Killer Mike is currently on his High And Holy Tour, promoting his new album Michael. Most recently, he stopped at The Fillmore in San Francisco, while tonight (July 31), he’s playing the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. We’ve got the setlist — courtesy, as always, of Setlist.fm — below. In addition to tracks from Michael, Killer Mike has also been playing tracks by Big Boi (“Kill Jill”), Bone Crusher (“Never Scared”), and Purple Ribbon All-Stars (“Kryptonite [I’m On It]”), on which he had standout verses throughout the early 2000s.
Despite very recently releasing a full-length album, Mike said he had even more songs recorded, including one featuring a seven-minute André 3000 verse. He followed up by claiming that André was working on an album of his own, but later insisted that he was only joking. Of course, with André 3000, anything is possible; even the Killer Mike collab that appeared on Michael, “Scientists & Engineers,” was nearly nixed by the mercurial Outkast-er until he heard the full version with Eryn Allen Kane’s vocals.
Check out the setlist for Killer Mike’s High And Holy Tour below.
1. “Down By Law”
2. “Shed Tears”
3. “Ready Set Go”
4. “Run”
5. “NRich”
6. “Talk’n That Sh*t!”
7. “Slummer”
8. “Scientists & Engineers”
9. “Two Days”
10. “Kryptonite (I’m On It)”
11. “Kill Jill”
12. “Never Scared”
13. “Spaceship Views”
14. “Reagan”
15. “Something For Junkies”
16. “Motherless”
17. “Ric Flair”
18. “Don’t Let The Devil”
19. “High & Holy”
20. “Thank You Lord”
At the risk of sounding like a horrible, narrow-minded rockist: It’s cool to hear a Mitski song where she’s playing guitar again. I have no idea if the rest of the forthcoming The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We (due September 15) sounds like this, but given that she tends to write her albums in tandems, it seems like a safe bet that it won’t emulate the synth-pop psychodrama of her previous two records, Be The Cowboy and Laurel Hell. Maybe we’re about to behold Mitski’s gospel period?
2. MJ Lenderman, “Rudolph”
He made my favorite album of 2022, and he plays on one of my favorite albums of 2023. Now MJ Lenderman has released one of my favorite singles of the year. Can I interest you in some lap steel, cowbell, a “Blowin’ In The Wind” reference, a Lightning McQueen joke, and a ripping guitar solo? How about a music video loaded with muscle cars and cool mulleted guys smoking cigarettes? I’m telling you, MJ Lenderman simply does not miss.
3. Joanna Sternberg, I’ve Got Me
If this Brooklyn singer-songwriter were alive in the 1960s, she would have been like Harry Nilsson or Randy Newman — an eccentric original whose songs are covered by The Monkees and The Turtles. I actually wish we went back to that era, in which mainstream rock groups performed songs penned by songwriters who operate on the margins. I hear a lot of bands who are just okay are writing their own material, and they would be much better off transforming the loads of gems served up on I’ve Got Me.
4. Slow Pulp, “Doubt”
One of my most anticipated indie albums of the fall is Yard, the latest from this Chicago-by-way-of-Madison band. Actually, I’m not really “anticipating” it, since I have had the promo for a while now. I guess I am anticipating all of you hearing it, as I really think that Slow Pulp is one of the better young indie-pop groups around at the moment. “Doubt” showcases their hooky, zippy side, but the strength of Yard is that it displays a range of sounds, from spiky power pop to rustic alt-country.
5. Dusk, “Pissing In A Wishing Well”
My only criticism of Slow Pulp is that they left my home state of Wisconsin for the brighter lights of Illinois’ biggest city. Of course, this makes me a hypocrite, since I also left Wisconsin for a neighboring state. Nevertheless, part of my affection for Dusk stems from their steadfast devotion to America’s Dairyland. This country-rock outfit has the same unpretentious charm as our shared home. They favor group vocals, layers of keyboards and pedal steel, and beer-friendly, shout-along choruses. You can hear all of that in this single from the forthcoming Glass Pastures, out on October 20.
6. Being Dead, When Horses Would Run
Surf music is one of those genres, like rockabilly or psychedelic rock, that is never in fashion and always in style. Somewhere in your town right now, someone is playing those kinds of music and more people than you might expect are enjoying those kinds of music. Being Dead isn’t a strict surf band, per se, but this Austin outfit does apply the conventions of the genre in the service of making irreverent and witty punk rock. This album is a hoot.
7. Palehound, Eye On The Bat
A million and one indie rock bands right now are trying to make heavy riffing rock songs that sound like they could have been released by Matador Records in 1994. Most of them fall short of the mark. Palehound does not. El Kempner brings the riffs as well as the diaristic lyrics about sex, bad relationships, and various other highs and lows. The result is an album that sounds like a long-treasured used CD.
As someone who liked but didn’t last year’s Chloe And The Next 20th Century, this fantastic live album feels like a reboot. What sometimes felt like affectations on the album — particularly the old-timey, soft shoe music — really come alive here, as Josh Tillman and his impressive band lend some needed muscle to his most insular set of songs. Of course, the songs that do work on Chloe — “Goodbye Mr. Blue,” “(Everything But) Her Love” — are absolutely stunning here. As are the reliable favorites from past records. (The story he tells before “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt.” reasserts his mastery of banter.)
9. Wham!
I’ve been listening to a lot of George Michael lately, and I have Chris Smith’s Netflix documentary to thank for that. Though the real star of the film isn’t Michael but rather his oft-dismissed former partner Andrew Ridgeley, the handsome and preternaturally self-assured other half of the 1980s teen pop phenomenon Wham! While George is rightly seen as the musical engine of the group — he wrote and produced all of their best work — we learn from the doc that Ridgeley was the one who teased all of that talent out of his best friend and then supported him when he came to dominate the group. Like so many of the best music documentaries, this is as much a study about a friendship as it is an exploration of a successful band’s music. And after watching Wham! I couldn’t help wishing that Andrew Ridgeley was my best friend, too.
Talk to Me is one of the best horror movies of the year. It’s also a genuine hit. The Danny and Michael Philippou-directed film opened to $10 million at the box office this weekend; that’s the second biggest debut in A24 history, behind only 2018’s Hereditary ($13.6 million).
“We wanted to make a film that was about a world that we understand. We didn’t want to do a period piece or anything like that, just something that was current. And that’s the big thing of today’s culture. It was just a world that we understand,” Michael told CBR.
The siblings’ videos often go on bizarre, violent, unexpected journeys. Take “Selling Riley Reid’s BATHWATER,” for instance. What starts as a normal (“normal”) video from 2019 about selling bathwater that adult film actress Riley Reid soaked in on eBay becomes… something else.
You can watch it below (NSFW, obviously).
Talk to Me is in theaters now. You can read our interview with the directors here.
It’s nearly time for Osheaga Art And Music Festival 2023, where Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, and Rufus Du Sol will serve as heavy-hitting headliners. The annual festival is scheduled from this Friday, August 4, through Sunday, August 6, and the full schedule is available for planning purposes.
Six stages will host multiple enticing acts, beginning on August 4 with Magdalena Bay, Xela Edna, and Mindflip at 2 p.m. local time. The likes of Holly Humberstone (3:20-4:05 p.m.), Soccer Mommy (4:05-4:50 p.m.), Rina Sawayama (6:30-7:20 p.m.), and The Flaming Lips (7:20-8:20 p.m.) will precede Rufus Du Sol’s headlining set from 9:20 p.m. to 10:50 p.m.
Saturday, August 5, will bring attendees performances from Fletcher (4:50-5:40 p.m.), Lil Yachty (5:40-6:30 p.m.), 070 Shake (7-7:50 p.m.), The National (7:20-8:20 p.m.), Carly Rae Jepsen (7:50-8:40 p.m.), and Baby Keem (8:20-9:20 p.m.). Eilish’s headlining set is scheduled from 9:20 p.m. to 10:50 p.m., and Rema will simultaneously go on a different stage from 9:40 p.m. to 10:40 p.m.
Sunday’s bill is also stacked. Armani White (4-4:45 p.m.), Beabadoobee (4:50-5:35 p.m.), Central Cee (6:20-7:10 p.m.), Kim Petras (7:10-8 p.m.), Japanese Breakfast (7:45-8:35 p.m.), and Fred Again.. (8-9 p.m.) are among those who will warm up crowds ahead of Lamar’s headlining set from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
It’ll be a particularly busy week for Eilish and Lamar, as they’re pulling headliner double duty between Osheaga and Lollapalooza. See the full Lolla schedule here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Elon Musk’s secret purpose for buying Twitter may have come into view. Well, perhaps it’s a facetious conclusion, but it sort-of seems like he simply wanted to name a company “X.” He only recently announced this move, after all, and Elon already tossed a bright, annoying sign atop Twitter’s X’s San Francisco headquarters. And he also reportedly wanted to turn PayPal into “X” back in the day, but someone (wise) shut that down.
So, Twitter users are now the dubious beneficiaries of the “X” fixation. As a result, a whole lot of users’ iPhones updated the app overnight, so people woke up to the change, and on a Monday, no less. Let’s just say that perhaps Elon should have waited to roll this out until everyone has had their coffee? Hmm, that may not have helped. So not only has Elon gotten the app banned in Indonesia due to this rebrand, but users are airing their complaints, too.
Naturally, they are doing this on Twitter or X or whatever it’s being called now. And you know, it kind-of does look like a porn app, as one user suggested. Or even a demon app from a bad horror movie. Yikes.
Ah yes time to check in on my loyalty points at that Eastern European casino I went to in ‘06 pic.twitter.com/71XbdhUCap
My girlfriend is normal so she doesn’t really go on Twitter but today she saw that her phone had updated it to the x logo and she immediately deleted the app
Granted, this could be a much worse situation for all. We could all have to be woken up all night by a flashing, demonic X like parts of downtown San Francisco will now endure. There’s gonna be a run on blackout curtains.
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the decades-old medium hasn’t made a comeback. That doesn’t mean everybody is listening to just their parents’ old music, though. That’s part of it, sure, thanks to rereleases that present classic albums in new ways. A vital part of the renewed vinyl wave, though, is new projects being released as records, of which there are plenty.
Whatever you might be into, each month brings a new slew of vinyl releases that has something for everybody. Some stand out above the rest, naturally, so check out some of our favorite vinyl releases of July below.
Rolling Stones — Forty Licks (Reissue)
UMe
The Rolling Stones are bringing their 2002 compilation album Forty Licks to digital formats for the first time, but more relevant here is its debut on vinyl. The collection, originally released to mark the band’s 40th anniversary, was released as a limited edition four-disc, 180-gram black vinyl version, all in a wide spined gatefold sleeve.
Even excluding her iconic work with Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks has had a hell of a career with her solo work. Her solo debut came in 1981, and now that project and everything since has been compiled in a new box set, along with Rarities, a compilation of, you guessed it, rarities, which are only available in this release.
In case you haven’t been a music consumer at all this year: In 2023, hip-hop is celebrating its milestone 50th anniversary, and there have been plenty of observances to honor the occasion. One example is a compilation of hits from across the genres history, featuring songs from icons past and present, like A Tribe Called Quest, Travis Scott, Wu-Tang Clan, and 21 Savage.
If you have a vinyl copy of Pretzel Logic, it’s likely old and worn out, as the album hasn’t been released on vinyl in over three decades. Now, though, it’s been pressed again, and the album has even been remastered from the original analogue tapes for the occasion.
R.E.M. — Around The Sun and Collapse Into Now (Reissues)
Craft Recordings
Two major albums in R.E.M.’s discography have been out of print for a while, but now they’re getting fresh vinyl pressings. Limited editions of Around The Sun and Collapse Into Now are available exclusively on R.E.M.’s website: The latter is pressed on opaque white vinyl, while the former comes on milky clear vinyl and comes with exclusive merch.
Sublime — 40oz. To Freedom (Vinyl Me, Please Reissue)
Vinyl Me, Please
Sublime’s self-titled third album was what saw the group break out in a major way, but their earlier work has since become beloved as well. Now their debut, 40oz. To Freedom, is the rock album of the month over at Vinyl Me, Please, so it comes pressed on lovely blue vinyl and with a new listening notes booklet.
Pantera is about as iconic as it gets when it comes to metal, and now fans can cherish their journey with a new box set collecting all of their albums. This isn’t just a standard vinyl reissue, as these are picture discs featuring the corresponding cover art, making this the most definitive and aesthetically pleasing way to experience Pantera on vinyl.
Brian May + Friends — Star Fleet Project (Reissue)
UMe
In 1983, Brian May + Friends dropped Star Fleet Project, and the “+ Friends” joining the Queen guitarist was an esteemed roster featuring Eddie Van Halen. The project is 40 years old now and it got an anniversary edition, about which May said, “It’s been very exciting to open up the vault to find these tapes where, in the blink of an eye, I’m trading licks with my friends including the fantastic Ed Van Halen. It’s highly emotional, especially since Ed is sadly no longer around. We have since also lost Phil [Chen] — so the rest of us cherish these fleeting moments together.”
Into It. Over It.’s Intersections was a major release in the emo revival of the 2010s, and now this important album is ten years old. So, it just got pressed on vinyl for the first time in years and Into It. Over It. is going to spend some time on the road celebrating the album with live shows this fall.
It may not feel like it quite yet, but Halloween is just around the corner. That makes now the perfect time to grab the new vinyl edition of the Wednesday soundtrack. Danny Elfman and Chris Bacon’s music comes pressed on striking “purple goth with smokey shadow” vinyl alongside big, gorgeous art from the hit show.
The Memphis Grizzlies were the 2-seed in the Western Conference for the second straight year in 2022-23, but once again playoff success eluded them as they were bounced out of the first round by the Los Angeles Lakers. Injuries played a role, as they struggled to handle the size of L.A. without Steven Adams, but they also weren’t able to put enough complete offensive performances as a team. The shooting woes of players not named Desmond Bane were notable, with Dillon Brooks becoming the focal point for many in the series as he failed to back up his talk with high-level play on the court.
Brooks is now gone after landing a big contract in Houston and the Grizzlies focal point this summer was to upgrade that spot in the starting lineup between Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. They did that in a rather surprising manner in the trade market prior to free agency opening, adding Marcus Smart to the roster. That gives them an extremely formidable starting five, but there are at least a few depth questions behind that starting group that will need to be answered as the season goes on. Still, for a team with a clear need to upgrade its playoff rotation, they’ve done that in a big way. Now they’ll just have to navigate Ja Morant’s absence for the first 25 games of the season and try to stay in range until at full strength to try to once again nap a top seed in the West to try out their new postseason roster.
Here we’ll grade out the Grizzlies offseason work thus far in the Draft, free agency and contract extensions, and the trade market.
Draft: B-
While Memphis didn’t have a first round pick in this year’s draft, the team with the best draft record in the NBA recently made a pair of picks in the second round, taking Gregory “G.G.” Jackson from South Carolina at No. 45 overall and Tarik Biberovic from the Turkish League with the 56th pick. Jackson is the most interesting of those two, as a former highly touted recruit that reclassified and is now the youngest player in the NBA. The forward has serious scoring potential but needs considerable refinement, and is expected to be on a two-way that allows him to get considerable G League reps. Jackson is a long-term play on upside, a useful gamble in the second round for a Memphis team that doesn’t need to fill out its immediate roster with young talent, as they have plenty of that.
Free Agency/Contract Extensions: C
The only signing of the summer for the Grizzlies is Derrick Rose, who was not part of the Knicks rotation last year. He won’t be someone they can rely on for real minutes and also isn’t a veteran with significant deep playoff experience they can lean on. For a vet minimum it’s not a damaging signing, but it also isn’t one that moves the needle for a team with the lofty aspirations the Grizzlies have.
Trades: A-
Where the Grizzlies did most of their work this offseason is in the trade market, where they acquired Smart in the reshaped three-team deal between the Wizards and Celtics that saw Tyus Jones get sent to Washington and their 2023 and 2024 first round picks to Boston. Jones was the steady-handed backup for Morant and he’ll be missed, particularly for that first 25 games without Morant when they’ll be a bit thin at point guard. However, Jones was hopeful to eventually get a starting job somewhere (or at least be paid as such) and it was always going to be difficult for Memphis to commit that much money to him — and certainly the role he wanted was never going to be there for him. As such, they move him for the exact kind of veteran they need on this team. Smart has considerable playoff experience, is extremely willing to call folks out for not playing the right way, and is a tone-setter on the defensive end. He will raise their playoff ceiling immediately, can run the point in Morant’s absence, and is a nice fit between Morant and Bane when their All-Star returns from suspension. He will provide, at worst, the same caliber defense as Brooks (some would argue he’s even better on that end) while being a more useful offensive player, even without being a real upgrade as a shooter. Smart is a very good facilitator and knows how to be a connective piece between stars in a way Brooks wasn’t, which should be helpful for a Memphis offense that can get a touch disjointed.
While a pair of first round picks plus Jones seems like a high price, the picks were the No. 25 pick this year and likely a similar pick next year, while Jones may have been on his way out in the near future anyway. The window for Memphis is now, and they needed to add a veteran to this group that would fill that Brooks role and elevate that spot in the starting lineup. Smart fits the bill and is a worthy use of those picks, and now we’ll just wait to see how it all comes together once the Grizzlies are at full strength come December.
With Secret Invasion out of the way, Marvel just dropped the first trailer for Loki Season 2 as the reality-bending series gets ready to bring a barrel of mischief to Disney+ in October.
Returning to the title role, Tom Hiddleston joins Owen Wilson for another round of buddy cop adventures through time as they attempt to undo the damage, and looming threat, of the climactic Season 1 finale that saw Sylvie (Sophie Di Martino) murder He Who Remains, a variant of the time-conquering villian Kang played by Jonathan Majors. Judging by the trailer, which features Ke Huy Quan making his Marvel debut, Loki will have his work cut out for him as Sylvie’s choice has created unfathomable chaos across the multiverse.
Ahead of the release, Marvel also dropped two posters touting Loki Season 2, which you can see below:
Loki Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of the shocking season finale when Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15 and a team of new and returning characters, Loki navigates an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose.
Rap’s current sample-mania phase has produced some duds and some jams, but it has also seen some minor controversy as rappers go after the same sample. This turned out to be the case with one of rap’s early modern it-girls, Saweetie, and the godmother of the present generation, Nicki Minaj, when both employed the same sample of Aqua’s 1997 hit “Barbie Girl.”
Saweetie, who first teased her version, “Icy Girl, Icy World,” during an Instagram Live stream, found herself getting scooped when Nicki teamed up with rap’s latest it-girl Ice Spice for “Barbie World,” which wound up getting placed on the soundtrack for the Barbie movie. The controversy deepened when Jason Martin (formerly known as Problem) revealed that Saweetie’s version was initially sent to Nicki, who turned it down only to pop up on the soundtrack later with a different co-star.
Now, Saweetie herself has chimed in on the dust-up, telling Power 106 Los Angeles’ Justin Credible that she still intends to release her version, despite everything. In the interview, she points out that what happened isn’t uncommon in the recording industry, as songs often pass through several hands before being released, and sometimes, the original artist can get lost in the shuffle.
She’s unbothered, though, saying, “I love to inspire, that’s my purpose here, and they look bomb as f*ck in the video. So it’s just like ‘Okay, bitch, I see you!’ Mine still coming out though. Stay tuned. I’m saving it for a very special moment.” She also told Justin Credible that she’s changing the title of her long-awaited debut album after realizing that Pretty Bitch Music is her “movement” (also, probably not as marketable as any of the other branding she’s come up with over the past five years).
In the meantime, Saweetie, who just released a double single for her birthday consisting of “Birthday” and “Shot O’ Clock” (which, funnily enough, is also based on a popular ’90s hit, the DNA remix of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”), is gearing up for a tour with her new boo, YG, and Tyga as the two Compton rappers promote their upcoming joint project.
Watch Saweetie’s interview with Power 106 above.
Saweetie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Billie Eilish and Finneas ended this past weekend in much higher spirits than the previous. One week ago, the siblings-turned-collaborators shared heartbreaking Instagram posts to mourn the death of their family dog, Pepper. But this Sunday, July 30, marked two significant birthdays in their lives.
The first and most obvious: Finneas turned 26 years old.
“My best friend forever,” Eilish captioned an Instagram photo of her big brother smiling at her as a newborn. “Will never love anyone as much as I love you @finneas happy birthday you are the best thing I have.”
Eilish posted a video to her Instagram Story showing her and Finneas talking through the lyrics of Lana Del Rey’s “Off To The Races.” Finneas (somehow) thought that Del Rey sang “Trapdoor mama” instead of “Chateau Marmont,” causing Eilish to burst out in giggles. “hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha @finneas happy birthday I love every second I get to spend with you,” she wrote atop the video.
Claudia Sulewski, Finneas’ girlfriend, celebrated by captioning an Instagram carousel, “one year closer to fathering my children. huge. painfully in love with you. happy birthday my [light blue heart emoji] @finneas”
Eilish also used her Instagram Story to acknowledge the second birthday of her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever, writing, “two years since HTE [three holding-back-tears emojis] love you all so dearly.”
See the posts below.
@billieeilish on Instagram
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
(@TytoGuardian76) 
(@HazelEyez552) 
(@BastardProphet) 
(@dietotaku) 
| VTuber (@shogoiVT) 
!! (@iwdie4uinsecret) 
