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Father John Misty Shares New Song “Goodbye Mr. Blue”: Listen
Father John Misty has shared another new single from his forthcoming album Chloë and the Next 20th Century. “Goodbye Mr. Blue” arrives ahead of Father John Misty’s appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight, where he will perform the new track with a full band. Listen to it below. The new song follows “Funny Girl” and “Q4” from the album, which arrives on April 8 via Sub Pop. The album was produced with Jonathan Wilson, and the deluxe edition includes a 7″ featuring album tracks covered by Lana Del Rey and David Lynch (billed under the name Jack Cruz). Revisit Pitchfork’s 2017 feature “Here Is the Scandalous Father John Misty Interview You’ve Been Waiting For.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Destroyer Shares Video for New Song “June”: Watch
Destroyer has released another new song from the forthcoming album Labyrinthitis. The track is called “June” and it comes with a music video directed by David Galloway and Destroyer’s Dan Bejar. In the clip, we watch as a burrito is made by hand, taken for delivery by a person in a futuristic suit, and dropped off at Bejar’s house where he promptly begins to sing to it. Check it out below. Labyrinthitis is out March 25 via Merge. “June’ is the third song Destroyer has shared from the upcoming LP, following “Tintoretto, It’s for You” and “Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread.” Bejar’s previous album under his Destroyer moniker was 2020’s Have We Met. Next month, Destroyer will hit the road for a North American tour. It kicks off on April 22 in Vancouver, British Columbia and, a month later, will c...
Mitski Gets First No. 1 on a Billboard Songs Chart With “The Only Heartbreaker”
Mitski has earned another Billboard chart milestone. After Laurel Hell became the top-selling album in America earlier this year, she’s now achieved her first No. 1 position for a song on a Billboard chart. “The Only Heartbreaker” is No. 1 this week on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, Billboard reports. Mitski is headlining this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, which takes place from July 15-17 at Chicago’s Union Park. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Read Pitchfork’s 2018 interview “Don’t Cry for Mitski.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
RIAA Reports Highest-Ever $15 Billion in Recorded Music Revenue
The Recording Industry Association of America released its 2021 year-end revenue statistics, reporting that overall revenue for recorded music had reached a record $15 billion, bolstered by the continued growth of streaming and vinyl sales. This year’s streaming revenues—paid subscriptions, ad-supported streaming services, digital and customized radio, Facebook and digital fitness app licensing, and for the first time, TikTok—grew 24% in 2021 to a total of $12.4 billion, accounting for 83% of total revenues, similar to 2020. Check out the full report below. Vinyl continues to make gains for the 15th consecutive year; even as overall physical sales stagnated in 2020, with many retail outlets closed to the public during nationwide lockdowns, revenue rose almost 30% that year, and 61%—to $1.0...
Spotify Suspends Premium Accounts in Russia
Spotify has suspended its premium accounts in Russia after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, a company executive said on Wednesday (March 9). Paul Vogel, the streaming platform’s CFO, said the shutdown would result in a loss of about 1.5 million paying customers in the first quarter of 2022, Variety reported. That is not expected to be material for the company: Russia represents less than 1% of Spotify’s total revenue of 9.67 billion euros ($10.93 billion) in 2021, up 22.7% from 2020. In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Spotify said last Wednesday that it was closing its office in Russia and removing content from state-sponsored broadcasters RT and Sputnik. The platform has been unable to add new premium accounts or to run advertising in Russia since credit card companies Visa, Mas...
Ukraine’s ‘Cellar Violinist’ Plays on Amid Heaving Bombing
A gentle tune from a violin played by a musician who has been dubbed Ukraine’s “cellar violinist” is a lullaby for a child sheltered in the dark basement of an apartment building in the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Vera Lytovchenko has become an internet icon of resilience as images of the concert violinist playing in the basement bomb shelter have inspired an international audience via social media. When heavy Russian bombing of Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv started two weeks ago, Lytovchenko, her professor father and neighbors sought safety in their building’s basement. “Bombs can fall everywhere in our city, so we decided to go down in the cellar,” the 39-year-old violinist told The Associated Press via Skype Wednesday during a brief respite from the bombing during a tem...
BTS’ Homecoming ‘Permission to Dance’ Concerts Have One Catch: A ‘No Yelling’ Rule
ARMY can turn a hashtag into a trend, turn a song into a hit. What they can’t do, is holler at BTS’s homecoming shows. The K-pop superstar return to Seoul for a round of triumphant shows this week at Jamsil Olympic Stadium. The novel coronavirus and its variants is still problematic around the globe. So, to combat the spread, strict guidelines are in place for the pop stars’ shows. Yelling and chanting is out, though, mercifully, clapping is not banned, explains a statement shared by BTS’ music company, Big Hit Entertainment. On the flip side, fans are encouraged to “groove while seated,” but it remains unclear just how much grooving is permitted. The Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul shows are capped at 15,000, with 5% of those seats reserved for “disease prevention personnel.” Explore...
‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals McTerrier After On-Stage Howler
‘The Masked Singer got its seventh season underway with an episode that’ll be remembered for its comedy of errors, and for the fact its most controversial contestant remains in the game. On Wednesday night, the hit Fox series sent home its first participant, the celebrity working the McTerrier costume. Wearing a kilt and sporran, the upright hound rocked out from behind the drum kit before making his way to the mic for a performance of Loverboy’s “Working for the Weekend”. McTerrier’s effort was dogged with problems. In one awkward moment, the man-sized terrier managed to knock the mask right off his costume. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Behind it was Duff Goldman, The Food Network star and renowned baker. The on-stage blunders weren’t missed by viewers back home. “Mask...
Skin – HO99O9
RATING: 8/10 It starts with a burst of excoriating, abstract noise. As much as they have been hyped and praised by all kinds of notable people, HO99O9 are clearly not in the business of compromising to make their music more appealing. The first of 12 bewildering but utterly mesmerizing slabs of mutant sonic terrorism, “Nuge Snight” is a massive jolting dose of sound that seems to incorporate noise, hip-hop, industrial and unhinged electronica into one streamlined but eminently unpredictable whole. “Battery Not Included” is even better, as jagged thrash riffs collide with punishing, robot beats and the duo’s psychotic vocal attack. Midway through, a bittersweet, soulful melody emerges from the storm, before morphing into a hateful chug-fest that ends as abruptl...
AMON AMARTH’s JOHAN HEGG Clarifies His Criticism Of UFC, Says It’s ‘Fair’ To Target Russian Fighters With Sanctions
AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg has clarified his criticism of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), saying that Russian fighters should be banned from completing on upcoming cards in order to put enough pressure on Russian president Vladimir Putin and his regime so that he will end his country’s war in Ukraine. Earlier this week, Hegg took to his Twitter to say that he was boycotting the American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company as long as it was allowing Russian fighters “to compete and make money while children die in Ukraine.” After a number of people objected to Hegg‘s suggestion that Russian athletes must also be punished for their government’s aggression, the 48-year-old Swede returned to his social media to further explain his views while...
TED NUGENT Says First Amendment Should Apply To Social Media Companies, Rails Against Big Tech ‘Censorship’
Ted Nugent has once again railed against large social-media companies that block users from their platforms. The outspoken conservative rocker is an ardent supporter of former U.S. president Donald Trump who was famously suspended from his social accounts in January 2021 over public safety concerns in the wake of the Capitol riot. Nugent repeated his unsubstantiated accusations that tech companies are censoring his speech during Wednesday’s (March 9) edition of “The Nightly Nuge”, a news-style clip in which Ted offers his take on the news of our world every night. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We believe that even though high tech is something relatively new and advancing constantly, it’s the new town square. It’s where the First Amendme...
LAMB OF GOD Guitarist MARK MORTON And Ex-Drummer CHRIS ADLER Trade Insults On Twitter: ‘You Are A F**ing Douche’
Former LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has publicly referred to the band’s guitarist Mark Morton as a “fucking douche.” Adler‘s comment was apparently prompted by Morton‘s revelation that the guitarist was blocked on Twitter by Lee J. Carter, the American politician who represented the 50th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2018 to 2022. Earlier today, Mark shared a screenshot of a Twitter notification that he was blocked, and included the message, “But whyyyyyyyy?!?!?”, to which Chris responded, “Maybe because you are a fucking douche.” Within minutes, Morton fired back with “I usually wait until after dark to drunk message my exes”. The online exchange comes less than three years after LAMB OF GOD officially...
