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Sam Barlow Releases a Fresh Trailer for His ‘Immortality’ Mystery Game
Her Story and Telling Lies creator Sam Barlow has now released a new trailer for his next game: Immortality. Much like his other titles, Immortality is a new mystery thriller experience based around full-motion video and cinematic scenes with real actors. The game was created with the help of screenwriters Allan Scott, Amelia Gray and Barry Gifford, who have all worked on critically acclaimed projects such as Queen’s Gambit, Mr. Robot and Lost Highway, and brings out a more horror twist to the trilogy. Divided into three main parts, the game will center around three unreleased movies titled Ambrosio, Minsky and Two of Everything. Through investigating lost footage of the films, players will have to find out what happened to Marissa Marcel, the m...
King Princess Announces New Album and Tour, Shares “For My Friends”: Stream
Three years since Cheap Queen, a new King Princess era is officially upon us. The singer-songwriter has shared “For My Friends,” the first look at her forthcoming sophomore album Hold On Baby, and announced a supporting North American tour. Few other details exist about Hold On Baby besides the fact that it will be out this year, but “For My Friends” previews the album with straight-ahead pop sheen. A love song to the artist’s oldest friends, the track melds a stop-start melody of distorted synthesizers with impassioned vocals from King Princess. “Loving me takes patience,” the singer admits, but she takes comfort in knowing her bonds are unbreakable. “I thought it would be extra fab to begin releasing this new record with a song about my two best friends from high school,” ...
Charli XCX Unveils New Album CRASH: Stream
Charli XCX has released her new album CRASH through Atlantic Records/Warner UK. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The studio set is the avant-garde pop star’s fifth and final entry under her current recording contract, and contains hit singles “Good Ones,” the all-star “New Shapes” featuring Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens, and the Rina Sawayama-assisted “Beg For You.” Ahead of its release, Charli also rolled out a pair of additional tracks: the hyper-sexual dance pop of “Baby” and dreamy, synth-drenched ballad “Every Rule.” In an interview with MTV News, the singer explained that the title and themes of the LP are intentional callbacks to some of the earlier musical output of her career. “The idea of the title CRASH felt really right to me,” she told the outlet. ...
Rosalía Releases New Album MOTOMAMI: Stream
¡La Rosalía! The Spanish pop star has released her new album MOTOMAMI through Columbia Records. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The Spanish-language studio set follows 2018’s El Mal Querer, which the singer crafted as her baccalaureate project to graduate from Catalonia College of Music, and includes a host of previously-released singles like “LA FAMA” featuring The Weeknd, opener “SAOKO,” the playful “CHICKEN TERIYAKI,” and intimate ballad “HENTAI.” Forgoing the flamenco sound that inspired her earlier work, Rosalía dove into all kinds of Latin sub-genres when writing the entirely guitar-free MOTOMAMI, from reggaeton and dembow to bachata and beyond. Advertisement Related Video “I cannot think of making music in a right or wrong way,” she said in an interview with The New Yor...
Chino Moreno’s ††† (Crosses) Share New Songs “Initiation” and “Protection”: Stream
††† (Crosses), the project of Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez, have shared two new songs: “Initiation” and “Protection.” The duo made good on their promise to drop new music come spring, having been freshly signed to Warner Records in December. The new singles mark the first original Crosses material since 2014, following a pair of cover songs released over the past couple years. “Initiation” and “Protection” present the two sides of Crosses. The former was inspired by the infamous “The World Is Yours” scene in Scarface and is a self-described “urgent soundtrack for uncertain times”; the latter song “digs deeper into their influences and electronic textures.” Advertisement Related Video “Protection” comes with a visualizer featuring Thais Molon, who also appeared in Crosses’ previous videos&n...
Rosalía: MOTOMAMI
On Rosalía’s Saturday Night Live debut in March, she sang her pop-bachata hit “La Fama” while wearing a sequoia-sized puffer jacket and beaded mantilla. It was a strikingly dramatic look for a song trembling with betrayal, and it was immediately memed for its resemblance to a quilted comforter and shower mat (the resulting virality was, perhaps, part of the point). But the streetwear-meets-Catalonian tradition look was also a visual cue to her current mindset as a musician releasing her third album: to finesse the gap between classical and contemporary in a big and brazen fashion, with humor and cojones. Theoretically, a wide-open, globalist approach is not so different from the Spanish superstar’s astounding second album, El Mal Querer, where her electronic take on flamenco shot her to in...
Charli XCX Enters a New Era With ‘CRASH’
Charli XCX has delivered her fifth studio album, CRASH. Clocking in at just a little over half an hour, the 12-track record features guest appearances from Caroline Polachek, Christine and the Queens and Rina Sawayama, along with additional collaborative work from A. G. Cook, George Daniel, Deaton Chris Anthony, Lotus IV, Oscar Holter, Digital Farm Animals, Ian Kirkpatrik, Jason Evigan, Justin Raisen, Ariel Rechtshaid, Ilya, Oneohtrix Point Never, Jon Shave and Mike Wise. “I was able to possess and persuade an incredible group of producers and collaborators to contribute to CRASH by using my femme fatale powers and a multitude of dark spells and curses,” Charli XCX shared in a statement. “They will all remain locked in my basement forever.” “I’m so proud of this album and I’m proud of the ...
ODESZA Announce First Live Shows In Three Years
Editor’s Note: This report has been updated to include two additional concerts, which were announced by ODESZA following publication. ODESZA‘s long-awaited return to the stage is officially set in stone. The beloved duo will return to their hometown of Seattle on July 29th for a massive comeback show at the Climate Pledge Arena, a sustainable concert venue and the first net zero certified arena in the world. With a capacity of over 17,000, it’ll be ODESZA’s largest performance in Seattle to date. Due to overwhelming demand following ODESZA’s announcement of the show, which sold out shortly thereafter, they announced two more performances at the Climate Pledge Arena on July 30th and 31st. Fans can expect the duo to pull out all the stops in terms of their live ...
Bladee and Ecco2k Deliver Surprise Joint Album, ‘Crest’
Following the release of “Amygdala,” Bladee and Ecco2k home come together once again for a surprise joint album, titled Crest. Known for their penchant for unexpected releases, the duo seemingly dropped the nine-track, fully produced by fellow Drain Gang associate Whitearmor, out of nowhere. Coming complete with a hand-drawn cover by Bladee, Crest sees the duo showcase their ethereal sonic forms over Whitearmor’s evocative beats. Aside from featuring the previously released single “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” the project is filled with standouts like “The Flag is Raised,” “Faust” and “Chao Follows.” Though it is the second track on the album that really steals the show. “5 Star Crest (4 Vattenrum)” serves as an ode to Stockholm producer Vattenrum, also known as Isak Bernalt, who died in ...
OVERKILL’s New Album Won’t Arrive Before April 2023
On March 10, 2022, OVERKILL frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth was interviewed by Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock on the band’s tour bus outside The Forge in Joliet, Illinois. Speaking about the progress of the recording sessions for OVERKILL‘s 20th studio album, Blitz said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We didn’t record all the parts yet. We like to keep it as fresh as possible. The drums are done; the guitars are done. D.D. [Verni, bass] and I need to sit down and finalize a few things. We’re looking for an April 2023 release, followed by a European tour.” Asked about the musical direction of the new OVERKILL material, Blitz said: “It’s gonna be hard to figure it out for me until it actually takes shape. It seems a lit...
SHARON OSBOURNE To Join PIERS MORGAN With Show On U.K.’s TALKTV
Sharon Osbourne, the wife and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, will host a new show on Rupert Murdoch‘s TV station TalkTV. The news of Sharon‘s involvement with the channel was revealed by U.K. media personality Piers Morgan. Earlier today, Morgan, who will host a show called “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on TalkTV, took to his Twitter to share a video message in which he said: “So what I’m really looking for in my co-workers at TalkTV is somebody who is, well, a bit like me. Very opinionated, fearless, funny, knows their own mind, not afraid to speak it, unpredictable, maybe a little big dangerous. But also somebody who every time they open their gobby little mouth, it makes global news.” The video continued with Osbourne sliding...
Official RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary Is ‘About Perseverance, Dreams And The Power To Believe In Yourself’
“Dio: Dreamers Never Die”, the career-spanning documentary on the life and times of the legendary rock icon Ronnie James Dio, will receive its world premiere this week at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. “Dio: Dreamers Never Die” is the first documentary about Dio to be fully authorized by the artist’s estate. According to the film’s official description, it “delves deep into his incredible rise from ’50s doo-wop crooner to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore‘s RAINBOW, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osbourne in BLACK SABBATH, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie‘s biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll clichés. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the...
