New York City electronic hardcore duo Machine Girl have announced a new album, MG Ultra. Marking their first album in half a decade as well as their debut for new label home Future Classic, it’s set to arrive on October 18. Listen to the new single ‘Until I Die’ below, and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
MG Ultra Cover Artwork:
MG Ultra Tracklist:
1. Until I Die
2. Nu Nu Meta Phenomena
3. Sick!!!
4. Just Because You Can
5. Hot Lizard
6. Innerface
7. Motherfather
8. Ass2Mars
9. Cicadas
10. Grindhouse
11. House of Mirrors
12. Schizodipshit
13. Psychic Attack
Taylor Swift has canceled her three Eras Tour shows in Vienna following the arrest of two people who allegedly plotted a terrorist attack in the area where Swift’s concert was set to take place. Swift was scheduled to perform on August 8, 9, and 10 at the city’s Ernst-Happel-Stadion.
“Due to confirmation by government officials of a planned terrorist attack at the Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three planned shows for everyone’s safety,” reads a statement from the show’s promoter, Barracuda Music. “All tickets will be automatically refunded within the next 10 working days.”
According to a German-language press release from the Austrian interior department, both suspects – one being a 19-year-old who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS in July – had been radicalized online and had detailed plans for their attacks. “Based on current assessments by the State Security and Intelligence Directorate regarding terrorist and extremist acts, the Vienna State Police Directorate has increased security precautions, particularly at major events. The terror alert level in Austria remains high and is continuously evaluated.”
“The suspects were focused on the Taylor Swift concerts,” Austrian Director General for Public Safety Franz Ruf said (via NY Post). “We discovered that he was taking action to prepare for the attack. A clear threat has been averted.”
Nearly 200,000 people had been expected to attend Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts. They were to be second-to-last stop on her European tour, before a five-night stint at London’s Wembley Stadium from August 14-18.
Taylor Swift’s upcoming shows in Vienna have been cancelled due to threat posed by suspected ISIS-connected plot to attack the stadium. pic.twitter.com/K8PVdGIiST
Nala Sinephro has shared the first preview of her recently announced album Endlessness. ‘Continuum 1’ features Morgan Simpson on drums and James Mollison on saxophone. Listen to it below.
Endlessness is scheduled for release on September 6 via Warp. Sheila Maurice-Grey, Lyle Barton, Nubya Garcia, Natcyet Wakili, and Dwayne Kilvington also perform on the LP.
Toro y Moi has shared two new songs from his upcoming album Hole Erth: ‘Hollywood’, a collaboration with Death Cab for Cutie/Postal Service leader Ben Gibbard, and ‘CD-R’. They follows previous cuts ‘Heaven’, featuring Kevin Abstract and Lev, and ‘Tuesday’. Take a listen below.
“I’ve been a fan of Ben’s music for some time now and it only felt right to have him be a part of this record,” Chaz Bear said in a statement. “With the album having themes of angst and nostalgia, ‘Hollywood’ felt like a perfect fit.”
Of ‘CD-R’, he added: “‘CD-R’ is a song that pays homage to the days before playlisting and streaming—the days when things were curated by people and not the algorithm.”
Vermont trio Thus Love have annoucned their sophomore LP, All Pleasure. The follow-up to their 2022 debut Memorial arrives on November 1 via Captured Tracks. It’s led by ‘Birthday Song’, which comes with a music video directed by Augie Voss and Benni Shumlin. Check it out below.
“‘Birthday Song’ is a simple song about friendship and how we sometimes don’t give those kinds of platonic relationships the respect and care they need to thrive,” vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars explained in a statement. “We don’t have the same language that we do for romantic partnerships but I think those relationships are every bit as important in making us feel safe, secure and validated. When it came time to select the first single, ‘Birthday Song’ felt like the perfect way to introduce the new version of Thus Love and our new friends, Ally and Shane.”
Augie Voss and Benni Shumlin added: “Working with Thus Love is always a pleasure. It’s a rare and wonderful occasion where everyone on set is as big of a freak as we are. We sought to capture this new era of the band with a mishmash of lust, ruralness, yearning, pop, and queerdom. Party-girl and forager alike can get down. For this visual we were excited to lean into the ethereal gay magic that Southern Vermont in the summer can conjure — a world of moss and swamps and sun, where the line between human and creature starts to blur.”
All Pleasure Cover Artwork:
All Pleasure Tracklist:
1. On The Floor
2. Birthday Song
3. Get Stable
4. All Pleasure
5. FaceTo Face
6. Lost in Translation
7. Show Me Patience
8. House On A Hill
9. Bread For Blood
10. Losing A Friend
Regional Justice Center, the powerviolence band led by Militarie Gun’s Ian Shelton, are back with news of their first album since 2021’s Crime and Punishment. Freedom, Sweet Freedom is set to land on September 20 via Closed Casket Activities. Listen to the new singles ‘Freedom’ and ‘Take a Step Away’ below, and scroll down for the album’s cover art and tracklist.
Shelton started Regional Justice Center in 2016 after his younger brother Max was incarcerated. Max was released in 2022, and he joins his brother on the new album, along with Taylor Young of Twitching Tongues and Nails.
In a statement, Max said: “Eight years ago to the day, I woke up in county jail. I was confused, I had zero recollection of what events took place to land me there, and I didn’t know how long I’d be gone or when I’d be able to see and hug my family again. To be able to reclaim these dates and put something positive and hopeful in place of the trauma and anxiety that had always been wrapped around it all — that is the most beautiful full circle moment to me. Even a lotus can grow in mud. Freedom, sweet freedom.”
Ian added: “When Max went away, I started RJC as a way of unpacking everything that was happening, so he’s been a defining part of the band from the start — but the plan was always for him to be even more involved when he got out. I never knew exactly what that would mean until we started making this album and it became clear: he’s the singer of the band. RJC has always been about Max’s story and I’m happy for him to finally be able to tell it with his own voice.”
Freedom, Sweet Freedom Cover Artwork:
Freedom, Sweet Freedom Tracklist:
1. Freedom
2. Diplomatic Solution
3. Moral Death Sentence
4. Weight
5. Rewired
6. Comfort of Addiction
7. Take a Step Away
8. Pariah
9. Prying Eyes
10. Curse
11. Unnerving
12. Sweet Freedom
“Central Park West” is a first-person account of me wandering through Manhattan on a solo jaunt. A lot of the song references the Museum of Natural History, which has always fascinated me with its weird dioramas and quiet low lighting. I also walk through Central Park, the Upper West Side, and the Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library on 42nd Street (which the album is named after). The song evokes a kind of woodland sound palette with flutes, banjo, and acoustic guitar, and it feels like a fun juxtaposition with the cosmopolitan stuff. “Central Park West” is backed with another song from the new album, “Dawn”, which is kind of Phillip-Glass-inspired and builds in a really pretty way. “Dawn” is this really simple tune about the beginning of a day and all of the opportunity it brings.
‘Tom’ was initially named after Vanderpump Rules cast member Tom Schwartz, aka Katie Maloney’s ex-husband. “After revisiting the song years later, I decided to make it less serious and revise some of the lyrics,” the band’s Gep Repasky explained. “It ended up being about unrequited ‘love’ between me and a coworker who I didn’t know was gay.”
The song will be played at the Atlanta Braves baseball game tonight; Braves pitcher Spencer Strider has hand-picked his three Atlanta bands – Lunar Vacation, Trash Panda, and Dinner Time – to collaborate with, and will be giving away 5,000 vinyl for each band.
“I remember exactly when and where I first heard Lunar Vacation – that’s how immediately they became one of my favourite groups,” Strider said. “When I learned they were from Atlanta, it exponentially increased the enjoyment I derive from their music. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have followed their maturation and growth from the beginning.”
ELUCID has announced a new album, REVELATOR, which is set to come out on October 11 via Fat Possum. Today, he’s shared a new single, ‘INSTANT TRANSFER’, featuring his Armand Hammer bandmate billy woods. Check it out below.
‘INSTANT TRANSFER’ was recorded “in Los Angeles at The Alchemist’s studio about to catch a flight to Australia,” ELUCID recalled in a press release. “With much momentum behind me/us and even more on the horizon, I knew a purpose. I knew every step was ordered to that purpose.”
REVELATOR features another collaboratios with billy woods called ‘Bad Pollen’, as well as guest appearances from wCreature and Skech185. Additional producers on the album, which follows 2022’s I Told Bessie, include August Fanon, Child Actor, The Lasso, and DJ Haram. “I wanted to get as freaky as I could at this moment,” ELUCID said. “I wanted people to hear things, maybe for the first time, or in a way they haven’t for a long while.”
REVELATOR Cover Artwork:
REVELATOR Tracklist:
1. WORLD IS DOG (prod. by Jon Nellen & ELUCID)
2. CCTV feat. Creature (prod. by August Fanon & ELUCID)
3. YOTTABYTE (prod. by Child Actor)
4. BAD POLLEN feat. billy woods (prod. by Saint Abdullah)
5. SLUM OF A DISREGARD (prod. by ELUCID)
6. RFID (prod. by Alan Duggan)
7. INSTANT TRANSFER feat. billy woods (prod. by Samiyam)
8. IKEBANA (prod. by Jon Nellen & ELUCID)
9. IN THE SHADOW OF IF (prod. by Jon Nellen & ELUCID)
10. SKP (prod. by Andrew Broder)
11. HUSHPUPPIES (prod. by ELUCID)
12. 14.4 feat. Skech185 (prod. by Saint Abdullah & The Lasso)
13. VOICE 2 SKULL (prod. by Child Actor)
14. XOLO (prod. by The Lasso)
15. ZIGZAGZIG (prod. by DJ Haram)
yunè pinku has announced a new EP, Scarlet Lamb, sharing the single ‘Believe’ along with the news. The follow-up to last year’s BABYLON IX EP lands on October 4 via Method 808. Check out a visual for the new track, which was produced with Cecile Believe, below.
“‘Believe’ was written alongside the amazing Cecile Believe last year,” pinku explained in a press release. “It’s about the elevation that faith (whether externally or internally) can give you. It’s written from an almost omnipresent point of view, like a guardian angel or a lost friend on the other side looking out for you. Sonically, it’s also moving into a more alternative-indie range of sounds with some slight hyperpop influences in the percussions of the track. I think it was one of/if not the first track made off this EP, so in my mind it’s a bit of a baptism track for the whole project.”
