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Watch Grimes Discuss AI in Music for PBS Series A Brief History of the Future
The fourth episode of the new PBS series A Brief History of the Future, a documentary series about reimagining a better future for the Earth and its inhabitants, aired last night (April 24). The episode focuses on how artificial intelligence factors into that vision. During one segment, Grimes is interviewed as a figure at “the forefront of this work” in the music realm by Ari Wallach. Watch her interview, which starts around the 32:00 mark, below.
Tomb Mold and Horrendous Announce 2024 North American Tour
Toronto death metal trio Tomb Mold and Philadelphia death metal quartet Horrendous are joining together for a North American tour this summer. Dubbed the Enraptured by Fate’s Tangled Thread Tour, it begins on July 4 in Toronto, Ontario, and lasts on through to the end of the month, concluding in Brooklyn on July 27. See Tomb Mold’s complete list of tour dates, which includes stops at Sled Island and Austin Death Fest, below.
Listen to Pablo Skywalkin’s “Why You Kiss”: The Ones
For over a decade Pablo Skywalkin’s cracked voice and offbeat flow has made him one of the oddballs of Detroit’s street rap scene. But these days I have no idea what’s going on with him. He’s ditched the True Religion Canadian tuxedo he sported in early videos like “Flex on Em” and now rocks wool sweaters and oversized spectacles that make him look like Norbit. No idea why, but he seems to be having a good time in the video for “Why You Kiss,” terrorizing a commercial bookstore by doing a wacky two-step in the aisles. The song is pretty silly too—it’s off his recent mixtape where he raps a bunch of nonsense on handclap-centric Certified Trapper type beats. I’m especially into “Why You Kiss” because the lyrics have him railing against the dating choices of the girl he’s trying to hit on, and the hook goes, “Bitch, why you kiss that broke nigga on his lips.” Too bad Pablo doesn’t do a great job of explaining what she should find so desirable about him, but I suppose somewhere, somehow, Mr. Rogers-core makes you a catch.
Raving Disco Breaks Vol. II
Good news, boppers—Eris Drew finally released the second edition of Raving Disco Breaks, the pick-up-your-feet, turn-your-whole-day-around DJ mix series she debuted in 2019. The theme of the second edition is Rock the House—not exactly rock as in RAWK, but the verb sense of the word, as in “Keep it rockin’.” Once again the mix is available on SoundCloud and on cassette, though it landed on my desk more like contraband, one gigantic audio file too big for cloud storage to handle. Ah yes, I thought, now that’s the good stuff.
This Could Be Texas
On This Could Be Texas, English Teacher outline a landscape burdened by prejudice, the cost-of-living crisis, mental health issues. The band’s name couldn’t be more apt—it’s here to school us in 50 minutes. They sweep up myriad literary and cultural references and dabble in several genres to dole out endlessly twisting melodies. If a synth flutters into mellow guitar rock, into wandering piano, into drums, out of drums, into layered vocals, with a squeaky guitar on top, you’ve about covered the dextrous three minutes of track one.
Overmono Release Remix of the Streets’ “Turn the Page”: Listen
Overmono have shared the remix of the Streets’ “Turn the Page” that has been a staple of their live sets since its debut at Lost Village in 2022. Check it out below. The remix will also be released as a 12" single, via XL. Tom and Ed...
Beings, New Band Featuring Steve Gunn and Shahzad Ismaily, Announce Debut Album, Share Songs: Listen
Guitarist Steve Gunn; bassist and synthesizer player Shahzad Ismaily; saxophonist, guitarist, and vocalist Zoh Amba; and drummer Jim White have come together to form the new band Beings. On June 7, the New York quartet will release its debut album, There Is a Garden, via No Quarter. Below, listen to Beings’ first two songs, “Flowers That Talk” and “Happy to Be.”
Watch Les Savy Fav’s Video for New Song “World Got Great”
Les Savy Fav have shared “World Got Great” from their comeback album Oui, LSF. Accompanying the new song is an animated video by Emmy-winner Jimbo Matison, in which Les Savy Fav defeat world-ending monsters in a battle through the power of tickle fights and flower power. Check it out below.
MTV Video Music Awards 2024 to Take Place at Long Island’s UBS Arena in September
There is a location, date, and time for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. The annual awards show will take place at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, September 10, at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. “We are excited to welcome back the MTV Video Music Awards to...
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Texan experimentalist claire rousay’s foray into melancholic, folk-inflected pop might surprise fans of her tactile collages of everyday sounds like jingling keys, overheard conversation, and suggestive murmur. Those better acquainted with the full extent of her sprawling catalog of self-described “emo ambient”—which spans hyperpop, text-to-speech recordings, and an unfinished Elliott Smith cover—might simply see this as another left turn. In fact, on sentiment, rousay brings together strands from her previous work into a revealing self-portrait, channeling her experimental musical language into the kind of earnest pop she evidently loves but until now has mostly shared as one-offs, swapping her habitually atmospheric ambient pieces for shorter, more melodic, lyrically driven slowcore songs.
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