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Kelly Lee Owens Continues Rolling Out Her Club-Inspired EP With ‘132 Techno’
Earlier this month, Welsh electronic favorite Kelly Lee Owens announced a new EP, Kelly. She shared "Ascend" alongside that announcement. Today (October 30), she offers another advance taste with "132 Techno." The song showcases some of what Owens does best, melding atmospheric moments with a club-ready beat. The five-minute track goes through a few different movements while never letting up on the rhythm. Owens previously said of the EP: "This EP is about embodying sound and those collective, physical experiences we only really have in clubs or at music events. Sonically, it's very visceral. I've been drawn to sounds that…
Billie Eilish Thought ‘Birds Of A Feather’ Was ‘Kind Of Stupid’ And Wanted To Cut It From The Album
Billie Eilish's "Birds Of A Feather" was a massive hit. It somehow never hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but it has racked up over 3.1 billion streams and was one of 2024's defining songs. In a new Wall Street Journal feature, though, Eilish says she frequently wanted to cut the song from Hit Me Hard And Soft. The piece notes that Eilish and Finneas struggled to finish the song for 11 months, "retooling the chorus and struggling to find a way to deploy the line 'I’ll love you till the day that I die' in a…
Every Animal Collective Album, Ranked
One important thing I've learned over my past two decades as a professional music writer is that revulsion or outright hostility isn't the worst reaction you can have to a first listen. Feelings that strong are worth exploring and interrogating and they frequently boomerang into curiosity and fascination. Sometimes, maybe even obsession. And so having come out the other side to make a list like this, I have no problem admitting my first impression of Animal Collective upon hearing Sung Tongs in 2004: I fucking hated it. All that whooping and hollering and the cutesy imagery, it felt like a…
The New York Knicks And MF DOOM Have Teamed Up For An Exclusive Merch Drop
Ever since MF DOOM's passing five years ago, the only photos you can get of the late masked rapper on Getty almost all feature him wearing some form of New York Knicks gear. Which is usually kind of sad (having to recycle so many pics is a sad reminder of what we've lost), but today, is pretty fitting. The New York Knicks and MF DOOM's estate have teamed up with Mitchell & Ness and New Era for an exclusive merch collection dropping on Halloween -- the five-year anniversary of DOOM's transition. In addition to the usual assortment of hats, hoodies,…
Mike Dean’s ‘Sound Check’ Challenge Pits Pink Floyd Against Travis Scott For His Favorite Tracks
The latest guest on Sound Check with Jeremy Hecht is superproducer Mike Dean. Dean is best known for his work with Kanye West, The Weeknd, and Travis Scott, so you know Jeremy had to pit Mike's favorite collaborators against each other -- and against his classic inspirations. Here’s how it works: Jeremy plays two songs for the guest artist, who has to choose one and explain their choice, giving Jeremy a chance to learn their musical taste. Jeremy then has to guess the artist’s life anthem, the song they’d take to a desert island, which the guest wrote down earlier…
Ari Lennox’s Spooky ‘Under The Moon’ Video Embraces Her Wild Side
Earlier this month, Ari Lennox announced her third studio album, Vacany -- her first under a new deal with Interscope Records, separate from Dreamville, her label home for the past ten years. At the same time, Lennox shared the album's second single, "Under The Moon," a doo-wop accented update of her dreamy, neo-soul-influenced sound. Today, she's shared the music video, which takes more influence from Black music history, and its spooky season release date. Yes, folks, that's a Thriller reference, and the "Under The Moon" is absolutely awash in them. Tapping into the '50s aesthetic of the instrumental, the video…
‘GOAT’: Everything To Know About The New Animated Movie From NBA Icon Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is one of the NBA's all-time greats, but he's been making moves off the court, too. In 2018, Curry formed a new production company, Unanimous Media, and entered into a partnership with Sony Pictures. Since then, he has been involved with movies like Breakthrough and TV shows like Holey Moley. Now he has an animated film on the docket: GOAT. Naturally, it's focused on basketball (rather, a fictional sport called "roarball") and the journey of the film's main character, Will, parallels Curry's own path. Ahead of the movie's release, keep reading for everything you need to know before…
Sombr Has A ‘Really Awkward’ Phone Call With Benny Blanco On Stage While Trying To Reach Selena Gomez
At the allegedly "cringe" concerts on his current tour, Sombr has found a fun gimmick. Routinely, he'll invite a fan to join him on stage and have them call one of their exes, at which point Sombr will usually have something to say to them (here's an example). During his October 27 show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, he put a spin on it by making the call himself, to one of his own supposed exes. Videos of the moment (like this one) show Sombr announcing to the audience, "I'm going to be calling my ex…
Chappell Roan Is Pumped To Be Inducting Cyndi Lauper Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony is set for November 8, and recently, the telecast has started to come together. A bunch of names for artists participating in the show were just announced, and Chappell Roan is among them, to induct Cyndi Lauper. Roan is pretty pumped about it, too. In a video, Roan says: "I'm so excited to be inducting Cyndi Lauper into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame on November 8th. She has inspired me with her fashion, her hair, of course, her makeup, her music. I actually auditioned with 'True Colors' for…
Steven Hyden’s Favorite Music Of October 2025
Every month, Uproxx cultural critic Steven Hyden makes an unranked list of his favorite music-related items released during this period -- songs, albums, books, films, you name it. 1. Geese Live At The Amsterdam Bar & Grill in St. Paul, Minnesota, October 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OI10GVOSZ0 About two-thirds into this gig, one member of the Brooklyn indie band's intensely locked-in audience exclaimed, "Cameron fucking Winter!" It was during a break between songs, so everybody heard it. Some laughed, but at least one person protested. With perfect timing, they shouted, "There's other people, too!" The exchange echoed a familiar refrain -- one that…
Iceland Airwaves Might Be The Most Restorative Music Fest Of 2025
Initially launched as a one-off event in an airplane hanger back in 1999, Iceland Airwaves, the world’s most northern music festival takes place each year in downtown Reykjavík. This year the fest will once again showcase global and local talent, in venues around the city, from historical churches to record stores and museums. From November 6 to 8, the Iceland Airwaves will celebrate it’s 26th year with homegrown acts like Sunna Margrét and Elín Hall, as well as global artists, like US emerging acts Joey Valence & Brae, UK talent Kenya Grace, and Toronto’s very own Saya Gray. But what…
Danny Brown And Underscores Take Selfies In A Limo In Their Flashy ‘Copycats’ Video
The rollout for Danny Brown's sixth studio album Stardust continues with the video for its second single, "Copycats." Released a couple of weeks ago, the song finds Brown in full-on ego mode, taunting imitators with his one-of-a-kind, rock star style. True to the song's catchy chorus, the "Copycats" video focuses on the perks of fame, aiming the camera at the backseat of a limo, where Danny, guest vocalist Underscores, and their entourage indulge in the trappings of a flashy lifestyle. In the press release for the video, Danny said, "It was dope to be reunited with underscores in Brooklyn to…
All The Best New Music From This Week That You Need To Hear
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it's easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we're offering up this rundown of the best new music this week. This week saw Megan Thee Stallion celebrate love and Hayley Williams return with more solo goodness. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights…
Big Thief Grace The ‘Tonight Show’ Stage With A Full-Bodied Performance Of ‘Grandmother’
Big Thief have had a transformative past couple years. Most notably, there were some lineup changes, and in September, they released their latest album, Double Infinity. They also just found themselves on late-night TV again, performing on The Tonight Show last night (October 27). For their time on stage, they went with "Grandmother." Officially, the group is down to three members, but they performed with a large backing band to give the track a fleshed-out sound. Adrianne Lenker previously wrote of the song: "Buck [Meek] and James [Krivchenia] and I wrote this one all together. this one shows me that…
Daniel Caesar’s Gritty ‘Call On Me’ Video Captures A Life Of Debauchery
Daniel Caesar's new album Son Of Spergy is out now, and today, the Canadian singer shared a gritty music video for its song, "Call On Me." The video is shot on grainy VHS as Caesar and his crew road trip across the US, firing guns in the desert and bringing strippers to their hotel room with a giant bag of cash. The "Bonnie and Clyde" vibes of the video care reflect the ride-or-die lyrics of the song itself, in which Caesar promises, "Whenever you feel your tummy rumble / Need something to eat / Whenever you feel your pockets empty…
Tyler The Creator Shares The Nostalgic ‘Mother’ On The One-Year Anniversary Of ‘Chromakopia’
Tyler The Creator is not only one of the most innovative performers in music today -- he's one of the most prolific. Every so often, the Hawthorne native will share a throwaway from the cutting room floor after releasing a new album; today, on the one-year anniversary of Chromakopia, he's shared "Mother," an would-be album cut in which he contemplates the advice given to him by his maternal figure and argues, somewhat ironically, "Look at me, I turned out fine." Tyler commemorated the release with a heartfelt post on Instagram, breaking his usual tradition of sharing bonus tracks on Twitter…
Jay-Z Dismissed The Backlash Against Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Selection: ‘They Love Him’
Despite Bad Bunny's immense global popularity, when the Puerto Rican superstar was announced as the next Super Bowl Halftime Show performer, not everyone found it a cause for celebration. While Benito himself addressed the backlash against his selection on SNL, telling viewers they had plenty of time to learn Spanish, Roc Nation founder Jay-Z -- who is largely responsible for choosing Super Bowl Halftime performers as part of his ongoing partnership with the NFL -- dismissed it altogether. When TMZ caught up with Jay on the streets of New York, asking him about the conservative pushback against Bad Bunny, he…
Ratboys Announce ‘Singin’ To An Empty Chair’ With The Rollicking Single ‘Anywhere’
In September, Ratboys announced a tour, and now the news fans have been hoping for has arrived: Today (October 28), the announced Singin' To An Empty Chair, a new album set for February 6, 2026. Also today, they shared a video for the upbeat new single "Anywhere." The band's Julia Steiner says of the album in a statement: "A big, overarching theme of this record is my attempt to document my experience being estranged from a close loved one. The goal is to update this person on what's been going on in my life and to try to bridge that…
Doechii Insists Her Tour Slide Malfunctions Are Not Planned, With A Sticky Explanation
Doechii's been having a lot of fun on her Live From The Swamp tour, introducing K-pop-style light sticks to hip-hop audiences. However, she's also suffered a few prop malfunctions; a sequence in which she slides down a slide while performing "Denial Is A River" has gone wrong a number of times, spawning viral videos on social media, along with speculation that the malfunctions are actually planned to generate that buzz. Doechii heard you think she's doing that on purpose, and in a new post on her social channels, she explained just what's gone wrong, while denying (heh) that any of…
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Are Playing A Bunch Of Shows With New 2026 Tour Dates
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit already had a smattering of tour dates lined up for 2026. Now, they've about doubled the run with new dates announced today (October 28). The band's 2026 dates stretch from January to July and include stops at iconic venues like the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles; the Fox Theater in Oakland; and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. On select dates, they'll be performing with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Patty Griffin, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, Elles Bailey, Shelby Lynne, and Alejandro Escovedo. This is on top of solo dates that Isbell previously…
Here Is Tame Impala’s ‘Deadbeat’ Tour Setlist
We've seen Kevin Parker perform his new Tame Impala songs, from the album Deadbeat, a couple times now, at NPR's Tiny Desk and A24's new performance series. Now fans are getting to see them live and in person, as Parker just launched the Deadbeat tour at Brooklyn's Barclays Center last night (October 27). Naturally, the setlist pulled most heavily from the new album, with ten of the 24 songs coming from it. Currents and Lonerism were also well-represented. The show opened with "Apocalypse Dreams" and "Dracula," while "End Of Summer" closed out the encore. Find the setlist (via setlist.fm) below,…
PinkPantheress And JT Get Cabin Fever In Their Halloween-Themed ‘Noises’ Video
PinkPantheress gets into the spooky season with her Halloween-themed video for "Noises" featuring JT, from PP's Fancy Some More? remix album. In the video, which alternates between haunting color and bone-chilling and black-and-white, the two stars hole up in their house on a dark and stormy night, while being stalked by shadowy figures and pelted by poltergeists. Fancy Some More? is an updated version of Pinkpantheress' debut, Fancy That, with remixes from a litany of creators in dance, hip-hop, and more. In a press release about Fancy Some More?, PinkPantheress said of the remix project, "With this remix project, Fancy…
Young Miko Will Wrap Up Her Massive 2025 With A New Album, ‘Do Not Disturb’
Puerto Rican rapper/singer Young Miko has been on the up-and-up lately. After releasing her debut album Att. last year, Miko just finished a run of shows supporting Billie Eilish on the Hit Me Hard And Soft tour. She also had a feature on Central Cee's new album from earlier this year, Can't Rush Greatness. Now she's at the dawn of her own new era: Last week, she announced Do Not Disturb, a new album set for early next month. She also shared the single "Likey Likey." On the rap track, she's back in full "trap kitty" mode (like the title…
Rosalía Partners With Björk And Yves Tumor For Her Spectacular New ‘Berghain’ Video
Last week, Rosalía had a big outdoor stunt in Spain to announce her new album, Lux. No new music came with that news, though, but now, we have our first listen of the album: Today (October 27), Rosalía shared "Berghain." The song is a collaboration with Björk and Yves Tumor. A press release describes it as "the grand orchestral centerpiece of Lux's second movement" and "an operatic journey across languages and emotion" (the song is sung in German, Spanish, and English). There's also a video and like the initial album announce, it's a spectacle (directed by Nicolás Méndez). A press…
Oneohtrix Point Never Teases His New Album With The Atmospheric ‘Measuring Ruins’
Taking a break from his work on movies like Marty Supreme, Daniel Lopatin has a new Oneohtrix Point Never album, Tranquilizer, on the way. He shared three new songs when he announced it last week. Now, there's another new one, "Measuring Ruins." Like the songs the preceded it, it's an atmospheric and layered sound collage. Product pages for the album include the description, "Tranquilizer conjures a sonic hallucination: ambient calm twisting into digital chaos; mundane textures giving way to emotional overload. It's a record shaped by obscurity and obsolescence. Real and unreal blur. Samples melt into static. A door creaks…
Florence + The Machine’s Striking ‘Sympathy Magic’ Video Starts With Her Completely Nude
We're days away from Halloween, which means we're days away from the release of the new Florence + The Machine album Everybody Scream, which drops on the 31st. In the home stretch of the pre-release cycle, the group has shared a new video, for "Sympathy Magic." The first couple shots are certainly memorable: The first is of a group of women kneeling in a circle and holding their hands together in a star-like pattern, and the second is of Florence Welch, from behind, looking over a vast landscape as she stands completely naked. The rest of the video, directed by…