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Bruce Springsteen Joins the Gaslight Anthem on New Single ‘History Books’

The Gaslight Anthem have announced their sixth album and first in nine years: History Books arrives October 27 on Rich Mahogany Recordings via Thirty Tigers. Bruce Springsteen joins them on the title track, which is out today. Check it out below.

“When Bruce Springsteen said I should write a duet for us, I think my head exploded,” frontman Brian Fallon said in a statement. “It will never get old to me that one of the greatest songwriters in the world, and one of my hero’s voices, will forever be captured in a song I wrote at a small wooden desk, in October, in New Jersey.”

The Gaslight Anthem announced they were going on hiatus in 2015 after touring in support of their last album, Get Hurt. “When you have a band reach any level of success or popularity, that’s a gift,” Fallon commented. “It’s truly a miracle to be able to do your art for a living. Having the band come this far and be able to still find inspiration and connection in our music is a treasure. We’re thrilled to be back, and we thank our fans for allowing us time to regroup.”

“None of us wanted to make a very somber or serious record showing how much we’ve matured,” Fallon added. “We’ve all changed and grown and learned so much, but the overall mood was a feeling of excitement to be back together and making music that means something to us.”

History Books Cover Artwork:

History Books Tracklist:

1. Spider Bites
2. History Books [feat. Bruce Springsteen]
3. Autumn
4. Positive Charge
5. Michigan, 1975
6. Little Fires
7. The Weatherman
8. Empires
9. I Live In The Room Above Her
10. A Lifetime Of Preludes

Burial Unveils New Song ‘Unknown Summer’

Burial released a new track, ‘Unknown Summer’, which appears on a split 12″ with Kode9 for fabric Originals. It marks Burial’s first new music since last October’s Streetlands EP. Listen to it below.

Ice Spice Releases Deluxe Edition of ‘New Like..?’ Featuring Four New Songs

Ice Spice has released a deluxe edition of her debut EP Like..?. It features four new tracks, including ‘How High?’, ‘Butterfly Ku’, ‘On the Radar’, and ‘Deli’. Listen to it below.

Ice Spice recently joined Taylor Swift on a remix of the song ‘Karma’. She also teamed up with Nicki Minaj for ‘Barbie World’, which appears on the just-released Barbie The Album.

Tame Impala, Lizzo, HAIM, and More Share New ‘Barbie’ Songs

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is out today, and so is its accompanying soundtrack. It features previously released contributions from Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, Billie Eilish, and PinkPantheress, as well as new songs by Tame Impala (‘Journey to the Real World’), HAIM (‘Home’), Lizzo (‘Pink’), Sam Smith (‘Man I Am’), and Khalid (‘Silver Platter’). Listen to it below.

Britney Spears Joins will.i.am on New Single ‘Mind Your Business’

Britney Spears and will.i.am have joined forces for a new single called ‘Mind Your Business’. It marks Spears’ first new music since last year’s collaboration with Elton John, ‘Hold Me Closer’. Check it out below.

“I’m sooo honored and excited for this release,” will.i.am wrote in an Instagram post. “Thank you @britneyspears…you’re one of the most fearless, strongest, kindest, purest people I’ve met in my life…I always loved working with you and I always will…”

Back in 2012, Spears and will.i.am teamed up for the hit single ‘Scream & Shout’. will.i.am also served as an executive producer for Spears’ 2013 album Britney Jean.

Travis Scott, Bad Bunny, and the Weeknd Team Up on New Song ‘KPOP’

Travis Scott has joined forces with the Weeknd and Bad Bunny for a new single, ‘KPOP’, which he teased on social media earlier this week. Check it out below.

‘KPOP’ follows Scott’s 2022 collaboration with Pharrell Williams, ‘Down in Atlanta’. Utopia, the follow-up to 2018’s Astroworld and his first album since his disastrous 2021 Astroworld festival, is available for preorder but has no release date as of yet.

Last week, Scott announced a launch event in front of the pyramids in Egypt, which is scheduled to take place on July 28. After reports that Egypt’s Musicians’ Syndicate refused to grant permits, citing “the safety and protection of the audience,” Live Nation claimed that the livestream event will still happen as planned. “There have been no changes to Travis Scott’s show in Egypt; any reports to the contrary are false,” the company said in a statement.

Barack Obama Shares 2023 Playlist Featuring boygenius, Janelle Monáe, the Beths, and More

Former President Barack Obama has shared his latest summer playlist. It features ‘Not Strong Enough’ by boygenius, Janelle Monáe‘s ‘Only Have Eyes 42’, the Beths’ ‘Watching the Credits’, the Bangles’ ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’, Kelela’s ‘Contact’, as well as songs by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj, and more. Take a look below.

“Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer — a mix of old and new. Look forward to hearing what I’ve missed,” Obama tweeted along with his picks.

In an interview earlier this year, Hasan Minhaj asked Obama if he really curates his own playlists. He answered: “I do! Listen. I am so glad that I have this opportunity. People, they believe the books and the movies, but the playlists, they somehow think — and this is mostly coming from young people like you — somehow, y’all think you invented rock ‘n’ roll. You invented hip-hop. And so the fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible — people seem to think, well, he must’ve had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut. No, man! It’s on my iPad right now.”

The Antlers Release New Song ‘Tide’

The Antlers have unveiled a new song, ‘Tide’. It follows their recent singles ‘I Was Not There’ and ‘Rains’. Listen to it below.

“‘Tide’ is a retrospective song, identifying natural phases over the course of a lifetime,” frontman Per Silberman explained in a statement. “It’s an appreciation for powerful forces that follow their own uncontrollable rhythms, and an intention to navigate them more skillfully in the future.”

Francis of Delirium Unveils New Song ‘Real Love’

Francis of Delirium, the project led by Jana Bahrich, has dropped a new single called ‘Real Love’. It follows The Funhouse EP, which came out in April 2022. Check out the Catherine Marks-produced track below.

“Real Love’ at its heart is a simple song about being in love with your best friend,” Bahrich explained in a statement. “For years, timing got in the way. I got in my own way, and then finally, it worked out. Coming out of a two-month-long tour in the US and heading into summer back at home, it felt like my world was opening up. I wanted to write a song that reflected the feeling of leaning into vulnerability, a song that embraces telling the people you love what they mean to you and truly meaning it.”

“Spending every night watching The Districts on tour really impacted me,” she continued. “There was this hopefulness I heard in their music that I really connected to. After writing our last EP ‘The Funhouse’ which was all about darkness and the feeling of being engulfed by the chaos of the world, I just couldn’t write anything super dark and heavy at the time, it just wouldn’t come out. My body and brain were just guiding me to writing lighter, more open music.”

Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Francis of Delirium.

Vagabon Shares Video for New Single ‘Do Your Worst’

Vagabon has released a new single, ‘Do Your Worst’, the latest preview of her upcoming album Sorry I Haven’t Called. Following ‘Carpenter’ and ‘Can I Talk My Shit?’, the track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Angela Ricciardi. Check it out below.

“I was nestled in the German countryside when Teo Halm, who co-produced this with me, and I were experimenting in my home studio late into the night, I was listening to a lot of club music and I set out to make an instrumental that drew from the music you’d hear at an underground club in Germany or the UK yet still lived in the Vagabon musical lexicon,” Lætitia Tamko explained in a statement. “A year later, when I returned to the U.S, I got Rostam involved and he had a great idea of adding a layer of live drums on top of the breakbeat from my Germany session.”

Sorry I Haven’t Called comes out September 15 via Nonesuch.