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Albums Out Today: Sprints, Rejoice, Yikii, Kory Reeder

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Albums Out Today: Sprints, Rejoice, Yikii, Kory Reeder

In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on January 5, 2024:

Sprints, Letter to Self

Sprints have released their debut album, Letter to Self, via City Slang. The follow-up to the Dublin four-piece’s 2022 EP A Modern Job includes the previously shared singles ‘Adore Adore Adore’, ‘Shadow of a Doubt’, ‘Literary Mind’, ‘Up and Comer’, and ‘Heavy’. In a press release, vocalist Karla Chubb described the record as “a deeply personally and autobiographical album lyrically and in its key themes, while sonically it explores a space inspired by our love of early 80s gothic, 90s noise rock and more modern influences. It revisits our most vulnerable moments and imbues them with visceral garage-punk. It aims to take the things that are considered inherently negative – feelings of anxiety, anger and rage, and turning them into a positive. Using our experiences to fuel us and pouring them into a positive outlet. It’s cathartic, it’s honest, it’s raw.”

Rejoice, All of Heaven’s Luck

All of Heaven’s Luck is the debut LP from Columbus metallic hardcore band Rejoice. Out now via Delayed Gratification Records, the 8-track record delves into “capitalism’s destruction of the Earth as we know it, the uber-wealthy’s parasitic tendencies that are changing the Earth, & the common person’s demise due to those aforementioned uber-wealthy,” according to press materials. The album artwork was done by Italian artist Simona Cheli.

Yikii, Chorion

Chorion is the latest LP by the Chinese experimental artist Yikii, following 2021’s Crimson Poem 深紅之詩. Blending avant-garde contemporary classical with videogame composition, the record is named after the membrane that eventually forms part of the placenta. Conceptually, it draws from science-fiction writer Andy Weir’s short story The Egg, which follows the experience of a man on the threshold of reincarnation. On Chorion, which features material Yikii collected between 2018 and 2021, “the idea of whether we are ‘every human being who ever lived’ is presented less as a question and more an inarguable fact,” according to the album’s bio.

Kory Reeder, Snow

Kory Reeder, a composer and performer based out of Denton, Texas, has issued a new album, Snow, via Sawyer Editions, a label specializing in contemporary, experimental, and improvised music. Alongside Reeder on piano, the record features Marijn Meijer on violin, Colin Stokes on cello, and Benjamin Damann on percussion. Its Bandcamp description quotes Louise Glück’s ‘Winter Journey’: “here is the line between,/ resembling/ this line from which our words emerge;/ moonlight breaks through./ Shadows on the snow/ cast by pine trees.”

Other albums out today:

DXR & Vale-Smith, 11 Nights; bergsonist, Avant; Move It, Football Head, Want to Come Over and Not Exist Together?; GRAY STATE, Under the Wheels of Progress.

1999 WRITE THE FUTURE Share New Single ‘rUN tHE FaDE’ Featuring Eyedress

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1999 WRITE THE FUTURE Share New Single ‘rUN tHE FaDE’ Featuring Eyedress

The 88rising collective 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE have teamed up with Eyedress for a new song, ‘rUN tHE FaDE’. It follows last month’s ‘MiNt cHoCoLaTe’ featuring BADBADNOTGOOD, Westside Gunn, and Conway the Machine. The track comes with an accompanying video directed by Bee Eyes and featuring Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson). Check it out below.

Liam Gallagher and John Squire Share New Song ‘Just Another Rainbow’

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Liam Gallagher and John Squire Share New Song ‘Just Another Rainbow’

Liam Gallagher and John Squire have shared a new single, ‘Just Another Rainbow’. It’s the first offering from their upcoming collaborative album, which is set to arrive this year. Check it out below.

“To me the most obvious take on ‘Just Another Rainbow” is that it’s about disappointment, and the sentiment is that you never get what you really want,” Squire said in a statement. “But I don’t like to explain songs, I think that’s the privilege of the listener, it’s whatever you want it to be. To me, it’s also one of the most uplifting tracks we’ve made together, which is weird.”

Gallagher added: “I think John’s a top songwriter. Everyone always bangs on about him as a guitarist, but he’s a top songwriter too, man, no two ways about it as far as I’m concerned. There’s not enough of his music out there, whether it’s with the Roses or himself. It’s good to see him back writing songs and fucking good ones. The melodies are mega and then the guitars are a given. But I think even when you take all the fucking guitars off, you can play the songs all on acoustic and they’ll all still blow your mind.”

9 Books We’re Excited to Read in January 2024

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9 Books We’re Excited to Read in January 2024

Another start to the year means more chances for productivity and starting resolutions you’ve always wanted to do. If your goal is to read more, Our Culture has you covered — each month, we’ll be selecting upcoming books to add to your reading list.

The Fetishist, Katherine Min (Jan 9)

Daniel has long lusted after Asian women, treating them like throwaway dolls when he finds a new one to play with, but Kyoko, the daughter of Emi, the woman whose death he had caused, doesn’t let him get away so easily. After a bungled homicide attempt to get revenge, she kidnaps Daniel and must live with the man who broke her family. Katherine Min confronts race and the ways in which we try to seek it out or see through it in her blazing and thrilling posthumous novel. 

City of Laughter, Temim Fruchter (Jan 16)

A debut novel that explores queerness, Judaism, and international sagas, City of Laughter is a detailed and moving portrait of women trying to find themselves. Navigating through life after a breakup and losing your father is hard enough, but Shiva, a student of Jewish folklore, takes her chance and visits Poland to try to make sense of her family identity. In an attempt to define her past, she also makes sense of her present.

Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino (Jan 16)

Adina is a girl living in Philadelphia, who, for all intents and purposes, believes she is an alien sent from space. While sleeping, she visits a classroom where she intuits her purpose on earth is to report on human life and send it to her superiors via fax machine. In this warm and thoughtful novel, we see the best, worst, and small intricacies of human behavior through the eyes of a girl who believes herself to be separate from the pack. Adina’s alien status might just be a metaphor, but the feelings of joy, pain, and loneliness that surround her as she moves through life as a human are as real as they get.

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture, Kyle Chayka (Jan 16)

From New Yorker staff writer and author of a previous book about minimalism comes a new work about a relatively innocuous staple of modern-day culture: the algorithm. When we’re scrolling on Instagram and TikTok and find a new movie, show, coffee shop, or product to consume, we assume it’s for our best intentions, but the data-mining behind the content is just the tip of the iceberg. In a thoughtful exploration, Chayka details how the internet knows us in and out and how companies are all too eager to use the information to profit.

Bad Foundations, Brian Allen Carr (Jan 17)

The author of Opioid, Indiana, returns with an absurd (in a great way) novel about Cook, a man who crawls under houses for a living. Broken up between unfiltered thoughts, off-kilter ‘crawls’ where wealthy couples are shocked to hear how much a renovation costs, lengthy trips to get sales up and dreamlike conversations between his daughters, Bad Foundations is a constantly unpredictable read.

Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar (Jan 23)

In poet Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel, an Iranian poet travels to New York City to speak to Orkideh, a dying performance artist currently in the middle of her last exhibition. Inspired to write a book of martyrs, Cyrus is haunted by the death of his mother, killed in a civilian plane downed by the United States, and wishes his own death to mean something. Interspersed with POVs from characters like his uncle and mother alongside poignant and honest self-reflections about writing, legacy, Akbar’s debut is one to watch.

Broughtupsy, Christina Cooke (Jan 23)

In this emotional and strong debut novel, twenty-year-old Akúa flies home to her native Jamaica after a family emergency to wander the island in search of what she’s missed and the effect the distance has had on her personality and upbringing. After falling in tow with a queer sex worker, Akúa must confront painful truths about her identity that she didn’t know she was hiding.

Good Material, Dolly Alderton (Jan 30)

Dating columnist and advice guru Dolly Alderton returns with Good Material, a novel as compulsively readable, funny, and relatable as her first, Ghosts. Jen has just broken up with Andy, a floundering stand-up comic who spins into delusion after the split. He throws Jen’s perfume into a canal, has nights out with the boys, and gets a personal trainer to all help him recover, but he still has trouble with recognizing the fact that he and Jen are over. Alderton crafts stories with heart and thoughtfulness, and her newest is a continuation of her brilliant storytelling skills.

Your Utopia, Bora Chung (Jan 30)

South Korean writer Bora Chung’s second short story collection, Your Utopia, continues the same eerie science fiction, horror, and magical realism as her first, the unforgettable Cursed Bunny. This time, she tackles AI, class, capitalism and crime with her signature unsettling touch. Like her first collection, these stories will follow you well after you put the book down, for better or for worse.

Top Picks for Hunter Pets in World of Warcraft Dragonflight

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Top Picks for Hunter Pets in World of Warcraft Dragonflight

Traveling through World of Warcraft requires pets to be loyal companions and companions for players. There are many different types of pets in this game, so it is quite difficult to choose. That is why we have collected for you the top of the best ones, which will help you with their abilities and will please the eye with their design. In addition, they are easy to care for and tame, so after studying these species you will be able to choose the most suitable one and go on an extraordinary journey. So get ready for unusual discoveries and interesting quests that you will have to pass.

Thundering Black Cloud Serpent

The Black Cloud Serpent is a species of Cloud Serpent that is found on island expeditions. This species also lives on the Eternal Isle. The beautiful design is mesmerizing, so many players want to tame this pet for hunting, because the Cloud Serpent will be very useful. In addition, it has a simple diet of meat and fish, so many players can afford such a pet.

However, the ability to tame the Snake is different for everyone. The Pandaren Hunters race will be able to tame it immediately, but other races must complete a quest and buy the book “How to School Your Serpent” to start taming the Black Cloud Serpent. This may seem difficult and time-consuming, but the quest itself is quite interesting, and the reward of being able to tame such a pet is very attractive.

Despite the fact that taming is not available for everyone, many players want to get their hands on the Cloud Serpent, as it is very useful and its design is attractive and mesmerizing.

Magmasnail

A very unusual pet that suits those players who play independently. The advantage of Magmasnail is that they increase the defense of the player and reduce the damage received. They are easy to find, as they can be found on Waking Shores in places with plenty of magma and lava. They also live on Dragonbane in order to tame them.

These unusual creatures come in a variety of designs, four in total – blue, yellow, red and orange. However, they are available to the Beast Masters class who specialize in taming beasts.

Magmasnail’s diet is very simple – they eat meat in raw or cooked form, so keeping them will not be a problem. And their abilities will help players while traveling solo in World of Warcraft.

Coastal Salamanther

This type of pet is very versatile and is available to all players. Salamanders come in different species and colors; there are both one-offs and green ones. In addition, you can meet salamanders with gills and fins. In terms of care, they are also very easy, because they eat almost everything – meat, fish, fruits and mushrooms.

These pets have cool abilities, such as Grievous Bite, which reduces the speed and effectiveness of enemy healing. Salamanders are also very hardy, so they are great for traveling as well as fighting. Many players appreciate these pets for their versatility and ease of use.

Sylvern

Very strong and useful pets. Sylverns can be found in Dragon Isles, Ohn’ahran Plains, and the Azure Span. They are generally easy to tame, but only if you have Tome of Hybrid Beast Taming in Legion. In that case, taming them will not be difficult and will be straightforward. However, if you do not have this book, then you will have to go a long way before taming, tackle a few quests and only then will you get the chance to tame these pets.

Sylverns have different abilities that will be useful to players during the quests. And you can feed them with almost everything – meat, cheese, fruit, fish and even bread. They are not picky and that’s why they are so valued among players.

Vaniik The Stormtouched

This pet is very rare and valuable. Not everyone will be able to get it. The point is that Vaniik The Stormtouched lives in Ohn’ahran Plains, where players must complete a quest. There they will also learn that the people of the place worship these animals. Getting Vaniik The Stormtouched is difficult precisely because they appear quite rare and strong, so not every player will be able to deal with them.

Those who can, however, will literally be legends. Vaniik The Stormtouched has very strong abilities that will be extremely useful in battle, such as the windswept effect. In terms of maintenance, they are easy, because they feed on meat and fish. Therefore, the main difficulty lies in catching and taming them. But if you are strong enough, you will be able to cope with this and become the owner of a unique pet.

For a successful and quality game, you just need pets. They will support you, strengthen your abilities and accompany you even in the most difficult missions. It is very important to decide and choose the best and most suitable. The process of taming is quite interesting, because taming some species is a whole adventure, which can immerse the player in the exploration of different locations. It may even be necessary to pass additional quests, which will also be fascinating. Do not forget that the main thing in the game is fun, which can be obtained thanks to a high quality and not very complex game.

Youth Lagoon Unveils New Single ‘Football’

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Youth Lagoon Unveils New Single ‘Football’

Youth Lagoon has released a new single, ‘Football’, his first new music since last year’s Heaven Is a Junkyard. The track, which is available as a limited edition 7″ via Fat Possum, finds Trevor Powers reuniting with the album’s co-producer Rodaidh McDonald. Check out Caleb Halter’s visual for it below.

“‘Football’ is really a celebration of failure,” Powers explained in statement. “Society has a terrible habit of only recognizing achievement while glossing over the greatness in the shadows. We’re so distracted trying to earn love, worth and value that we forget it’s something we inherently already have. I wanted to play with this idea through the lens of sports ‘cuz, in a lot of ways, sports are the truest religion. When I was young, it was the only way I knew how to connect with my dad. We didn’t have a lot in common, but we could both throw the ball. There were rules and rituals we could see eye-to-eye on. We didn’t have to argue over who was right or wrong. The difference in my family was, it didn’t matter how good I was. The act of just throwing a ball was communion. It didn’t matter if I caught it. I love my Dad for that.”

Heaven Is a Junkyard landed on our list of the 50 best albums of 2023. Read about how Wim Wenders, Idaho, God, and more inspired the LP in our interview with Youth Lagoon.

Sleater-Kinney Share Video for New Song ‘Untidy Creature’

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Sleater-Kinney Share Video for New Song ‘Untidy Creature’

Sleater-Kinney have released a new single, ‘Untidy Creature’, taken from their upcoming album Little Rope. Following previous cuts ‘Say It Like You Mean It’ and ‘Hell’, the track arrives with a music video directed by Nick Pollet and featuring Australian freediver Amber Bourke. Watch and listen below.

Little Rope is due for release on January 19 on Loma Vista.

Finnoguns Wake Share New Single ‘So Nice’

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Finnoguns Wake Share New Single ‘So Nice’

Finnofuns Wake – the project led by Royal Headache’s Tim ‘Shogun’ Wall and Finn Berzin – have shared a new track, ‘So Nice’. It’s set to appear alongside ‘Lovers All’ and ‘Blue Skies’ on their upcoming debut EP, Stay Young, out January 26 via What’s Your Rupture? Take a listen below.

“‘So Nice’ is about a crazy night out where things get a bit topsy-turvy and people’s true colors are revealed,” Shogun said of the song in a press release.

SLIFT Release New Single ‘Weavers’ Weft’

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SLIFT Release New Single ‘Weavers’ Weft’

SLIFT have released a video for their new single ‘Weavers’ Weft’, which is lifted from their forthcoming LP ILION. It arrives on the heels of previous singles ‘Ilion’ and ‘Nimh’. Check it out via the accompanying visual below.

“‘Weavers’ Weft’ is the song that opens the album’s second half,” the band shared in a statement. “There was a tipping point in the narrative at the end of the first half of the album. The second half of the record is no longer situated in the linear flow of time that serves as a backdrop for many stories. From ‘Weavers’ Weft’ onwards, time goes both into the past and into the future. The piece talks about weavers of the fabric of time, entities who continually create space-times, each containing its share of universes. Everything that exists is written there, and it is possible to travel between frames. Everything is cyclical and infinite. To illustrate this (or maybe it’s the other way around?), we wanted something monolithic and timeless. It is as if this song has been sung for millennia (time goes back to the past!). The heavier parts are inspired by bands like Part Chimp and Gnod.”

ILION, the French psychedelic rock outfit’s Sub Pop debut, is due out January 19.

Mary Timony Shares Video for New Song ‘The Guest’

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Mary Timony Shares Video for New Song ‘The Guest’

Mary Timony has shared a new single, ‘The Guest’, which appears on Untame the Tiger, her first solo album in 15 years. Following lead cut ‘Dominoes’, the song features David Christian on drums, Brian Betancourt on bass, and Betsy Wright and Dennis Kane on backup vocals. The track comes with a video made by longtime collaborator Brett Vapnek and filmed around Santa Barbara. Check it out below.

“I was imagining loneliness as a house guest who keeps knocking on your door,” Timony said of ‘The Guest’ in a statement. “I thought it would be funny to say loneliness is the only one who always comes back.”

Of the accompanying visual, Timony added, “The first video Brett and I made together was in about 1995 for the Helium song ‘Honeycomb,’ and later she also did one for ‘Dr. Cat’ (on The Golden Dove). I also acted in a short movie she made called Dream Machine.”

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