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Ricky Montgomery Shares Origins of It’s 2016 Somewhere EP: Exclusive
Our feature series Origins gives artists space to detail everything that went into their newest release. Today, Ricky Montgomery breaks down his new EP, It’s 2016 Somewhere. Ricky Montgomery has returned with a new EP, It’s 2016 Somewhere, which compiles new tracks, non-album singles, and two acoustic versions of fan favorites (“Mr. Loverman” and “I Don’t Love You Anymore”). The project is out today (April 15th), alongside a music video for new track “Settle Down.” It’s no secret that TikTok has the power to blow up an artist overnight. What’s particularly strange, however, is when the algorithm decides to promote a song that was released to little fan-fare years prior. From Life Without Buildings to The Walters, the next viral indie discovery can come from seemingly anywhere or anytime. A...
Lizzo Announces New Album Special, Shares Video for New Song “About Damn Time”: Watch
Lizzo has released her new song “About Damn Time.” It’s her first single since sharing “Rumors” (featuring Cardi B) last year. She’s also announced that her new album Special is out July 15 (via Nice Life/Atlantic). In the Christian Breslauer–directed video, Lizzo flees a “Stressed & Sexy” support group in a video that features an office building with light-up disco flooring and a scene where she plays flute while standing atop the water in a swimming pool. Watch it all happen, and find the album artwork for Special, below. In a new interview with Zane Lowe, Lizzo chatted about the inspiration behind “About Damn Time.” “‘About Damn Time’ can lead into so many conversations,” she said. “It’s about damn time I feel better, it’s about damn time we get out this pandemic. It’s about damn ti...
Sault Release New Album Air: Listen
Mysterious UK group Sault have released a new album. It’s called Air, and you can check it out on Bandcamp. The album can be purchased on vinyl, CD, and digital formats (the digital version is available as a name-your-price download). Give it a listen below. In 2021, Sault released their third album Nine, which followed 2020’s pair of LPs Untitled (Black Is) and Untitled (Rise). Nine was only available to stream, download, and purchase for 99 days following its release. Last year, Sault were shortlisted as nominees for the prestigious Hyundai Mercury Prize. Read more about Untitled (Black Is) in “Great Records You May Have Missed: Summer 2020.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Sonic Youth Share 1989 Kyiv Live Recording to Benefit Ukrainian Relief: Listen
Sonic Youth have shared a new live album, a set recorded in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 14, 1989. Proceeds from the set benefit World Central Kitchen and Ukrainian relief efforts. Check it out below. Despite their official breakup in 2011, Sonic Youth have maintained a regular archival release schedule. Last year, they issued a pair of live recordings from Texas to benefit abortion rights: one set from Austin in 1995 and the other from Dallas in 2006. The band most recently released In/Out/In, a collection of mostly instrumental recordings completed between 2000 and 2010. Read Pitchfork’s feature “Sonic Youth and the Business of Keeping a Dead Band Alive.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Watch the Coachella 2022 Live Stream: Billie Eilish, the Weeknd, Arcade Fire, and More
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. After two COVID-19 cancelations, the festival announced its return last June, revealing the full lineup in January. A few weeks later, Coachella added that it was walking back its vaccination requirements for attendees, and that masks were not required at the festival. Though Travis Scott had been booked for the 2020 edition of Coachella and had been slated to return with it this year, he dropped from the lineup following the fatal crowd-crush incident at his Astroworld festival last fall. Kanye West was part of the first wave of headliners, but he, too, dropped off the bill for reasons he did not specify. The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia will perform on April 17 and 24 instead. Follow along with Pitchfork’s full cov...
Judge Greg Mathis Trending After “Crackhead” Clip Goes Wide
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Judge Greg Mathis, and his popular syndicated reality series Judge Mathis, began its 23rd season in September 2021 and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. On Wednesday, a clip featuring the Detroit native went wide after he claimed to be able to detect of a participant on the show was a former “crackhead.” Twitter user @Jo_Pa_Po shared the clip Wednesday (April 13) of Judge Mathis with Mathis speaking to a woman during a hearing. When Mathis asks if she objects, the woman inquires as to what, with Mathis following up with, “You object to the rumor or do you object to being a crackhead” without skipping a beat. The woman says she objects, which causes Mathis to press further. Mathis then says, “I don’t think you are now...
Pusha T Says He’s “Pressing” For A New Clipse Album
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Pusha T knows exactly what he’s doing. While the buzz surrounding his forthcoming new album, It’s Almost Dry, continues to rise, he’s also “pressing” his big brother Malice about making a new Clipse album. It’s well known that Malice stepped away from the game, choosing instead to focus on his faith and living his life (he was the officiant for his brother’s wedding). However, on NIGO’s latest project, I Know NIGO!, the Clipse reunited for a new song called “Punch Bowl.” Related Stories One listen to the song and it’s evident that Malice hasn’t lost a step lyrically. It also meant that, once again, fans are speculating about and hoping for a proper Clipse reunion. Apparently, so is Push A Ton. [embedded content] “Being in the studio w...
Julian Lennon on Covering “Imagine” For the First Time in Support of Ukraine: It Was ‘The Right Occasion”
With two new songs just out and a full album, JUDE, coming later this year, Julian Lennon promises that his widely lauded performance of his father’s “Imagine” during Global Citizen’s Stand Up for Ukraine! Social Media Rally on April 8th is not a harbinger of things to come in that direction. “I don’t have a hankering for anything else. I really don’t,” Lennon tells Consequence by Zoom from Los Angeles. “I have a hankering to get on with my own life and my own work.” He adds that the “Imagine” performance — which took place on a candle-lit set, accompanied only by Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme, Rihanna) on acoustic guitar — “was ‘done. Now that’s over with.’ I’ve had a few requests to sing it live, and I’m going, ‘No, I’ve done my bit. That’s it. Onward with my work and my life now.” But Lenno...
R.I.P. Tim Feerick, Dance Gavin Dance Bassist Has Died
Tim Feerick, the longtime bassist of post-hardcore act Dance Gavin Dance, has died. No cause of death has been given, but the band revealed that Feerick passed away on Wednesday night (April 13th). “We are absolutely devastated to share the news that our friend and bass player, Tim Feerick, passed away last night,” read the statement from the band on Instagram. “We ask that you respect our privacy and that of Tim’s family while we deal with this heartbreaking and untimely loss. We will share further updates on Swanfest and our upcoming touring schedule as soon as we have them.” The statement mentions Swanfest, which is a one-day festival headlined and curated by Dance Gavin Dance that is slated to take place in the group’s hometown of Sacramento, California, on April 23rd. It also serves a...
Phoebe Bridgers Releases New Song “Sidelines”: Stream
Phoebe Bridgers is back with a new song called “Sidelines.” Take a listen below. “Sidelines” was written for Hulu’s upcoming series Conversations with Friends, an adaptation of Irish author Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name premiering on May 15th. Billed in a press release as the only original new song to be released by Bridgers this year, it was co-written with bandmate and collaborator Marshall Vore as well as Ruby Rain Henley. Bridgers famously tweeted in 2020 about Hulu’s miniseries adaptation of Rooney’s novel Normal People, writing she was “sad and horny” after finishing the series. After star Paul Mescal responded by saying, “I’m officially dead,” Bridgers wrote back, “nooo don’t die your so talented aha.” This led to the two of them dating and eventually, Hulu tapped Bridgers t...
Cardi B Joins the Sample Drill Wave on Kay Flock’s “Shake It”: Stream
The latest trend in New York drill has been the liberal use of ’90s and early 2000s R&B samples, as heard in regional hits like B-Lovee’s “My Everything,” which flips Mary J. Blige’s “Everything.” Kay Flock is the latest rapper to hop on board with his new single “Shake It,” bringing fellow Bronx native Cardi B along for the ride. Produced by Elias Beatz, the track samples Akon’s 2005 hit “Bananza (Belly Dancer).” A snippet of the song had already gone viral on TikTok, but anticipation for “Shake It” reached a fever pitch after clips from the video shoot surfaced of Cardi performing her verse while draped out in red — her wig even looks like a red bandana. That unbridled energy is the perfect fit for the sample drill production: “I gotta step up, bitch, I’m a stomper/ All of my opps ge...
MICHAEL SCHENKER Looks Back On His Brief Stint As Guitarist Of RATT: ‘I Couldn’t Wait To Get Out Of It’
In a new interview with The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn, legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker reflected on how he agreed, in late 1990, during one of the MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP‘s many breaks, to do a favor for his friend Warren DeMartini and temporarily replaced Robbin Crosby in Los Angeles glam rockers RATT. “That was harmless; it was absolutely harmless,” Michael said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “Warren DeMartini is an absolute Michael Schenker fan, and he became a friend. So, Robin [McAuley] and I, we joined the same management, Left Bank. And so I did two things. There was a six-month break for Robin and myself before we were gonna start recording the next album, and in those six months I was approached by the Left Bank management and record...
