Pillow Queens have shared a new single called ‘Suffer’. The track was produced by Collin Pastore (boygenius, Illuminati Hotties, Lucy Dacus). “We wrote it in the depths of winter at our rehearsal studio in Dublin, and the cold really penetrates the song,” the band explained in a statement. Check it out below.
Pillow Queens’ sophomore album, Leave the Light On, came out last year.
Yaeji has released a new single, ‘easy breezy’, alongside an accompanying self-directed video. Check it out below.
In a statement about the song, Yaeji explained:
“Easy Breezy” feels like a sequel that weaves a thread through my past releases (and my past selves).
“Learning to let go” – something i learned from “For Granted”
“진정한 변화는 (true change) it’s not so easy, it’s not so breezy” – from “Submerge FM”
“한장 한장 기록으로 채운 나의 20대의 일기장을 펼쳐서 (I opened up my diary filled with memories of my 20s)” – from “I’ll Remember for you, I’ll Remember for Me”
“시간이란게 점점더 빨라지며 (time keeps moving faster and faster)” – from “29”
“isn’t it so crazy how we pass down what we didn’t want to” – from “Done (Let’s Get It)”
Sonically, the song connects a thread between me now and me back in middle school —when I discovered bossa nova, drum and bass, and house through Korean and Japanese pop electronica. “easy breezy” is a thread, a tribute, a recollection of memories, and an encouraging push for us to bring forth change with courage and laughter. we hold the power in our hands, and we should never doubt that. change is now.
Yaeji’s debut full-length, With a Hammer, came out earlier this year.
Gaming is much more accepted as a pastime now compared to not too long ago. But it can still receive criticism from some people for being a waste of time or childish. There’s no need to have any excuse for playing games other than it’s fun, but there are also plenty of other benefits. From video games to tabletop games and even casino games, one of the things you can get out of them is building new skills. Playing games can teach you things without you even realising it. If you want to actively and consciously build skills through playing games, there are various ways to do it.
There are so many different types of games you can explore. Even if you like video games, you have a choice of different platforms. From consoles to PCs and even mobile games, you can play however and even wherever you like. If you want to learn as much as possible, try exploring a broad variety of different games. Look at games on different platforms and games that require varying skills. Some games are based on strategy while others are all about being creative. Find the ones you enjoy and that help you work on skills you want to prioritise.
Whenever you’re playing a game, you can find there are certain approaches and strategies you can try out. This is particularly true for a lot of table games, board games and even casino games. If you’re playing roulette, a seemingly fairly simple game, you can take a number of different approaches to try and get the best outcomes. If you want to learn to play chess, there are thousands of strategies and moves you can learn to improve your game. It’s a good way to learn how to look at things from different angles and explore various perspectives.
Some people see playing games as an activity for loners, but they couldn’t be more wrong. While there are plenty of games you can play alone, many people love to play with others. In fact, there are lots of games that require at least two people to play. Gaming with others is a great opportunity to be social and build certain social skills. From conflict resolution to public speaking, playing games of all types can help us keep our social skills sharp. And as a bonus, it also helps prevent loneliness and enables us to maintain a healthy social life.
Some games are competitive and based on whether you win or lose. Other games just focus on playing and don’t necessarily have an end goal or any particular narrative. Mixing these different types of games is a good way to grow different types of skills. Playing competitive games helps you learn how to win or lose graciously. It can teach you how to take risks in a safe environment where it doesn’t really matter if things go wrong. Playing more sandbox type games gives you the opportunity to be creative, explore new things, tell stories, and much more.
Games where you have to create something yourself can be amazing for exploring new skills. Studies have actually shown that these design-based games are the best type of video games for learning new things or improving existing skills. There are lots of games like this, where you might spend time designing and building a house or developing a story within the game. You can even create your own games, whether it’s by coding a video game or developing your own board game.
Some games can be surprisingly helpful if your aim is to learn how to be a successful entrepreneur. Sure, you’re not going to gain an MBA from playing games but you can pick up some handy skills that are useful in business. Games where you create a simulation of a business or where one of the key features is having to earn and manage money can be really good at teaching you real-world business skills. Without realising it, you’ll be learning skills that could help you be a better entrepreneur or might teach you skills to manage your personal finances.
General communication skills are one thing you can pick up from playing games, but you can also learn how to be a good leader. Leadership skills are something you could pick up from being a D&D dungeon master or taking the lead on a raid when you’re playing a video game. In some games, you could be in charge of dozens or even hundreds of players at the same time. When you have to take responsibility and give people directions, it helps you learn to be a better leader and build skills like planning and strategizing.
Games of all kinds can be fantastic for helping you improve your focus and concentration. You have to focus on one thing, whether it’s playing a card game or getting through a round of a video game. Having to focus on completing a goal in a game could mean you build your ability to concentrate in other situations. Not only that but it can help you prioritise tasks and know when it’s time to switch your focus. Finishing a game might be important in the moment but sometimes you have more important things to do.
Stress management is one of the best things you can get from playing games. Games can sometimes be stressful but they can also be stress-relieving. When you do experience any kind of stress when playing a game, whether it’s good or bad stress, you can take the time to learn to manage it in a safe and relatively risk-free environment. Then you’re free to take those stress management skills into other areas of your life.
Playing games of all kinds will help you build various skills, even if you don’t really realise it. You can also seek out specific gaming experiences to build the skills you want to work on
It is safe to say that playing video games is one of the most popular indoor hobbies today. Many people play video games regularly, and there are new players joining this world daily. If you are one of them, but are worried that you may be spending a lot of your free time on gaming, this article is for you.
Here are some tips that will help you manage your gaming time more resourcefully.
This may seem unimportant, but scheduling your gaming sessions can greatly help you better manage your time when playing video games. While gaming can be a fun and enjoyable activity, it is important to maintain a balance and not let it consume all your time. By creating a schedule, you can allocate specific time slots for gaming, allowing you to enjoy your favorite games while still being productive in other areas of your life.
It doesn’t matter which games you are playing – whether classic video games or games at licensed online casinos, or even those at casinon utan licens – creating a schedule helps you prioritize your time. By setting aside specific periods for gaming, you can ensure that you are not neglecting other important responsibilities such as work, school, or personal commitments. This helps you maintain a healthy balance between gaming and other aspects of your life.
Responsible Gaming
Since a schedule helps you stay organized and disciplined, you will be able to plan your day or week in advance, ensuring that you have enough time for gaming without it interfering with other tasks or activities. This can help prevent procrastination and ensure you are using your time efficiently.
A schedule can also help you avoid excessive gaming and therefore, prevent addiction. By setting limits on the amount of time you spend gaming, you are developing and cultivating a disciplined character and mindset that can help you in other aspects of your like. In effect, you are able to enjoy gaming in moderation and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
A schedule can help you improve your overall time management skills. By consciously planning and allocating time for gaming, you become more aware of how you spend your time and can make adjustments as needed. This can lead to increased productivity and a better balance between leisure activities and responsibilities.
Taking regular breaks when video gaming is important for both your physical and mental well-being. Here are some tips to help you incorporate breaks into your gaming routine.
– Use a timer or alarm to remind yourself to take breaks at regular intervals. This can be every hour or every 30 minutes, depending on your preference. During your breaks, get up from your gaming chair and stretch your body. Take a short walk or do some light exercises to get your blood flowing and prevent stiffness or muscle fatigue. Remember to drink water during your breaks to stay hydrated. Gaming can be intense and it’s easy to forget to drink enough fluids, so make it a habit to have a glass of water nearby.
– Staring at a screen for long periods can strain your eyes. During breaks, give your eyes a break by looking away from the screen and focusing on something in the distance. You can also try blinking exercises or using eye drops to refresh your eyes.
– Use your breaks to engage in other activities that are not screen-related. Read a book, listen to music, or do a hobby that you enjoy. This will help you relax and give your mind a break from gaming. It’s important to set limits on your gaming sessions to avoid excessive screen time. Decide on a maximum amount of time you want to spend gaming each day and stick to it. This will help you maintain a healthy balance between gaming and other aspects of your life.
You need to appreciate the fact that focusing on one game allows you to fully immerse yourself in its world and storyline. By dedicating your attention to a single game, you can better understand its mechanics, master its controls, and fully enjoy the gaming experience it offers. This can enhance your overall enjoyment and satisfaction from playing the game.
This approach helps you manage your time more effectively. Video games can be time-consuming, and juggling multiple games simultaneously can lead to a lack of progress in any of them. By focusing on one game, you can allocate specific time slots for playing and avoid spreading yourself too thin. Doing so allows you to make meaningful progress in the game and prevents you from feeling overwhelmed or burnt out.
It can also help you avoid distractions and maintain focus. Switching between multiple games can lead to a fragmented gaming experience, where you may find it difficult to fully engage with any of the games.
Playing one game at a time can save you money. Video games can be expensive, and constantly buying new games without finishing the ones you already own can be wasteful. By completing one game before moving on to the next, you can fully utilize the games you have purchased and get the most value out of them.
glass beach have announced plastic death, the follow-up to 2019’s the first glass beach album. It’s set to land on January 19, 2024 via Run For Cover Records. Today, the band has shared the new single ‘rare animal’, which will appear on the record alongside the previously unveiled ‘the CIA’, one of our Best New Songs. Check out ‘rare animal’ and find the LP’s cover art and tracklist below.
plastic death was recorded in Los Angeles, engineered and mixed by frontperson J. McClendon and lead guitarist Layne Smith, and later mastered by Grammy-nominated producer Will Yip. “This album is the Pacific garbage patch, cultural trash strewn together seemingly by accident, standing in stark juxtaposition to each other,” McClendon explained in a press release, adding of their songwriting approach: “It shifted from trying to tell a story to trying to subtract everything but the emotion, whatever words get to the emotion.”
plastic death Cover Artwork:
plastic death Tracklist:
1. coelacanth
2. motions
3. slip under the door
4. guitar song
5. rare animal
6. cul de sac
7. whalefall
8. puppy
9. the killer
10. the CIA
11. 200
12. commatose
13. abyss angel
Ty Segall has announced a new album, Three Bells, which is set for release on January 26, 2024, via Drag City. Today, he’s shared a video for the new single ‘My Room’, which he co-directed with longtime collaborator Matt Yoka. Check it out and find the album artwork and tracklist below.
Three Bells, the follow-up to last year’s “Hello, Hi”, will include the previously released singles ‘Void’ and ‘Eggman’. It was co-produced by Cooper Crain, who also engineered and mixed the LP. Segall collaborated with his wife Denée on five of the songs, while members of his Freedom Band also contributed to the record.
Three Bells Cover Artwork:
Three Bells Tracklist:
1. The Bell
2. Void
3. I Hear
4. Hi Dee Dee
5. My Best Friend
6. Reflections
7. Move
8. Eggman
9. My Room
10. Watcher
11. Repetition
12. To You
Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins on Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best new music segment.
On this week’s list, we have MGMT’s ‘Mother Nature’, the warm, heartfelt lead single from their first album in five years; DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ’s glistening, euphoric new track ‘Say What You Mean’; Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’, a gorgeously haunting folk-rock ballad from the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes; ‘Pressure on the Pulse’, a frenetic highlight from Sen Morimoto’s new LP; Vyva Melinkolya’s starkly enchanting new single, ‘222’, which features backing vocals from Ethel Cain; and The Last Dinner Party’s stunning new song ‘On Your Side’.
Best New Songs: November 6, 2023
Song of the Week: MGMT, ‘Mother Nature’
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ, ‘Say What You Mean’
Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’
Sen Morimoto, ‘Pressure on the Pulse’
Vyva Melinkolya, ‘222’
The Last Dinner Party, ‘On Your Side’
Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week with 1.653 million equivalent album units in the US. With 1.653 million units, it marks the biggest sales week for any album since Adele’s 25 in 2015, Billboard reports. It’s also her biggest sales week ever, topping her previous high of 1.287 for the original release of 1989.
Traditional album sales comprise 1.359 million of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)‘s first-week units, followed by 288,000 streaming equivalent album units (equals 375.49 million on-demand streams), and 6,000 track equivalent album units (representing individual song sales). As Billboard notes, album sales were driven by the amount of physical editions 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is available in, including five color vinyl variants, eight CD editions, and two cassette editions.
A photography exhibition titled #MadeBritainGreat will be opening on the 9th of November at the JG Contemporary Gallery in London. The exhibition will showcase the works of Derrick Santini, a highly-established humanist photographer whose works have been featured around the globe and in major publications such as Vice and Vogue.
Among the cultural icons on display are Idris Elba, Thandiwe Newton, Neneh Cherry, Tricky, Jarvis Cocker, Lily Allen, Mike Skinner, Skin, and Top Boy’s Jasmin Jobson.
Talking about the exhibition, Santini said: “As a humanist photographer, it is the people, in all their wondrous guises, that inform and inspire my work and worldview. I celebrate the individual; their spirit, vigour and vision that make them uniquely talented. I feel Britain nourishes and fosters this spirit.”
The exhibition will last until the 3rd of December. Admission to the exhibition is free.
Adam Johnstone, lead guitarist for the Melbourne power-pop grup Romero, has died. Johnstone’s brother and bandmate Dave shared the news in a statement on the band’s Instagram, revealing that Adam passed away last month at 32 after a battle with cancer. Read the post in full below.
Adam and Dave formed Romero in 2019 alongside vocalist Alanna Oliver, bassist Justin Tawil, and guitarist Fergus Sinclair. Adam and Dave had previously played in a band called Summer Blood. “I had known Adam for maybe two weeks or something, I met him through a friend at a bar one night,” Oliver recalled in our Artist Spotlight interview. “We hit it off and were speaking about music, and I went over to Adam’s house and tried singing with him for a bit. Then Dave came along and jammed, and not too long after Murry and Ferg were there, and it was really cool. I was all of a sudden playing with four dudes who I didn’t know a month ago, and I could tell it was something really special.”
“I remember when I met Adam, he swore that he would never play live music again on stage,” she added. “And I was like, ‘What the fuck? Okay. Cool, I’m gonna totally change that.’ It was like my goal was to get this guy out there. It was just so funny. We were all really in just stagnant places. And it’s so great to think, what comes out of just like taking a punt, saying, ‘Yeah, alright, I’ll give it a go.'”
Romero released their debut album, Turn It On!, last spring.
It is with immense sadness that I share the news of our beloved Adam Johnstone, who passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and friends on October 17.
He was my brother, bandmate and best friend for my whole life, and I am left incomplete now that he is gone, however he has fought so hard over the past 5 years and more than anyone deserves the peaceful rest and eternal sunshine of whatever lies beyond.
Adam had been battling cancer since 2019, but he never let it define him or determine his memory. He recorded the Romero album and 7” while in various stages of treatment, and remained tough (and vegan) until the very end.
It goes without saying that he was an incredibly gifted musician. He knew how to write a fucking riff. I had a front row seat to all of his songwriting, and it always had such a haunting, nostalgic and tortured beauty to it, like he was relaying so much pain through the only way he could communicate it, channeling it through a tunnel of love and letting it bleed through his guitar.
He is survived by his wife Megan, his family, his close friends, all those who had their minds blown by a live performance, and by his recorded music. Please continue to celebrate his life by listening to his amazing songwriting and guitar in Romero, Summer Blood, and his few beautiful solo recordings as Boredwalk.
Let us remember him as the strong, loyal, expressive and unique cowboy he was. In his memory, live with authenticity, justice, honesty and kindness, look out for your friends and family, listen to real music and relish the times with good company and plenty of liquor.
For those interested in coming to his memorial the details will be shared on our facebook.
Long live Adam and long live Romero
– Dave
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