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Pusha T Announces New Album Title and 2022 Tour Dates
Hot on the heels of his “Neck & Wrist” collab with JAY-Z, Pusha T has revealed the title of his upcoming album to be It’s Almost Dry. Additionally, the “Hear Me Clearly” vocalist announced an initial run of tour dates in support of its forthcoming release. “Album title: IT’S ALMOST DRY,” King Push wrote on Twitter alongside a tour poster on Wednesday. “Phase one of the tour coming to a city near you…” Album title: IT’S ALMOST DRY Phase one of the tour coming to a city near you… TIX GO ON SALE FRIDAY 4/8 ??? pic.twitter.com/pCx0JOZ3zg — King Push (@PUSHA_T) April 6, 2022 Phase one of Pusha’s upcoming tour is set to kick off on May 29 in Seattle and conclude on June 23 in Philadelphia, with a total of 12 stops. Tickets for the shows, which will feature a yet-to-be-announced special ...
The Chainsmokers Reveal Tracklist, Release Date, Story Behind New Album, “So Far So Good”
The Chainsmokers‘ fourth album is officially on the map. Titled So Far So Good, the LP is The Chainsmokers’ first since 2019’s chart-topping World War Joy. The tandem shared an official album trailer today, wherein they reveal the inspiration behind the 13-track album as well as its release date of May 13th. According to The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart, the album’s name derives from a quote from La Haine, a French crime drama film released in 1995. They found optimism in a particular quote, which they believe encapsulates the album’s subject matter: “Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself, ‘So far so good… so far so good… so far so good.’ How you...
The Weeknd x Swedish House Mafia To Replace Kanye West As Coachella Co-Headliners
Earlier this week, it was announced that Kanye West had dropped out of his headlining slot at Coachella. The rapper, who was announced as a headliner in January, was supposed to perform on the closing nights of the festival, which is taking place across the weekends of April 15 to 17 and April 22 to 24. While fans of Ye may be disappointed to miss him, the festival has subbed in The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia in the rapper’s place. The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia broke the news of their collaborative set by posting an updated Coachella poster to social media that names them in the headlining spot for April 17 and 24. The Weeknd first performed at Coachella in 2012 and headlined the festival in 2018. Swedish House Mafia was already scheduled to perform at this year’s event, though no...
Katie Alice Greer (ex-Priests) Announces Debut Solo Album Barbarism, Shares New Video: Watch
Katie Alice Greer, formerly the lead singer of Priests, has announced Barbarism, her debut full-length album. The record is led by the new song “FITS/My Love Can’t Be,” which arrives with a music video that Greer directed, produced, and edited herself. Watch the video below. Barbarism is due out June 24 via FourFour. The LP follows Greer’s three solo EPs: Freaky 57, 3 Colors, and No One Else on Earth. Of the new single, Greer said in a statement: I’d spent something like 70 days mostly alone since the pandemic started. Then one weekend I biked out to Fairfax Avenue and found myself amongst thousands of people. It was jarring…. To go from mostly the stillness of a barely-lived-in bedroom to projectile shopping carts, strangers chanting, phalanxes of beige gun toters, and tanks parallel park...
Ibeyi Announce World Tour, Share Video for New Song With Jorja Smith: Watch
Ibeyi have announced a world tour in support of their forthcoming LP Spell 31, kicking off this September in Los Angeles before wrapping up in Paris next February. They’ve also shared a video for the third single from Spell 31, “Lavender & Red Roses” (ft. Jorja Smith). Check out the video and the full list of tour dates below. Ibeyi have previously shared the Spell 31 singles “Sister 2 Sister” and “Made of Gold” (ft. Pa Salieu). Last March they shared “Recurring Dream,” a song they wrote and composed for the Ed Morris film How to Stop a Recurring Dream. Read about Ibeyi’s “No Man Is Big Enough For My Arms” in “When Feminism Meets Music: Great Songs That Sample Radical Speech” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. All products featur...
Watch Nilüfer Yanya’s Video For New Song “The Dealer”
Nilüfer Yanya has shared the video for her Painless song “The Dealer.” Check it out below. Yanya released the album, her third, last month. She’s previously shared videos for “Stabilise” and “AnotherLife.” Last month she played “Midnight Sun” on the Tonight Show. Yanya is set to kick off the U.S. leg of her world tour this month in Austin, Texas. Read Pitchfork’s “Rising” feature “Nilüfer Yanya’s Brilliantly Nonchalant Guitar Soul.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
ANOHNI Joins Hercules & Love Affair on New Song “Poisonous Storytelling”: Listen
Hercules & Love Affair have shared a new single from the forthcoming album In Amber. It features ANOHNI, marking Andy Butler’s first song with her since “Blind” from Hercules & Love Affair’s self-titled 2008 debut. The song also features Budgie, the drummer best known as a member of Siouxsie and the Banshees. Listen to it below. In a statement, Butler said, “‘Poisonous Storytelling‘ started as a song called ‘Sacral’—the music evoked sacred rites, but the word ‘Sacral’ also speaks to the one of the sources of our rootedness and stability.” ANOHNI added: “We must be careful with new narratives, because everyone is rotted out from poisonous storytelling.” In Amber is out June 17 (via Skint/BMG). “Poisonous Storytelling” has also been remixed by Justin K Broadrick of Godflesh and the t...
Eflorem Drop Thrilling Hyper-House Track and Music Video, “With You”
Blending sentimental lyricism with soaring bass, Eflorem have unveiled their latest single, “With You.” The sensational track arrives via an independent release by the duo. Composed of Heather Worden and Dewey McManus, Eflorem are an electronic music tandem perhaps best known for their unique bass house sound. This time around, however, they’ve dialed up the energy and the tempo. The first drop of “With You” is an electrifying hyper-house segment, wherein huge synths run roughshod through a frenetic arrangement. Eflorem shrewdly switch it up in the second drop, where they uncork a massive dubstep section with the genre’s classic punchy snares before introducing a thrilling four-on-the-floor coda. It’s here where they really bring the arra...
Pusha T & Jay-Z Release New Pharrell-Produced Collab ‘Neck and Wrist’: Listen
Pusha T and Jay-Z released their all-new single “Neck and Wrist” first thing Wednesday (April 5). Teasing the song by quoting what appears to be a lyric by Jay-Z, Pusha T wrote on Instagram and Twitter, “‘We got different Saab stories, save your soliloquies…’ – Hov.” The track, produced by Pharrell, comes less than a week after Pusha T shared an Instagram photo posing with the hitmaker. “You ain’t got emeralds greener, you ain’t got Richard to sleeve ya… and I got a Rolls that’s in the grove that I ain’t drove, sh– I don’t know the reason,” he captioned the post. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Neck and Wrist” also comes just days after the Friday release of Pusha T’s new EP, G.O.O.D. — a 25-minute, five-track project complete with featur...
Matthew Broderick Tests Positive for COVID, Will Miss Broadway Performances of ‘Plaza Suite’
Matthew Broderick has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Tuesday’s (April 5) Broadway performance of Plaza Suite at the Hudson Theatre. A spokesperson for the production confirmed the diagnosis to The Hollywood Reporter, writing in a statement that the actor received the result “before today’s performance of Plaza Suite, despite strict adherence to COVID safety protocols.” They clarified that a second test confirmed the diagnosis. Performances will continue, with Broderick expected to return to the show on Friday, April 15. “Everybody wishes him a speedy recovery,” the statement read. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The actor’s wife and Plaza Suite co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker, tested negative and ...
INXS Kick Another Goal With ‘The Very Best’
INXS kick another chart milestone with The Very Best, the Australian alternative rock band’s career retrospective. On the latest ARIA Albums Chart, the best-of its enters week 375 in the Top 50, and a whopping 500 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 100. The 20-song set lifts 60-49, on the national survey for the week of April 4, 2022,. The 500-week feat “is an absolutely phenomenal achievement, even if you happen to be one of the greatest and most iconic bands Australia has ever seen,” comments Annabelle Herd, CEO of ARIA, in a statement. “500 weeks is an incredible honor and just shows the appreciation of such an incredible album,” adds Andrew Daw, executive VP, international marketing at UMe, Universal Music Group’s global catalog company. The presence of the band’s late manager Chris Murp...
Ed Sheeran Wins UK Copyright Case Over ‘Shape Of You’
Ed Sheeran has won a copyright battle in UK court over his chart-topping 2017 hit “Shape of You,” after a judge ruled Wednesday (April 6) that the star did not copy the song from a little-known track. The judge ruled that Sheeran’s mega hit, which spent 12 weeks atop the Hot 100, did not infringe a 2015 song called “Oh Why” released by an artist named Sami Chokri, who performs as Sami Switch, and music producer Ross O’Donoghue. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sheeran quickly celebrated the ruling in a video posted to social media – and blasted what he called “baseless” lawsuits and the harm they’re doing to the music industry. “While we’re obviously happy with the result, I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have beco...
