Sufjan Stevens has dedicated his just-released album, Javelin, to his late partner, Evans Richardson IV, who passed away in April at the age of 43.
“This album is dedicated to the light of my life, my beloved partner and best friend Evans Richardson, who passed away in April,” Stevens wrote on Tumblr. “He was an absolute gem of a person, full of life, love, laughter, curiosity, integrity, and joy. He was one of those rare and beautiful ones you find only once in a lifetime—precious, impeccable, and absolutely exceptional in every way.” He continued:
I know relationships can be very difficult sometimes, but it’s always worth it to put in the hard work and care for the ones you love, especially the beautiful ones, who are few and far between. If you happen to find that kind of love, hold it close, hold it tight, savor it, tend to it, and give it everything you’ve got, especially in times of trouble. Be kind, be strong, be patient, be forgiving, be vigorous, be wise, and be yourself. Live every day as if it is your last, with fullness and grace, with reverence and love, with gratitude and joy. This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Thank you. I love you. XOS
Richardson was a curator who worked at the Studio Museum of Harlem. He was also the Chair of the American Alliance of Museums’ Accreditation Commission beginning in 2021. In 2018, the pair attended the Academy Awards, where Stevens performed his Oscar-nominated song ‘Mystery of Love’ at the ceremony.
Last month, Stevens revealed he had been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome and is relearning to walk. The singer-songwriter, who has always kept his personal life and sexuality away from the public eye, has been sharing updates on his progress as he battles the rare autoimmune disorder.
Cher has announced her first-ever Christmas album, Christmas, which comes out October 20 on Warner Records. It features guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Bublé, Tyga, and Darlene Love. The first single, ‘DJ Play A Christmas Song’, is out today. Listen to it below.
“I never say this about my own records but I’m really proud of this one,” Cher remarked in a statement. “It is one of the most amazing highlights of my career.”
Speaking about collaborating with Wonder on ‘What Christmas Means to Me’, she said: “Every time I hear that harmonica, I’m a teenager again. It’s a personal dream come true for me to record this song with Stevie.”
Christmas marks Cher’s first studio album since her 2018’s Dancing Queen, a collection of Abba covers.
Christmas Cover Artwork:
Christmas Tracklist:
1. DJ Play A Christmas Song
2. What Christmas Means To Me [with Stevie Wonder]
3. Run Run Rudolph
4. Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) [with Darlene Love]
5. Angels In The Snow
6. Home [with Michael Bublé]
7. Drop Top Sleigh Ride [with Tyga]
8. Please Come Home For Christmas
9. I Like Christmas
10. Christmas Ain’t Christmas Without You
11. Santa Baby
12. Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart [with Cyndi Lauper]
13. This Will Be Our Year
BLACKPINK member Jennie has shared a new solo song, ‘You & Me’. It was first debuted during her solo set on the opening night of BLACKPINK’s Born Pink World Tour at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea in October 2022. There’s also a remixed version of the track that was featured during the group’s headlining sets at Coachella 2023. Check it out via the performance video below.
Drake’s new album, For All the Dogs, has arrived. Following 2022’s Honestly, Nevermind and Her Loss, the record spans 23 tracks and includes guest appearances from SZA (on the pre-release single ‘Slime You Out’ and the Sexyy Red–assisted ‘Rich Baby Daddy’), Bad Bunny, J. Cole, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, 21 Savage, Teezo Touchdown, Yeat, and PartyNextDoor. Drake executive produced the album alongside Noah “40” Shebib, Oliver El-Khatib, and Noel Cadastre. Earlier this week, Drake released the single ‘8AM in Charlotte’ along with a video starring his song, Adonis Graham, who also drew the album’s cover art.
Sufjan Stevens has released his new album Javelin. The follow-up to 2020’s The Ascension spans 10 songs, including the previously unveiled singles ‘Will Anybody Ever Love Me?’, ‘So You Are Tired’, and ‘A Running Start’, and is accompanied by a 48-page book of art and essays created by Stevens. Itfeatures contributions from adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui, and Nedelle Torrisi, as well as guitar from the National’s Bryce Dessner on the song ‘Shit Talk’. It ends with a cover of Neil Young’s ‘There’s a World’. Read our review of Javelin.
Parquet Courts leader A. Savage has dropped a new LP, Several Songs About Fire, via Rough Trade Records. The follow-up to 2017’s Thawing Dawn was recorded in Bristol with producer John Parish and help from friends such as Cate Le Bon and Modern Nature’s Jack Cooper. “I imagine myself playing these songs in a small club that is slowly burning,” Savage said in a statement. “Fire is something you have to escape from, and in a way this album is about escaping from something. This album is a burning building, and these songs are things I’d leave behind to save myself.” The singles ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’, ‘Elvis in the Army’, and ‘David’s Dead‘ preceded the album.
Harpist and composer Mary Lattimore has unveiled a new collection, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, which takes its name from a hotel on the island of Hvar in Croatia. Out now via Ghostly, the 6-track LP features contributions from Lol Tolhurst of the Cure, Meg Baird, Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Roy Montgomery, Samara Lubelski, and Walt McClements. Lattimore explained: “When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you’re away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don’t happen anymore, fear for a planet we’re losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that’s really shaped your life that can transport you back in time, longing to maintain sensitivity and to not sink into hollow despondency.”
North Carolina’s Truth Club have come through with their sophomore full-length, Running From the Chase, out now via Double Double Whammy. Following 2019’s Not an Exit , the record was previewed by the singles ‘Blue Eternal’, ‘Exit Cycle’ (featuring Indigo de Souza), ‘Uh Oh’, and ‘Siphon’. “I struggle with bipolar disorder, and when I started writing these songs I was really struggling with it, so much so that I didn’t come close to finishing any of the songs at the time,” singer/guitarist Travis Harrington explained in press materials. “When I began to regain some footing it was an interesting emotional exercise to go back and try to finish those thoughts while in a more grounded and clear mindframe. Trying to extract the ugly hopelessness and put it in this jar I can observe from time to time as a point of reference for what that looks like in my brain.”
Glasser is back with Crux, her first new album in a decade. Out now via One Little Independent, the record follows 2013’s Interiors and features the advance tracks ‘Vine’, ‘Drift’, ‘All Lovers’, and ‘Easy’. “I wanted to create something where all the parts sound like they’re very separated,” Cameron Mesirow explained in a statement. “I was thinking like jazz, actually. It was about getting back to writing music after feeling a bit disconnected from the machinery around making music your profession.”
Pangaea has issued Changing Channels, his latest release for Hessle Audio, the label he co-runs with Ben UFO and Pearson Sound. It marks the UK producer’s first album in seven years, following 2016’s In Drum Play. “The LP to me feels like it’s distilled all the different elements of my music over the past 15 years,” Pangaea said in a statement. “And is probably my most complete record to date.”
Hannah Diamond has dropped her new album, Perfect Picture, via PC Music. The follow-up to 2019’s Reflections was promoted with the singles ‘Staring at the Ceiling’, ‘Affirmations’, ‘Poster Girl’, and the title track. “This album is more focused on who I am on the inside, a multi-layered self-portrait,” Diamond said in a press statement. “I’m the girl you already know but grown up. I’m more self-assured and exploring my dreams.”
Short Fictions, Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler)
Pittsburgh emo band Short Fictions have put out their third album, Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler), via Lauren Records. “I wrote this one in kind of a time of panic,” vocalist/guitarist Sam Treber said of the LP, which follows last year’s Every Moment of Every Day and features the singles ‘Wasting’ and ‘Reno Nevada, January 2020’. “Whereas the last one was a fun one, this one’s a little bit more chaotic and spastic again.”
Citizen have followed up 2021’s Life In Your Glass World with a new LP, Calling the Dogs. Produced by Rob Schnapf, the album was previewed by the singles ‘If You’re Lonely’, ‘When I Let You Down’, ‘Hyper Trophy’, ‘Can’t Take It Slow’. “The way I feel about the name Calling the Dogs is like a rallying cry for Citizen fans,” frontman Mat Kerekes told New Noise Magazine. “You know, like I’m calling the dogs. It’s time to go crazy. I think people like unity.”
Other albums out today:
Jolie Holland, Haunted Mountain; Open City, Hands in the Honey Jar; Dogstar, Somewhere Between the Palm Trees and Power Lines; Mutual Benefit, Growing at the Edges; Mil-Spec, Marathon; Sam Gendel & Marcella Cytrynowicz, AUDIOBOOK; Butcher Brown, Solar Music; Svalbard, The Weight of the Mask; Nídia, 95 MINDJERES; HUNNY, new planet heaven; Axis: Sova, Blinded By Oblivion; CARRTOONS, Saturday Night; Mansions, Tuff Luff; Youmna Saba, Wishah.
Paramore have released a reimagined version of their latest album, This Is Why. It features reworkings of songs from the LP, with contributions from Panda Bear, Wet Leg, Julien Baker, Bartees Strange, Romy, Foals, DOMi & JD BECK, Remi Wolf, Claud, the Linda Lindas, and Zane Lowe. The tracklist ends with a previously unreleased a demo called ‘Sanity’. Listen to Re: This Is Why below.
“We’ve long wanted to recognize the connection we have with some of the artists who’ve influenced us as a band and/or who have cited our band as an influence,” Hayley Williams said in a statement. “Re: This Is Why is almost a remix album. Some of the songs have been remixed sort of classically, while others were reworked or rewritten. It’s incredible to hear all our worlds colliding.”
The artwork for Re: This Is Why was inspired by a Marlene Dumas painting that was intended as the original cover art for the record. “It didn’t get clearance the first time around so we went with a different image,” Williams explained on social media. “Grateful to her for allowing us to use this, now.”
Mia Joy has announced a new EP, Celestial Mirror, which will arrive November 10 on Fire Talk Records. To accompany the announcement, the Chicago singer-songwriter has shared a video for the new single ‘More Green’. Check it out below.
On Thursday, 12th October, Prof. Jimmy Choo’s Mayfair-based JCA London Fashion Academy will present its MA designers cohort following last year’s runway show.
Stephen Smith, founder and CEO of the JCA commented: “We are so excited to participate in this years’ London Frieze Week and where better than to host in our beautiful Mayfair campus at 20 Hanover Square. Our learners were previewed during an amazing charity ICON show during London Fashion Week and we now get to see their launch collections. The JCA show is truly the interconnection between arts and business given we have been able to incubate our graduating cohort, from idea to final presentation.”
At three storeys of the JCA’s Grade I Period Building, doors will open at 3 pm. Residents will be welcomed by a pianist.
On the first floor, the seven MA designers will each have their dedicated room to display their collections, with each area thoughtfully designed to immerse attendees in the designer’s unique vision. The JCA MA Graduates in Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation include:
Polly McEvitt, founder of the eponymous brand, focuses on avant-garde designs, with whimsical embellishments and intricate details, and each garment helps the wearer express their individuality and self-expression.
Olivia Black, the founder of the eponymous brand, is a sustainable label centered on genderless designs and the use of upcycled materials and deadstock to create unique collections.
Mariam Saeed, founder of “Location-em”, aims to step in to fill the gap in modest fashion, by offering occasionwear dresses. The brand, born from Mariam’s challenge when seeking appropriate attire, provides a modern style without compromising personal values and beliefs.
Saleha Hussain, founder of “Yasmin”, a luxury streetwear brand that redefines modest fashion by fusing contemporary and modesty and prioritizes ethical manufacturing and sustainable practices. The label combines modest silhouettes and vibrant colours, to be styled for different occasions.
Rocio Sánchez, is a brand designed with women in mind, with the aim to inspire them to embrace their uniqueness. The collection emphasizes the importance of sustainability and inclusivity.
Meryem Bertal, founder of “Unbound”, a trailblazing brand at the intersection of dance and style. The collection featured cutting-edge materials and techniques, for exceptional comfort and durability, aimed at revolutionising the world of dancewear across various genres.
Aaiyma Masoud, founder of AAIYMA Creative Studio, is dedicated to artistic innovation and technical expertise. Inspired by geometrical shapes and three-dimensionality, the brand aims to push the boundaries and inspire individuals to embrace their uniqueness and express themselves through extraordinary sartorial choices.
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Blink-182 have shared ‘Dance With Me’, the fourth single from their upcoming album One More Time…. Following previous offerings ‘One More Time’, ‘More Than You Know’, and ‘Edging’, the track comes with a music video directed by the Malloys in which Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker dress up like the Ramones. Watch and listen below.
One More Time…, the trio’s first album together since 2011’s Neighborhoods, comes out on October 20 via Columbia.
Björk and Rosalia have teamed up for a new song. The one-minute acapella track, which is available today as a YouTube video with the title ‘help fight fish farming in iceland’, will be released later this month, with proceeds going to help pay the legal fees of people at the Fjord Seyðisfjörður who have stood up to protest against fish farming in their area. Check out the collaboration below.
Björk shared the following statement along with the song:
i am offering a song me and rosalia sang together the profits will to help the fight against fish farming in iceland it will come out in october people at the fjord seyðisfjörður have stood up and protested against fish farming starting there we would like to donate sales of the song to help with their legal fees and hopefully it can be an exemplary case for others
iceland has the biggest untouched nature in europe and still today it has it´s sheep roaming free in the mountains in the summers it´s fish has swum free in our lakes, rivers and fjords
so when icelandic and norwegian business men started buying fish farms in the majority of our fjords, it was a big shock and rose up as the main topic this summer, we don´t understand how they had been able to do this for a decade with almost no regulations stopping them. this has already had devastating effect on wildlife and the farmed fish are suffering in horrid health conditions and since a lot of them have escaped, they have started changing the DNA in the icelandic salmon to the worse and could eventually lead to its extinction
there is still a chance to safe the last wild salmon of the north our group would like to dare these business men to retract their farms! we would also like to help invent and set strict regulations into iceland´s legal system to guard nature. the majority of the nation already agrees with us so this protest is about putting the will of the people into our rule-systems
warmth
Björk and Rosalia both released albums in 2022: Fossora and MOTOMAMI, respectively.
Drake’s new album, 
Sufjan Stevens has released his new album
Parquet Courts leader A. Savage has dropped a new LP, 
Harpist and composer Mary Lattimore has unveiled a new collection, 
North Carolina’s Truth Club have come through with their sophomore full-length, 
Glasser is back with Crux, her first new album in a decade. Out now via
Pangaea has issued Changing Channels, his latest release for Hessle Audio, the label he co-runs with Ben UFO and Pearson Sound. It marks the UK producer’s first album in seven years, following 2016’s In Drum Play. “The LP to me feels like it’s distilled all the different elements of my music over the past 15 years,” Pangaea said in a statement. “And is probably my most complete record to date.”
Pittsburgh emo band Short Fictions have put out their third album, Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler), via 
Citizen have followed up 2021’s Life In Your Glass World with a new LP, Calling the Dogs. Produced by Rob Schnapf, the album was previewed by the singles ‘If You’re Lonely’, ‘When I Let You Down’, ‘Hyper Trophy’, ‘Can’t Take It Slow’. “The way I feel about the name Calling the Dogs is like a rallying cry for Citizen fans,” frontman Mat Kerekes told 
