Zella Day has announced her second album, Sunday in Heaven, which will be out on October 14 via Concord Records. The follow-up to her debut Kicker was produced by Jay Joyce, with additional production by John Velasquez and Alex Casnoff and contributions from the likes of Autolux’s Carla Azar and Cage The Elephant’s Daniel Tichneor. It’s led by the new single ‘Mushroom Punch’, which Day describes as a “psychedelic trip for the heart.” Check out director Sophie Muller’s video for the track below, and scroll down for the album artwork and tracklist.
Mushroom Punch Cover Artwork:
Mushroom Punch Tracklist:
1. Am I Still Your Baby?
2. Dance For Love
3.Girls
4. Golden
5. I Don’t Know How To End
6. Radio Silence
7. Bunny
8. Real Life
9. Almost Good
10. Last Time
11. Sunday In Heaven
Miya Folick has released her new single ‘Bad Thing’, which she co-wrote with Mitski and Andrew Wells. Wells also co-produced the track alongside Gabe Wax. Check out it out via the accompanying video, directed by Ruby Caster, below.
Following previous cuts ‘Nothing to See’, ‘Ordinary’, and ‘Oh God’, ‘Bad Thing’ will appear on Folick’s upcoming EP 2007, which is out September 9 on Nettwerk. “The day I wrote this song, I woke up with a first-class, absolutely soul crushing hangover, after having slept for a couple fretful hours,” Folick explained in a statement. “I wasn’t the kind of person who could hide a hangover, so I told Mitski and Andrew what was going on. We wrote this song. It’s about being stuck in a cycle of behavior that you can’t get out of, but it’s not bleak. There’s hope in the song. I always knew that I would get out of that cycle eventually.”
Muse are back with a new album, Will of the People, out now via Warner. The Simulation Theory follow-up was previewed with the singles ‘Won’t Stand Down’, ‘Compliance’, and the title track. “Will of the People was created in Los Angeles and London and is influenced by the increasing uncertainty and instability in the world,” Matt Bellamy explained in press materials. “A pandemic, new wars in Europe, massive protests & riots, an attempted insurrection, Western democracy wavering, rising authoritarianism, wildfires and natural disasters and the destabilization of the global order all informed Will of the People. It has been a worrying and scary time for all of us as the Western empire and the natural world, which have cradled us for so long are genuinely threatened. This album is a personal navigation through those fears and preparation for what comes next.”
DJ Khaled has returned with his latest album. Following last year’s Khaled Khaled, GOD DID features guest spots from JAY-Z, Lil Wayne, Ross, John Legend, and Fridayy – all of whom appear on the title track – as well as Drake (‘No Secret’), Future and SZA (‘Beautiful’), the late Juice WRLD (‘Juice WRLD Did’), Lil Durk, 21 Savage, Jadakiss, City Girls, Latto, Roddy Ricch, Kodak Black, and more. It also includes a remix of ‘Use This Gospel’ by Dr. Dre, which boasts a verse from Eminem, as well as the previously released single ‘Staying Alive’ with Drake and Lil Baby.
Julia Jacklin has released her third album, PRE PLEASURE, via Transgressive Records. The singer-songwriter recorded the follow-up to 2019’s Crushing in Montreal with co-producer Marcus Paquin, collaborating with her Canada-based touring band, bassist Ben Whiteley and guitarist Will Kidman (of the Weather Station). It includes the advance tracks ‘Love, Try Not To Let Go’, ‘I Was Neon‘, ‘Lydia Wears A Cross’, and ‘Be Careful With Yourself’. “A lot of the time I feel like I need to do all the work before I can enjoy my life,” Jacklin said in a statement announcing the album. “Whether that’s work on songs or sex, friendships, or my relationship with my family – I think if I work on them long and hard enough, eventually I’ll get to sit around and really enjoy them. But that’s not how anything works is it. It’s all an ongoing process.” Read our review of the album.
Stella Donnelly has returned with her sophomore album, Flood, out now via Secretly Canadian. The Australian songwriter wrote the follow-up to her 2019 debut Beware of the Dogs with band members Jennifer Aslett, George Foster, Jack Gaby, and Marcel Tussie, working with co-producers Anna Laverty and Methyl Ethyl’s Jake Webb. “I had so many opportunities to write things in strange places,” said Donnelly in a statement, having lived in Bellingen, Fremantle, Williams, Guilderton, Margaret River, and Melbourne while crafting the songs. “I often had no choice about where I was. There’s no denying that not being able to access your family with border closures, it zooms in on those parts of your life you care about.” Read our review of Flood.
Brooklyn-based artist Rachika Nayar has issued her second LP, Heaven Come Crashing, via NNA Tapes. Following last year’s Our Hands Against The Dusk and its companion EP, fragments, the new album includes the Maria BC-featuring singles ‘Heaven Come Crashing’ and ‘Our Wretched Fate’ as well as ‘Nausea’ and ‘Our Wretched Fantasy’. In a statement about the record, whose influences range from ’90s trance to anime soundtracks, Nayar said: “I both love and feel so wary of melodrama, because its entire premise is to be uncritical. Taking your most massive emotions at face-value feels so fraught when they partly originate with structures you can’t control, with structures you maybe even feel at war with.”
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has put out a new LP, Let’s Turn It Into Sound, via Ghostly International. “The album is a puzzle,” the experimental artist said of the record, which follows her 2021 joint effort with composer Emilie Mosseri, I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon. “[It] is a symbol of receiving a compound of a ton of feelings from going out into a situation, and the song titles are instructions to breaking apart the feelings and understanding them.” Read our review of Let’s Turn It Into Sound.
Ezra Furman has released All of Us Flames, which is billed as the third in a trilogy that includes 2018’s Transangelic Exodus and the 2019’s Twelve Nudes. Out now via ANTI-, the album produced by John Congleton and includes the early singles ‘Book of Our Names’, ‘Point Me Toward the Real’, ‘Forever in Sunset’, ‘Lilac and Black’, and ‘Poor Girl a Long Way From Heaven’. “This is a first person plural album,” Furman explained in press materials. “It’s a queer album for the stage of life when you start to understand that you are not a lone wolf, but depend on finding your family, your people, how you work as part of a larger whole. I wanted to make songs for use by threatened communities, and particularly the ones I belong to: trans people and Jews.”
JID’s new album, The Forever Story, has arrived via Dreamville/Interscope. The Atlanta rapper previewed the LP with the singles ‘Dance Now’ (featuring Kenny Mason and Foushée) and ‘Surround Sound’ (with 21 Savage and Baby Tate). The record also includes guest appearances from Lil Wayne, EARTHGANG, Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, Yasiin Bey, Ravyn Lenae, and Johnta Austin. The Forever Story marks JID’s first full-length outing since his 2018 LP DiCaprio 2.
Diamanda Galás has issued a new LP titled Broken Gargoyles. Out now via Intravenal Sound Operations, the LP marks the Greek-American artist’s first new album in four years and features two lengthy tracks, ‘Mutilatus’ and ‘Abiectio’, which were composed during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The follow-up to 2020’s De-Formation – Piano Variations contains segments from the Georg Heym poems ‘Das Fieberspital’, ‘Die Dämonen der Stadt, ‘Der Blinde’, ‘Der Hunger’, and ‘Das Fieberspital’. Four of Heym’s poems will be included as part of a 24-page booklet that comes with the Broken Gargoyles CD release, along with four paintings by Galás.
Teen Suicide, honeybee table at the butterfly feast
Sam Ray has returned with a new Teen Suicide album called honeybee table at the butterfly feast, out today via Run For Cover Records. The LP was written over a period of years while Ray struggled with a respiratory illness that made it very difficult to perform and record, eventually leading to a near-death experience. “Whether I died from the illness or was just unable to ever sing and work like I had before, I wanted to get everything done that I possibly could, and yet I became almost completely unable to function,” he explained in a press release. “This led to an at times almost hopeless depression and yet also an incredible desire to push through and work harder than I ever have. And in that conflict I found a lot of the material for the record.”
Between the Botanicals is the third album and Count Your Lucky Stars debut by Tiny Blue Ghost, the Kingston, NY outfit composed of vocalist/guitarist Marissa Carrol, guitarist Kyle McDonough, bassist Andy Vlad, keyboardist Kristoff Lalicki, and drummer Joseph Wright. The record, which blends elements of bedroom pop, shoegaze, and college rock, was self-produced by Wright and Carroll. It follows an EP from earlier this year called The Underneath.
Other albums out today:
Pianos Become the Teeth, Drift; Bret McKenzie, Songs Without Jokes; Roc Marciano & The Alchemist, The Elephant Man’s Bones; Sports Team, Gulp!; Benoit & Sergio, Lost Decade; Mark Gomes, Alphane Moods; Antonio Sánchez, Shift; Dendrons, 5-3-8; Pantha du Prince, Garden Gala; Selena, Moonchild Mixes; William Orbit, The Painter; MONO JUNK, IÄTI; Chris Forsyth, Evolution Here We Come; Animistic Beliefs, MERDEKA; Meechy Darko, Gothic Luxury; JJulius, Vol. 2; Saphileaum, Ganbana; Machine Head, ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN; Authentically Plastic, Raw Space; Laufey, Everything I Know About Love; Eyedress, FULL TIME LOVER; Gently Tender, Take Hold Of Your Promise!; KRAMER, Music For Films Edited By Moths; RALPH WHITE, Something About Dreaming; Dienne, Addio.
Arlo Parks offered her take on Julia Jacklin’s ‘Good Guy’ for Australian radio station triple j’s Like a Version segment. Watch it below, along with a performance of Parks’ own Collapsed in Sunbeams cut ‘Hope’.
“I chose to cover ‘Good Guy’ because there’s this really distinct sense of melancholy mixed with a little touch of funniness,” Parks explained in an interview. “With this song in particular, it’s the kind of brokenness and the sense of defeat in her voice that I wanted to bring out. Also, the recording is so incredible, I wanted it to be live instruments and I wanted it to be in a band scenario.”
“I guess what I did to make it my own is channel my experiences of a similar scenario when I sing it,” she continued. “I think a lot of what makes a delivery believable is someone putting themselves and their memories and their experiences and their traumas into the way that they sing it.”
‘Good Guy’ appears on Jacklin’s 2019 album Crushing. Jacklin just put out her third album, PRE PLEASURE.
Britney Spears has returned with her first new song since her conservatorship ended. ‘Hold Me Closer’, a duet with Elton John, is out today. Produced by Andrew Watt, the track is a reimagining of John’s 1971 classic ‘Tiny Dancer’. Check it out below.
“I am absolutely thrilled to have had the chance to work with Britney Spears; She truly is an icon, one of the all-time great pop stars and she sounds amazing on this record,” Elton John said in a statement. “I love her dearly and am delighted with what we’ve created together.”
Britney Spears added: “I was so honored when the incredible Sir Elton John asked me to join him on one his most iconic songs. We are so excited for the fans to hear it! Thank you, Elton, for having me! I am so grateful that I got the opportunity to work with you and your legendary mind.”
‘Hold Me Closer’ marks Spears’ first new music since her 2016 album Glory.
“‘After You’ is my love song to my long distance bestie, Samantha,” the band’s Chlo White explained in a statement. “She lives in Denver now, but we met in highschool when I invited her to come to one of my shows. We quickly became really close friends and I found myself out in Yellow Springs, OH at least once a month for a while.”
White added: “That was about an hour away from where I lived in Columbus at the time, and my dad would drive me halfway and meet up with her at a TA station so we could hangout for a weekend. Too cute. I think friendships like ours are rare. We can go months without talking and pick up right where we left off. She moved a while ago now, but I still feel so close to her. I don’t think I’ll ever know another love like Samantha’s! 🙂”
Boston-based quartet Future Teens have shared a new song called ‘Team Sports’, which features backing vocals from the Wonder Years’ Dan Campbell. It’s the latest preview of their upcoming album Self Help, following previous singles ‘Same Difference’ and ‘BYOB’. Check it out below.
“The first time I bleached my hair, a surprising number of people asked if I was doing okay,” the band’s Amy Hoffman said in a press release. “I know they were just razzing me, but it struck me as such an absurd barometer for wellness, like, no! I’m not okay, but that’s not why I’m blonde now! I think it’ll always be challenging to ask for help, or to be honest when my best friend gently checks in about the motivation for my latest self haircut, but I’m grateful I’m not always white knuckling it until my next therapy session anymore.”
“That last chorus was originally a wordless, rock out ending, but Andy [D. Park] felt like there was something missing,” Hoffman added. “Dan happened to visit us as we were working through it and was kind enough to sing on that section. All of our jaws hit the floor as soon as he started, it was such a memorable part of recording the album.”
Gaming has become a popular activity for all ages, but there are still many misconceptions about it. This guide is designed to provide adults with information on how to get started in gaming and dispel some of the popular myths that may be keeping them from trying it out. Whether you’re currently looking for a new hobby or just want to learn more about this growing form of entertainment, read on for tips on how to get started in gaming today.
Choose the Right Platform for You
There are many different gaming platforms available today, from consoles like Xbox and PlayStation to PC and mobile. With so many choices, it can be tough to know where to start. However, the best way to choose a platform is to think about what type of games you want to play.
For example, if you’re interested in first-person shooters or other action games, you’ll probably want to go with a console. However, if you’re more interested in puzzle games or strategy games, you may want to opt for a PC. Once you know what type of games you want to play, you can narrow down your choices and choose the platform that’s right for you.
Think About the Games You Want to Play
As mentioned above, the type of games you want to play will be a major factor in choosing your gaming platform. There are thousands of different games available, so it’s important to have a good idea of what you’re looking for before you start shopping.
Do some research on the different types of games available and find a few that look interesting to you. Once you have a good idea of the kinds of games you want to play, you can start narrowing down your choices and finding the perfect platform for your needs.
For instance, do you want to play violent shooter games or play some online casino games? If you’re interested in the latter, you need to do your research because not all platforms offer online casino games. Also, think about where you’re based. For instance, if you’re in Australia, try to find the top online casino australia has to offer you to see the benefits. It helps to do this because you’ll be able to get some great bonuses that you can use when playing the games.
Consider Your Budget
When it comes to gaming, you don’t necessarily need to spend a lot of money to have a good time. There are plenty of great games available for free or at very reasonable prices. However, if you’re looking for the latest and greatest games or want to invest in a high-end gaming rig, you may need to spend a bit more.
Think about how much you’re willing to spend on gaming before you start shopping for a platform. This will help you narrow down your choices and find the perfect option for your budget.
Don’t Forget About Accessories
In addition to the actual gaming platform, you’ll also need to think about accessories. For example, if you’re playing on a console, you may want to invest in a few extra controllers. If you’re playing on a PC, you’ll need a good gaming mouse and keyboard. And if you’re playing mobile games, you may want to consider a Bluetooth controller.
Think about the types of accessories you may need and factor them into your budget. This will help you make sure you have everything you need to get the most out of your gaming experience.
You may very well game online and may have done so for a while and consider yourself a bit of an aficionado. However, there have been several changes in the sector and in the manner that you can play and interact with other players in the online space and, as such, you should keep abreast of these evolutions in gaming. Interested? Great – just keep reading.
Gaming Is Now More Social Than Ever Before
We are playing online computer games in teams, watching others’ game in real-time, and attending huge online and actual championship tournaments to interact with our favorite computer games. This is all now done in a much more social way than ever before. There are social media channels that we log into simply to watch others play or to share our own game time with others. Some tribes spring up around the game, with chat rooms and forums, where you can discuss the games that you like to play and meet up with other gamers.
Much More Immersive
The ability to transport the player into the actual world of the game and allow them to feel like they are the person playing is now the norm for most modern games. There are even online casinos australia where the games are so immersive that you could be in the real thing – it’s immersive and interactive. The real dealer games and casino table games are the ones that spring to mind as the most immersive casino games out there. Cloud gaming has also added to the level of immersion that is available, allowing more bandwidth and access to gaming infrastructure that would not have been possible in the past.
Cross-Platform Games
No longer are the game developers creating games that can only be played on their specific consoles. Cross-platform gaming is the way of the future and it has already started. Allowing you to play the same game on any console, PC, laptop, or smartphone. Games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War are two such popular games that are now played on several platforms.
The Metaverse
Lastly, it is worth looking at what the perceived future of gaming will be. The argument is that the metaverse is going to be the future of everything we now do online, including our gaming and entertainment. the concept is that we will now spend more time online and most of our daily lives will arguably be spent in the metaverse. A single immersive, interactive, and virtual reality world.
The online gaming sector has changed dramatically since its inception. Gaming itself has also changed from something that was perceived as antisocial and introverted to a pastime or hobby that is now social, immersive, virtual, and real at the same time. It is an evolution that continues and is expected to culminate in the metaverse. With these inevitable changes, it’s a good idea to remain up to date with the latest tech to avoid missing out on this exciting future.
Gaming is bigger than it’s ever been, and that means that there are more ways to experience it now than ever before. If you’ve never considered yourself to be all that into video games, this is a great time to jump in, as you’ll likely find something that speaks to your preferences in no time. However, even if you are already into games, this variety means that it could be a good time to start thinking about how exploring other genres and experiences could expand your interest in your hobby.
Online Casino Games
Thanks to the digitization of casino games, they too can now be considered part of the video games umbrella. These might be experiences that you brush off due to not being remotely close to what you currently enjoy, but that could also prove to be what’s alluring about them. Many of these games are concise, meaning that you can play one or several in a short session on your smartphone, making them convenient ways to kill time. You can find more info here, but options such as slot games might appeal to you if you’re familiar with them from other venues.
Relaxing Games
The focus of so many games is to put you into an intense moment and recreate the thrilling experience on screen in how the gameplay feels. There’s no doubt that there is value in such experiences, but sometimes you just want to unwind, and so your attention might turn to more relaxing games, such as Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley – games that aim to allow you to escape into another world to forget your woes. This might be what you need after a long day, so it’s certainly worth exploring if you feel regularly stressed.
The Role-Playing Experience
If you are looking to escape into another world, the role-playing game (RPG) might be for you. These come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, so if one setting appeals to you more than another, fear not, as it’s not all just fantasy worlds with orcs and elves. Being able to inhabit a character in a different world, and make choices that affect your surroundings can be incredibly cathartic and engrossing, and could have you thinking more seriously and emotionally than you ever expected to in a video game.
Overcoming a Challenge
Some games specifically set out to provide you with a challenge that you have to overcome. Some people might find these too frustrating, and not a good use of their free time, but other people will relish in the satisfaction that comes with overcoming this wall, and be presented with another one that they have to conquer. These too come in a variety of formats, from platformers to action games to role-playing games, the experience of a challenging game is less of a genre and more of design philosophy. So, if you feel like you would prefer this kind of experience, you’re in luck, as any genre likely has its share of difficult candidates.
Muse are back with a new album,
DJ Khaled has returned with his latest album. Following last year’s Khaled Khaled,
Julia Jacklin has released her third album, 
Stella Donnelly has returned with her sophomore album, 
Brooklyn-based artist Rachika Nayar has issued her second LP, 
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has put out a new LP, 
Ezra Furman has released 
JID’s new album, 
Diamanda Galás has issued a new LP titled Broken Gargoyles. Out now via Intravenal Sound Operations, the LP marks the Greek-American artist’s first new album in four years and features two lengthy tracks, ‘Mutilatus’ and ‘Abiectio’, which were composed during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The follow-up to 2020’s De-Formation – Piano Variations contains segments from the Georg Heym poems ‘Das Fieberspital’, ‘Die Dämonen der Stadt, ‘Der Blinde’, ‘Der Hunger’, and ‘Das Fieberspital’. Four of Heym’s poems will be included as part of a 24-page booklet that comes with the Broken Gargoyles CD release, along with four paintings by Galás.
Sam Ray has returned with a new Teen Suicide album called 
Between the Botanicals is the third album and 
