Low’s Alan Sparhawk has released a new song from his upcoming debut solo LP, White Roses, My God. Following lead single ‘Can U Hear’, ‘Get Still’ arrives with a music video directed by Ingrid Weise. Check it out below.
White Roses, My God is set for release on September 27 via Sub Pop. The album was co-produced and engineered by Sparhawk and Nat Harvie, mixed by Nat Harvie, and mastered by Heba Kadry.
Yating Liu, a distinguished graphic designer with international acclaim, has been honored with the prestigious A’ Design Award in the Graphics and Visual Communication Design category for her groundbreaking project, Unicorn Rebrand. Created for a Mexican taco truck in New York, this experimental and innovative branding project exemplifies Liu’s remarkable ability to blend cultural storytelling with bold, modern aesthetics, setting a new standard in contemporary branding design.
The A’ Design Award, often hailed as the “Oscars of European Design,” is one of the most competitive and revered accolades in the design world. It celebrates outstanding creativity and innovation across diverse disciplines. Liu’s recognition underscores her exceptional talent in visual communication and her ability to craft designs that deeply resonate with their target audiences.
Unicorn Rebrand represents a masterful interplay of cultural references and contemporary design. The name “Unicorn” itself embodies multiple layers of meaning: “Uni” signifies university life, uniqueness, and unity, aligning with the brand’s mission to connect young people through food. Meanwhile, “Corn” anchors the design in its Mexican culinary heritage, as the taco’s essential ingredient. The logo’s semicircular shape cleverly mirrors a taco, creating immediate recognition of the product, while its vibrant color palette and badge-like motifs appeal to college students.
Adding a touch of cultural authenticity, the exclamation mark in the logo reflects Spanish punctuation conventions, infusing the brand with playful energy. Beyond the logo, Liu’s attention to detail extends to the overall brand system. The menu design incorporates academic themes, reinforcing the brand’s connection to university life and ensuring a cohesive visual identity. This comprehensive approach makes Unicorn Rebrand more than just a branding project—it becomes a cultural narrative that bridges divides and speaks directly to its audience.
Liu’s journey as a designer has been shaped by her impressive academic and professional background. After graduating in 2019 from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York in communication design, she began her career at renowned companies such as Viacom and Prophet, where she honed her expertise in branding and design strategy. Currently, Liu works as a brand designer at the renowned agency 2×4’s Beijing office, where she continues to produce innovative work for prominent clients, including ByteDance, CBRE, Fubon Art Museum and Aranya Culture, and etc.
This recognition by the A’ Design Award marks a significant milestone in Liu’s career, solidifying her position as a visionary designer whose work transcends cultural and geographic boundaries. Unicorn Rebrand not only celebrates its cultural roots but also demonstrates how thoughtful design can forge meaningful connections. As Liu continues to evolve her practice, her work remains a powerful testament to the transformative potential of design—where ideas become compelling visual stories that inspire and unite.
Unicorn Rebrand is one of many projects that have earned Liu international acclaim. Alongside the A’ Design Award, the project has been recognized by prestigious competitions such as the GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards, the Indigo Design Award (Gold), and the Hermes Creative Awards (Gold). These accolades affirm Liu’s ability to combine creative innovation with strategic precision, producing designs that are both visually stunning and conceptually profound.
On July 18, 2024, Yating Liu unveiled Unicorn Rebrand at the highly anticipated A’ Winner Designs 2023-2024 Exhibition, hosted by the Museum of Outstanding Design (MOOD). This international traveling design showcase debuted in Italy and will run until July 25 before continuing its global tour.
Liu’s participation in this exhibition represents another landmark in her design career. Her ability to seamlessly weave cultural elements into contemporary design ensures her place as one of China’s most innovative and forward-thinking graphic designers. Through Unicorn Rebrand and her broader portfolio, Liu demonstrates that design is not merely about visual appeal—it is about creating experiences that resonate, connect, and cohesiveness.
Artificial intelligence is just beginning to be implemented in a variety of industries. Kumar eğlencesi de bir istisna değil. Yapay zekanın kullanımı giderek daha fazla çeşitli alanlarda görülebiliyor: Pin Up platformu oyun sürecine yenilikçi teknolojileri aktif olarak dahil ediyor. Türk kullanıcılar Pin-Up casino larının daha konforlu ve sezgisel hale geldiğini belirtiyor. The gambling industry does not stand still, introducing artificial intelligence and machine learning into platform management. This allows to increase the overall security of each user, as well as provide them with the most comfortable user experience.
At the moment, as can be judged by the example of Pin Up Turkey, artificial intelligence is used to protect users’ personal data from fraud. APRS is a pattern recognition system that helps to recognize bots. This technology is actively used to identify real users and block bots. In addition, this technology is used to perform the following tasks:
With the help of artificial intelligence, gambling sites resolve possible conflict situations much faster. AI and machine learning are also being implemented to improve the quality of technical support. With the help of artificial intelligence, it is possible to train chatbots faster and provide answers to frequently asked questions.
Artificial intelligence is capable of completely optimizing the gambling industry. For example, Pin-Up casino is trying to implement this technology to analyze the user experience. For this, statistical data is used, which allows predicting the popularity of certain types of gambling at a specific time.
Also, AI can analyze the market and competitors, providing gambling operators with recommendations on improving marketing strategies and customer service. With the help of such an assistant, you can significantly reduce advertising costs and optimize advertising campaigns and promotions. Artificial intelligence will help increase the profits of the entertainment industry.
Also, the technology has a positive effect on gamblers. This is due to the fact that reducing advertising costs allows you to increase the prize pool and the quality of service from the platform. The overall increase in productivity using artificial intelligence technology allows everyone to get a better gaming experience, which is noticeable in the progress of Pin Up Turkey.
The Pin-Up casino platform implements artificial intelligence technology to analyze user behavior. This allows you to create individual player profiles and adapt the range of games and other winning offers to specific requirements. Offers that meet individual requirements improve the quality of the gaming process as a whole.
Personalized offers are what make the choice for gamblers as obvious, simple and profitable as possible, allowing you to get the most out of the entertainment platform. AI also allows you to analyze risks. This makes it possible to give certain advice to players during gambling.
Artificial intelligence is actively being implemented in Pin Up Turkey in order to ensure fairness and transparency in the formation of winnings. With the help of artificial intelligence, it is possible to guarantee an equal distribution of winnings between all participants in the gaming process. AI is becoming an integral part of the modern entertainment industry, giving everyone the opportunity to take advantage of the maximum benefits.
Netflix’s hit series The Umbrella Academy premiered in 2019 and quickly gained popularity thanks to its charming cast, kooky tone, and intriguing premise.
But is that the case? Let’s find out!
Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy premiered on August 8, 2024, and saw the Hargreeves siblings reconnect to once again stop an apocalypse.
Unfortunately, Netflix confirmed back in 2022 that this is the show’s last season. Additionally, the finale’s events leave little room for a potential season 5 – even though, given the supernatural aspect of the series, that’s never out of the question.
We do live in an era of revivals and reboots. The Umbrella Academy may always come back in some shape and form in the future. For now, we’re afraid the siblings’ story has come to an end.
Given that it revolves around superheroes and apocalypse-like events… no. After all, the series is set in a universe where a group of women gave birth at the same time in 1989 without showing any sign of pregnancy. While we often hear about spectacular birth stories, we combed the archives and are pretty sure that never happened in real life.
The Umbrella Academy is based on the comic book series of the same name penned by My Chemical Romance lead vocalist Gerard Way.
That said, the TV adaptation takes plenty of liberties with the characters and plotlines, as well as boasting a less absurdist tone. As both the comics and series have flair to spare, experiencing the story via both mediums is never a bad idea.
Katy Kirby stopped by the NPR office to play a ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ with her band – Austin Arnold on drums, Margaux Bouchegnies on bass, Logan Chung on guitar and keys, and Lane Rodges on piano. They performed three tracks from Kirby’s latest album Blue Raspberry – ‘Fences’, ‘Cubic Zirconia’, and ‘Table’ – as well as ‘Juniper’ and ‘Portals’ from her 2021 debut Cool Dry Place. Watch it below.
Blue Raspberry was released back in January. Read our track-by-track interview and revisit our Artist Spotlight feature with Katy Kirby.
Wendy Eisenberg has unveiled a new song, ‘HM’, which will appear on their forthcoming LP Viewfinder. Listen to it below.
“‘HM’ is a resurrected tune for small ensemble I wrote in 2016,” Eisenberg explained in a statement. “I wrote it about the feeling of paralysis that occurs when everything you see feels invented or arbitrary. The written material is a line of unbroken and breathless melody, but the rest of the piece is a game—how do you improvise around the fixity of a phenomenon when that phenomenon is the totality of your project?”
Viewfinder is slated for release on September 13 through American Dreams. ‘HM’ follows lead single ‘Lasik’.
St. Louis hardcore outfit Squint have announced a new album called Big Hand, which is out October 25 via Sunday Drive. Along with the news, they’ve shared two new songs: ‘Pack Rat’, which comes with a music video, and ‘Sunshine’. Check them out and find the album cover and tracklist below.
Produced by Jon Markson, Big Hand references “the constant moving of time on a clock,” according to a press release. “In a more literal sense, a big hand can pack a punch, swell, break and recover.”
Big Hand Cover Artwork:
Big Hand Tracklist:
1. Lesson Learned
2. Sunshine
3. Magic
4. Half Asleep
5. Well Wisher
6. Pack Rat
7. Crawl Back
8. Grace
9. Golden State
10. Big Hand
Trace Mountains have put out a new song, ‘Friend’, from their upcoming record Into the Burning Blue. Featuring Craig Hendrix of Japanese Breakfast, the track arrives on the heels of the 7-minute lead single ‘In a Dream’. Check out its accompanying video, directed by sisters Alyx and Sam Soard, below.
“I like to joke that I’m a ‘loner in recovery,’” Dave Benton shared in a press release. “When I wrote “Friend,” I was facing a pretty big transition in my life. I needed to address my own loneliness, and writing the song was like my first step on that path. It was my way of saying, “Yep, I feel lonely sometimes,” and dealing with that good old millennial malaise. I’m just really grateful for the people in my life and trying to tackle the meaning of a word like “Friend” feels impossible, but it’s fun to try.”
About the video, Sam Soard said: “When Dave and I were brainstorming ideas for “Friend,” we found ourselves reflecting on the bizarre nature of the loneliness epidemic. During one of our phone calls, I suggested portraying him as a werewolf. We both laughed at the idea initially but soon realized it was a playful way to capture the surreal social experience we’re all enduring. Dave and his reputation as a well-known cat mom brought a unique perspective to this concept. Exaggerating his personality in this creature-feature felt like a fun way to explore the song’s themes. Our goal was to use humor to emphasize the importance of genuine companionship in a world that often feels chaotic and disconnected.”
Into the Burning Blue comes out September 27 via Lame-O Records.
Closebye have unveiled a new song, ‘Lucky Number’, from their forthcoming album Hammer of My Own, which is out this Friday (August 23). It follows the recently released ‘Two Knocks’. Check out a music video for it below.
Opening up about ‘Lucky Number’, singer-songwriter Jonah Paul Smith said:
The first inspiration for “Lucky Number” came from some article I read about lottery winners who had destroyed their own lives after winning the prize. The idea of a lucky number ultimately leading to someone’s downfall was sad and funny to me. I was thinking about luck and destruction, and at the time, I was mourning the loss of a friendship. The song became about all of those things. One day you feel resentful and betrayed, and another day you feel ashamed of your own stake in the mess. The song follows that shift of blame, as the chorus lyric turns from “take a look at what you destroyed” to “take a look at what I destroyed” later in the song.
A lot of this album is about rebuilding, and this song, the opener of the album, places me sort of looking around at the wreckage and trying to figure out what happened.
Joanna Sternberg has released a new song called ‘A Country Dance’. It’s featured prominently in Between the Temples, an upcoming film directed by Nathan Silver and starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane. Listen to it below.
Recorded in upstate New York by Alex Wenquest, ‘A Country Dance’ was inspired by Sternberg’s close friend Sami Bronowski, who was the first person to encourage them to sing in public. “The joke of the song is: I don’t dance, I don’t drink wine, I don’t go outside and I DEFINITELY do not go out in nature (allergies and insect phobias), but I wanted a playful nonsensical song to sing and to capture the fun I have with my dear pal,” Sternberg explained in a statement.
“I think the reason the song can fit in this beautiful film, is that it captures a freewheeling imaginative feeling,” they added. “The lyrics are vague enough to be applied to anything, and it just creates a ‘fun and fancy-free’ mood!”
‘A Country Dance’ is the third stand-alone since the release of Sternberg’s second album I’ve Got Me last year, following ‘Neighbors’ and ‘Without You’. Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Joanna Sternberg.
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