining shareholdings in the company is a pragmatic one that will allow us to offer a truly global distribution and services platform to the independent music community. Our existing leadership team will continue to steer our day-to-day work and nothing will change culturally or commercially for our existing clients and partners; we will still maintain the same values that we have lived by since our launch over 40 years ago.

“Our initial agreement with UMG in 2021 was always going to be a learning experience for both parties in terms of how we could align our individual cultures and whether that would work,” Lambot added. “If I’m honest I did have some concerns as to whether it was even possible but I’m happy to say I was wrong – our two companies have lots in common including teams that share a real passion for music and our relationship to date has been fruitful, convivial and everything we hoped it would it be. This new phase, which will see us working even closer together promises to be an exciting new era for [PIAS], our staff, our partners and the artists we represent.”

Jordana Drops New Song ‘Raver Girl’

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Jordana Drops New Song ‘Raver Girl’

Ahead of the release of her new album Lively Premonition on Friday (October 18), Jordana has unveiled one more single called ‘Raver Girl’. It follows the previously shared songs ‘Anything for You’, ‘We Get By’, and ‘Like a Dog’. Check it out via the Justin Taylor Smith-directed video below.

‘Raver Girl’ is a song about lust on the dancefloor,” Jordana explained in a statement. “It’s about a chance encounter with a charismatic girl at a nightclub, where you say not a single word and you’re convinced you’ve fallen in love, only to have her disappear into the night…Was it only a dance, or was it something more? You didn’t even catch her name.”

Greet Death Release New Song ‘Same But Different Now’

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Greet Death Release New Song ‘Same But Different Now’

Flint, Michigan band Greet Death have returned with a new single, ‘Same But Different Now’. It marks their first new music since 2022’s New Low EP, which made our list of the best EPs of that year. Give it a listen below.

Kesha Covers Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘Holiday Road’

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Kesha Covers Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘Holiday Road’

A day after appearing on Charli XCX’s ‘Spring breakers’ remix, Kesha has shared a cover of Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘Holiday Road’. The track was written for the 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Kesha has recorded her version as part of Spotify Singles’ holiday collection. Take a listen below.

Kesha’s cover is one of five songs released today for Spotify Singles’ Christmas-themed series, which also includes contributions from Max Richter, Dasha, and more. “With ‘Holiday Road,’ Kesha has taken this really fun ’80s song – which wasn’t originally a holiday song – and brought it to the modern day,” Talia Kraines, Spotify’s senior editor of pop, told Billboard.

Father John Misty Unveils New Single ‘She Cleans Up’

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Father John Misty Unveils New Single ‘She Cleans Up’

Father John Misty has previewed his upcoming LP Mahashmashana with a new single, ‘She Cleans Up’. It follows the previously released tracks ‘Screamland’ and ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’. Check it out below.

Mahashmashana is due for release on November 22 via Bella Union (the UK and Europe) and Sub Pop (everywhere else). The record, which follows 2022’s Chloë and the Next 20th Century, was produced by Father John Misty and Drew Erickson.

How to Find the Best Grandchester Accommodation for Your Budget

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How to Find the Best Grandchester Accommodation for Your Budget

Nestled in Queensland’s scenic Lockyer Valley region, Grandchester offers a peaceful rural escape, ideal for weekend getaways or more extended vacations. Whether you’re seeking a luxurious retreat, a budget-friendly stay, or a unique experience, Grandchester has a range of accommodations to suit every traveller’s needs. Here’s how to find the best Grandchester accommodation without breaking the bank.

Define Your Budget

Before you search for accommodation, it’s important to define your budget—accommodations in Grandchester range from luxury resorts to more modest guesthouses and motels. Setting a clear budget from the outset allows you to filter your search to ensure you only look at affordable options. Remember that rates might fluctuate depending on the season, especially during peak travel periods like holidays or special local events.

Research Different Types of Accommodation

Grandchester is home to a variety of accommodation options, each offering something different:

  • Luxury Stays: If you want an upscale experience, consider staying at one of the area’s luxurious resorts or boutique lodges. These often offer stunning views, spas, and gourmet dining experiences, making them perfect for a splurge-worthy stay.
  • Family-Friendly Accommodations: For those travelling with family, you’ll find spacious holiday homes and family-run bed-and-breakfasts that provide the comforts of home at a reasonable price.
  • Budget Options: Travelers on a tighter budget can explore affordable motels, caravan parks, or campgrounds. These offer essential amenities at lower rates, ensuring a comfortable stay without overspending.
  • Unique Stays: If you’re seeking something memorable, Grandchester also offers unique accommodations like farm stays and cottages, where you can experience the countryside up close. These options provide good value for money and a more personalised experience.

Use Online Booking Platforms

Using online booking platforms such as Booking.com, Airbnb, or Agoda allows you to compare prices and read reviews from other travellers. These platforms also often have special deals or last-minute discounts, which can help you score a great deal. You can filter accommodations by price range, property type, and guest rating to ensure you get the best budget option.

Additionally, many booking sites offer loyalty programs, where frequent travellers can earn points or access exclusive discounts. If you travel often, this can add up to substantial savings over time.

Look for Package Deals

Many resorts and lodges in Grandchester offer package deals that combine accommodation with activities such as spa treatments, meals, or guided tours. These packages can provide great value, especially if you plan to indulge in some of the local experiences. Before booking, check if any local properties offer such deals, as they can often be more cost-effective than booking everything separately.

Check for Off-Peak Travel Discounts

If your travel dates are flexible, consider visiting Grandchester during the off-peak season. This is typically outside of school holidays and major events when accommodations are often cheaper. Many hotels and lodges offer discounts during quieter times, allowing you to stay at a nicer place without exceeding your budget.

Read Reviews and Do Your Research

While price is important, the quality of your stay should be noticed. Reading reviews on platforms like TripAdvisor or Google can give you insight into the quality of service, cleanliness, and overall guest satisfaction. 

It’s worth spending more for accommodation that consistently receives high ratings and positive feedback. This ensures you won’t encounter any unpleasant surprises during your stay.

Contact the Property Directly

Sometimes, booking directly with the property can result in better rates or perks, such as free breakfast or a complimentary room upgrade. While booking platforms are convenient, don’t hesitate to contact the hotel or guesthouse directly to inquire about any potential discounts or offers they may not advertise online.

Conclusion

Finding the best Grandchester accommodation for your budget is about balancing comfort with affordability. By setting a budget, using online resources, and looking for deals, you can enjoy a memorable stay in this charming rural destination without stretching your finances. Whether you’re looking for a luxury retreat, a family-friendly getaway, or a budget stay, Grandchester has something for everyone.

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