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As the week in music comes to a close, HYPEBEAST has rounded up the 10 best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks. This week’s list is led by Lil Nas X‘s awaited debut studio album MONTERO, Kali Uchis and Amaarae‘s remix of “Sad Girls Luv Money” and Kehlani’s newest Blue Water Road cut, “Altar.” Also joining this selection are offerings from Majid Jordan, VanJess, Lance Skiiwalker, Headie One, Wiki x MIKE, Tems and Pa Salieu. Lil Nas X – MONTERO  [embedded content] Two years after his viral hit “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X finally dropped off his debut studio effort, MONTERO. The 15-track project is executive produced by Take A Daytrip and features guest appearances from Doja Cat, Elton John, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion and Miley Cyru...

Long-running hard rockers L.A. GUNS will release their new studio album, “Checkered Past”, on November 12 via Frontiers Music Srl. Fans can get another preview of the album with the release of the official music video for the second single “Cannonball”. Written and recorded during late 2020 and early 2021, “Checkered Past” sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis and company continuing with the darker lyrical tone of the preceding studio albums, “The Devil You Know” and “The Missing Peace”, while incorporating their classic rock influences into the mix. Heavier songs are mixed with bluesier, boogie inducing tracks and dark, introspective ballads, often harkening back to the first three albums the band made, but also pushing the band forward. ...

SMILE EMPTY SOUL guitarist and lead singer Sean Danielsen has once again defended his band’s decision to cancel a few of its previously booked shows because the concert venues in question were requiring a COVID-19 vaccine for fans. A number of bars and clubs have adopted the new protocol because the owners say the music industry and the artists demand a safe environment to perform. Last month, Danielsen released a statement via social media in which he explained that he was scrapping the shows because “I stand 100% for freedom, and medical freedom is especially important to me. I believe that you should get the vaccine if you want it, but should not have to if you don’t want it.” Now, in a new interview with the “Cowboy Logic” show, Danielsen elaborated ...

BRING ME THE HORIZON continues the carefully executed next phase of its highly successful EP series with the launch of a new single titled “DiE4u”. Recorded remotely during the pandemic with frontman Oli Sykes stuck in Brazil and keyboardist Jordan Fish in the U.K., “DiE4u” is part of the second phase of the “Post Human” EP campaign. The new single, out today via Columbia Records, is another perfectly crafted future emo masterpiece by the U.K. five-piece and comes with a video, shot in Kiev and directed by Sykes. Oli says: “‘‘DiE4u’ is a song about toxic obsessions, vices and things you can’t kick. I think a lot of people went through very similar struggles while in lockdown, coming face to face with yourself and seeing who ...

In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie‘s nationally syndicated radio show, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke about how he and his bandmates managed to keep the details of their new album, “Senjutsu”, under wraps for more than two years after completing it in early 2019 during a break in their “Legacy Of The Beast” tour. Asked how he avoided the temptation to revisit and potentially reconfigure songs while waiting for the record to be released, Bruce said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Oh, we didn’t have access to it — simple as that. None of us had a copy of the record because we knew we were gonna have to sit on the record for awhile and we were so paranoid about security and the Internet and people ripping it. As soon as you let...