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A ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Sing-Along Is Coming To AMC Theaters For Halloween
With Halloween just two weeks away, it's time to start solidifying those plans. If you live in LA, there's Janelle Monáe's Wondaween festivities to consider, while Houston, Texas residents can make a play for Megan Thee Stallion's Hottieween. However, if you've got littles, are a fan of musical movies, or just can't get your dream costume together in time, may I suggest a fun alternative? Kpop Demon Hunters sing-along at AMC Theaters. The cinema chain famously refused to screen any of Netflix's previous limited theatrical releases because of the streamer's business model, but it looks like AMC's shareholders are willing…
PartyOf2 Release Their Debut Album ‘Amerika’s Next Top Party!’ With The Surreal ‘Feel Love’ Video
PartyOf2 has released their debut album, Amerika's Next Top Party!, along with the surreal video for their latest single, the groovy "Feel Love." In the same vein as their previously released videos for "Friendly Fire" and "Out Of Body," the video plays on the group's duo dynamic, but this time, pairs Jadagrace and Swim with new paramours. Over a slinky, Kaytranada-produced beat, the two rappers feel themselves as much as they feel love, encouraging the listener to get into the swing of things. Meanwhile, in the video, Jada dances in a trio of ensembles highlighting her fashion sense, while Swim…
Tame Impala Goes Acoustic For An Intimate New Tiny Desk Concert
Given that Tame Impala's new album Deadbeat, which is out today, has Kevin Parker exploring more of an electronic-inspired territory, it might not seem like the best project to get the acoustic treatment. It actually works out nicely, though, as he proved in a new Tiny Desk Concert that was shared today (October 17). Armed with just a bunch of stringed instruments and minimal percussion, Parker and a backing band ran through a four-song set featuring "Borderline," "Loser," "Dracula," and "New Person, Same Old Mistakes." Watch the performance above and find the Deadbeat cover art and tracklist below, along with…
Magdalena Bay Drops Another Pair Of New Songs Post-‘Imaginal Disk’
Last month, before starting a new run of tour dates, Magdalena Bay shared a pair of new songs, “Second Sleep” and “Star Eyes." Now, they're about midway through that run and they've shared another two-piece of new songs, "Human Happens" and "Paint Me A Picture." The duo says in a statement, “Here’s another pair of songs that complement each other. Different than the last, different than the next.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31tRTNwdHyQ Beyond the new music, it's been a good month for Magdalena Bay. They were at the 2025 Austin City Limits festival, where they linked up with Japanese Breakfast to cover MGMT's…
King Princess Shares The New Song ‘Cherry’ As An Addendum To The ‘Girl Violence’ Album
Throughout the Girl Violence era, King Princess (Mikaela Straus) has been plagued by an arch nemesis, Cherry. Now the character is getting the spotlight, as today (October 17), Straus has shared a new song, "Cherry." Straus says of the song, "This song feels like the perfect resolution to Girl Violence -- the cherry on top, if you will. It’s about yearning for someone toxic, but ultimately choosing yourself.” Mikaela Straus is also launching a run of King Princess tour dates later this month. The shows stretch from the end of October to the middle of December and include a month-long…
Indiecast Pays Tribute To D’Angelo
Steven and Ian open with a conversation about Ian's weekend at the Best Friends Forever festival in Las Vegas and the return of the '90s band Sugar. They also talk about Geese's current tour, which is causing prices on the secondary market to skyrocket. Then they talk about the life and legacy of the great singer, songwriter, and musician D'Angelo, who passed away this week at age 51. After that, they preview the new Tame Impala LP, Deadbeat, and do a "yay or nay" on No Doubt. In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the new album from The Besnard Lakes…
Here’s How You Can Get The Eminem X Ghostwrite Detroit Pistons ‘Game Face’ Merch
When it comes to NBA teams engaging with their local hip-hop community, no one is doing it like the Detroit Pistons. The team's latest collaboration with a hometown hero is currently available. The "Game Face" blind bag collectible features a figurine of Eminem decked out in a Pistons jersey bearing the Motor City's infamous 313 area code and an anatopistic hockey mask. There are two versions: one, for general sale, is the $45 2.75” figure in a white home jersey. There were 2,000 produced, and they come with a limited-edition T-shirt, shipping out on December 5. The other, more rare…
Geese, Magdalena Bay, Father John Misty, And More Lead Treefort Music Festival’s 2025 Lineup
The Treefort Music Festival routinely brings a great lineup of indie talent to the Pacific Northwest. Fans can start getting ready for next year now, as today (October 16), fest organizers have announced the first wave of artists for the 2026 lineup. It's led by headliners Flipturn, Magdalena Bay, Geese, Father John Misty, and Amber Mark. The lineup also includes St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Hemlocke Springs, Evan Honer, Inji, Blondshell, Samia, Nimino, Machine Girl, Cobrah, Maddie Zahm, Son Little, The Wonder Years, Yellow Days, Citizen, Billie Marten, Hannah Cohen, Kishi Bashi, Knuckle Puck, Momma, Rehash, The Belair Lip…
Yaeji And Balming Tiger Team Up For A Collaborative Double-Single, ‘Wo Ai Ni’ And ‘Break It Even’
Yaeji has quietly had a busy year and it continues today (October 16) with a couple of new collaborations, as Yaeji has teamed up with alternative K-pop group Balming Tiger for a double-single, "Wo Ai Ni" and "Break It Even." There's also a video for "Wo Ai Ni," which includes fan -submitted footage, which the group solicited back in September. That month, they also performed the song at the Busan International Rock Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5nULBA-9SM The new songs are two of a handful of one-off singles Yaeji has dropped in 2025. That includes September's "Booboo2," a new version of last year's…
Janelle Monáe Announces The Vampire Beach Music Festival As Part Of Her 2025 ‘Wondaween’ Festivities
Megan Thee Stallion isn't the only hip-hop star who gets really into the Halloween spooky season. Janelle Monáe also hosts an annual celebration, Wondaween, and this year, Monáe is expanding it to include a new Vampire Beach music festival. Taking place on October 30th, the night before Halloween, the Vampire Beach location will only be revealed to those who sign up at the mailing list at the Wondaween website, while attendance will be limited to just 1,000. Of course, you'll have to wear your best costume if you want to compete with Ms. Monáe, whose past costumes have blown fans…
Danny Brown Boasts His One-Of-A-Kind Status On ‘Copycats’ Featuring Underscores
Danny Brown's Stardust rollout continues with new single "Copycats" featuring hyperpop/dubstep star Underscores. The glitchy beat operates more in the latter style, while Underscores uses a ton of fun vocoder on their voice. The beat breaks down on the chorus, transforming into an almost house rhythm; throughout, Danny displays his signature injured alley cat yowl as he boasts, "Run it up front / I'm a rockstar baby, so I get what I want." "Copycats" is the second single from Brown's upcoming seventh studio album, following "Starburst," which he released alongside the album announcement. The album will arrive two years from…
Big L And Nas Finally Collide On ‘U Aint Gotta Chance’ From The Late Harlem Rapper’s Upcoming Posthumous Album
Back in 2006, Nas told New York DJ Funkmaster Flex of late Harlem rapper Big L, "He scared me to death. When I heard [his performance at the Apollo Theater] on tape, I was scared to death. I said, 'Yo, it's no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with'." While the two rappers never formally collaborated prior to Big L's untimely death in 1999 (he was just 24 years old), they finally collide on "U Aint Gotta Chance," the first single from L's upcoming posthumous album on Nas' label, Mass Appeal Records. Titled Harlem’s Finest:…
‘Ella McCay’: Everything To Know About James L. Brooks’ First Movie Since 2010
Television and film icon James L. Brooks is responsible for classic movies like Terms Of Endearment, As Good As It Gets, and Spanglish. He's also worked on an obscure TV show called The Simpsons for over three decades. Now, he's returning to film and getting back in the director's chair with Ella McCay, his first movie since 2010. Some of his Simpsons cohorts are helping out, too, as among the cast are Julie Kavner (the voice of Marge) and Albert Brooks (various one-off characters over the years). They join Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, and others. Ahead of the movie's…
Two Of The Biggest Songs From A Couple Tame Impala Albums Were Almost Cut, Kevin Parker Reveals
Ahead of the release of Tame Impala's new album Deadbeat, Kevin Parker sat down for an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, video of which was shared yesterday (October 15). During the chat, Parker revealed that two of his biggest songs were almost cut from their respective albums. He said: "'New Person, Same Old Mistakes' almost didn't make the album... last song on Currents, almost didn't make the album. Yeah, a bunch of songs that... 'Elephant' almost didn't make the album. [...] Every artist has those stories." With over 360 million Spotify streams, "Elephant" is the second-most-played song from Lonerism,…
Charli XCX Declares She Doesn’t ‘Really Get To Decide’ When ‘Brat’ Is ‘Over Or Not’
Charli XCX's Brat era was a spectacle, both on the album and on stage. But, it's done now... or is it? Charli herself doesn't want to be the one to declare that. In a new Vanity Fair feature, the piece notes that as the interviewer suggested that Brat is over, Charli interjected and said, "I don't really get to decide when it's over or not. I think that's up to the world." She added that the era will eventually exist "as a relic," saying, "I don't think people will forget it." She continued, "The end will be interesting. Because then…
The Best ‘Lost’ Albums, Ranked
Next week, Electric Nebraska will be available in record stores and on streaming platforms. It is the focal point of a new box set commemorating the release of the sixth Bruce Springsteen album, which is also the subject of a forthcoming film starring Jeremy Allen White. Just like that, Electric Nebraska is this very tangible and accessible thing. And that's pretty strange, given that only four months ago, not even Bruce Springsteen thought a full-band version of his famously solo acoustic record even existed. Now here we are, on the precipice of being able to cue up one of the…
Evidence Of Dilated Peoples Chooses Between DJ Premier And Dr. Dre In The Latest ‘Sound Check’
The latest episode of Sound Check with Jeremy Hecht features an underground West Coast hip-hop veteran: Evidence. Born and raised in Los Angeles' Venice neighborhood, Evidence was one-third of pivotal backpack rap trio Dilated Peoples (along with Rakaa and DJ Babu), and has had a long and storied solo career, encompassing six studio albums. The most recent of which, Unlearning Vol. 2, dropped in August on Rhymesayers Entertainment and can be heard on his Bandcamp. Y Evidence finds himself choosing between some of rap's most legendary pioneering acts in today's episode, including tracks from icons such as A Tribe Called…
From Lollapalooza To ACL, Pop Stars Are Taking Over Music Festivals
From Coachella to Lollapalooza and the just concluded Austin City Limits — festivals that used to be a haven for indie and rock acts are now pushing pop stars to the top. Here’s what the names at the top of this year’s lineup say about the shifts of festivals and popular music in general. To go forward, we must first go backwards — and when it comes to music festival culture in the United States, one of the best examples of how genres and festivals have shifted in popularity over time, is the line-up changes in one of our longest-running,…
Summer Walker Announces The ‘Finally Over It’ Release Date With A Cheeky Lie Detector Test
Summer Walker's Finally Over It is finally (almost) here. The sultry singer revealed the long-awaited release date for the third album in her Over It trilogy with an amusing trailer/short film in which she sits down for a Vogue magazine-style lie detector test. The test dispenses with much preamble, jumping right in with, "Is the album coming out this year?" "Yes," Summer answers, truthfully. "Is the album coming out this month?" follows, with Summer replying, "No." Of course, she can't help teasing fans with a few more questions, including "Is London On The Track?" referring to her former beau, "Will…
IDK And Kaytranada Reunite And Bring DMX Into The Mix With ‘S.T.F.’
Cross-generational collaborations where one of the acts involved is deceased are always tricky. It's hard to know whether the decedent would actually have approved their voice pairing with the contemporary artist employing it. However, there's little doubt that DMX would have loved contributing to IDK's new single, "S.T.F." IDK and DMX are so similar philosophically that "Start To Finish" is a perfect mesh of their voices and styles. Kaytranada, with whom IDK had previously collaborated on the smooth Simple, provides a surprisingly hard beat that perfectly captures the propulsive vibe of DMX's best work, while Jay turns his normally laconic…
Sabrina Carpenter Goes Full ‘Sex And The City’ For A New ‘SNL’ Teaser
Not only has Sabrina Carpenter quickly become one of the biggest pop stars in the world, but she has done it while showing that she has one of the most fun personalities in the business, too. That, paired with her past as an actor, makes her the perfect candidate to pull double-duty on Saturday Night Live, appearing as both host and musical guest. That's just what she's doing this weekend, as it was previously announced. Now, days ahead of the episode, we have our first teaser from Carpenter. In it, she goes full Sex And The City. It starts with…
Ice Spice Catwalks Her Way Through A High-Fashion ‘Baddie Baddie’ Video
Two weeks after dropping her new single, "Baddie Baddie," Ice Spice has followed up with a stylish music video. Directed by Ice Spice herself along with her frequent collaborators The Evil Twins, George and Frederick Buford, the "Baddie Baddie" visual was shot during September's New York Fashion Week and sees Ice pair off with some of the industry's most in-demand models, including Sudanese-American Anok Yai. Ice shows off her sturdiest strut as she catwalks her way through the streets of New York on the way to the hottest shows. Prior to releasing "Baddie Baddie," Ice Spice shocked the rap world…
This Is Lorelei’s ‘Sort-Of-Second Sort-Of-Album’ ‘Holo Boy’ Is On The Way
Nate Amos is busy, whether he's performing with his band Water From Your Eyes or solo as This Is Lorelei. His first solo album, Box For Buddy, Box For Star, arrived last year. Now, he's readying what a press release calls a "sort-of-second sort-of-album", dubbed Holo Boy. The reason for the uncertain labeling is that instead of a bunch of new songs, Amos grabbed older songs from his back catalog and re-recorded them in May 2025. The ten re-recorded songs from come nine different original releases and were written between 2014 and 2021. Out now is the new recording of…
Solange Knowles Takes A New Position As USC’s First Scholar In Residence
While Solange's big sis Beyoncé racks up the hits, the younger Ms. Knowles has taken a more circuitous path in the music business. It's led her to some interesting places; she's directing films, scoring ballets, curating events, and learning new instruments, proving that there is more to musicianship than simply recording music and performing concerts. Solange's latest resume addition furthers that end; this week, she began a three-year position as the University of Southern California's (USC) first-ever scholar in residence for the Thornton School of Music. As part of her duties, she'll teach a course, Records of Discovery: Methodologies for…
Wale Shifts His Self-Talk With The BNYX-Produced ‘Mirroronnabenz’
UPDATE: Wale's "Mirroronnabenz" video is out now. Check it out above. Wale knows how he can be. Over the year's the DMV area pioneer has earned himself a reputation for being short-tempered (to put it nicely) and sensitive about his status in hip-hop. After all, very few other artists with his resume get talked about the way he does, and almost no one is meaner to him than he is to himself. He aims to change that with "Mirroronnabenz," the latest single from his upcoming eighth studio album and Def Jam debut, Everything Is A Lot. Over a BNYX-produced Afro-swing…
Jordan Ward Announces His Second Album ‘Backward’ With ‘Smoking Potna’ Featuring Sailorr
St. Louis crooner Jordan Ward released one of the best R&B albums of 2023 in his debut Forward, snapping up attention with its single "White Crocs" and becoming one of the most exciting young voices in music today. Now, he's returned to announce its follow-up, Backward, and share the first single: "Smoking Potna" featuring Florida breakout singer Sailorr. In the single, Ward asserts that his "smoking partner" is the only person he smokes with, highlighting the special connection between them. "I don't pass the blunt to no one else but you, baby / You can help yourself." Sailorr doubles down…