Holly Humberstone has released a new song, ‘Superbloodmoon’, featuring d4vd. It’s set to appear on her debut album Paint My Bedroom Black, which is out October 13 and includes the recent singles ‘Antichrist’ and ‘Room Service’. Check it out below.
“I had been a huge fan of d4vd’s work for about a year and was lucky enough to catch him whilst he was in London,” Humberstone said in a press release. “We went into the studio and wrote Superbloodmoon. It came pretty naturally as we had both been touring for what seemed like forever, and wanted to write about the feelings that come with leaving your home and the people you love behind. I had the title for the song on my notes, and it just stemmed from there. We wrote about witnessing the same thing from opposite sides of the world and feeling lonely but connected through that experience at the same time. I love the song and I’m so grateful to d4vd for bringing it to life with me.”
“Holly and I met in London and wrote this song in just a few hours. It was really effortless and special,” d4vd added. “We both loved the idea of a Superbloodmoon and two people witnessing the same thing no matter where they are in the world. We also got to perform it together at my show in London a couple months ago, which was the first time I’ve ever gotten to collab with someone onstage like that and it was really fun. I’m very grateful to Holly for having me on this song.”
Travis Scott’s Utopia is here. The rapper’s follow-up to 2018’s Astroworld is accompanied by a film, Circus Maximus, which he co-directed with Kahlil Joseph, Harmony Korine, Gaspar Noe, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Valdimar Jóhannsson. In addition to the advance single ‘K-POP’ with the Weeknd and Bad Bunny, the album features Beyoncé, Drake, SZA, Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Yung Lean, Swae Lee, Westside Gunn, Teezo Touchdown, Kid Cudi, and 21 Savage. Credited producers include HitBoy, James Blake, Illangelo, WondaGurl, Boi-1da, the Alchemist, Metro Boomin, Kanye West, Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, and more.
Carly Rae Jepsen is back with The Loveliest Time, her companion to 2022’s The Loneliest Time. The singer worked with James Ford, John Hill, Patrik Berger, Rostam Batmanglij, Kyle Shearer, and more on the new record, which features the promotional single ‘Shy Boy’. “I got to know loneliness and discover the beauty in it,” Jepsen wrote on social media. “The loneliest time taught me that growth comes from being planted in darkness. But now the world has opened itself back up again and in turn so have we. It’s time for celebration and for all the lessons we have learned to burst into joyful action.”
The Clientele have released their new album, I Am Not There Anymore, through Merge. The follow-up to 2017’s Music for the Age of Miracles includes the previously shared singles ‘Dying in May’ and ‘Blue Over Blue’. “We’d always been interested in music other than guitar music, like for donkey’s years,” vocalist/guitarist Alasdair MacLean said in a statement about the album. “None of those things had been able to find their way into our sound other than in the most passing way, in the faintest imprint.” He added that the record is about “the memory of childhood but at the same time the impossibility of truly remembering childhood… or even knowing who or what you are.”
Austin, the eponymous fifth studio effort from the rapper/singer born Austin Post, is out now. Following 2022’s twelve carat toothache, the album was previewed by the singles ‘Chemical’, ‘Mounring’, and ‘Overdrive’. “It’s been some of the funnest music, some of the most challenging and rewarding music for me, at least — trying to really push myself and really do some cool stuff,” Post said in an Instagram Reel. “I played guitar on every song on the record, and it was a really, really fun experience, and I’m super, super excited to share it with you.”
Madeline Kenney has released her fourth LP, A New Reality Mind, via Carpark Records. The Oakland-based singer-songwriter wrote and recorded the follow-up to 2020’s Sucker’s Lunch and the 2021 EP Summer Quarter in a basement she once shared with her partner. “When I went through a breakup I realized that the story I had been living out was much different in the plain light of day than what I had constructed out of fantasy,” Kenney said in a statement about the single ‘I Drew a Line’, which preceded the LP along with ‘Plain Boring Disaster’ and ‘Superficial Conversation’. “I think it’s very human to tell stories, and I think it can protect us, but what if we don’t need protection? What purpose does the story serve then?”
Jessy Lanza has returned with a new album, Love Hallucination, out now via Hyperdub. The Canadian artist worked with producers including Jacques Greene, David Kennedy, Paul White, Jeremy Greenspan, and Marco ‘Tensnake’ Niermeski on the 11-track LP, which she describes as a “trust fall” following a move from the San Fransisco Bay Area to Los Angeles. The follow-up to 2020’s All The Time includes the previously released tracks ‘Limbo’, ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’, and ‘Midnight Ontario’. Read our review of Love Hallucination.
Georgia has dropped her latest album, Euphoric, via Domino. The follow-up to 2020’s Seeking Thrills was co-produced by Rostam, marking the first time Georgia has collaborated with another producer on her own music. “I wanted an adventure!” Georgia said in press materials. “Being a self-produced musician, it’s easy to get stuck on one thing or in one place.” She also said the album is about surrendering “to my issues, to my past, to my flaws and to the healing process.” The singles ‘All Night’, ‘Give It Up for Love’, and ‘It’s Euphoric’ arrived ahead of the album’s release.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland has issued his first new album in almost 20 years. Out now via Transgressive, The Ones Ahead follows 2004’s Primal Prayer, and it was previewed with the singles ‘Harbour (Song for Elizabeth)’, ‘Africa Calling’, and ‘Stand Anthem’. Glenn-Copeland crafted the new LP with producer John Herberman and Indigo Rising, the band that joined the 79-year-old musician on his inaugural European tour.
Natural Disaster, the debut solo album from Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, has arrived via Concord. Produced by Butch Walker, the LP was written in Nashville and Los Angeles and features the singles ‘It’s Fine’, ‘Easy’, and ‘For a Moment’. “When I look at all the artists I find most influential, the common thread is that they take risks and continue exploring different versions of themselves,” Cosentino said in a statement. “My goal is to keep growing and challenging myself and living outside any kind of box, to keep on evolving as an artist and a person. And if anyone’s feeling stagnant, I hope this record inspires them to see what else life has to offer. It’s really scary to take those risks and make big changes in your life, but what you find on the other side can be so magical.”
Bush Tetras are back with their first new album in 11 years, They Live in My Head, out now via Wharf Cat. The New York City band began working on the LP around the release of their 2021 career-spanning box set Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras. A few weeks before it was set to come out, the group’s original drummer, Dee Pop, passed away. They Live in My Head was produced by Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley, who also plays drums on the album. “We thought a lot about memories from 1979 in New York City,” Cynthia Sley said in a statement. “It’s a reflection of growing up together, what we were eating, what we were doing, weird little things people probably won’t get. But that’s cool.”
Other albums out today:
George Clanton, Ooh Rap I Ya; Dexys, The Feminine Divine; Susanna, Baudelaire & Orchestra; Steve Marino, Too Late to Start Again; 7038634357, Neo Seven; Locate S,1, Wicked Jaw; Mutoid Man, Mutants; High Pulp, Days in the Desert; Echosmith, Echosmith; Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, New Future City Radio; Gunn Truscinski Nace, Glass Band; Daniel Rossen, Live in Pioneertown & Santa Fe; hackedepiccioto, Keepsakes.
Bingo has been a staple of UK culture for the best part of a century. There’s something quintessentially British about the pastime, which has its own lingo and booming social scene. It first emerged on these shores in the early 20th Century, and has been everpresent since then.
The internet has helped bingo grow exponentially, and it’s now arguably bigger and better than ever. Online bingo sites have cemented the game at the forefront of British culture, and it can now easily push on from here.
Online Bingo Bringing the Game to More People Than Ever
In the past, people had to live near a bingo hall if they wanted to play. Now, options like the online bingo at Paddy Power have brought the classic game to players in their homes, regardless of location. There are various bingo games available, along with trending slots and Slingo offerings. Some of the top titles at the site include Lobster Bob’s Crazy Crab Shack and Slingo Piggy Bank. This variety on offer makes bingo accessible to a wider demographic than ever before.
There are various ways in which online bingo has adapted to new technology, and this has helped the game to grow exponentially over the last decade. For instance, there are countless bingo rooms to choose from online, which come in a range of themes, with names such as the Gold Room and Cash Cubes. There’s even a Deal or No Deal game based on the legendary television show which, according to the Daily Mirror, is returning to screens. This diversity means there’s something for everyone. Online bingo developers are constantly innovating as well, and coming up with new ways for people to enjoy the game.
Future Tech Developments Could Improve Bingo Experience Further
Now that bingo has adapted to technology, it can kick on from here and reassert itself at the centre of British culture. However, to do that it will need to bring back the interactive element that was so synonymous with the land based version of the game. Bingo rooms are already striving to do this by offering chat boxes alongside the games, but technology like virtual reality can take it one step further.
When VR becomes a mainstream piece of technology, it’s likely to be incorporated at online bingo sites quickly. According to a report from Deloitte, VR’s success could all depend on compelling content. That’s where bingo could come in and give people a reason to purchase VR headsets. There may soon be VR rooms in which players can play bingo and see other players around them. This could lead to more interaction, bringing back the social element of the game. It would offer the best of both worlds, with players able to select their favourite rooms and then able to meet likeminded people within them.
Bingo’s resurgence in the digital age has been impressive, and it’s now reasserted itself at the forefront of British culture. New tech developments will help the game continue its rise.
Burna Boy has announced a new album called I Told Them…. The follow-up to 2022’s Love, Damini drops on August 24 (in the US) via Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records. Lead single ‘Big 7’ is out today alongside a music video directed by Benny Boom and featuring cameos from Burna Boy’s crew the 7Gs as well as RZA, Busta Rhymes, Junior Mafia, and actor Shameik Moore. Check it out below.
“‘Big 7’ is a melodic tribute to embracing new heights in my musical journey,” Burna Boy said in a statement. “The title represents a symbolic aspiration to reach greater horizons, with the number seven embodying an attainable and harmonious growth.”
If you are new to online gambling, you may wonder what games you should play. One option you will find at most online casino sites is table games. From blackjack to roulette, table games are great for online players. The titles are easy to play and can result in big wins.
Below is a simple list of the best online table games for beginner players. Learn more about each type and determine which option will work best for you.
Roulette
Try your hand at roulette to see if you can make the right picks to earn a win. Playing is simple. Open the game on your device. Make your bet selection from the gaming table. You can wager on black or red, certain numbers, odd or even, etc. Your chips are placed on your selection, and then the wheel is spun. If you pick correctly, you win!
There are several variations of roulette offered at online casinos, the most frequent being American, French, and European. The last two are the best to choose from because they have a smaller house edge of 2.70%. This helps to put the odds in your favor. You can implement strategies once you become familiar with the game to try and increase your win potential.
Blackjack
A game you may already be familiar with, and a good place to start is blackjack. This is the most popular table game and can be found in many formats within a gaming site. Start with a traditional version, and once you are comfortable, try multi-hand or surrender. The additional variations allow you to play a new type of blackjack with similar win potential.
To play this game, you select your wager, and then the cards are dealt. You are trying to hit 21 or beat the dealer with a better hand that is closest to 21. Use strategies or review the paytable to see what your options are. Pick the right strategy, and you could see yourself winning hand after hand!
Players in the US have access to blackjack games via Michigan online gambling sites and in other states. Blackjack titles are readily available due to popularity and software providers.
Baccarat
This game is quite intimidating to players but super easy to play. All you have to do is bet on the Banker, Player, or a Tie. The strategy says you should never bet on the Tie since it has the highest house edge. If you win with the Tie bet, the payout is nice, but the odds of actually winning are quite small.
The Banker bet has the smallest house edge of 1.06%, so it is a safe bet. Once you place your bet, the dealer gives you a card, and the banker gets one. The player’s hand is dealt first. Cards have point values, and the highest possible score is nine points. Based on your bet, you want the highest point total to go toward the Banker or Player. This dictates whether you win or lose.
Sign-up with a Reputable Online Casino
To begin playing online casino games, you need an account with an iGaming site. Only join sites with a solid reputation. In the United States, areas like Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia offer legalized online casino gaming markets.
Look for reputable brands you recognize or read reviews to get the opinion of real players. Do your homework first so you can enjoy real money table games with providers that offer the best overall experience!
Randy Meisner, the founding bassist of the Eagles and the vocalist on their 1976 hit ‘Take It to the Limit’, has died. The Eagles confirmed the news in a post on their website, noting that Meisner had died Wednesday night due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “Randy was an integral part of The Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the band wrote. “His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit.’”
Born in 1946 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Meisner started playing guitar after he saw Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show in the late ‘50s. From 1961 to 1965, he played in a local band called the Dynamics before moving to California with the band the Soul Survivors, which was later renamed the Poor. In 1968, Meisner joined Poco, a country rock outfit featuring former Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina. He recorded bass and backing vocals for the band’s first album, but quit the group shortly before its release. As a session player, Meisner appaeared on tracks by artists including James Taylor and Waylon Jennings.
In 1971, Meisner was recruited by John Boylan to be in Linda Ronstadt’s backing band, which featured Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Bernie Leadon. With Ronstadt’s blessing, the four musicians formed the Eagles and signed a deal with David Geffen’s Asylum Records. Meisner released five albums with the group: their self-titled debut, Desperado, On the Border, One of These Nights, and Hotel California. In addition to ‘Take It to the Limit’, he wrote and sang lead on ‘Try and Love Again’, ‘Is it True?’, ‘Take the Devil’, and ‘Tryin”. Meisner left the Eagles in 1977. He was succeeded by Timothy B. Schmit, who also replaced him in Poco.
Meisner went on to release three solo albums between 1978 and 1982. In 1985, he became part of the all-star band Black Tie featuring Bread’s Jimmy Griffin and Billy Swan. He expressed disappointment in not being invited to join the Eagles’ Hell Freezes Over reunion tour in 1994, but he performed with the band when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Meisner was invited to join the band’s History of the Eagles 2013 world tour, but declined due to health issues.
Offset and Cardi B have teamed up for a new single, ‘Jealousy’. The track was teased earlier this week with a clip where Jamie Lee Curtis interviews Offset, inspired by James Brown’s 1988 interview with CNN. The pair co-wrote the song with Boi-1da, OZ, and Jahaan Sweet, and it samples Three 6 Mafia’s ‘Jealous Ass Bitches’. Check out its accompanying video, featuring a cameo from Taraji P. Henson, below.
This is the sixth time Offset and Cardi have collaborated on a track. In 2017, Offset appeared on a remix of Cardi’s ‘Lick’, and since then they’ve teamed up on tracks including ‘Um Yea’, ‘Who Want the Smoke?’ (with Lil Yachty), ‘Clout’.
It’d be easy to slot Love Hallucination as Jessy Lanza’s most extroverted and pop-forward release to date. The story makes sense: After relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles, stretching a well of influences on her DJ-Kicks mix, and writing songs for other artists before deciding to record them herself, the Canadian producer – whose airy, eccentric compositions blur the line between pop and club music – was filled with confidence that radiates throughout her latest effort. But this confidence doesn’t always translate into the sort of bright, euphoric dance music that’s had a resurgence since the pandemic, as Lanza taps into her playful sensibilities in complex and idiosyncratic ways. Take the opener ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’, which lurches forward with an upbeat groove before swelling with anxiety, as if it could spin out of control at any moment. The first song Lanza wrote and produced after moving to LA is about almost getting hit by a car; that fear later dissolves into a sense of freedom when she finds herself behind the wheel on ‘Drive’, a track brimming with texture and possibility.
What’s fascinating is the way Lanza exposes and layers these seemingly contrasting emotions, which almost exist in the same breath. Another producer might treat the uncertain vulnerability that rumbles through the 2-step-inflected ‘Midnight Ontario’ as a faint echo, but she makes it the focal point: “Why do you get the best of everything?” she asks before slipping into metaphor, “Falling like tears in rain.” Lanza has described Love Hallucination as a “trust fall,” an approach that invigorates both the more intimate and buoyant tracks while accentuating the mixed sentiments behind them. ‘Limbo’ boasts one of the catchiest choruses of the album – literally spelling out the letters in the title – just to illustrate the appeal of not pulling yourself out of it.
There is a slight ridiculousness in trying to capture sensitive subjects in such a lighthearted and public way, and Lanza seems to consciously lean into it. The sensuality her music has always embodied becomes explicit on late highlight ‘Marathon’, which even goes as far as to incorporate a sax solo before the pleasure is relatably cut short: “You talk too much,” she sighs. On ‘I Hate Myself’, the simple annoyance of crossing paths with someone “so cool” spirals into self-loathing, an inner voice Lanza brilliantly portrays as both insistent and alluring. It’s not the sound of laughing at your own pain so much as beating it to death.
Lanza’s songs still have an understated quality, but the small liberties she takes here only make them personable, vibrant, and affecting. The album’s middle stretch – particularly the songs between ‘Don’t Cry on My Pillow’ and ‘I Hate Myself’, all co-written and produced with longtime collaborator Jeremy Greenspan – features some of its most thrilling and dynamic production. The juxtaposition between warm, glimmering synths and Lanza’s forceful vocals on ‘Don’t Cry on My Pillow’ make the song feel alive, laying out a scene where the singer clearly has the upper hand. ‘Big Pink Rose’ brings to mind Let’s Eat Grandma, but the intimacy of those intertwining voices wouldn’t be the right fit: it’s a song about panicked isolation just as it starts feeling like a dream. Love Hallucination may have been inspired by Lanza’s new environment, which also informs the album’s visual imagery, but it drives her to delve deeper into her own creative world, one that’s ripe with contradiction and desire, bewilderment and imagination. We’re just lucky to be trusted with a solid record of it.
The shortlist for the 2023 Mercury Prize, which honours the best British and Irish albums of the year, has been announced. Arctic Monkeys have earned their fifth nomination with The Car, tying Radiohead for most Mercury Prize nominations. Jockstrap, Jessie Ware, J Hus, Shygirl, Fred Again.., and Loyle Carner are also among this year’s nominees. Check out the full shortlist below.
The 2023 Mercury Prize will be handed out at a ceremony at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on September 7. This year’s judges are Anna Calvi, Jamz Supernova, Jamie Cullum, Hannah Peel, Kerrang! creative director Phil Alexander, broadcasters Sian Eleri, Danielle Perry, and Mistajam, journalists Will Hodgkinson and Tshepo Mokoena, BBC 6 Music and Radio 2 head of music Jeff Smith, and music programming consultant Lea Stonhill.
Arctic Monkeys – The Car
Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant To Be
Fred Again – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
J Hus – Beautiful And Brutal Yard
Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good!
Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
Lankum – False Lankum
Loyle Carner – Hugo
Olivia Dean – Messy
Raye – My 21st Century Blues
Shygirl – Nymph
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Jeff Rosenstock has released a new track, ‘HEALMODE’, lifted from his upcoming LP HELLMODE. The album is out September 1 via Specialist Subject, and it includes previous singles ‘LIKED U BETTER’ and ‘DOUBT’. Listen to ‘HEALMODE’ below.
In a lengthy statement about the new song, Rosenstock said:
In January of 2020, my wife and I packed some clothes, instruments, hard drives and plants into a Prius and drove out west to our new home in Los Angeles. Weird time to move across the country, anyone else who did it will tell ya the same. Tucked within the global terror that 2020 held for all of us to share was a brutal summer – fireworks at a gender reveal party led to wildfires that tore through a bone dry state where temperatures seemed to stay in the hundreds deep into October.
As a New Yorker, the rain always used to get me down in the dumps, like, it would stop me in my tracks. A year or so of staying put in California, as the weather seemed to do the same, had me craving the stuff – giddy with anticipation as dark clouds would cluster overhead and resigned to disappointment as they would gleek out a few drops at best. Mostly they’d just dissipate and return me to a world stuck in time, an entire country away from my home. Ash fell from the sky and our little air quality apps would be emblazoned with a dark red icon wearing a gas mask. The hardware stores quickly ran out of air filters.
I wanted the rain. I wanted it to piss all the garbage out of the atmosphere and leave me with clear skies and snowy mountain peaks. I wanted to run errands in an empty grocery store. I wanted my day to feel different than the 300 that came before it. I wanted life on Earth to feel sustainable. I wanted the drought to end.
A year later there I was, on my stoop December 23, 2021, having somehow just completed a joyful seven-week North American tour during the Omicron surge. In a few hours, my post-tour PCR test would come back “DETECTED” and I’d have to text all the friends I just got off tour with, warning them to potentially not see their families that holiday. But for now, I didn’t know shit and I was in love with this stupid simple moment – Christmas tree strapped to the roof of that Prius, sucking the cold in and out, marveling at my breath floating in the air like a six-year-old.
So here’s a song about the rain, and maybe about appreciating what you have when you have it. It’s mostly acoustic guitar, woodwinds, vibraphone, synthesizer and my friend Laura. I also sing pretty quietly on it. I hope you enjoy it anyway.
Travis Scott’s 
Carly Rae Jepsen is back with 
The Clientele have released their new album, 
Austin
Madeline Kenney has released her fourth LP, 
Jessy Lanza has returned with a new album, 
Georgia has dropped her latest album, 
Beverly Glenn-Copeland has issued his first new album in almost 20 years. Out now via 
Natural Disaster
Bush Tetras are back with their first new album in 11 years, 
