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The Interrupters Announce In The Wild, Unveil ‘In the Mirror’
The Interrupters have a new album on the way. Titled In The Wild, it will be their fourth studio album and will be released on August 5 via Hellcat/Epitaph Records. Today, The Interrupters released the album’s first single, “In the Mirror.” [embedded content][embedded content] The clip for “In the Mirror” has elements of classic Hollywood and music videos, including The Twilight Zone, Orson Welles’ Lady From Shanghai, the Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime,” The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” and even the glamour of photographer George Hurrell. “We put SO MUCH LOVE into this album,” the band said in a statement. “Produced by our very own Kevin Bivona, this album takes you on a journey throughout Aimee’s life and every song is a deep delve. We recorded almost the entire record in ou...
Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry Get ‘Started’ on Billboard Country Charts
Thomas Rhett‘s sixth full-length, Where We Started, bounds onto Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 2. In its first frame, the set, released April 1, earned 29,000 equivalent album units according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Rhett earns his sixth total and consecutive top five entry on the survey. The album, released on Valory/Big Machine Label Group, follows his Country Again (Side A), which entered at its No. 2 Top Country Albums high last May. Rhett banked his second No. 1 in June 2019 with Center Point Road, which launched atop both Top Country Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200, marking his second and latest leader on each list. Life Changes opened atop the tallies in September 2017 (with 123,000 units, including 94,000 sold, his biggest week in both m...
How Afrobeats Artists Are Using Fashion To Tell Us Who They Are
This piece was created in partnership with Afro Nation. Billboard and Afro Nation recently launched the first-ever official Billboard Afrobeats U.S. Songs Chart, tracking the most popular rising new music in the rapidly growing genre. The 50-position Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, which went live last month on Billboard.com, ranks the most popular Afrobeat songs in the country based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers. When alté music, a genre defined by its inability to be conclusively defined as it moves through different genres and maintains a highly experimental form, began to enter mainstream Afrobeats music in the late 2010s,...
Interpol Share Video for ‘Something Changed’
Interpol unveiled a new track, “Something Changed,” from their forthcoming The Other Side Of Make-Believe. The first track the band released from the album, “Toni,” was accompanied by the first of a two-part film directed by Van Alpert (Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly). “Something Changed” follows as the second part and conclusion. [embedded content][embedded content] “In ‘Something Changed,’” singer Paul Banks says, “reality and reverie converge and our two lead characters find themselves in a kind of dream state – being pursued inexorably by an ominous figure (played by myself.) The lives of the three are intertwined in a nebula of fear, retribution, desire, and defiance.” The Other Side Of Make-Believe is out July 15 via Matador. The band began working on the album remotely du...
Sony Music Publishing Commits $100,000 to Songwriters Org The 100 Percenters
Sony Music Publishing is donating $100,000 to The 100 Percenters, a 250-member organization that advocates for music creatives with a focus on BIPOC and marginalized songwriters, composers and producers, it was announced Tuesday (April 12). The money will help provide financial relief through the organization’s Songwriter Stimulus Program and its Emergency Fund, both slated to launch later this year, as well as other efforts. “It’s an honor to have the support of [Sony Music Publishing chairman and CEO] Jon Platt,” said 100 Percenters founder and executive director Tiffany Red. “He heard us and took action in a way that I could never have imagined. This is just the beginning.” The relationship between SMP and The 100 Percenters — which recently sponsored a rally in front of Spotify’s forme...
Latin Music US Recorded Revenue Hits Record $886M in 2021: RIAA
Latin music continued its relentless expansion path in the U.S. last year, with recorded revenues reaching $886 million, according to a year-end report released by the RIAA Tuesday (April 12). That’s the highest figure ever for Latin music before adjusting for inflation and marks overall revenue growth of 35% compared to 2020 — far outpacing the 23% growth rate seen in the overall U.S. music market, as previously reported by the RIAA. “With growth of 35% – far surpassing the overall growth rate for recorded music revenues – Latin music is connecting with fans in a historic way,” said RIAA COO Michèle Ballantyne in a statement included in the report. The 2021 numbers mark the sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth in revenue for Latin music, which is defined as music recorded predom...
Built to Spill to Release First New Album in Seven Years
Built to Spill has announced plans to release a new album When the Wind Forgets Your Name, their first release since 2015’s Untethered Moon. The new nine-track album is the band’s first release through Sub Pop and will be available in full on September 9, 2022. The album is available for preorder here. Today, the band has released the lead single “Gonna Lose,” along with a dynamic, humorous, and psychedelic animated video. The video was directed by Jordan Minkoff and features animations from Minkoff and Lee McClure. [embedded content][embedded content] Built to Spill has also scheduled over 70 performances set for the spring, summer, and fall. The tour dates kick off April 13th at Chicago’s House of Blues supporting Jawbreaker for a four-night set of performances and ends in Septembe...
Alice Cooper Announces Fall 2022 North American Tour
Alice Cooper will keep his show on the road this fall with a newly announced set of North American dates. The legendary shock rocker will embark on a month-long outing beginning in early September. Since the concert industry started to open back up last year, Cooper has been a road dog. He embarked on a Fall 2021 trek with support from Ace Frehley, and is currently in the midst of a spring run with openers Buckcherry (with Frehley taking over the support slot for the final three shows). The fall “Detroit Muscle” tour kicks off September 7th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and runs through an October 8th show in Las Vegas. No opener has been announced yet, but tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, with a VIP pre-sale beginning tomorrow (April 12th). Advertise...
Interpol Release New Song “Something Changed”: Stream
Last week, Interpol announced their new album The Other Side of Make-Believe by sharing lead single “Toni,” and the first part of an accompanying short film. Now, the band is back to finish the story with “Something Changed.” Check out the single and visual below. “In ‘Something Changed,’ part 2 of our short film with Van Alpert, reality and reverie converge and our two lead characters find themselves in a kind of dream state — being pursued inexorably by an ominous figure (played by myself),” Interpol singer Paul Banks explained in a statement. “The lives of the three are intertwined in a nebula of fear, retribution, desire, and defiance.” The track matches the melancholy piano of “Toni” with equally foreboding keys. “I waded through shame for this,” Banks sings, in his famously resi...
Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth and The HU Announce 2022 US Tour
Five Finger Death Punch have announced a 2022 US tour with Megadeth, The HU, and Fire From the Gods. In addition, FFDP have unveiled the title track from their upcoming album, AfterLife. The tour kicks off August 19th in Portland, Oregon, and runs through an October 15th show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tickets go on sale Friday (April 15th) at 10:00 a.m. local time to the general public via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales beginning today (April 12th). In addition to the tour announcement, FFDP revealed that they will release their ninth studio album, AfterLife, later this year. The LP is being produced by Kevin Churko, and is being touted as “arguably most diverse record of the band.” For the first taste of the LP, FFDP have just unleashed the title track (listen below). Advertisement Related V...
‘Elden Ring’ Speedrun World Record Is Now Under 9 Minutes
While some players endeavor to set world records in Elden Ring by taking absolutely zero damage the entire way through, others have turned to speedruns, trying to complete the game’s main points as quickly as possible. Just a month ago, the world record was a sub-30 minute run, but now the same speedrunner has managed to bring it down all the way below just nine minutes. Achieved once again by YouTuber Distortion2, his latest world record run sits at just eight minutes and 56 seconds. The feat was made possible thanks to a new discovery by speedrunners in Elden Ring of a bug they call “mega zips,” which allow you to move incredibly quickly across a large portion of terrain. The feature is activated by pulling off a specific sequence of moves, namely blocking and moving forward at...
Sony Invests $1 Billion USD In Epic Games
Sony has just invested $1 billion USD in a new round of funding for Fortnite and Unreal Engine creator Epic Games. The Japanese tech and gaming giant is joined by LEGO Group owner KIRKBI, who has also injected $1 billion USD to bring the total up to $2 billion USD for the game developer. The announcement also comes shortly after LEGO announced its collaboration with Epic to create a kid-friendly metaverse based around the massively popular toy franchise. Despite the new investments, Epic will continue under its current CEO and found Tim Sweeney. “As a creative entertainment company, we are thrilled to invest in Epic to deepen our relationship in the metaverse field, a space where creators and users share their time” Sony’s CEO, president and chairman Kenichiro Yoshida said in a s...
