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Who Is Opening 6lack’s ‘Since I Have A Lover Tour?’

Atlanta singer 6lack has kicked off the Since I Have A Lover Tour for his album of the same name, setting out in Portland last night and preparing to hit 29 more cities, concluding in his hometown on November 24. Then, he’ll pick back up for the European leg of the tour in February, running through the beginning of March. He’s bringing with him a group of intriguing openers including Mereba, Quin, Jordan Ward, Spinall, and Sadboi. You can learn more about them all below.

Who Is Opening 6lack’s ‘Since I Have A Lover Tour?’

Mereba

Singer-songwriter Mereba has a close connection to 6lack through their shared membership in the Atlanta-based collective Spillage Village. While Mereba is not technically an Atlanta native, she attended Spelman College, earning a degree in English in 2011. She has one solo album, The Jungle Is The Only Way Out, which was released in 2019 through Interscope, and she appears numerous times on Spillage Village’s 2020 LP Spilligion, both singing and rapping. She’ll only appear on the first 10 dates, handing opening duties off to Jordan Ward beginning with the St. Louis stop.

Quin

Los Angeles native Quin is an alt-R&B singer who garnered attention for her 2019 EP Lucid. She’s also collaborated with the likes of Buddy, Syd, and Khalid, as well as multiple collaborations with 6lack, her partner. Quin will appear on all of 6lack’s California dates, rejoining the tour in Minneapolis to close out October and all the remaining dates.

Jordan Ward

Soulful rapper Jordan Ward, who toured with JID and fellow St. Louis native Smino earlier this year, just dropped his debut album Forward in March. It’s an apt title, as the album features forward-thinking dance-soul production that pairs with a melodic delivery and optimistic lyrics. He actually started his career as a dancer for acts like Becky G and Justin Beiber, so expect his set to be lively and dance floor-friendly. He appears on the most dates, running from his hometown debut all the way to the end of the North American leg.

Spinall + Sadboi

Spinall is a veteran Nigerian DJ who helped popularize Afropop in the United States before its big breakout in recent years, working with 6lack in 2021. He’s also got six albums under his belt, the most recent of which, Top Boy, was released in February of this year. He’s billed for all the European dates. He’ll be spinning alongside Sadboi, who, contrary to her name, doesn’t offer appear to be sad or a boy. Sadboi’s brand of alt-R&B is influenced by EDM, dancehall, and even drill, so she brings something different to the international dates.

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Breaking Down The Bucks And Celtics Matchup After Their Summer Of Trades

After a couple very quiet months in the world of NBA transactions, the last week brought a flurry of deals that saw the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics separate themselves from the rest of the Eastern Conference contenders (on paper, at least).

The sudden arms race began when the Bucks landed Damian Lillard in a three-team deal with the Blazers and Suns, sending Jrue Holiday and Grayson Allen out in the deal. Holiday was then swiftly rerouted this weekend to Boston as the Celtics, who had made the biggest trade of the offseason prior to Lillard by acquiring Kristaps Porzingis for Marcus Smart and others, seemingly recognized they now needed 48 minutes of great guard defense to deal with a Dame-led Bucks team, swooping in to bring the former Buck to Boston for Robert Williams and Malcolm Brogdon (and a couple of picks).

Both teams have gone all-in on this year, and each team is now banking heavily on their starting lineups to carry an immense load by sending out depth to add top-end talent. There are genuine concerns about what happens if either team loses one of their top players, and each are now also banking on health from some stars who have had recent durability concerns.

For Boston, that’s Porzingis, who had a terrific year last year but has already dealt with plantar fasciitis this offseason and, with Williams gone, the Celtics frontcourt grows even thinner. In Milwaukee, it’s Khris Middleton who is vital on the wing, with little behind him now that Allen is gone. And Middleton missed considerable time last year working back from a knee injury that ended his postseason two years ago. Then again, very few teams are capable of winning a championship without a top player and if that is your only goal, as these two have made clear is the case, you might as well create the best possible high-end outcome.

That’s where I want to focus. There’s no way to predict health, and it’s far more fun to imagine what an Eastern Conference Finals showdown could look like between two healthy teams. What makes both teams so fascinating is they are constructed in very different ways, with varying strengths, weaknesses, and matchup advantages that, should we get the seven-game series we’d all love to see, will determine who comes out on top.

We’ll start with the Celtics defense, which has been one of the best in basketball the last two years. Boston now has two of the best perimeter defenders in basketball in Holiday and Derrick White, who they surely hope can mitigate the offensive headaches created by Lillard. Both have long arms and are disruptive on and off the ball, capable of applying ball pressure, navigating screens, and making it increasingly difficult for the Bucks to get into their sets. They also have Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, who are both long, versatile defenders on the wing and they should have a lot of switchability 1 thru 4. Having multiple options to send at Lillard is important, and few teams will be able to keep pressure on Dame for an entire game better than the Celtics.

The question, for this matchup and overall, is in the frontcourt. Like with Lillard, the Celtics will want to show Giannis a lot of different looks, but unlike with Lillard, they don’t have as many good options. Al Horford is still a good defender but is getting older and certainly wouldn’t be the first player you’d select to handle Giannis. Porzingis has rim protection abilities but is not particularly good in space and likewise isn’t the ideal choice to matchup with Antetokounmpo, although he did spend the fourth most time guarding Giannis a year ago while with the Wizards — Giannis scored 19 points in the 14 minutes he was defended by Porzingis, per the admittedly wonky NBA matchup data. A year ago, the four Celtics that spent the most time defending Giannis were Grant Williams (8:24), Jaylen Brown (4:57), Marcus Smart (4:44), and Robert Williams III (3:27). Three of those are now gone, meaning Joe Mazzulla and company will come up with a completely different coverage strategy for facing Giannis, and it will be fascinating to see how they craft that.

For years, the idea against the Bucks was to form a wall and show Giannis as many bodies as possible to deter him from putting his head down and getting to the rim, where he’s almost unstoppable without fouling. With Lillard, that calculus changes considerably as he is the most dynamic perimeter threat Giannis has ever played with by a large margin and is a threat well beyond the three-point line. That requires a very different approach, both when Giannis is on the ball or playing as the screener. What’s interesting is whether the Celtics’ roster seems better equipped to try and limit Lillard and test their partnership by seeing how often Lillard can and will get the ball to Giannis going downhill against a Boston frontcourt that is missing an elite rim protector like Robert Williams was.

One would assume they’ll show a variety of looks to keep them off balance, with some switching when Holiday is on the ball (similar to how they used Smart), showing size with Porzingis, and then asking Brown to shoulder a larger burden as well.

I think how well Lillard and Giannis can get on the same page in Year 1 in their various actions will be the determining factor in how they fare against this Boston defense. There shouldn’t be a singular defensive strategy that can limit them, but the potential pitfalls come in whether they can read and react to varied looks and make the right decision time and again. They clearly have the ability to do that, but building that trust and unspoken bond in pick-and-rolls and dribble handoffs often takes time, even for two elite veteran stars — particularly when they’ve never had someone on their team capable of what each of them can do. That’s part of the excitement for the duo, but it’s also going to take a bit for them to fully understand what it is they can do for each other.

If that process goes smoothly, the Bucks offense is terrifying. Giannis will either have more space than he’s ever seen or Lillard will face less perimeter pressure than he’s ever dealt with, and there isn’t really a good choice on either side of that equation. Khris Middleton will now be firmly the third option and should get better looks and see less attention than he’s gotten in years. Brook Lopez’s ability to set screens and either pop out to the perimeter or roll and seal smaller defenders will make him a quick favorite of Dame’s, and Pat Connaughton will space and cut as the fifth option. It all makes a crazy amount of sense on paper, and we’ll just have to find out exactly how much of a buzzsaw that unit can be on the floor — because given the bench situation, they’re probably going to need to be.

Boston’s offense is dynamic in a similar way now as well, albeit with a bit more frontcourt bias, with Tatum still the engine but Brown now no longer needing to be the secondary ball-handler with Holiday in town. The biggest weakness in Brown’s game has been his handle, but that should be mitigated with Holiday able to start possessions and create for others. Holiday’s big issue in the postseason has been shooting efficiency while shouldering a heavy burden, but in Boston he should be the fourth scoring option, rather than the second or third as he was in Milwaukee (depending on Middleton’s health) and that should accentuate his passing chops while deemphasizing his need to get buckets. Porzingis gives them a frontcourt scoring dynamic they’ve never really had during the Tatum-Brown era, and the pairing of Porzingis and Horford could provide a crazy amount of space for Tatum and Brown to attack the paint because they now are playing alongside two of the league’s best three-point shooting bigs from a year ago.

The challenge for the Bucks on defense is how they can keep Lopez as a rim deterrent while dealing with the spacing abilities of Boston’s frontcourt. For years, Milwaukee has been willing to give up threes in order to shut off access to the rim, but that has made them particularly susceptible to hot shooting series from opponents. For all of the skills of Tatum and Brown, a matchup between the Bucks and Celtics could very well hinge on the three-point shooting of Porzingis and Horford. Both are coming off of career years in that department, and if they can both be 38 percent-plus threats from deep,

I’m not sure what you do to slow down this Boston offense and they can punish Lopez’s deep drop. However, both also posted sub-35 percent shooting seasons two years ago, and if that’s the case then they’ll have a harder time breaking Milwaukee out of their defensive shell.

If they can prove to be threats that need to be accounted for at all times, that also increases the pressure on Lillard as a defender. The idea in Milwaukee is that having Giannis and Brook patrolling the rim mitigate his deficiencies as a defender, with Lopez’s proficiency in drop lessening the impact of Dame’s struggles in screen navigation and the weakside rim protection of Giannis helping to limit the damage of teams drawing Lillard into isolation. However, if Boston’s bigs can draw those two further away from the rim, both as straight floor-spacers and in pick-and-pop, Lillard’s defense will become a bigger story. Boston doesn’t present a great option to hide Lillard anymore, and he’ll likely just have to guard Holiday and White at the point of attack in a series — when Boston goes small with White and Holiday, it’s a lock Lillard will be on White. If that’s the case, Milwaukee is going to have to be great in rotation and communication, which places a lot of stress on the unit as a whole.

The bench units for both teams are major questions, and I’d expect both teams to be looking at possible upgrades as the deadline and buyout market arrive in February. That said, they also don’t have a lot of ammunition to make trades, and buyout players are rarely real impact players so it’s likely they look fairly similar once the playoffs arrive. In Milwaukee, I’d expect a playoff rotation of about eight players (similar to how Denver navigated the playoffs a year ago), with Cameron Payne, Bobby Portis, and Jae Crowder as the frontrunners to make up that rotation — Malik Beasley and MarJon Beauchamp could also crack the rotation in early rounds, but I’d think it gets trimmed pretty tight for the ECF. Crowder and Portis in the frontcourt are solid and provide some small-ball versatility and floor-spacing. While I’m not a huge fan of being reliant on Payne (this was often a concern of mine for Phoenix), if he’s always out there with one of Middleton or Giannis it certainly should help ground him.

Boston has even less experience beyond their top six, with Payton Pritchard, Luke Kornet, and Oshae Brissett (and maybe Sam Hauser?) as the likely options at guard, center, and wing beyond their star-studded six-man rotation. Wing depth is the biggest question for the Celtics behind their star duo, and getting solid contributions from Brissett in spot minutes would be a huge boost for them.

These are two teams that have done what fans always ask their teams to do, which is go all-in on a title window. Both have built unbelievable starting lineups with questionable depth, but when it comes time to sort out real contenders every year, very rarely do we include a team missing a key piece. Both teams have some elite defensive talent that will be put to the test by two offenses that, on paper, can present unanswerable questions. That will put coaching into focus, with two relatively unproven head coaches in Joe Mazzulla entering his second year and Adrian Griffin going into his first. They will have to make the right choices on where to focus their efforts and what to give up on defense, as well as pressing the right buttons on rotations with fairly thin bench units.

All of it makes for fascinating conversation now, but hopefully even more fascinating basketball to watch when they get on the court. Come May, we’ll see if we get the series we all want with both teams healthy, in what could be an all-timer in the East.

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A ‘Naked Attraction’ Producer Answered The (Ahem) Biggest Question About Male Contestants On The Nude Dating Show

Max‘s Naked Attraction is your average dating show with one big (or small or average sized) difference: the contestants are naked. The British series has been a much-discussed hit since quietly dropping on the streaming service, which came as a surprise to executive producer Darrell Olsen. “We thought it probably wouldn’t [air in the United States] due to the general restrictions in the States and the public feeling about nudity on TV,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.

Olsen also revealed the process behind finding contestants, who spend much of the episode standing in glass pods like they’re on display in a museum. “Everyone thinks everyone coming on is a naturist or massive extrovert who just runs around naked. Some of the people are quite shy. It’s just about finding people who have enough body confidence to come on the show,” he explained. The contestants might be confident, but the guys are also not above trying to make themselves look more.

Do guys ever try anything to make themselves appear, you know, bigger?

When the screens are down before before we start, it’s hard to know what they’re doing. A few of them pull in their stomach.

The heat isn’t the only thing getting cranked [gets escorted by security into a Naked Attraction tube that’s then launched into the sun]

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

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What’s Next For Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance World Tour?’

Beyoncé recently wrapped up the North American leg of her massive Renaissance World Tour, as she closed it last night (October 1) in Kansas City. While she previously finished the European run earlier this year, many fans are wondering if there will be any other global stops.

Some Beyhive fans spotted a cryptic post from Ticketmaster Chile’s social media account — as it is just a photo of a folder on a laptop titled “Eventos Ticketmaster 2024_Final.” Many suspect that she’s heading to South America next year. In the photo, it has 12 items listed, which could also correspond to the number of dates.

While the comments are mostly flooded with Beyoncé fans hoping it’s tied to her, others have also speculated that the folder is of 12 artists coming to South America instead. Either way, she is rumored to be one of them.

For those who also won’t or haven’t been able to make it to the Renaissance Tour, Beyoncé recently announced that she’s bringing it as a concert film to theaters on December 1. Right now, only North American showtimes have been announced, but Parkwood Entertainment has said that there will be global screenings announced at a later date.

Check out the rumored Renaissance Tour teaser post from Ticketmaster Chile below.

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All The Best New Music From This Week That You Need To Hear

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw a number of big hip-hop collabs and Bad Bunny unexpectedly come through with a new tune. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

For more music recommendations, check out our Listen To This section, as well as our Indie Mixtape and Pop Life newsletters.

Bad Bunny — “Un Preview”

Bad Bunny is one of biggest musicians in the world (perhaps the biggest), but instead of dropping on Friday like most other major artists do, he went ahead and unveiled a new track on a Monday. The song is “Un Preview,” a catchy number accompanied by a video that seems to include some nods to Kendall Jenner.

Lil Yachty and J. Cole — “The Secret Recipe”

Yachty’s Let’s Start Here from earlier this year was a dive into psychedelic rock, and that influence is still clear on his latest, “The Secret Recipe.” J. Cole hopped on the track and his lyrics have made some think he dissed NBA YoungBoy.

Jung Kook — “3D” Feat. Jack Harlow

Jung Kook is undeniable and Jack Harlow appears to agree, as he joined the BTS star on his latest solo single, “3D.” Uproxx’s Alex Gonzalez notes of the track, “Over a groovy, rhythmic R&B-inspired beat produced by BloodPop and David Steward, Jung delivers silky vocals, continuing the smooth, captivating story he began with Latto in ‘Seven.’”

PinkPantheress — “Mosquito”

Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” is quite the hit, but PinkPantheress’ bag goes much deeper than that. Last week, for instance, yielded “Mosquito,” a personal number she indicated she’s been sitting on for a minute, explaining, “After a long wait my favourite song is coming out to the public. I’m so excited for you guys to hear something different from me in form of this song.”

Ed Sheeran — “Plastic Bag”

Sheeran has kept things pretty low-key with his latest album, Autumn Variations. It arrives just months after (Subtract), and he didn’t really drop any major singles to promote the project. That doesn’t mean the songs aren’t there, though, like the introspective anthem “Plastic Bag.”

Latto — “Issa Party” Feat. Baby Drill

Baby Drill gave fellow Georgia rapper (and former Uproxx cover star) Latto an assist on her latest, “Issa Party.” On the song, as Uproxx’s Alex Gonzalez notes, “Latto puts her haters and naysayers on notice, warning them that they can look forward to a surprise from her if they don’t stop trying to play her.”

Sexyy Red — “No Panties”

UPROXX Sessions alum Sexyy Red had herself quite the summer and she’s clearly carrying the momentum into fall with “No Panties,” for the soundtrack of Season 2 of Rap Sh!t. As the title and Sexyy Red’s oeuvre might suggest, “No Panties” leaves little to the imagination: “I ain’t got no panties on, gotta let this coochie breathe / Bend that sh*t over, touch them toes, grab your knees.”

Oneohtrix Point Never — “Again”

After spending the last few years working with The Weeknd on his two latest hit albums, Daniel Lopatin is back on Oneohtrix Point Never duty with his first album under the name since 2020. It’s full of the experimental electronic music that he so deftly knows his way around, and while these certainly aren’t pop songs, there’s still an undeniable allure to them.

Feid — “Ferxxo Edition”

Feid established himself as a Latin star on the rise with 2022’s Feliz Cumpleaños Ferxxo Te Pirateamos el Álbum, and now, barely over a year later, he’s back with another new LP, Mor, No Le Temas A La Oscuridad. He recently told Uproxx of the project, “For me, my inspiration was trying to make music that puts me on the outside of all the songs that I’ve been doing. I know that formula of doing reggaeton songs, of doing sad perreo, and doing songs like ‘Porfa,’ ‘Normal,’ ‘Hey Mor,’ and ‘Yandel 150.’ I’m a fan of myself, too, so I really wanted to listen to new Feid music. We were trying to write special lyrics that couples can relate to good moments. I always say that the songs by Sin Bandera always bring you back to a special moment in your life, and that’s what I’m trying to do with this specific album. The name is saying to not be afraid of change. Dare yourself to change. You’ve always been shining in that dark world or industry.”

Becky G and Ivan Cornejo — “2ndo Chance”

Speaking of Latin stars, Becky G came through with a new project of her own, Esquinas. Her third album is yet another winner and sees her, in honor of her grandparents, confidently exploring the Regional Mexican genre.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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‘Invincible’ Creator Robert Kirkman Revealed A Pivotal Change That Viewers Can Expect In Season 2

After first debuting in 2021, Invincible proved to be a smash hit with fans thanks to the faithful adaptation of the Robert Kirkman comic. The Amazon series follows teenage Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) as his superpowers finally kick in and he can follow in the footsteps of his dad Nolan (J.K. Simmons) a.k.a. the intensely powerful Omni-Man. Unfortunately, things go catastrophically south with their father/son relationship, setting the stage for the highly-anticipated Season 2 that finally debuts next month.

While you’d think the status of Mark and his dad’s relationship would be the top concern on fans minds, not so much, according to Kirkman. In a new interview with IGN, the comics creator revealed the question he gets asked a lot coming out of Season 1: “When is Mark going to start winning fights?”

In fairness, Mark got the snot beat out of him in the first season as he slowly got the hang of his powers. He also got thrown into a brutal fight where he stood absolutely zero chance against his opponent: His own dad. However, according to Kirkman, things are going to start turning around for Mark, but not too much!

“He starts winning fights in Season 2,” Kirkman told IGN. “He still does lose fights, though. Angstrom Levy is another big part of that, just showing Mark as a capable superhero who can stand on his own and to really give people a sense of what this show really is about.”

That being said, don’t look for Mark to become a triumphant hero right out of the gate. Invincible doesn’t work like that, and Kirkman made it clear that Mark’s journey is only warming up in Season 2.

“Mark is in this place where he was on this trajectory to become this superhero, and everything seemed to be going really well. Now, he’s been shaken to his core,” Kirkman said. “Aside from the betrayal, he’s also left with being the new last line of defense on Earth. He’s the guy that’s the only one strong enough to actually replace Nolan, so he’s kind of thrust further into this superhero world that he may not quite be prepared for, and there’s no end of conflict that’s boiling on the planet that is coming at him nonstop.”

Invincible Season 2 premieres November 3 on Amazon Prime Video.

(Via IGN)

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All The New Albums Coming Out In October 2023

Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in October. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, October 6

  • A. Savage — Several Songs About Fire (Rough Trade Records)
  • Adeline Hotel — Hot Fruit (Ruination)
  • Aho Ssan — Rhizomes (Other People)
  • Axis: Sova — Blinded By Oblivion (God)
  • BCMC — Foreign Smokes (Drag City)
  • Bewilder — From the Eyrie (Tiny Engines)
  • Born Days — My Little Dark (AudioSport Records)
  • BoyWithUke — Lucid Dreams (Mercury Records/Republic Records)
  • Breeze — Sour Grapes (Hand Drawn Dracula)
  • Butcher Brown — Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  • Citizen — Calling the Dogs (Run For Cover)
  • Claire Rosinkranz — Just Because (slowplay/Republic Records)
  • Colbie Caillat — Along the Way (Blue Jean Baby Records)
  • Corey Gulkin — Half Moon (Anything Bagel Records)
  • corner club — in the rearview mirror EP (Hyena Records)
  • Darius Rucker — Carolyn’s Boy (Capitol Nashville)
  • Del Paxton — Auto Locator (Topshelf Records)
  • Dogstar — Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees (Dillon Street Records)
  • Dorian Electra — Fanfare (Universal)
  • Drake — For All the Dogs (OVO Sound/Republic Records)
  • DUSK — Wheels of Twilight (Argonauta Records)
  • Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist — Voir Dire (Gala Music)
  • ElCamino — They Spit on Jesus (BSF Records)
  • Elijah Johnston — Hometown Vampire (Strolling Bones Records)
  • Ethan P. Flynn — Abandon All Hope (Young)
  • Games We Play — Life’s Going Great (Fueled By Ramen)
  • Georgia Gets By — Fish Bird Baby Boy EP (Luminelle)
  • Glasser — crux (One Little Independent)
  • Hank May — Tails (Dangerbird Records)
  • Hania Rani — Ghosts (Gondwana Records)
  • Hannah Diamond — Perfect Picture (PC Music)
  • Heatmiser — The Music of Heatmiser (Third Man Records)
  • heka — swan songs EP (Practise Music)
  • Hello June — Artifacts (31 Tigers Records)
  • Hunny — Hunny’s New Planet Heaven (Epitaph Records)
  • Ilsey — From the Valley (Elektra Records)
  • Incubus — Morning View XXIII (Virgin Music)
  • Jason Hawk Harris — Thin Places (Bloodshot Records)
  • Joe Bonamassa — Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2 (J&R Adventures)
  • John Carpenter — Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988) (Sacred Bones)
  • John R. Miller — Heat Comes Down (Rounder Records)
  • Jolie Holland — Haunted Mountain (MNRK Music Group)
  • The Keening — Little Bird (Relapse)
  • La Chinga — Primal Forces (Ripple Music)
  • Lufthaus — Visions Volume 1 (Armada Music)
  • Mary Lattimore — Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Ghostly International)
  • Max Cooper — Motif EP (Mesh)
  • Meernaa — So Far So Good (Keeled Scales)
  • Michael Abdow — Séance In Black (Couch Cat Records)
  • Miki Ratsula — i’ll be fine if i want to (Nettwerk)
  • Mitch Rowland — Come June (Erskine/Giant)
  • Mutabaruka — Black Attack (Ariwa)
  • Mutual Benefit — Growing at the Edges (Transgressive)
  • Neil Frances — It’s All A Bit Fuzzy (Nettwerk)
  • Old Dominion — Memory Lane (Columbia Nashville)
  • Omar Apollo — Live For Me EP (Warner Records)
  • Open City — Hands in the Honey Jar (Get Better Records)
  • Prong — State of Emergency (Steamhammer/SPV)
  • Restless Spirit — Afterimage (Magnetic Eye Records)
  • Roger Waters — The Dark Side of the Moon Redux (Cooking Vinyl)
  • The Rural Alberta Advantage — The Rise & The Fall (Saddle Creek)
  • Sam Gendel and Marcella Cytrynowicz — AUDIOBOOK (Psychic Hotline)
  • The Seshen — Nowhere (Rhino)
  • The Steel Woods — On Your Time (Thirty Tigers)
  • Steve Cole — Without a Doubt (Artistry Music/Mack Avenue)
  • Sufjan Stevens — Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  • Svalbard — The Weight of the Mask (Nuclear Blast Records)
  • Tele Novella — Poet’s Tooth (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Tré Burt — Traffic Fiction (Oh Boy Records)
  • Truth Club — Running From the Chase (Double Double Whammy)
  • Unschooling — New World Artifacts (Bad Vibrations Records)
  • Van Halen — The Collection II (Rhino)
  • World’s First Cinema — Palm Reader EP (Fearless Records)
  • Yes — Yessingles (Rhino)
  • Yung Bae — Groove Continental: Side B (self-released)

Friday, October 13

  • A Beacon School — yoyo (Grind Select)
  • Abby Hamilton — #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo) (Blue Gown Records)
  • Adam Melchor — Fruitland EP (Warner)
  • Aditya Prakash — Isolashun (New Amsterdam Records)
  • Allah-Las — Zuma 85 (Calico Discos)
  • Anna Hillburg — Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  • Beartooth — The Surface (Red Bull Records)
  • Black Mekon — NEAT! (PNKSLM Recordings)
  • Blue Ocean — Fertile State (Slumberland Records)
  • The Bones of J.R. Jones — Slow Lighting (Tone Tree Music)
  • boygenius — the rest EP (Interscope)
  • Cafuné — Love Songs for the End EP (Elektra Entertainment)
  • Celia — Complete In Box (AWAL Records)
  • Chelsea Cutler — Stellaria (Republic Records)
  • CMAT — Crazymad (AWAL Records)
  • ††† (Crosses) — Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. (Warner Records)
  • The Dollyrots — Night Owls (Wicked Cool Records/The Orchard)
  • The Drums — Jonny (Anti- Records)
  • Eric Sardinas — Midnight Junction (earMUSIC)
  • Faith Healer — The Hand That Fits the Glove (Mint Records)
  • Feelies — Some Kinda Love (Bar/None Records)
  • Free Throw — Lessons That We Swear to Keep (Wax Bodega)
  • FRENSHIP — Base Camp EP (ONErpm)
  • Gavin DeGraw — A Classic Christmas (RCA)
  • Geese — 4D Country EP (Partisan/PIAS)
  • Gotts Street Park — On the Inside (Blue Flowers Music)
  • Gucci Mane — Breath of Fresh Air (1017/Atlantic Records)
  • Hannah Wicklund — The Prize (Label 51/Flatiron Recordings)
  • Helena Deland — Goodnight Summerland (Chivi Chivi)
  • Holly Humberstone — Paint My Bedroom Black (Darkroom/Geffen/Polydor Records)
  • Hooveriii — Pointe (The Reverberation Appreciation Society)
  • Husbands — Cuatro (Thirty Tigers)
  • IVE — I’VE MINE EP (Starship Entertainment)
  • Jake Shears — Last Man Dancing Remixes EP (Mute)
  • Jamila Woods — Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
  • Jenn Champion — The Last Night of Sadness (Gay Forever)
  • John Scofield — Uncle John’s Band (ECM)
  • Johnny Jewel — Holly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Italians Do It Better)
  • Johnny Mathis — Christmas Time is Here (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings)
  • Kacey Johansing — Year Away (Night Bloom Records)
  • Krieg — Ruiner (Profound Lore Records)
  • L’Rain — I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  • Land of Talk — Performances (Saddle Creek)
  • Laura Misch — Sample the Sky (One Little Independent Records)
  • Lilts — Waiting Around EP (Better Company Records)
  • Mali Velasquez — I’m Green (Acrophase Records)
  • Maple Glider — I Get Into Trouble (Partisan Records)
  • Margo Price — Strays II (Loma Vista)
  • Melanie De Biasio — Il Viaggio ([PIAS])
  • The Menzingers — Some Of It Was True (Epitaph Records)
  • Metric — Formentera II (Thirty Tigers Records)
  • Mike Donovan — Mike Donovan Meets the Mighty Flashlight (Drag City)
  • Milliseconds — So This Is How It Happens (Spartan Records)
  • Muzi — uMUZI (Fool’s Gold Records)
  • Nitin Sawhney — Identity (Warner Music)
  • Offset — Set It Off (Motown Records)
  • OT The Real & AraabMUZIK — Zombie (BSF Records)
  • Paul Wall and Termanology — Start, Finish, Repeat (Perfect Time Music Group)
  • Pinkshift — Suraksha EP (Hopeless Records)
  • Rebel Yell — Desolation (Dinosaur City)
  • Ringo Starr — Rewind Forward EP (UMe)
  • Roger Eno — the skies, they shift like chords (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Ronnie Atkins — Trinity (Frontiers Music Srl)
  • Sarah Morrison — Attachment Figure (Ramp Local)
  • Spencer Krug — I Just Drew This Knife (Pronounced Kroog)
  • Squirrel Flower — Tomorrow’s Fire (Polyvinyl)
  • Terra Lightfoot — Healing Power (Sonic Unyon Records)
  • Tex Crick — Sweet Dreamin’ (Mac’s Record Label)
  • TOMORROW X TOGETHER — The Name Chapter: FREEFALL (BIGHIT MUSIC/Republic Records/IMPERIAL)
  • Troye Sivan — Something to Give Each Other (EMI/Capitol)
  • Upchuck — Bite the Hand That Feeds (Famous Class)
  • Will Joseph Cook — Novella EP (Bad Hotel/The Vertex)

Friday, October 20

  • Barry Can’t Swim — When Will We Land? (Ninja Tune)
  • Beharie — Are You There, Boy? (V2 Records)
  • Bella Boo — DreamySpaceyBlue (Studio Barnhus)
  • Bernie Worrell, Cindy Blackman Santana, and John King — Spherical (Infrequent Seams)
  • Bex Burch — There is only love and fear (International Anthem)
  • Billy Raffoul — For All These Years (Nettwerk)
  • Blink-182 — One More Time… (Columbia Records)
  • Blues Traveler — Traveler’s Soul (Round Hill Records/Black Hill Records)
  • Bombay Bicycle Club — My Big Day (Arts & Crafts)
  • Boys Like Girls — Sunday at Foxwoods (Fearless Records)
  • Brooke Ligertwood — Eight (Capitol CMG)
  • Chris Shiflett — Lost at Sea (Blue Élan Records)
  • Crime & the City Solution — the killer (Mute Records)
  • Dirt Buyer — Dirt Buyer II (Bayonet Records)
  • Duff McKagan — Lighthouse (The World is Flat)
  • Dusk — Glass Pastures (Don Giovanni Records)
  • Dylan LeBlanc — Coyote (ATO)
  • Elmiene — Marking My Time EP (Polydor/Def Jam Recordings)
  • Emma Anderson — Pearlies (Sonic Cathedral)
  • Emily Wolfe — The Blowback (Crows Feet Records)
  • Evian Christ — Revanchist (Warp Records)
  • Florentino — Kilometro Quinze EP (XL Recordings)
  • Forest Swords — Bolted (Ninja Tune)
  • Glen Hansard — All That Was East is West of Me Now (ANTI-)
  • Goo Goo Dolls — Live At the Academy (Warner Records)
  • Hannah Marks — Outsider, Outlier (Out Of Your Head Records)
  • Hauschka — Philanthropy (City Slang)
  • Il Sogno del Marinaio — A Tribute to Miles Cooper Seaton (Red Parakeet)
  • Israel Nash — Ozarker (Loose)
  • Jake Scott — Lavender (Elektra Records)
  • Jane Remover — Census Designated (DeadAir)
  • Katie von Schleicher — A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night (Ba Da Bing Records)
  • Knuckle Puck — Losing What We Love (Pure Noise)
  • LALU — The Fish Who Wanted to Be King (Frontiers)
  • Lee Gamble — Models (Hyperdub)
  • Lost Girls — Selvutsletter (Smalltown Supersound)
  • Luke Grimes — Pain Pills or Pews EP (Mercury Nashville/Range Music)
  • Maria BC — Spike Field (Sacred Bones)
  • Markus Floats — Fourth Album (Constellation)
  • Mason Ramsey — Fall Into Places EP (Atlantic Records)
  • Marthe — Further In Evil (Southern Lord)
  • Me Rex — Giant Elk (Big Scary Monsters)
  • Mike Adams At His Honest Weight — Guess For Thrills (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Night Ranger — 40 Years and a Night with Contemporary Youth Orchestra (Frontiers)
  • Oxymorrons — Melanin Punk (Mascot Records)
  • Parcels — Live Vol. 2 (Because Music)
  • Pip Blom — Bobbie (Heavenly Recordings)
  • Poolside — Blame It All On Love (Counter Records)
  • RealestK — Real World (Columbia Records)
  • Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter — SAVED! (Perpetual Flame Ministries)
  • Rival Sons — Lightbringer (Atlantic)
  • The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds (Polydor)
  • Sampha — Lahai (Young)
  • Santa Chiara — IMPORTED (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Sarah Klang — Mercedes (Nettwerk)
  • Selcouth Quartet — Selcouth Quartet (Flóki Studios Records)
  • Skinny Lister — Shanty Punk (Xtra Mile Recordings)
  • Sleaford Mods — MORE UK GRIM EP (Rough Trade)
  • Slothrust — I Promise EP (Dangerbird Records)
  • Sofiane Pamart — Noche (DEMAIN/[PIAS])
  • Sparkle Division — Foxy (Temporary Residence)
  • Sun June — Bad Dream Jaguar (Run For Cover Records)
  • The Streets — The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light (679 Recordings/Warner Music UK)
  • Teenage Halloween — Till You Return (Don Giovanni)
  • Temperance — Hermitage — Daruma’s Eyes Pt. 2 (Napalm Records)

Friday, October 27

  • Angie McMahon — Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL)
  • Ben Sloan — muted colors live EP (New Amsterdam Records)
  • Black Pumas — Chronicles of a Diamond (ATO Records)
  • Cindy Bullens — Little Pieces (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Circus Devils — Squeeze the Needle (GBV Inc)
  • Crime in Stereo — House & Trance (Pure Noise Records)
  • DJ Shadow — Action Adventure (Mass Appeal)
  • Duran Duran — Danse Macabre (BMG/Tape Modern)
  • Egyptian Blue — A Living Commodity (YALA! Records)
  • Elkka — DJ Friendly EP (Ninja Tune)
  • The Gaslight Anthem — History Books (Rich Mahogany Records)
  • Golden Apples — Bananasugarfire (Lame-O Records)
  • Gregg Kowalsky — Eso Es (Mexican Summer)
  • In This Moment — Godmode (BMG)
  • James Blunt — Who We Used To Be (Atlantic)
  • Jessi Colter — Edge of Forever (Appalachia Record Co)
  • The Kills — God Games (Domino)
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — The Silver Cord (KGLW)
  • Kojaque — Phantom of the Afters (Soft Boy Records)
  • Lia Lia — Angst EP (DSps)
  • Lowertown — Skin of My Teeth EP (Dangerbird Records)
  • Lydia Luce — Florida Girl (Nettwerk)
  • Machinedrum — 4#TRACK EP (Ninja Tune)
  • Magnolia Park — Halloween Mixtape II (Epitaph Records)
  • Mayer Hawthorne — For All Time (P&L Records)
  • Mike Reed — The Separatist Party (We Jazz Records)
  • Mötley Crüe — Year of the Devil (BMG)
  • The Mountain Goats — Jenny From Thebes (Merge Records)
  • NYOS — Waterfall Cave Fantasy, Forever (Pelagic Records)
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Bauhaus Staircase (White Noise Records)
  • Pattern-Seeking Animals — Spooky Action at a Distance (InsideOutMusic)
  • Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs — Live In New York (Missing Piece Records)
  • Pony Girl — Laff It Off (Paper Bag Records)
  • Poppy — Zig (Sumerian Records)
  • Ragana — Desolation’s Flower (The Flenser)
  • Red Axes — One More City (fabric Originals)
  • Rett Madison — One for Jackie (Warner Bros)
  • Robert Finley — Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
  • The Serfs — Half Eaten By Dogs (Trouble in Mind)
  • Shabazz Palaces — Robbed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  • SIPHO. — Prayers & Paranoia (Dirty Hit)
  • Sofia Kourtesis — Madres (Exploding in Sound)
  • The Streets — The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light (679 Recordings/Warner Music UK)
  • Sundara Karma — Better Luck Next Time (Is Right Records)
  • SWMRS — Sonic Tonic (Epic Records)
  • Taking Back Sunday — 152 (Fantasy Records)
  • Tar Of — Confidence Freaks Me Out (Sound As Language)
  • The Third Mind — The Third Mind 2 (Yep Roc Records)
  • Tonguetied — Bloom EP (Underplay)
  • Viji — So Vanilla (Speedy Wunderground)
  • Wild Nothing — Hold (Captured Tracks)
  • Year of the Knife — No Love Lost (Pure Noise Records)

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Lauryn Hill Extended ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour’ With New Dates In The US

Lauryn Hill is currently overseas for the 25th anniversary tour for her groundbreaking solo debut The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. The tour kicked off last month with a pair of festival appearances in the US, while this week brings a handful of festivals in Australia and New Zealand before she returns to the States in late October. When she does, fans will have a whole bunch more opportunities to see her (and co-headliners the Fugees), as she recently announced a slew of new dates for the North American leg of the tour. Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, Miami, Nashville, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, and Vancouver have all been added due to overwhelming demand, while shows in Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, and Washington, DC have completely sold out.

You can see the full dates below. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 6 at 10:00 am local time. We also have Ms. Hill’s setlist (so far) here.

10/03 — Melbourne , AUS @ Rod Laver Arena (with Sampa The Great)
10/05 — Sydney, AUS @ Kudos Banks Arena (with Show Dem Camp)
10/07 — Auckland, NZ @ Eden Festival
10/13 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena (solo)
10/17 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center (with Fugees)
10/19 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
10/21 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
10/23 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena (with Fugees)
10/26 — Toronto, ON – Scotia (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
10/28 — Chicago, IL @ United Center (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
10/30 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena (with Fugees)
11/02 — Denver, CO – Ball Arena (with Fugees)
11/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena (with Fugees)
11/05 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
11/07 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
11/09 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena (with Fugees) SOLD OUT
11/12 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena NEWLY ADDED
11/17 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center NEWLY ADDED
11/21 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena NEWLY ADDED
11/25 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center NEWLY ADDED
11/27 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena NEWLY ADDED
11/29 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena NEWLY ADDED
12/01 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Arena NEWLY ADDED
12/08 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena NEWLY ADDED
12/10 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center NEWLY ADDED
12/13 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden NEWLY ADDED

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‘The Boys’ Toasted A Certain ‘Gen V’ Cameo With A Throwback Joke Worth Knocking Back, Soaking In, And Guzzling

(Spoilers for Amazon’s Gen V will be found below.)

The Boys spinoff Gen V is a true chip off the old block, and the flagship series has always been there to “Bless Your Little Cotton Socks” off the college-aged crew that’s holding their own in the raunch department. The new crowd will make the older one proud, for there’s already been ball stomping and orifice infiltration, and there’s plenty more to come on that note.

Also, cameos galore from The Boys shall materialize, and the show tossed in a few during the first three episodes. In particular, we didn’t quite get to see Homelander, but we did see someone who used to be very close to him — before he killed her with those laser eyes. That would be Madelyn Stillwell, former wrangler of The Seven and adoptive maternal figure (and more) to the Baddest Supe. Stillwell is seen in some promotional material for Godolkin University, and The Boys were so happy, they had to address the subject on Twitter. Naturally, one has to read this in Billy Butcher’s voice: “Would never want to milk a cameo, but it was great seeing her again.”

Gen V responded with an innocent question: “[W]hat is it with you guys and milk??”

The chyron also tells the tale: “[Growing] up without a father figure… he’l be the first to tell you I filled a void for him.” So Homelander is definitely alive and well in spirit as well as statue form on this show, and naturally, responses embraced the milk guzzling in spades.

New episodes of Amazon’s ‘Gen V’ stream on Fridays.

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It Sucks That ‘Dune: Part Two’ Isn’t Coming Out This Month, But There Are Plenty Of Other Movies To Look Forward To

Remember Dune? Now there’s a movie.

You’ve got Timothée Chalamet dreaming of Zendaya (who amongst us); naked Oscar Isaac slumped over in a chair; throat singing; Stellan Skarsgård caked in black goo; Rebecca Ferguson being the best; heroic Jason Momoa; Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban, which is fun to say out loud; and sandworms. Dune is not lacking in sandworms, but sadly, this month is lacking in Dune.

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was originally scheduled to come out on October 20, 2023, before it was pushed back to November 17, then moved forward to November 3rd. Now, due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, the Dune sequel will be released on March 15, 2024. Don’t blame the actors and actresses on the picket lines; blame the executives. It’s because of their greed that we won’t return to Arrakis until next year. Thankfully, there’s a lot of other good movies coming out this month to ease the pain.

Strange Way of Life (October 6)

The best thing about Pedro Almodóvar’s queer Western starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, besides the fact that it’s a queer Western starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal directed by Pedro Almodóvar? It’s a short film with a run time of only 30 minutes.

The Royal Hotel (October 6)

Kitty Green’s follow-up to the brilliant The Assistant finds Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick stuck in the Outback surrounded by something even worse than the deadly snakes Australia is known for: misogynistic men.

Dicks: The Musical (October 6)

A24’s first movie-musical stars Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp as “f*cking identical twins,” which is also the name of the off-Broadway show the film is based on. Dicks: The Musical also stars Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang, Megan Thee Stallion, and Tom Kenny, and is directed by Larry Charles, the comedy legend who wrote many of your favorite episodes of Seinfeld.

Totally Killer (October 6)

This is one of only two streaming movies on the list, but I’ll make an exception for a Happy Death Day-like horror-comedy with Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, and Randall Park.

Fair Play (October 6)

This is the other, although the excellently trashy erotic thriller, starring Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich, is playing in select theaters now.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (October 13)

Didn’t get tickets to see the Eras Tour in person? Now you can sing along in a crowded room with your fellow Swifties to “All Too Well.” Ten-minute version, obviously.

Anatomy of a Fall (October 13)

Anatomy of a Fall took home the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Previous winners include Pulp Fiction, Parasite, and The Tree of Life.

Killers of the Flower Moon (October 20)

It will break Marty’s heart if you don’t see his new masterpiece.

Butcher’s Crossing (October 20)

It’s hard to believe it took this long for Nicolas Cage to play a bald buffalo hunter who slowly goes mad.

The Holdovers (October 27)

The Holdovers is Paul Giamatti’s first time working with director Alexander Payne since a little movie called Sideways.

Five Nights at Freddy’s (October 27)

October is surprisingly light on horror movies. The most high-profile releases are the demonic The Exorcist: Believer (October 6th) and the creepy animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy’s, which is finally coming out after a hellish development cycle.