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Shygirl Announces Debut Album Nymph, Shares Video for New Song “Firefly”: Watch
Shygirl has announced her debut full-length and shared a single from the project. The album is titled Nymph and it’s out September 30. Mura Masa, Arca, Sega Bodega, BloodPop®, Vegyn, Danny L Harle, Kingdom, and more contributed to Nymph. In the meantime, Shygirl has previewed the record with the new song “Firefly” and announced a clutch of festival dates around the world. Check out “Firefly” and the tour schedule below. The London-based artist has previously issued two EPs: 2018’s Cruel Practice and 2020’s Alias. Since Alias, Shygirl has released the single “Cleo,” and she recruited Slowthai for a guest appearance on “BDE.” Earlier this year, she joined FKA twigs for her Caprisongs cut “Papi Bones.” She also appeared on Mura Masa’s “Bbycakes,” alongside Lil Uzi Vert and PinkPantheress in F...
Apple Is Discontinuing the iPod
Apple has announced that, after more than 20 years, it is officially discontinuing the iPod. According to a statement, iPod Touches—the last remaining model—will remain on sale through the company’s website, Apple stores, and authorized resellers “while supplies last.” Apple launched the music player in October of 2001 with its original white, rectangular design and click-wheel navigation. Later editions included the Mini, video-capable classic iPods, the Nano, and the even smaller iPod Shuffle. In 2007, Apple launched its first iPod Touch, and, as the company began to introduce other new products—such as increasingly sophisticated iPhones and the Apple Music streaming service—the iPod began to fade in popularity. Read about one staff writer’s love for the iPod Mini in Pitchfork’s feature ...
Ethel Cain Extends 2022 North American Tour
Ethel Cain has added more stops to her upcoming tour of North America. The new shows take place in August and September; many of the concerts take place on the West Coast. Find Ethel Cain’s upcoming tour schedule—including a Friday, July 15 performance at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago—below. Cain is releasing her debut album, Preacher’s Daughter, on Thursday, May 12. The record includes the singles “Gibson Girl,” “Strangers,” and “American Teenager.” Read the 2021 interview “Ethel Cain Fears No Darkness.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ethel Cain: The Freezer Bride Tour Ethel Cain: 05-18 Los Angeles, CA – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Fo...
U2’s Bono Announces New Memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
Bono has a memoir on the way, a project he’s titled Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. It’s out November 1 via Alfred A. Knopf. The U2 bandleader has previewed Surrender with an audio recording of one passage from the book, where he recounts beginning to write U2’s first single “Out of Control” on May 10, 1978—his 18th birthday. Check it out below. Earlier this month, Bono and his U2 band mate the Edge traveled to Ukraine at the invitation of president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The pair performed a surprise acoustic set in a Kyiv bomb shelter, inviting members of the Ukrainian band Antyila to join in thee gesture of solidarity. The singer also wrote a poem supporting Ukraine in March, which Nancy Pelosi read aloud at the White House’s Friends of Ireland luncheon on St. Patrick’s Day. All products ...
Why Des Moines Is the Funniest City in America
I don’t want to hear about your local comedy scene. Honestly, it just doesn’t compare. You don’t have people who scrape ice off of their cars and slide out in brown slush just to try out five minutes of new material. If you’re talking about Chicago, it’s expected. When you’re talking about Des Moines, Iowa, it’s insane. For the last 14 years, there has been an enclave of huggable freaks, pukers of truth and go-getters who have made the Des Moines comedy scene the greatest in the country. Around 2007, you would have been lucky to find an open mic, any open mic, happening around there. Des Moines was kind of a dead town. If you did happen to find one, it was usually littered with acoustic guitar music, rancid, amateur beat poetry, and the occasional bit of comedy. When you did find that come...
VIDEO: Adekunle Gold ft TY Dolla $ign – One Woman
Check out this brand new visual from Adekunle Gold titled – “One Woman”. Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold drops the new music video to his released song titled “One Woman” which featured Ty Dolla $ign. The new visual was shot in a cozy environment and has nice background lighting. The music piece “One Woman” is from his body of work tagged “Catch Me If You Can“, which contains a 14-tracks record. Watch and share Adekunle Gold ft Ty Dolla $ign – “One Woman” below. [embedded content]
Apple Discontinues Making the iPod
What a run it was. Apple announced on Tuesday that after 20 years, it will no longer make any new iPods. Though the company hasn’t been making them like it did during its mid-2000s glory years (iPod Touches are the only ones currently available for purchase), it’s noteworthy due to the impact it made during those early file-trading days. It wasn’t the first MP3 player, but it’s easily the most influential. Here’s what Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, had to say about the iPod going away: “Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared. Today, the spirit of iPod lives on. We’v...
‘Westworld’ Announces Season 4 Release Date With First Trailer
After initially dropping it as an Easter egg for diehard fans, HBO has now released the first trailer for Westworld‘s fourth season online along with a release date. Scheduled to arrive on the platform this June, the new season will bring back Dolores’ actress Evan Rachel Wood as well as the series’ other main cast members, including Thandie Newton, Tessa Thomspon, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright and Aaron Paul. The plot will pick up where season three left off, with the Man in Black showing up to cause chaos when everything seemed calm. Co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are back once again to run and write the show, with the latter telling Deadline earlier last year that in the upcoming season “you’re going to see some new worlds that I think are really fun and you’re going to s...
Sam Raimi Reflects on Tobey Maguire’s Infamous Dance Scene in ‘Spider-Man 3’
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has now achieved one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s biggest opening weekends ever, but aside from celebrating the film’s success, director Sam Raimi has also spent some time reflecting on his past Marvel-related project, looking back at why 2007’s Spider-Man 3 received more mixed reviews than the previous two installments of his trilogy. Speaking to Fandom in a recent interview, Raimi was asked about Tobey Maguire‘s now-infamous dance sequence after he was infected by Venom and began transitioning into a darker version of Peter Parker. “Well, we meant it to be funny, actually. It was Peter Parker’s version — this lame kid — of what it must be like to be his evil self. But he’s so whipped,” the director explained. “He’s so out of it ...
‘American Vandal’ Creators Made a Mockumentary About a Pro ‘League of Legends’ Team
The team behind Netflix‘s 2017 hit American Vandal is now back together again for a brand new mockumentary revolving around a fictional League of Legends esports team for Paramount+. Titled Players, the new mockumentary reunites Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, a duo best known for their work on the two seasons of American Vandal. The two have now shifted their focus onto the world of esports, working with Riot Games to create a series following the journey of the fictional League of Legends team “Fugitive: and its lead player Creamcheese, who sets his eyes on winning a championship follow years and years of struggling losses. To help him on the endeavor, the team brings in a new prodigy by the gamer tag of Organizm, but things get heated up between the new recruit and Creamcheese, caus...
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Rakes In $450 Million USD Opening Weekend
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has now raked in $450 million USD on its opening weekend. According to new figures from Deadline, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe installment featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen has earned the second-biggest opening weekend for any Hollywood title during the pandemic era, bringing almost half a million dollars globally, with $260 million USD from the international box office overseas. The film is now also the fourth-largest opening weekend for Marvel Studios, sitting just behind Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War as well as the recent Spider-Man: No Way Home. On a like-for-like basis, the figures for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is only 17% behind No Way Home, and a strong...
Eileen Chan, DJ and Singapore Nightlife Pioneer, Found Dead at 32
Eileen Chan, a champion of Singapore’s underground club scene, has reportedly passed away in Berlin at the age of 32. Chan was a power player in the Singaporean nightlife sector. A founder of the music promotional company The Council and co-owner of the music venues Headquarters and Tuff Club respectively, Chan wore many hats. For that reason, the impact of the businesswoman and DJ’s career is difficult to quantify into words, but her legacy certainly lives on in the vibrant scene she helped foster. Chan’s commitment to the underground was unwavering. “The idea of Headquarters was simple, we wanted a no-frills kind of place where people could come enjoy themselves and have a good night out, a place where people don’t feel like they need to dress up o...
