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Mdou Moctar Announce New Album ‘Tears of Injustice’, Share New Single

Mdou Moctar have announced Tears of Injustice, a new version of their latest LP Funeral for Justice completely re-recorded and rearranged for acoustic and traditional instruments. It’s out February 28, and the first single, ‘Imajighen (Injustice Version)’, is out now. Check it out below.

“We wanted to make a separate version of Funeral for people to hear,” the band’s US-based bassist and producer, Mikey Coltun, explained in a statement. “We’re always playing around with arrangements at shows. We wanted to prove that we could do it on a record, too. And there’s a whole other side of the band that comes out when we play a stripped down set. It becomes something new.”

“When Mdou writes the lyrics, he typically writes them with an acoustic guitar. So you’re getting closer to that original moment,” Coltun added. “It retains heaviness, but it’s haunting.”

Tears of Injustice Cover Artwork:

Tears of Injustice Tracklist:

1. Funeral for Justice (Injustice Version)
2. Imouhar (Injustice Version)
3. Takoba (Injustice Version)
4. Sousoume Tamacheq (Injustice Version)
5. Imajighen (Injustice Version)
6. Tchinta (Injustice Version)
7. Oh France (Injustice Version)
8. Modern Slaves (Injustice Version)

Faye Webster Shares Video for New Single ‘After the First Kiss’

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Faye Webster has shared a new song, ‘After the Kiss’, alongside an accompanying video. Check out the clip, directed by Kyle Ng of Brain Dead Studios, below.

Webster’s latest album, Underdressed at the Symphony, came out earlier this month.

Ela Minus Announces New Album ‘DIA’, Shares New Single ‘BROKEN’

Ela Minus has announced a new album, DIA, which will be released on January 17 via Domino. It follows the Colombian artist’s 2020 debut, acts of rebellion, as well as her collaborativeEP with DJ Python. Today, she’s shared the single ‘BROKEN’, alongside a video co-directed with Losmose. Check it out below.

‘BROKEN’ follows the previously released single ‘COMBAT’. “I started writing this thinking I was perfectly fine and finished writing knowing I was not,” Minus explained.

Revisit our 2022 interview with Ela Minus and DJ Python.

DIA Cover Artwork:

DIA Tracklist:

1. ABRIR MONTE
2. BROKEN
3. IDOLS
4. IDK
5. QQQQ
6. I WANT TO BE BETTER
7. ONWARDS
8. AND
9. UPWARDS
10. COMBAT

The Weather Station Announces New Album ‘Humanhood’, Shares New Single ‘Neon Signs’

The Weather Station has a new album on the way: Humanhood is out January 17 via Fat Possum. It follows 2021’s Ignorance and its 2022 companion, How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Neon Signs’, which is accompanied by a video co-directed by bandleader Tamara Lindeman and Jared Raab. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.

Discussing ‘Neon Signs’, Lindeman said in a statement: “The song came with multiple strands entwined; the way that something that is not true seems to have more energetic intensity than something that is, the confusion of being bombarded with advertising at a moment of climate emergency, the confusion of relationships where coercion is wrapped in the language of love. Ultimately though, isn’t it all the same feeling?”

The new album was recorded over two sessions in the fall of 2023 at Canterbury Music Company with drummer Kieran Adams, keyboardist Ben Boye, percussionist Philippe Melanson, improviser Karen Ng, and bassist Ben Whiteley. Lindeman co-produced it with Marcus Paquin, and it features contributions from Sam Amidon, James Elkington, and Joseph Shabason.

Earlier this year, the Weather Station contributed to the soundtrack for Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow.

Humanhood Cover Artwork:

Humanhood Tracklist:

1. Descent
2. Neon Signs
3. Mirror
4. Window
5. Passage
6. Body Moves
7. Ribbon
8. Fleuve
9. Humanhood
10. Irreversible Damage
11. Lonely
12. Aurora
13. Sewing

The Weather Station 2024 Tour Dates:

Wed Feb 26 – Hamburg, DE – Nochtspeicher
Thu Feb 27 – Copenhagen, DK – DR Studie 2
Fri Feb 28 – Berlin, DE – Silent Green
Sun Mar 2 – Amsterdam, NL – Tolhuistuin
Mon Mar 3 – Brussels, BE – Botanique / Museum
Tue Mar 4 – Paris, FR – Point Ephemere
Thu Mar 6 – Brighton, UK – CHALK
Fri Mar 7 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Sat Mar 8 – Dublin, IE – Button Factory
Mon Mar 10 – Glasgow, UK – Saint Luke’s
Tue. Mar. 11 – Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall
Wed Mar 12 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
Thu Mar 13 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall

Grumpy Unveils Video for New Song ‘Flower’

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Grumpy, the NYC-based project of Heaven Schmit, has shared a new song called ‘Flower’. It’s taken from their upcoming EP Wolfed, which was led by the single ‘Saltlick’, and arrives with a music video co-starring May Rio. Check it out below.

“Relationships arent’ forever, but love can be,” Schmit said of the new song in a statement. “Flower is about how, for me, at this stage of my life, love isn’t about building a permanent commitment to someone, it’s about nurturing a bond so that it may last a lifetime. In Flower, I accept the end of a relationship with a peacefulness and gratitude that it happened at all. When I love someone, I know that love is bound to change shape, rather than dissolve, post romance.”

Wolfed comes out October 25 on Bayonet.

Kassie Krut Sign to Fire Talk, Share New Song ‘Reckless’

Kassie Krut – the new project featuring Kasra Kurt and Eve Alpert (of the defunct Philly experimental outfit Palm) and Matt Anderegg (Mothers, Body Meat) – have signed to Fire Talk. To mark the news, they’ve shared a new single called ‘Reckless’, which is accompanied by a Guy Kozak-directed video filmed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Check it out below.

“‘Reckless’ is an exercise in restraint,” the band explained in a press release. “We challenged ourselves to write a song with one bass note, one drum beat and just a couple simple chords. Sometimes we experience self-doubt so it was fun to create a tougher version of ourselves – someone who’s fast and mean – as well as playing w the misconception that Kassie is an individual and not a band. Also our project name is a little strange so we took the opportunity to spell it out for the listener.”

“The idea of a museum visit came early on, as did the idea of the name spelled out with hands and signage,” Kozak added. “I like that the track works as a sort of introduction to the band, and I wanted the video to work in a similar way. I love this song!”

Lauren Mayberry Releases New Song ‘Something in the Air’

CHVRCHES vocalist Lauren Mayberry has released a new song called ‘Something in the Air’. It’s set to appear on her forthcoming debut album Vicious Creature, which will be out “later this year,” according to a press release. It follows previous singles ‘Change Shapes’, ‘Shame’, and ‘Are You Awake?’. Check it out below.

“‘Something in the Air’ is a song that really came out of nowhere,” Mayberry explained in a statement. “I was in London finishing another song with my friend, co-writer and producer Dan McDougall. We were taking a break in the shared kitchen in the studio complex when a pretty iconic British musician, who I won’t throw under the bus here, came in and started making conversation about electricity, 5G and how it’s making us all sick. Dan and I went for a walk around the block before going back to the studio and were unpacking those theories, and why people want to believe them – and the chorus lyric just appeared.”

The Comprehensive History of Indian Football at the Olympics

The history of the Indian football team’s presence on the international stage, marked by its pinnacle moments and significant downturns, shares a significant link with the Olympic Games. Remarkably, the first international football match played by independent India took place at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Hence, any comprehensive discussion regarding the evolution of the Indian national football team necessitates mentioning their participation in the Olympics. Between 1948 and 1960, India consistently qualified for the Olympics, marking as the golden era of Indian football. Alongside their Olympic achievements, this era also saw India establish itself as a formidable force in Asian football, securing gold medals at the Asian Games in 1951 and 1962.

Indian Football Team at the 1948 London Olympics

The Olympics, a global sports spectacle, draws millions of viewers and athletes worldwide, celebrating unity and athleticism. In contrast in the year 2023, casino games have also gained immense popularity, offering convenience and entertainment, driven by technology and accessible from anywhere.

Marking its Olympic debut, the Indian football team participated in the 1948 London Olympics, a momentous occasion as it came just a year after India gained independence from British rule. Competing in the Summer Games in the former colonizer’s capital added a layer of significance to the event.

Beyond the prevailing political and societal contexts, the tournament’s first-round match against European powerhouses France held additional importance as it was India’s inaugural international match as an independent nation.

On July 31, 1948, under the leadership of the dynamic Talimeren Ao and coached by Balaidas Chatterjee, the Indian football team, representing the tricolour for the first time, stepped onto the field at East London’s Cricklefield Stadium, greeted by a crowd of 17,000 spectators.

Indian Football Team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics

Four years subsequent to their debut, India faced a challenging match at the Helsinki Games. The encounter was memorable but for unfavourable reasons. India experienced a significant 10-1 defeat against Yugoslavia, the eventual silver medallists, marking the heaviest loss in India’s international football history. Despite this, it’s worth noting that the Yugoslavian team boasted several World Cup players, including Bernard ‘Bajdo’ Vukas, one of the greatest Croatian footballers and athletes of the 20th century. Vukas, along with other notable players, significantly contributed to India’s overwhelming defeat, with Ahmed Khan scoring India’s sole goal.

Indian Football Team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

During the Melbourne 1956 Olympics, India, led by Coach Syed Abdul Rahim and Captain Samar Banerjee, created a historic milestone. Initially scheduled to face the formidable Hungary, India advanced due to Hungary’s withdrawal in response to the Hungarian Revolution. In the quarter-finals against host nation Australia, India secured a 4-2 victory, with Neville D’Souza achieving the first-ever Olympic hat-trick by an Asian player and Krishna Kittu adding the fourth goal.

Indian Football Team at the 1960 Rome Olympics

The Rome 1960 Summer Games marked India’s last Olympic football appearance. Drawn in a challenging Group D with Hungary, France, and Peru, India faced tough competition. Despite a valiant effort led by the iconic trio of PK Banerjee, Tulsidas Balaram, and Chuni Goswami, India suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat against Hungary, which featured several future stars. India demonstrated resilience, pushing Hungary harder than any other team in the Group stage. In the subsequent match, India achieved a commendable 1-1 draw against France, showcasing their growing prowess on the international stage.

Two years prior, the French team had secured third place at the World Cup. In the concluding group match, India faced defeat against Peru with a score of 3-1, hindering their advancement to the knockout stages. Tulsidas Balaram netted the only goal for India in this match. This encounter marked the end of the Indian football team’s participation in the Olympics.

Tiles As Flowing Memories Shore by Minglin He

As an artist, Minglin He has made remarkable achievements through her delicate and sensitive perceptions, cross-cultural perspectives, and in-depth explorations of memory and desire. Her series of artworks ‘Tiles As Flowing Memories Shore’ has been widely featured in art exhibitions worldwide in the past two years. Minglin’s works not only demonstrate the profound aesthetic enjoyment of art but also show that art can be like a blanket that warms and soothes the human soul and touches people’s deepest emotions and memories.

For the artist Minglin, the tiles found in old houses are the most striking visual graphics in the domestic space. The various tiles enable each domestic space to evoke a distinct sensibility, each imbued with unique memories. Aristotle discusses the properties of memory, arguing that ‘Memory is neither perception nor judgment, but a state or affection of one of these, conditioned by the lapse of time.’ This triggers a series of associations between space, memory, objects, and emotions for Minglin, and allows her to continue to explore connections and boundaries.

The famous French philosopher Henri Bergson elaborates in his book Matter and Memory that ‘Memory is the resistance of people to the logic of time and space. The subtle cracks between the past and the present constitute memories. Therefore, memory is a double movement.’ The appearance of a concrete object implies the emergence of a node of association between memory and emotion. The narrative nature of the object itself gives it a grandiose world of infinite depth, and it usually can trigger and pull memory. Memory, in turn, is the equivalent of the visual dimension, which underpins a particular emotion and feeling we have towards the object. In Minglin’s series of paintings Tiles As Flowing Memories Shore, she uses tiles as nodes to explore the cracks of memory and dismantles tiles from the objective world. She reorganizes them freely in the subjective world, to explore the possibilities of objects beyond the established reality.

In this series of paintings, Minglin uses visual and installation art to simulate and recreate memory. Following the guidance of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, she reassembles the ‘fragments’ of tiles, memories, and emotions in space and time, exploring their boundaries and providing a visual interpretation. The symbols of Mnemosyne like the fountain, the spring, and the Throne of Mnemosyne become indispensable elements in this series of paintings. The poems of Mnemosyne like ‘On the right side of the dwelling of Hades, you will see a spring, where a white swan stands not far away: do not go near this spring but beside it, and you will see another spring, where the clear water flows from the marshes of Mnemosyne: the gardeners watch over it.’ has also become an integral part of her paintings.

Artist Minglin He not only creates a series of paintings in this work but also interactive art installations to better trigger the audience’s empathy. This art installation allows audiences to explore and engage with the intricate relationships between memory, objects, and individuals in a more profound manner. ‘Tiles As Flowing Memories Shore’ breaks through the conventional symbolism and transcends traditional painting, touching on the ambiguous zone between the visible and the invisible, the spoken and the unspoken. This multi-layered art experience makes the viewer not only an audience but also a participant in the process of intertwining memory and reality.

How Do I Know When My Raz Vape Is Empty?

Raz Vape is one of the most popular brands in the world of disposable vapes today. Buoyed by its eye-catching designs and intriguing flavor names like Tiffany and Ruby, Raz’s popularity has led many first-time vapers to choose the brand – and maybe that’s what you’ve done as well. A disposable vape from Raz Vape is a great introduction to vaping, and a large part of that is because using the device is so self-explanatory – just puff and enjoy.

One thing that your vape can’t do, though, is tell you when it’s out of e-liquid – and that’s what we’re going to cover in this guide. How do you know when your Raz Vape is empty? We’re about to tell you everything you need to know.

How to Tell When Your Raz Vape Is Empty

We’ll begin this guide by answering the question that brought you here. Stick around, though, because understanding when your device is out of vape juice is only half the battle.

When your Raz Vape is empty, you’ll get a harsh, burnt flavor every time you puff on it. The burnt flavor will persist even if you put the device down for a while to let the e-liquid redistribute itself.

You’ll generally find that the burnt flavor doesn’t appear suddenly. Most of the time, you’ll notice a major reduction in your device’s vapor output and flavor quality long before the device is completely dry.

Waiting for your vape to start tasting burnt at some unknown point in the future doesn’t exactly make it easy for you to plan your purchases. It’s also not terribly user friendly, which is somewhat ironic since disposable vapes (like those from Vybrant) are supposed to be the easiest vapes for beginners to use. That’s why Raz and other manufacturers have begun to offer vapes with a new feature – a smart display – that gives you a better idea of what’s going on. Modern vapes like the Raz DC25000 have this feature, and maybe that’s the device you’re using right now. We’ll discuss smart screens next.

What If You’re Using a Raz Vape with a Screen?

If you’re using the Raz Vape DC25000 or another vape with a screen, you’ve probably noticed that the screen has a meter intended to represent your device’s e-liquid supply. So, how exactly does the screen work? If you have a vape with a screen, you should treat the meter as more of a general guideline than an exact representation of what’s in your device. We’ll explain why.

Although many new disposable vapes are now including smart screens as standard equipment, the truth is that your vape doesn’t actually have any way of knowing how much vape juice is in the device. Instead, it just uses an algorithm that makes the meter tick down as you vape. The algorithm is designed to let you know approximately when you’ll need to replace the device, but it’ll never be exact.

The fact that your Raz Vape is essentially guessing about its e-liquid supply means that it’s possible to encounter a situation in which your device says that it’s empty when it actually isn’t. This is common, in fact, because manufacturers usually tune their algorithms to be conservative. After all, you’d be pretty unhappy if your Raz Vape was empty, but the screen said that you still had e-liquid left.

Since your device’s e-liquid meter isn’t exact, you should treat it as a tool that gives you advance warning when your vape juice supply is getting low. Your vape may not be empty exactly when the meter says it is – but if the meter is low, you’ll definitely need to replace your device soon. The only way to know for sure when your Raz Vape is empty, though, is by paying attention to the flavor.

Does a Raz Vape DC25000 Really Deliver 25,000 Puffs?

It’s possible that you’re looking for information about how to know when a Raz Vape is empty because you have a high-capacity device like the Raz DC25000, which is advertised to deliver up to 25,000 puffs. Maybe you think you haven’t quite used the device that long, and you’re concerned that it may not have actually delivered on its claims.

Here’s what you need to know about disposable vapes and their puff counts.

  • A disposable vape delivers up to the number of puffs stated on the box. The puff count isn’t a promise because the number of puffs your device produces is largely determined by how you vape. The puff count is mainly intended as a general guideline that helps you compare different devices.
  • When manufacturers state the puff counts for their devices, they do so with the assumption that each of your puffs will be just one second long. Try timing a few puffs with a stopwatch. If your puffs are longer than one second, you’ll need to adjust your expectations accordingly.
  • If you’re using a device that offers more than one vaping mode, don’t forget that using a mode that produces bigger clouds will exhaust your device’s e-liquid supply more quickly.
  • The most accurate way to compare different disposable vapes is by looking at how much e-liquid they contain – not their puff counts.

How to Make a Raz Vape Last Longer

Now that you know everything about how to tell when a Raz Vape is empty, you might be left with one remaining question: How can you make your vapes last longer? The answer is that if you want to make a Raz Vape last as long as it can, you need to start thinking more like a smoker. We’ll explain.

When you smoke a cigarette, each session has a distinct beginning and end. You know when your session is over because you put the cigarette out – and you don’t immediately light another one because you don’t want to run out too quickly.

Vaping, on the other hand, doesn’t automatically limit your consumption in the way that smoking does – so you’ll need to do that yourself. Try to use your Raz Vape around 20 times per day and limit yourself to around 10 puffs per session. That way, you’ll consume roughly the same amount of nicotine that you would have consumed as a smoker. Your vapes will also last noticeably longer.