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Weezer Announce Tour With Modest Mouse, Spoon, Future Islands, and More

After canceling their Broadway residency last year, Weezer have announced a run of dates featuring support from Modest Mouse, Momma, Future Islands, Joyce Manor, Spoon, White Reaper. The North American tour, which they’re calling Indie Rock Roadtrip!, will keep them on the road from June 4 through September 3. Find the list of dates below.

Mar 18 Tampa, FL – Innings Festival Florida
Jun 3 Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festival
Jun 4 Huntsville, AL – the orion amphitheater $#
Jun 6 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory $#
Jun 8 Austin, TX Germania Insurance Amphitheater $#
Jun 10 Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheatre $#
Jun 11 Bonner Springs, KS – Azura Amphitheater $#
Jun 13 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory $#
Jun 14 Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field $#
Jun 16 Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center $#
Jun 17-Jun 18 Indianapolis, IN – Wonderroad Festival
Jun 18 Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre $#
Jun 23 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion @^
Jun 24 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion @^
Jun 25 Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre @^
Jun 27 Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann @^
Jun 28 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater @^
Jun 30 Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater @^
Jul 1 Worcester, MA – The Palladium Outdoors @^
Jul 3 Canandaigua, NY – CMAC @^
Jul 4 Toronto, Ontario – Budweiser Stage @^
Jul 9 Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana – Hard Rock Live ^
Jul 11 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE @^
Jul 13 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium @^
Jul 28-Jul 30 Naeba, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
Aug 20 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre *!
Aug 22 Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater *!
Aug 24 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre *!
Aug 27 Magna, UT – The Great Saltair – Outdoor Pavilion *!
Aug 28 Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre *!
Aug 30 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre *!
Sep 1 Las Vegas, NV – Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood *!
Sep 2 Irvine, CA – Fivepoint Amphitheatre *!
Sep 3 San Diego, CA – Sycuan Stage at Gallagher Square Petco Park *!
Sep 17 Asbury Park, NJ – Sea.Hear.Now Festival

$ with Modest Mouse
# with Momma
* with Spoon
! with White Reaper
@ with Future Islands
^ with Joyce Manor

Transform Your Bedroom Into a Dreamland With Bedding: Tips for Creating a Cozy Nook

When work pressure becomes too much, having a quiet place to retreat to at home can be helpful. Putting together some soft seating, a blanket, and some good lighting can turn any space into a sanctuary for self-care.

Don’t ignore this crucial spot, which can become a peaceful retreat. With some planning and ingenuity, you can create a cozy bedroom retreat that is perfect for you.

What Exactly is a Cozy Nook?

A bedroom nook, a small area with a built-in ledge and shelving along the wall, offers a cozy retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Surrounded by lush greenery, it’s the ideal place to read, write, or spend time alone with your thoughts.

In contrast to other areas of your home, a cozy bedroom nook provides an entirely different atmosphere in which you can feel at ease and inspired. Create your dream nook by incorporating ideas like a jungle of green houseplants and succulents to reflect your chic or bold personality. Make it your own personal oasis where you can relax and recharge in peace.

Tips for Creating a Cozy Nook in your Bedroom

Discover your Ideal Spot

An exciting project is turning a vacant room in your house into a cozy bedroom nook. Take a look around your bedroom to find the ideal spot where you enjoy spending your time, but remember that location is essential. Rather than sticking with the obvious options, think outside the box and look for small spaces you might not have previously considered.

Ideally, your chosen location should have plenty of natural light to provide warmth and Vitamin D while you relax. If this isn’t possible, a quiet and warm place will suffice.

Decide on a Color Theme

The color scheme you choose is vital in creating a relaxing atmosphere in your nook. Lighter colors, such as blues, pinks, whites, and grays, can help to relieve stress and promote a calm mood. Using accent lighting or artwork to add pops of color can make your space feel more inviting and cozy.

Proper Lighting

Lighting is essential to a cozy nook’s ambiance and functionality. To prevent eye strain, a bedroom nook requires task lighting, such as a reading lamp, for all the bookworms.

Natural lighting through a window can also be beneficial. Decorative lighting, such as laser lights, can make the space more personal and enjoyable. Creativity is essential for creating the ideal oasis in our dream world.

Bedding Ideas

Your bedroom nook fantasies will remain just that: fantasies without comfortable bedding. Explore the plethora of bedding options that will not only keep you comfortable at night but will also significantly improve the aesthetics of a room.

Whether you’re just looking to re-style your current bedding or create an entirely new look for your bedroom, finding a good bedding store and investing in quality bedding is essential. Check out some of the best bedding designs to create the bed of your dreams.

Velvet

Do you want to add some luxury and comfort to your bed? Think about velvet. Choose velvet sheets in a print that complements your decor, and add a lush look to your bed with velvet coverlets, shams, and duvets. Choose an ivory print with sled dogs or wrapped gifts for cozy Christmas or holiday sheets.

White

To improve the look of your bedroom, consider using white bedding with subtle patterns to add a unique touch.

A clean and luxurious look can be achieved with an all-white bedding set, while a floral quilt or ruffled edges on the comforter can add a feminine touch. Combining these ideas can create a standout feature in your bedroom, making your bed the focal point.

Linen

Linen bedding is an excellent choice for a cozy and comfortable bedroom all year long. It’s ideal for creating a bohemian haven or adding a touch of relaxed luxury to any bedroom aesthetic. However, to avoid scratchiness, choose high-quality linen.

Choose a greige bedspread with a patterned coverlet and a subtle stripe on the bench for a neutral look. A blue rug or pillow will add a splash of color. Your bedroom will become an oasis with linen bedding.

Gray

For a chic and peaceful bedroom decor, combine black and white with a splash of color, like a bright orange headboard.

Gray bedding in calming tones is ideal, and white accents add brightness. A black, white, and gray color scheme gives a contemporary and relaxing appearance.

Conclusion

Finally, creating a cozy bedroom nook is an excellent way to create a peaceful retreat in your home. With a little effort and imagination, you can use bedding to transform your bedroom into a dreamland.

Discovering your ideal location, deciding on a color theme, proper lighting, and bedding ideas are all helpful in creating a cozy nook. Whether you choose velvet, white, linen, or gray bedding, you can create a unique and welcoming environment that suits your personality and needs. You can create a personal oasis to relax and recharge in peace with the right bedding.

Album Review: Shame, ‘Food for Worms’

Single-word band names have a way of staring you right in the face. Black Country, New Road, black midi, Dry Cleaning – these are all interesting names that make you ponder what they’re all about. But shame you feel in the pit of your stomach. And though the band has a penchant for reinventing itself with each album, intense feelings around worry, guilt, and frustration still sit at the heart of their music. On their new LP, Food for Worms, however, they don’t fester under the surface as much, instead pouring out in different directions. “I don’t think you can be in your own head forever,” frontman Charlie Steen remarked in press materials, which explains their shift away from the suffocating introspection of 2021’s Drunk Tank PinkBut Shame also wished to avoid writing about other all-too-common subjects in popular music, which Steen points out “is always about love, heartbreak, or yourself. There isn’t much about your mates.”

A staggering step forward, Food for Worms revolves around friendship in ways that highlight the band’s unique personality as well as their sonic evolution. Even if less frequently addressed, that theme is still broadly familiar, and the album finds new ways of wringing emotion out of it; those tangled feelings are often directed at others rather than the self, but they still come in many forms. To reflect this, the band adopts a focused, deceptively simple approach that never lacks in dimensionality. Their main goal may have been to unknot the headier trappings of Drunk Tank Pink, but it also works to shed away the emotional detachment that their debut (and post-punk in general) can be overly reliant on. Steen hired a vocal coach who helped him overcome the “very male tendency” of delivering a potent or melodically precise performance by defusing vulnerability; guitarist Sean Coyle-Smith felt similarly compelled to reassess everything he knew about how to play the guitar. Confronting their own dissatisfaction has not only revitalized the band’s sound but pushed it outward, resulting in some of their most evocative and communal songs to date.

‘Fingers of Steel’ opens the record by introducing its prevailing theme: “You know you’re wasting away/ There’s a sun outside but you don’t see it,” Steen sings to an estranged friend, aggravated by their relentless complaining but empathetic towards their general sense of disaffection – no matter its source or particular expression, it’s one that echoes throughout Food for Worms. Rather than conjuring the scorched intensity a band like Squid is known for, however, they infuse the song with the kind of warmth that tilts its weight toward understanding; Coyle-Smith’s solo stops itself just short of an explosion. On ‘Adderall’, Steen becomes a helpless observer to a friend addicted to prescription drugs, and the song clings to a simple but anthemic chorus that casts a huge shadow.

Shame don’t abandon all of their old musical tendencies, but they give them the space to either draw out or mutate. ‘Six-Pack’ brings a new dynamism to the claustrophobia of Drunk Tank Pink by switching from frantic wah-wah guitars to a looser, more ominous structure. With ‘Yankees’ comes a shift in tone – “You bring me down/ And that is love, so you say” – but Steen’s resentment is steeped in feeling that might have otherwise been dimmed out, while Coyle-Smith offers another clean, nicely mapped-out guitar solo that offsets the thickness of the overall production. That resentment doesn’t really bubble over until ‘Orchid’, which starts out in the affecting, laid-back mode of ‘Adderrall’. Coyle-Smith subtly paints over a gentle acoustic groove as Steen sings of “a palette of colours that you’ve never seen,” before, in its fifth and final minute, the song spirals off into a furious conclusion. The band have always kept their cathartic moments relatively brief, but rarely have they felt so necessary.

Still, it’s not enough to resolve the conflict that divides so much of Food for Worms. On ‘Burn by Design’, Steen considers the difference between selling yourself and burning (out) for a cause; on ‘Different Person’, he struggles to understand someone who’s “still the same to me even though you speak with a different accent now for fun.” Though we think of shame as an internal, self-perpetuating process, it can be part of the whirlwind of emotions that come with watching people drift away. How do you know you’re justified in your attitude towards them, positive or negative? Do you paint them as victims or agents of their own demise? The band may not have an answer, but they know better than to pretend to be above it all, striking a delicate balance. And at the end of the album, they take a long, hard look at themselves – and ahead. “All the people that you’re gonna meet/ Don’t you throw it all away/ Because you can’t love yourself,” they sing in unison. It might be in the group’s name, but they won’t let shame be the thing that defines them.

feeble little horse Announce New Album ‘Girl with Fish’, Release New Song ‘Tin Man’

feeble little horse have announced a new album called Girl with Fish. The follow-up to the band’s 2021 debut Hayday is out June 9 on Saddle Creek. Today’s announcement arrives with the release of the new single ‘Tin Man’, which you can check out via the accompanying video below.

Speaking about ‘Tin Man’, the band’s Lydia Slocum (who also created the album’s cover art) said in a statement: “The song is about people who use sadness to control your actions because they know you will sympathize – oftentimes when these people are investigated there really is not much inside them, they just use emotions to get what they want out of other people. I have my qualms with this sort of person.”

Ryan Walchonsk added: “‘Tin Man’ is one of the songs that represents a new style of writing for us as a group. This song went back and forth through Google Drive links, trying to come up with the best iteration of the song that we were all happy with; vocals recorded, scrapped and re-recorded, drums scrapped and re-recorded, the chorus at one point was completely different.”

“When we made Hayday, we wrote really quickly to get it done before he moved away and we couldn’t make songs anymore,” Sebastian Kinsler said of Girl with Fish. “But we realized making music with each other was too fun to walk away from. For this album, we got to take our time with every decision that went into it.”

Girl with Fish Cover Artwork:

Girl with Fish Tracklist:

1. Freak
2. Tin Man
3. Steamroller
4. Heaven
5. Paces
6. Sweet
7. Slide
8. Healing
9. Pocket
10. Station
11. Heavy Water

Heather Woods Broderick Unveils New Song ‘Admiration’

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Heather Woods Broderick has released ‘Admiration’, the latest single from her upcoming album Labyrinth. It follows previous offerings ‘Blood Run Through Me’ and ‘Crashing Against the Sun’. Check it out below.

Broderick wrote ‘Admiration’ while visiting her former home in Oregon during the wildfires in 2020. “I was scared and missing my partner, not knowing whether I should evacuate or which road I’d have the best chance to get out on,” Broderick explained in a statement. “Amidst my fear and feelings of helplessness amplifying the current state of the world, I was also remembering what I have to be grateful for – trying to use fear and uncertainty as a vehicle for hope.”

Labyrinth is set for release on April 7 via Western Vinyl.

Slow Pulp Sign to ANTI-, Share New Single ‘Cramps’

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Chicago-based quartet Slow Pulp have announced their signing to ANTI- with a new single, ‘Cramps’. Listen to it below.

“The song came out of a jam at practice right after I had proclaimed that my period cramps were particularly bad that day,” lead vocalist Emily Massey explained in a statement. “It is about searching for things you wish you had in other people and creating this character in your head that has all the physical and emotional attributes you feel that you are lacking.”

Slow Pulp released their debut LP, Moveys, in 2022. The band is set to embark on a European with Death Cab for Cutie next week.

Slow Pulp 2023 Tour Dates:

Mar 5 – Den Gra Hal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar 6 – Filadelfia, Stockholm, Sweden
Mar 7 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Mar 9 – Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
Mar 10 – 013 Poppodium, Tilberg, Netherlands
Mar 11 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar 12 – E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
Mar 14 – De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
Mar 5 – Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Mar 16 – Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Mar 18 – Rock City, Nottingham, England
Mar 19 – Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Mar 21 – O2 Institute, Birmingham, England
Mar 22 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mar 23 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland
Mar 25 – Apollo, Manchester, England
Mar 27 – Dome, Brighton, England
Mar 28 – Roundhouse, London, England
Mar 29 – Royal Albert Hall, London

How Does the Casting Process Work

Want to know what to expect before, during, and after the casting? Here’s a quick guide on how it usually goes on Houston Casting Calls

1. Sending the application

Check out the offers that are published on allcasting.com. Use the filters to select exactly the jobs that suit you (acting, modeling, dancing, etc.). Read the job posting carefully and send your feedback and additional materials as needed (e.g. portfolio).

2. Invitation

If the casting director thinks you might be suitable for the position, you will be sent an invitation to the casting. Depending on the specifics of the role, the casting can be performed online or in person at the studio.

3. Casting

Make sure you arrive on time but be ready to wait. Casting often means long lines. Grab something to read or watch and don’t forget a bottle of water and a snack.

When you are invited inside, give your portfolio and comp cards to the casting director. Then go to auditions, which vary depending on the position you are applying for.

  • Getting to know you. You may be asked about previous shoots, experience with different brands, etc. It is worth knowing the author of the photos in your portfolio and the names of people you have worked with before.
  • Getting to know your appearance. You may be asked to let your hair down or put it in a ponytail. Try to perform such actions quickly and clearly. This demonstrates your professionalism and saves time to get to know the casting director better.
  • Professional test. You may be asked to walk and pose for a photo or video. Perhaps, the director will ask you to show some emotion (“Imagine that you were given a puppy, and you are indescribably happy”).

4. Repeated casting

You may be invited again. This means that the circle of candidates has narrowed. If it is a model casting, you may be going to try on the clothes of the brand to understand if it suits you.

5. Job offer

Depending on the scope of the casting, the answer may come in a few days or months.

You should not make all bets on one casting. Constantly go to auditions and improve self-presentation and professional skills. The more you try, the easier this process will be for you.

Los Bitchos Release New Covers EP ‘PAH!’

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Los Bitchos have released a new two-track EP, PAH!, which sees them covering the Champs’ ‘Tequila’ and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s ‘Trapdoor’. Take a listen below.

In a statement about the new release, Los Bitchos said: “We love King Gizzard and ‘Trapdoor’ was a song of theirs that stood out for a cover choice. It was that repetitive hook of ‘Trapdoor, trapdoor, trapdoor’ that we found so compelling and trippy. It also translates great to a guitar hook! Our version starts off feeling like a hazy summer’s day and escalates in a frantic tempo change that suggests all is not what it seems and trouble could be brewing… Hehe…”

“‘Tequila’ has been the joyfully unhinged ending to our set for the past year,” they added. “It always feels like it could fall apart at any moment and we wanted to capture that energy on the recording.”

Los Bitchos released their debut LP, Let The Festivities Begin!, last year. Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Los Bitchos.

This Week’s Best New Songs: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Wednesday, Susanne Sundfør, and More

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 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s ‘Death Wish’, the sweepingly poignant first single from their next LP Weathervanes; ‘Bath Country’, another fractured, electrifying single from Wednesday’s upcoming album; ‘To Remain/To Return’, the mesmerizing lead single from Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily’s upcoming collaborative album; Susanne Sundfør’s ‘alyosha’, an ethereal, heart-rending ballad previewing her new record; Shana Cleveland’s latest single, the hauntingly beautiful ‘Walking Through Morning Dew’; ‘What You Did’, a sharp, captivating indie pop tune from Hannah Jadagu; Militarie Gun’s punchy, infectious new track ‘Do It Faster’; ‘Adderall’, a pensive yet dynamic standout from Shame’s Food for Worms; and ‘Tormenta’, a satisfying, reggaeton-style highlight from Gorillaz’s Cracker Island featuring Bad Bunny.

Best New Songs: February 27, 2023

Song of the Week: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, ‘Death Wish’

Wednesday, ‘Bath Country’

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily, ‘To Remain/To Return’

Susanne Sundfør, ‘alyosha’

Shana Cleveland, ‘Walking Through Morning Dew’

Hannah Jadagu, ‘What You Did’

Militarie Gun, ‘Do It Faster’

Shame, ‘Adderall’

Gorillaz feat. Bad Bunny, ‘Tormenta’

Gorillaz Release Five New Tracks on ‘Cracker Island’ Deluxe Edition

Gorillaz have released the deluxe edition of their new album, Cracker Island, which came out Friday. It features five bonus tracks: ‘Captain Chicken’ (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien), ‘Controllah’ (with MC Bin Laden), ‘Crockadillaz’ (featuring De La Soul and Dawn Penn), a 2D Piano Version of ‘Silent Running’ (wit Adeleye Omotayo), and a Dom Dolla remix of ‘New Gold’ (featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown). Take a listen below.