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Tomberlin Shares New Song “IDKWNTHT”: Listen
Tomberlin is back with a new song. It’s called “IDKWNTHT”—short for “I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This”—and it features guest vocals from Told Slant’s Felix Walworth. Listen to it below. “‘IDKWNTHT’ is a sonic altar of sorts,” Tomberlin said in a statement. “It’s about taking a moment for remembrance, clarity, and setting an intention for what is to come. Kind of like a song version of writing out your intentions on a full moon. holding onto feelings, words, and past versions of ourselves and our behavior only helps when we can examine experiences once we are outside of them. then we have to let it out, let it go, and try again.” Tomberlin last shared her Alex G–produced Projections EP in 2020 Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
The Decemberists Announce 2022 Summer Tour
The Decemberists have announced a summer tour, which stretches across the month of August. They’ll start in Montana at the beginning of the month before concluding in Georgia, with Brigid Mae Power opening all dates. See the full itinerary below. The band’s most recent full-length was 2018’s I’ll Be Your Girl, and, though they haven’t yet revealed any plans for a follow-up, the tour announcement hinted at new music. The Decemberists had previously announced a 20th anniversary tour for 2020, which was bumped to 2021 before being canceled outright. 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. The Decemberists: Arise From the Bunkers Tour 2022 The Decemberists: 08-03...
Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi Arrested for Battery
Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi has been arrested in Miami on a battery charge, TMZ and NBC 6 report. Slim Jxmmi allegedly got into an argument with his girlfriend, pulled her hair, kicked down a door behind which she was hiding, took away her phone, and threw the phone outside over a balcony. Online records, viewed by Pitchfork, indicate that Slim Jxmmi was booked into Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center this morning at 11:27 a.m. His bond was set at $1,500. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Rae Sremmurd for comment and more information. Rae Sremmurd released their third album, Sr3mm, in 2018. The three-part record included Slim Jxmmi’s solo debut Jxmtro. If you or someone you know have been affected by domestic abuse, we encourage you to reach out: The National Do...
Warp Reissuing 3 Rare Broadcast Albums, Share Track From BBC Sessions: Listen
Warp has announced the release of three rare Broadcast albums previously unavailable on digital platforms. Microtronics – Volumes 1 & 2 (originally released as 3″ tour-only CDs in 2003 and 2005), Mother is The Milky Way (originally released as a tour only CD in 2009), and the BBC Maida Vale Sessions are set for a March 18 release on vinyl LP, CD, and digital streaming platforms. Check out “Sixty Forty” from the BBC Maida Vale Sessions below. Each release has been digitally remastered; Microtronics and Mother is The Milky Way will each receive single LP and CD pressings. The the four BBC sessions, recorded at Maida Vale studios between October 1996 and August 2003, are compiled into a 15-track 2xLP package and a single CD. Broadcast’s Trish Keenan died in 2011, leaving...
The SAT Exam Is Set To Get Shorter And Go Digital By 2024
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FangXiaNuo / Getty Us older heads have a tendency to say “this generation doesn’t know how good they have it” and now this generation will be having it a lot easier as changes will be coming to the SAT’s sooner than later. According the NBC News, the College-Board announced on Tuesday (January 25) that the SAT College-Entrance exam will not only be getting shorter, but would also be going digital as well. Looking to make things easier for this generation and those that follow, the once three-hour paper test will be cut down to a two-hour affair that can be taken online. But don’t get too excited just yet as the test will not be able to be taken from home and students will still have to go to a school or a testing center where a proctor will be present for...
Neil Young Threatens To Pull His Music From Spotify Over Joe Rogan’s COVID ‘Disinformation’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Apparently, public health specialists aren’t the only ones who are fed up with Spotify‘s relationship with popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who constantly proves to his fans and the world that he knows accurate medical information like Donald Trump knows how elections work and proper sun tanning consistency. Recently, a “coalition of scientists, medical professionals, professors, and science communicators spanning a wide range of fields such as microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, and neuroscience” wrote an open letter to Spotify requesting that the platform do something about Rogan and his fact-free, pseudointellectual, misinformation-spreading approach to discussing COVID-19 and the global pandemic with his listeners. Now, Ca...
8 Things We Learned From Ye aka Kanye West On ‘Hollywood Unlocked’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye’s been trending on social media for a minute now due to various reasons including being barred from attending his daughter’s birthday party and laying out a fan in the wee hours of the morning. Looking to explain the situations that’s been making headlines for the past few weeks, Kanye sat down with Jason Lee for Hollywood Unlocked and went into detail about the things that’s had social media buzzing in the New Year. Speaking on how Kim Kardashian might be purposely gaslighting him to his political views, Ye once again proves that not only does he have no hairs on his tongue, but he has no problem putting anyone on blast one way or another. While this isn’t as wild as his Drink Champs interview, it’s still pretty entertaining. He...
Pocket Watcher Alert: Master P Responds to Wack 100’s Claims That He Is Broke
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Erika Goldring / Getty Wack 100 is up to his antics again and recently argued that Master P isn’t holding figures like everyone thinks he does. Well Percy has spoken up and has addressed the hate. As spotted on Vibe Magazine the internet troll is now speculating that the New Orleans, Louisiana native is penny pinching. In a recent Clubhouse chat the talent manager expressed his doubt on P’s current business ventures. “You think this n***a be selling noodles?” he asked. “The feds took his catalog, bro. Nick Cannon got real money, for real. Real, real money. I’m like, ‘How is [Master P] talking to this n***a about what he doing and you ain’t nowhere in place, my n***a?’ You can’t even stand with this man on a bad day. Who is you, bro, to be telling thi...
Bad Bunny Announces 29-Date Summer Stadium Tour
Bad Bunny recently announced an expansive US stadium tour this coming summer, following his 2020 release of El Último Tour del Mundo. The San Juan-based reggaetón star enlisted his longtime girlfriend, Gabriela Berlingeri, to help promote the massive summer lineup, marking his first-ever US stadium tour. The couple announced “Bad Bunny: World’s Hottest Tour” in a cheeky Instagram reel set against a candlelit, waterside dinner. Boasting a roster of 29 cities, the Latin pop star is kicking off his marathon tour in Orlando, Florida, at the Camping World Stadium on Aug. 8, following a massive rollout throughout Central and South America, including notable destinations in Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles. Leading the Latin trap wave, Bad Bunny has amassed a worldwide following, serving a...
New LGBTQ+ Monthly Party, NSFW, Brings Underground Rave Culture to Dublin
Dublin’s new monthly techno offering Not Safe For Work (NSFW), promises music and dance with no inhibitions. NSFW will host club nights dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community and allies in what they call “a queer safe space” where attendees can take in the sounds of progressive house and techno music. In the spirit of NSFW, the party additionally encourages attendees to, “Dust off those harnesses and chains, iron those mesh tops (or no top preferably) and polish those dancing boots.” NSFW plans to enforce a no-phone policy on the dancefloor, keeping attendees fully engaged and in the moment, and empowering them to dance with full freedom of expression. Recommended Articles According to GCN, Co-hosts Sean Fitzpatrick and Lee Bracken aim to bring the spirit...
Rework Martin Garrix’s Music for STMPD RCRDS’ First-Ever Remix Competition
Since launching in 2016, STMPD RCRDS has become one of dance music’s most esteemed record labels, stewarding the careers of some of the scene’s brightest production minds. So it’s hard to believe that Martin Garrix‘s flagship imprint has just now launched it’s first-ever remix contest. STMPD this morning announced the competition, which invites music producers to rework the Dutch superstar’s collaboration with Matisse & Sadko and John Martin, “Won’t Let You Go.” Garrix and the label’s A&R will pick multiple finalists to be considered for two categories: Jury (STMPD’s team) and public (determined by poll voting). According to a press release issued by STMPD, prizes include a chance to win an official release ...
Gucci Mane Enlists Lil Durk for New Single “Rumors”
Gucci Mane has employed Lil Durk for a new track, “Rumors.” The song marks the duo’s first joint project since “War Wit Us (Remix),” which was released in 2014. “Rumors” arrived with an accompanying Jerry Production-directed visual, which sees the two rappers hanging out with their friends while showing off their ice and swapping verses. “This gone be a street smash when we drop this,” Gucci wrote on Instagram one day prior to the single’s release. The collaboration arrives as both artists have been keeping busy with several other projects. Lil Durk recently unveiled dates for his “The 7220 Tour,” which kicks off on April 8 at the Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona and closes in his home of Chicago, with a total of 17 stops. The young rapper also just made an appearance on the the...
