Last Friday (August 9), Latto released her long-awaited third album, Sugar Honey Iced Tea, to widespread acclaim and impressive streaming numbers. Today, she’s announced the dates for its accompanying tour, which is scheduled to begin on October 25 in Tampa, Florida. She’ll be joined on the road by fellow Atlanta natives Mariah The Scientist and Karrahbooo, the former of which appears on the album’s song “Look What You Did.”
Tickets will be available starting with Citi presales on Wednesday, August 14, with additional presales throughout the week leading up to Friday, August 16, when the general sale begins at 10 AM local time. You can find more information on BigLatto.com. See below for the full tour dates.
Latto Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour Dates
10/25 — Tampa, FL @ Yuengling Center
10/27 — Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10/28 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/29 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
10/31 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/01 — Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
11/03 — Bridgeport, CT @ Total Mortgage Arena*
11/04 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/07 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/11 — Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
11/12 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
11/15 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
11/16 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
11/17 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
11/21 — San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
11/25 — Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
11/26 — Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum
11/29 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
12/01 — Inglewood, CA @ YouTube Theater
12/04 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
12/05 — Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
12/07 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Wishy have hit the jackpot with Triple Seven. Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, the main songwriting partnership at the core of the Indiana-bred group, mine alt-rock’s various ‘90s offshoots – dream pop, shoegaze, and even Britpop – to create a sound of their own. Now, rounded out with a full band consisting of guitarist Dimitri Morris, bassist Mitch Collins, and drummer Conner Host, Wishy fully realize their vision on their full-length debut.
From the shimmery guitar strums of the title track to the dreamy back-and-forth vocals Krauter and Pitchkites share on “Persuasion,” Triple Seven is full of moments that crystallize Wishy as one of the best new bands in indie rock writ large. They are by no means wishy-washy.
Ahead of the record’s release this Friday, Krauter and Pitchkites sat down with Uproxx to talk about Alvvays, Avril Lavigne, and the best Indian food in Indianapolis in our latest Q&A.
What are four words you would use to describe your music?
Krauter: Crazy, sexy, colorful, energetic.
It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?
Krauter: As the kind of music that makes people feel happy and full of life.
Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?
Pitchkites: I’m incredibly inspired by Molly Rankin from Alvvays. Her lyrics are so intentional and genuine without being too on the nose. They have just the right amount of whimsy and cheekiness which is something I always strive for in my writing.
Where did you eat the best meal of your life and what was it?
Krauter: Little India at 52nd and College in Indianapolis. The butter chicken… unbelievable.
Tell us about the best concert you’ve ever attended.
Pitchkites: That’s a hard one but it might have to be Caroline Polachek who I saw last year. Her raw talent really shows live. To be able to sing the way she does, move around the stage, while also incorporating a theatrical element is very inspiring.
What song never fails to make you emotional?
Krauter: “I’m With You” – Avril Lavigne
What’s the last thing you Googled?
Krauter:Faeries by Brian Froud used copy for sale
Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?
Krauter: We drove through the night once on the way to NYC from Cincinnati and we all took long naps in the recliner chairs at the King Spa in New Jersey.
What’s your favorite city in the world to perform and what’s the city you hope to perform in for the first time?
Pitchkites: Sounds cliche but probably LA. I just love being there and I get to see some familiar faces. I would love to play in Tokyo or Singapore very soon!
What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?
Pitchkites: Quit worrying about the future so much!
What’s one of your hidden talents?
Pitchkites: I’ve been told I can do a very convincing Yoshi impression.
If you had a million dollars to donate to charity, what cause would you support and why?
Krauter: The complete and total liberation of Palestine from apartheid occupation. Noam Chomsky has a terrific lecture from 2011 on the subject.
What are your thoughts about AI and the future of music?
Pitchkites: I think AI can have its benefits in areas outside of art. I’m pretty anti AI as it pertains to the creation of music or pretty much any artistic medium. It’s kind of oxymoronic to use it for that purpose when art’s sole purpose is to heal the human spirit and allow us to relate to one another. There’s also plenty of real, human artists who can create art (and get paid) that is leagues beyond anything AI can do. The good news is I think most people feel this way so I’m not too worried about it replacing human talent.
You are throwing a music festival. Give us the dream lineup of 5 artists that will perform with you and the location it would be held.
Krauter: The Bats, The Sundays, Ivy, Hole, The Radio Dept. Location: someone’s barbecue
Who’s your favorite person to follow on social media?
Pitchkites: @servideo— hilarious stuff.
What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?
Pitchkites: I just got a tattoo from my friend Kaitlin that’s a sketch they did of Arthur Russell’s album Love Is Overtaking Me, easily one of my all-time favorite records.
What is your pre-show ritual?
Krauter: Hacky sack with the band.
Who was your first celebrity crush?
Pitchkites: Jeremy Sumpter in the live action Peter Pan (2003).
You have a month off and the resources to take a dream vacation. Where are you going and who is coming with you?
Krauter: Somewhere tropical with the love of my life.
What is your biggest fear?
Pitchkites: Living with regret.
Triple Seven is out 8/16 via Winspear. Find more information here.
Does anyone else remember those 2000s mega-mixes of songs like “I’m So Hood” and “One Blood?” A popular rap song would get a remix that featured WAY too many guest stars, running the gamut from dancehall deejays to R&B court jesters like T-Pain. They were a sort of much more obnoxious version of rap supercrew posse cuts geared toward drawing in as many of the featured artists’ fans as possible to extend the life of a smash way beyond its normal expiration date.
Well, Gen Z finally has its version of this, courtesy of Cash Cobain and Laila! On “Problem,” the sample drill pioneer remixes the second-gen rapper‘s TikTok hit “Not My Problem” into a prime example of the form, adding in verses from a gaggle of game MCs ranging from blog rap vets 6lack and Big Sean to teen star Luh Tyler. Even mixtape staple Fabolous gets a look, while gender parity is provided by Atlanta rapper Anycia, Flo Milli, Kaliii, and Lay Bankz. New Yorker Kelz2busy, Don Q, and Kenzo B round out the Big Apple roster, while New Orleans rising star Rob49 completes the cipher. In the interest of keeping things short enough to appeal to the target demo, the verses are kept to bite size snippets, bringing in the whole thing at seven minutes — five shorter than “One Blood,” so there’s that, at least.
We’re now almost exactly a month out from My Method Actor, the new Nilüfer Yanya album that’s set to drop on September 13. She shared the single “Call It Love” last month, and now she has returned with another advance taste via “Mutations.”
Yanya says of the song:
“‘Mutations’ deals with change brought about by circumstance. This is not the phoenix rising from the ashes but the subtle change that happens constantly as millions of tiny decisions and actions shape your being. It’s kind of like survival, for me. Less of a transformation and more something that’s born out of your environment and surroundings, that you need to do to survive. Mutation is just something you have to go through — you have to evolve.”
She also previously said of the new album, “The reason why some people find method acting traumatic and maybe not safe mentally, is because you’re always going back to that moment. It can be good or bad but you’re always feeding off the energy, something that’s defined you — and that’s what helps you become the character. It’s a bit like being a musician. When you’re performing, you’re still trying to invoke the energy and emotion of when you first wrote it, in that moment. It definitely feels like you’re having to recreate or step into that headspace.”
Watch the “Mutations” video above.
My Method Actor is out 9/13 via Ninja Tune. Find more information here.
Japandroids are taking one last trip down fire’s highway. “D&T” is the roaring new single from the Canadian duo of Brian King and David Prowse, who previously announced that their next album, Fate & Alcohol, will also be their final album. The song is a fist-in-the-air, nostalgic barn-burner, which is to say, it’s a Japandroids song.
“D&T” came together after “we had been on the road for a year and a half, and the plan was to wrap up our riot of indulgence with a four-night stand in Philly,” King shared. “We arrived early, exhausted and disheveled, voices shot, hearts parched, and while we had every intention of easing into it, someone inevitably called all-hands-to-the-bar and away we went. One before-breakfast eye-opener turned into two and pretty soon I was pleasantly jingled.”
He continued, “With soundcheck still hours away, I decided that a walk was in order and slipped outside under the guise of a cigarette. Half a block later, I was stopped by an intangible stranger who politely remarked that he had seen plenty of drinkin’ Johnnies and cokey Joes aimlessly exploring the streets of Philadelphia, but I took the cake. He prescribed Jesus and water, which I solemnly acknowledged. Sheepishly, I returned to my stool and upon seeing my reflection in the mirror behind the bar became wistful and started writing.”
That is a very Japandroids origin story.
Listen to “D&T” above.
Fate & Alcohol is out 10/18 via ANTI. Find more information here.
As far as I can tell, there has not been a major motion picture with the word “p*ssy” in the title since 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats, and before then, maybe 1970’s The Owl and the Pussycat. Blink Twice could have joined this veritable “p*ssy posse” (not to be confused with this one) if it kept the original title that writer and director Zoë Kravitz wanted and even mentioned in interviews: P*ssy Island. But, as you might imagine, she met some resistance.
“I mean, look, we got pretty far,” she told Esquire about the unfortunate decision to change the title to Blink Twice. So what happened? The studio said no, basically. Kravitz is fine with the new title, but “am I upset that there is a show called Dicks: The Musical? Kind of,” she said. “What’s interesting is that they tested the title and the people who were most offended were women.”
Since the studio said no to P*ssy Island, hopefully they at least agreed to pay for a Blink 182 song (not “Dick Lips”) on the Blink Twice soundtrack.
Here’s more on the movie:
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.
Blink Twice, which stars Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat, opens in theaters on August 23.
Janet Jackson is of course a member of one of entertainment history’s most famous families: The Jackson family. So, she counts Michael Jackson and others among her relatives. It turns out that her family tree is even more star-studded than that, though, as she just revealed.
In a recent interview with BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills (find a video clip here), Jackson was asked about the rumor that she’s related to Stevie Wonder and she confirmed it’s true, saying, “He’s our cousin.” She added, “Not a lot of people know that. He’s our cousin on my mother’s side. So is Tracy Chapman. So is Samuel [L.] Jackson.”
Meanwhile, following reports that Jackson had signed a deal for a Las Vegas concert residency, a representative reportedly confirmed the news with a statement, saying, “We are thrilled to announce Janet’s upcoming residency at Resorts World Las Vegas. This partnership offers a unique opportunity to celebrate her legacy and deliver unforgettable performances. The energy and excitement of Las Vegas, especially around the holiday season, make it the perfect setting for this new chapter. Janet is excited to connect with her fans and bring her iconic music to life in a fresh and dynamic way.”
Jack White has been keeping it weird for his current album cycle. Before the streaming release of No Name earlier this month, the album was quietly given away to customers at Third Man Records stores, as an unmarked vinyl.
The next question is when/if White is going to tour in support of the album. It turns out he sort of already has been.
In a post shared on social media yesterday (August 13), White wrote:
“Hello, and love to all the peoples of the world out there.
Lotta folk asking about when we are going to announce ‘tour dates’, well, we don’t know what to tell you but the tour already started at the Legion a couple of weeks ago. People keep saying that these are ‘Pop up shows’ we’ve been playing, well, you can call them whatever you want, but we are on tour right now. These are the ‘shows’.
We won’t really be announcing dates in advance so much, we will mostly be playing at small clubs, back yard fetes, and a few festivals here and there to help pay for expenses.
Shows will be announced as close to the show date as possible, some shows we won’t even decide to do until that morning. I also want to walk through orchard fields and grab apples off of trees at will and fill my belly full of that fruit if the desire strikes me. I’m looking for that cool breeze you know?
Lots of love and rock and roll to you all and you are blessed for giving that love to others, we hope that we see you out on the road soon, if not let’s get coffee and a slice of pie sometime? Music is sacred.
Johnny Guitar (Archbishop Harold Holm3s) III”
So, if you’re hoping to see White (rather, Johnny Guitar (Archbishop Harold Holm3s) III) live, the best advice might just be to pay close attention and be ready to make some last-minute plans.
Yesterday (August 13), during an appearance on The Breakfast Club, Sauce Walka accused Drake of being a culture vulture, more specifically of the Houston sound. After host Charlamagne Tha God mentioned Drake (a longtime foe of Walka) the pair then examined his love for the city, which was recently highlighted with the purchase of a new $15 million estate.
“Why did Drake not have no bunch of records with Houston artists,” said Walka. “You been doing that with Atlanta? How did Drake love Houston so much at that time and not have music with artists that you are uplifting from this community? F*ck me. I don’t care. It’s bigger than me.”
Then Walka made it clear he did count Drake’s work with Bun B, Travis Scott, or Beyoncé as true support of the city. “It’s about fair exchange in business [for Drake],” he said. “If you are using the lineage and the culture of somebody’s city or somebody’s hometown and backyard, do something that helps not yourself and your notoriety for your own benefit with the ladies and the people a see in the city. Do something that actually makes the economy of their city and music and musicians bigger and greater. That’s all I was saying. Not just for me, this for anybody.”
However, users across X (formerly Twitter) are divided by Walka’s claims.
“Sauce Walka is full of sh*t here,” wrote a user. “But let’s agree he is right…Drake collabs with Atlanta artists = Colonizer. Drake does not colonize other state’s artists = culture vulture.”
While others agreed with Walka’s emphasis on Drake overlooking rising act. “Sauce said he wants Drake to help artists that are up and coming,” penned another user. “And you n****s keep screaming Travis, Beyoncé, and Bun B like they weren’t already who they were before Drake.”
Watch Sauce Walka’s full interview with The Breakfast Club above.
When Boygenius subtly announced their extended hiatus, fans were heartbroken. However, with the break comes space for solo work for each member, including Julien Baker.
In June, the “Faith Healer” musician rolled out a set of live performance dates for the fall. As expected, these performances quickly sold out. But supporters, based in the New York City area, are in luck. Today (August 13), Baker announced a residency at Webster Hall on Instagram.
“Adding three more shows at Webster Hall on October 5, 6 & 7,” she wrote. “A massive thank you to everybody who picked up tickets already. Truly cannot wait to see everybody at the FREAKING gig this fall.”
The presale for Julien Baker’s shows at Webster Hall will kick off on August 14 at 10 am Eastern time. The public onsale date is scheduled for August 16 at 10 am Eastern time. Find more information here. Continue below to view Julien Baker’s full tour schedule.
Julien Baker 2024 Tour Dates
09/23 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
09/24 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
09/25 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
09/27 — The Atlantis @ Washington, DC
09/28 — Columbia, MD @ All Things Go Music Festival *
09/29 — Forest Hills, NY @ All Things Go Music Festival *
10/01 — Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
10/02 — Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
10/05 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/06 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/07 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/21 — San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
10/22 — San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
10/23 — San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
10/25 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
10/26 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
11/19 — London, UK @ EartH
11/20 — London, UK @ EartH
11/21 — London, UK @ EartH
* festival date
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