Ahead of the release of her third LP This Is How Tomorrow Moves tomorrow (August 9), beabadoobee has shared a video for one more single, ‘Beaches’. It follows previous cuts ‘Ever Seen’, ‘Take a Bite’, and ‘Coming Home’. Check it out below.
Bea Kristi wrote ‘Beaches’ while recording the album at Rick Rubin’s Malibu studios, Shangri-La. Recounting her first time jumping into the water in Malibu, she said, “I was just going to put my feet in. But then everyone was like, ‘Why wouldn’t you just put your whole body in? Jump in!’. And that became such an encapsulation of this whole recording opportunity – don’t do it half-arsed, just go fucking full-force!”
Kelly Lee Owens has released ‘Sunshine’, the second single from her upcoming album . It follows lead offering ‘Love You Got’, and you can check it out below.
Dreamstate, the follow-up to 2022’s LP.8, is out October 18 via dh2, a new electronic music imprint at Dirty Hit spearheaded by George Daniel of the 1975.
The Smile have released a new song, ‘Don’t Get Me Started’, alongside an accompanying video directed by Weirdcore. The supergroup of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner debuted the track during their UK tour dates in March this year, and it also appeared on a limited edition 12″ released last Friday along with another new song, ‘The Slip’. Check out ‘Don’t Get Me Started’ below.
The Smile’s sophomore album, Wall of Eyes, came out in January.
London trio Honeyglaze have released ‘Pretty Girls’, the latest single from their forthcoming album Real Deal. It follows previous entries ‘Cold Caller’ and ‘Don’t’. Check out its James Ogram-directed video below.
“’Pretty Girls’ is our poppiest song yet, and we reworked it intermittently over a couple of years,” the band said in a statement. “I think we were hesitant to lean into the simplicity of it for a while, as we normally love pushing our arrangements and going for more unconventional parts. We really stripped this song back, tried not to overcomplicate it and just enjoyed how fun and groovy it is. The song is about resisting the urge to indulge in bad habits. The line ‘I’m in touch with my feminine side I always wear pink’ was actually taken from a conversation I overheard, it’s one of my favourite lyrics because I still don’t know whether it’s sarcastic or not.”
Real Deal is set to be released on September 20 via Fat Possum.
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
