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Online Games to Play at Your Hotel Room

The comfort of your temporary home may not always be enough to stop you from getting bored while on the move and residing in a hotel room. This is where online games come in. All you need is a laptop or smartphone with good internet access, and you are ready to go. This will allow you to enjoy yourself from your hotel room as long as there is an internet connection. Thus, if you would like to relax, try out your expertise, or mingle with other people, there are online games that will definitely satisfy your desires. The following are some suggestions for playing these kinds of games during your next hotel stay.

Casual Games for Relaxation

For those who want to relax after sightseeing or business meetings, casual games are ideal choices. These include simple games like “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush Saga,” among others, that take the least brain power and time commitment when one desires to play them for relaxation purposes only. They have an addictive nature that derives from their simplicity but still make it possible for one-hour-long engagement. As they consist of short levels, it’s possible to play one before going back to other duties, so if it can last less than five minutes, then it has become ideal for a hotel location.

Thrilling Casino Games Online

Online casino games are ideal for those who love gambling due to their thrill. Examples include blackjack, roulette, and poker, or many alternatives depending on the interests and skills involved in them respectively. Moreover, online slots offer an easy gateway into the exhilaration tied to a victory worth celebrating. If you’re feeling lucky, go ahead and try some real pokies online, and turn your hotel room into an exciting casino experience.

Strategy Games for a Mental Workout

Strategy games present those who love challenges with an opportunity for mental exercise. Some titles, such as “Civilization VI” or “Clash of Clans,” require resource management, planning, as well as tactical thinking in order to succeed. It’s very easy for these types of games, which makes players forget about time when trying out their next plans step by step due to their high addictiveness levels. Strategy games can keep your mind active throughout the relaxed moments spent in a hotel room. Plus, many of these games offer multiplayer modes, allowing you to compete against others globally.

Multiplayer Games to Connect with Friends

Playing and traveling are two things that can’t work together. However, travel isn’t a reason to miss out on social gaming, either. Multiplayer titles like “Fortnite” or “Among Us” enable one to stay connected to friends and relatives at home or even make other friends online. Such games frequently require cooperation and teamwork, thereby including the social element in your playtime. In terms of being alone, playing these multiplayer games makes you feel less lonely since they have a sense of belonging, hence becoming the best way of staying in touch with others in different areas.

Puzzle Games to Sharpen Your Mind

Puzzle games are meant for people who enjoy problem-solving and logical thinking. These include such games as “Tetris,” “Sudoku,” and a series of puzzles called ‘The Room’ where one has different challenges trying to solve them using their brains. One can also play during short breaks because these puzzles don’t take long; thus, good for travel purposes. Additionally, puzzle games may be relaxing or challenging and thus give a feeling of satisfaction when you cope with some difficult tasks.

illuminati hotties Drops New Song ‘The L’

Sarah Tudzin has unveiled a new single from her upcoming illuminati hotties album POWER. ‘The L’ follows lead single ‘Didn’t’ (featuring Cavetown) and the title track. Give it a listen below.

“’The L’ is about knowing when to back down – it’s a lesson I’ve had the great fortune to have many chances to learn over and over again,” Tudzin explained in a statement. “It’s about putting your pride aside in favor of resolution. We could go separate ways, but I’ll take the ‘L’ instead.”

“The vocals in the bridge are from the original demo, and capture how tiny and vulnerable I feel when I’m surrendering to love and compromise,” she continued. “It’s very hard when you’re independent and sure-headed and stubborn to figure out how to navigate partnership, but I’ve thrown my hands up in this song… love always comes out on top.”

POWER, the follow-up to 2020’s Let Me Do One More, arrives August 23 on Hopeless Records.

Snail Mail Releases Cover of the Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Tonight, Tonight’

Snail Mail’s Lindsay Jordan made her acting debut in Jane Schoenbrun’s recent A24 film I Saw the TV Glow, and she also recorded a track for its indie star-studded soundtrack. Her rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Tonight, Tonight’ is now available on streaming services. Listen to it below.

“This all came together really serendipitously. We had been working on this cover to play on the Valentine tour, before I got the part,” Jordan explained in a press release. “It came up early on because I have a tattoo on my right arm of the man in the moon to commemorate the first ever science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon and the Smashing Pumpkins video for ‘Tonight, Tonight’. While reading the script, I discovered the arch nemesis of the Pink Opaque is inspired by the same imagery. I told Jane we were doing this cover in NYC, they came and saw it live, and the rest was herstory.”

Magdalena Bay Unveil New Single ‘Tunnel Vision’

Magdalena Bay have released a new single, ‘Tunnel Vision’, lifted from their upcoming album Imaginal Disk. It follows earlier offerings ‘Image’ and ‘Death & Romance’. The duo had this to say about the track: “Artificial intelligence won’t approximate humanity until it learns how to hate itself.” Listen below.

Imaginal Disk, the follow-up to 2021’s Mercurial World, lands on August 23 via Mom+Pop. Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Magdalena Bay.

High Vis Announce New Album ‘Guided Tour’, Share New Single

High Vis have announced a new LP, Guided Tour. The follow-up to 2022’s Blending comes out November 18 on Dais. It’s led by the single ‘Mind’s a Lie’, which samples vocals from South London singer and DJ Ell Murphy. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.

“I wanted to look at how quickly negative habits can take control when you lack a positive or constructive outlet for your energy,”vocalist Graham Sayle said of the new song in a statement. “While the language of mental health provision has found fertile ground in the churn of social media, access to essential services has been decimated by the indifference of successive Tory governments. Further division has been stoked through governmental rhetoric and media scapegoating. Without adequate support in times of crisis, life can quickly spiral into an angry and isolated existence.”

Guided Tour was recorded across a few weeks at Holy Mountain Studios in London with producer Jonah Falco and engineer Stanley Gravett. It includes last month’s ‘Mob DLA’.

Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with High Vis. 

Guided Tour Cover Artwork:

Guided Tour Tracklist:

1. Guided Tour
2. Drop Me Out
3. Worth the Wait
4. Feeling Bless
5. Fill the Gap
6. Farringdon
7. Mob DLA
8. Untethered
9. Deserve It
10. Mind’s a Lie
11. Gone Forever

American Football Announce Covers Album With Ethel Cain, Manchester Orchestra, Iron & Wine, and More

American Football are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic 1999 self-titled debut with a fully remastered edition as well as a track-by-track covers collection. Both LPs will be out October 18 via Polyvinyl. American Football (Covers) features Iron & Wine’s cover of ‘Never Meant’, which is out now, as well as Ethel Cain taking on ‘For Sure’, Manchester Orchestra’s version of ‘Stay Home’, Blondshell covering ‘The Summer Ends’, John McEntire’s rendition of ‘The One With the Wurlitzer’, and more. Check out a video for Iron & Wine’s cover below.

“My neighbour Brad Cook and I have been circling each other hoping to work on something for a bit,” Sam Beam of Iron & Wine said in a statement. “When I was asked about this project, it felt like the perfect opportunity. Especially a song that I knew meant a lot to American Football’s fans. Honoured to be part of this and hoping we did it justice.”

American Football’s Steve Lamos added: “When the first Iron & Wine record came out, it threaded the needle between Townes Van Zandt and Elliott Smith. It felt like if Nick Drake grew up with us listening to Fugazi before pivoting to making bedroom art folk. In other words, it was exactly what we would have been making if our first record came out when we were 28 instead of 22. Sam Beam is an incredible songwriter and interpreter of song, and it is beyond flattering that he would take the time to interpret one of ours.”

American Football (25th Anniversary Edition) Cover Artwork:

American Football (25th Anniversary Edition) Tracklist:

1. Never Meant
2. The Summer Ends
3. Honestly?
4. For Sure
5. You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon
6. But the Regrets Are Killing Me
7. I’ll See You When We’re Both Not So Emotional
8. Stay Home
9. The One With the Wurlitzer

American Football (Covers) Cover Artwork:

American Football (Covers) Tracklist:

1. Iron & Wine – Never Meant
2. Blondshell – The Summer Ends
3. Novo Amor & Lowswimmer – Honestly?
4. Ethel Cain – For Sure
5. Yvette Young – You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon
6. Girl Ultra – But the Regrets Are Killing Me
7. M.A.G.S. – I’ll See You When We’re Both Not So Emotional
8. Manchester Orchestra – Stay Home
9. John McEntire – The One With the Wurlitzer

Father John Misty Announces Greatest-Hits AIbum, Shares New Song ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’

Father John Misty has announced a best-of compilation, Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl, which will be out August 16 via Sub Pop. It closes with a new song called ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’. Listen to it below, and scroll down for the album’s cover art (by Tragic Sunshine aka Kevin Tong) and tracklist.

According to a press release, ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’ will appear on a new album Father John Misty is set to release later in 2024. His last LP was 2022’s Chloë and the Next 20th Century.

Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl Cover Artwork:

Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl Tracklist:

1. Nancy From Now On
2. Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest of Them All
3. Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
4. Goodbye Mr. Blue
5. When You’re Smiling And Astride Me
6. Mr. Tillman
7. Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
8. Please Don’t Die
9. I’m Writing a Novel
10. Real Love Baby
11. Buddy’s Rendezvous
12. Total Entertainment Forever
13. Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
14. Holy Shit
15. Pure Comedy
16. I Love You, Honeybear
17. I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All

Jack White Officially Releasing New Album ‘No Name’ This Week

Jack White has now formally announced the release of his new album No Name, which was secretly distributed in his Third Man Records stores earlier this month. The record will hit streaming services this Friday (August 2). A blue indie vinyl edition will be available in Third Man Records retail stores on Thursday and in select independent record stores across the world the following day. Check out No Name‘s cover artwork and tracklist below.

No Name marks White’s sixth solo album, following Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive in 2022. After its initial release, Third Man Records encouraged fans who got ahold of the record to rip it and distribute it online.

No Name Cover Artwork:

No Name Tracklist:

1. Old Scratch Blues
2. Bless Yourself
3. That’s How I’m Feeling
4. It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking)
5. Archbishop Harold Holmes
6. Bombing Out
7. What’s the Rumpus?
8. Tonight (Was a Long Time Ago)
9. Underground
10. Number One With a Bullet
11. Morning at Midnight
12. Missionary
13. Terminal Archenemy Endling

Wishy Share New Single ‘Just Like Sunday’

Wishy have dropped another single from their forthcoming debut album Triple Seven. It’s called ‘Just Like Sunday’, and it follows previous cuts ‘Sick Sweet’‘Love on the Outside’, and the title track. Check out a video for it below.

“It’s mostly a love song about yearning and bending to the will of someone you care about while also letting go of your inhibitions,” the band’s Nina Pitchkites said of ‘Just Like Sunday’ in a statement. “When we first were writing and demoing out the song, we likened this track to the cadence of a Goo Goo Dolls song, which meant that the working title was subsequently called ‘What If Goo Goo.’”

Triple Seven, the follow-up to last year’s Paradise EP, is set to arrive on August 16 via Winspear. Read our Artist Spotlight interview with Wishy.

The Blessed Madonna Announces Debut Album ‘Godspeed’ Featuring Kylie Minogue, A-Trak, and More

The Blessed Madonna – aka DJ, musician, and producer Marea Stamper – has announced her debut album, Godspeed, which is out October 11. The 24-track effort features collaborations with Kylie Minogue, A-Track, and more, as well as the previously released songs ‘Mercy’ (with Jacob Lusk), ‘Serotonin Moonbeams’, ‘Happier’ (featuring Clementine Douglas), ‘Count on My Love’ (with Daniel Wilson and Kon). Check out its latest single, the DJ E-Clyps-assisted title track, below.

Stamper shared the following statement about the album:

Godspeed: the word marks the beginning of a journey and sometimes the end of one.

After nearly a year in lockdown, when I signed the paperwork and knew that I was going to be allowed to make this album, I called my dad in Kentucky to tell him the good news. He could not contain his pride and in a way his relief. I was going to be ok. He says it better than I do at the beginning of the record. I lost him suddenly just weeks before the first session, but his voice will live in Godspeed forever and make a million more journeys to everyone who hears it.

This is a welcome and a farewell.
The end of a journey and the beginning.
A clock running out and an alarm.
These are the days running over the hills like wild horses and nights that never end.
There is no second of this album that was not touched, heard, shaped and believed in by The Godsquad, and first and foremost my twin, my brother Pat Alvarez.

And then by some miracle Jon and Dom from Sportsbanger appeared and seemed to instantly understand how to get inside of this project and speak on my behalf in visual ways. They saw me immediately and helped me make sense. To be able to trust them was a relief, a vindication and a blessing. I have no higher respect for any group of artists.

So here it is:

This is Godspeed.
This is your chance.
Now do your dance.

Godspeed Cover Artwork:

Godspeed Tracklist:

1. God Has Left The Room (Intro)
2. Somebody’s Daughter
3. Nowhere Fast
4. Henny Hold Up [feat. Mother Marygold, Ric Wilson]
5. Jinterlude
6. Serotonin Moonbeams
7. Edge of Saturday Night with Kylie Minogue
8. U Want 6 Grand 4 Wut (Interlude)
9. Blessed Already [feat. Ric Wilson, Mabl]
10. Strength (R U Ready) [feat. Joy Crookes]
11. Why Trax Records Still Sucks in 24 (Interlude)
12. We Still Believe [feat. Jamie Principle]
13. That’s The Shhh (Pure Love) (Interlude)
14.Carry Me Higher [feat. Danielle Ponde]
15. Henterlude [feat. Joy Anonymous]
16. Back 2 Love Feat. Jin Jin
17. Brand New [feat. James Vincent McMorrow, A-Trak]
18. Count On My Love Feat. Daniel Wilson, KON
19. Godspeed [feat. DJ E-Clyps]
20. Secretariat [eat. Shaun J. Wright, KON]
21. Mercy (The Welcome) [feat. Jacob Lusk]
22. Mercy Feat. Jacob Lusk
23. Your Mom <3 (Interlude)
24. Happier [feat. Clementine Douglas]