Punk-rock favorites Joyce Manor are back: The group hadn’t released new music in three years, but they changed that today (August 18) with “All My Friends Are So Depressed.” The band cites The Smiths as one of the inspirations behind the song, and it’s easy to hear that.
The band’s Barry Johnson says in a statement:
“The first line I came up with for this song was ‘lord above in a Tecate truck’ after passing a Tecate delivery truck with Jesus sh*t all over it on the freeway driving back to Long Beach after a show in Fresno. While searching for a line that rhymed with ‘lord above in a Tecate truck’ I came up with ‘why even exist? Who gives a f*ck!?’ and the concept of ‘All My Friends Are So Depressed’ was born. It’s kind of my take on what I imagine Lana Del Rey lyrics are like. Instead of icy, detached cool 50’s Americana, it’s all dirty shag carpet, bong rips, Peter Frampton Comes Alive, key lime pie and suicidal ideations. My flow was inspired by 100 Gecs who I was listening to a concerning amount in 2023 (Much respect to Dylan and Laura, please take us on tour). Musically, we were drawing from The Libertines, Tiger Army, X, and The Smiths… obviously.”
Watch the “All My Friends Are So Depressed” video above and find Joyce Manor’s upcoming tour dates below.
Joyce Manor’s 2025 Tour Dates
08/20-23 — Torremolinos, ES @ Canela Party
10/16 — Munich, DE @ Backstage Werk *
10/17 — Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater *
10/18 — Oberhausen, DE @ Turbinenhalle
10/19 — Brussels, BE @ AB
10/20 — Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
10/22 — Bristol, UK @ The Prospect Building *
10/23 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Glasgow *
10/25 — London, UK @ Roundhouse
10/26 — Leeds, UK @ Leeds University Union
11/08 — Pensacola, FL @ Night Moves Fest
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 Cardi B with a rare new song and Chance The Rapper also make a big comeback. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
New Cardi B tunes have been relatively rare as fans wait for her long-overdue second album. She delivered last week, though, with “Imaginary Playerz,” which borrows from Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Player” but adds a modernized twist.
Steve Lacy — “Nice Shoes”
Lacy had a chart-topping hit with “Bad Habit” three years ago, then he pretty much went silent. He’s back now, though, with news of a new album and the single “Nice Shoes,” which boldly starts, “If I had a dollar for the friends I would f*ck / I could buy a pair of really nice shoes.”
Chance The Rapper — “No More Old Men”
For a while, it was unclear when Chance’s project Star Line would arrive, but last week, it finally did. Some have hailed it as a return to form and he did it with help along the way, like from Jamila Woods on “No More Old Men.”
ASAP Rocky — “Trunks”
Rocky has his acting hat on at the moment with his new movie Highest 2 Lowest. He’s not leaving the music behind here, though, as he just dropped two new songs from the soundtrack.
Dijon — “Baby!”
After contributing to Bon Iver’s new album SABLE, fABLE and Justin Bieber’s Swag earlier this year, Dijon is putting himself in the spotlight with a new album, Baby. The title track is a good reference for the diversity and adventurousness of the project as a whole.
Kaytranada — “Do It! (Again!)” Feat. TLC
Kaytranada pulled so strongly from a TLC song on Ain’t No Damn Way!, his new album, that he went ahead and gave the group a feature credit for the sample. So, it’s not a full-blown collaboration, sadly, but it’s still a hell of a time.
Conan Gray — “Caramel”
After two years of “secretly writing songs” “after shows in the basements of the venues, in the sheets of my hotel beds, in narrow gaps between tours,” Conan Gray’s new album Wishbone has arrived. It’s led by soaring and dramatic tunes like the latest single, “Caramel.”
Kenny Beats and Archie Madekwe — “Love And Obsession”
The movie Lurker is a look at the music industry in Los Angeles, so having Kenny Beats doing the score is a tremendous asset. So too, it turns out, is star Archie Madekwe, who plays an artist in the movie and sounds great on soundtrack cuts like “Love And Obsession.”
Ashnikko — “Trinkets”
Smoochies, the latest album from Ashnikko, is on the way. The artist describes the project as “sexy, playful, and feminine, while toeing the line of grotesque and absurd,” and the “older sister” of her Demidevil project.
King Princess — “Girls”
Girl Violence is coming: We’re less than a month away from King Princess’ new album. She continued to tease the project last week with a new single, the retro-flavored slow-burner “Girls.”
Since the grand unveiling, Williams has gone back and given some tracks more individual attention, like the singles they are. She started with an “Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party” video a couple weeks back, and now she has another visual out, this time for “Glum.”
The song is largely about being bummed and the video reflects that. Williams sings, “Do you ever feel so alone / That you could implode and no one would know? / And when you look around and nobody’s home / Don’t you wanna go back to wherever we’re from? / To wherever we’re from.”
Meanwhile, in a recent Dork interview, Williams discussed how she’s feeling about her and Paramore’s career right now, saying, “There are days that I feel old and washed up, there are days that I’m on top of the world and there are moments that make all the attention scary, because what if we can’t live up to it? […] We’ve spent years not fitting in, and that’s always triggered my loser complex from being a weird homeschooled kid, but the important thing is learning how to not get defensive with that underdog mentality.”
Sabrina Carpenter had a huge night at last year’s MTV VMAs, performing a three-song medley (“Please Please Please,” “Taste,” and “Espresso)” and winning Song Of The Year for “Espresso.” She’s set to have a major ceremony this time around, too: At the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, she has eight nominations and is once again set to perform.
Joining her on the performance lineup so far are Alex Warren, Busta Rhymes, J Balvin (featuring DJ Snake), Ricky Martin, and Sombr, with more artists to be announced as the big night approaches, as Billboard notes. It’s coming up, set to broadcast live coast-to-coast from UBS Arena in New York on September 7 at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT). LL COOL J is also hosting, after co-hosting with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow in 2022.
Meanwhile, Carpenter’s “Manchild” is up for the big honor: Video Of The Year, as are Ariana Grande’s “Brighter Days Ahead,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds Of A Feather,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s “Die With A Smile,” Rosé and Bruno Mars’s “APT.,” and The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless.” Elsewhere in the list of this year’s nominations, Warren and Sombr are both nominated for the coveted Best New Artist.
Dijon is fresh off the release of his latest album, Baby, and the project is so far getting rave reviews. Fans will soon be able to hear how the new crop of songs sounds like live: TOday (August 18), Dijon announced a world tour.
The run kicks off in San Diego in late October and runs through to mid-December. Then, a few UK and European dates are scheduled for January 2026.
Ticket pre-sales start August 20 at 10 a.m. local time, followed by the general on-sale on August 22 at 10 a.m. local time. More information is available on Dijon’s website.
Find the full list of dates below.
Dijon’s 2025 Tour Dates
10/25/2025 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA
10/28/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
11/01/2025 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/02/2025 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
11/03/2025 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
11/05/2025 — San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
11/08/2025 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
11/10/2025 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
11/13/2025 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
11/14/2025 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
11/17/2025 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
11/18/2025 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
11/20/2025 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
11/21/2025 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
11/23/2025 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
11/25/2025 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/28/2025 — Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia
11/29/2025 — Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
12/01/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
12/02/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
12/05/2025 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
12/07/2025 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
12/10/2025 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
12/12/2025 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis
01/23/2026 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
01/25/2026 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
01/27/2026 — Cologne, DE @ Calrswerk Victoria
01/28/2026 — Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
01/30/2026 — Paris, FR @ Le Bataclan
Baby is out now via R&R/Warner Records. Find more information here.
Blackpink is back. The group just wrapped up a run of North American concerts, and they shared a new song, “Jump,” last month. It seems like this might all be ramping up to a new album, and now, YG Entertainment’s founder Yang Hyun Suk has addressed the speculation.
In an announcement video, he said (as NME notes) that Blackpink is currently working on a new project, which doesn’t have a release date but is expected to be out by November at the latest.
He said, “A lot of fans are curious about Blackpink’s album. I know that the Blackpink members and producers in charge of them are working very hard preparing the album. I’m hoping for Blackpink’s album to be out by November, at the latest. That’s what I’m pushing for – we’ll do our best to get Blackpink’s album out soon.”
Uproxx’s Philip Cosores saw the group live recently and wrote in his review, “The hope is that this is not nearing the end for the group, as some have rumored. They’ve already found a good rhythm for being able to pursue their solo endeavors in both film and music while still returning to their stadium-sized home base. And if these recent concerts are an indication, being the biggest K-pop band in the world is nothing to treat lightly.”
Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. August keeps heating up — this week features a strong list of five dope sneakers you need on your radar. From Tyler the Creator’s resurrected 1908 Jogger, to a Whitaker Group assisted New Balance, to a new link-up between Nike and Nigel Sylvester, this week went hard on collaboration, but that doesn’t mean the big brands didn’t bring their own solo heat.
Case in point, our favorite release of the week — The Jordan 12 French Blue. If you’re a hardcore Jordan fan, you understand the significance of this colorway. It’s safe to say a lot of people are going to be catching L’s this week over that release. Hopefully you’re not one of them! Let’s dive into this week’s best sneakers and where to find them.
We’re willing to call it — Tyler the Creator is the best thing that has happened to Converse since Jack Purcell. Now granted, with later classics like The Weapon, that claim might seem hyperbolic, but come on — Tyler is single-handedly keeping Converse cool. Case in point, his decision to reintroduce the Converse Jogger from the brand’s vault.
But this isn’t just retreaded ground, Tyler took the this 1970’s runner and added his lifestyle touch to turn it into a brand-new shoe. The sneaker features a mixed suede and woven upper, a woven tongue label, and elegant Le Fleur branding.
The Converse 1908 Jogger is out now for a retail price of $100. Pick up a pair at Converse.
New Balance stays consistent with their latest release out of the Made in USA line. Made in collaboration with luxury creative house The Whitaker Group, this Clay Ash with Black 998 sports a mesh upper with hairy suede overlays, synthetic details, and a woven co-branded logo. The Made in USA line is already known for its premium offerings, but by teaming up with the Whitaker Group, NB is significantly elevating the luxury.
Easily, this is one of our favorite New Balance releases of the year.
The New Balance Made in USA 998 Clay Ash with Black is out now for a retail price of $219.99. Pick up a pair at New Balance.
The Samba is one of Adidas’ finest silhouettes, and because it has such a classic and iconic design (and a renewed popularity) that means Adidas can get a little bit weird with it. Case in point, this cheetah print Women’s Preloved Red Samba. The sneaker features a pony hair upper outfitted with leather details and red-orange accents.
It’s a bit bold, a bit wild, yet classic!
The Adidas Samba OG Preloved Red is out now for a retail price of $110. Pick up a pair via the Adidas Confirmed app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
The Superstar Vintage is simply an Adidas Superstar, made in Germany with elevated materials. The build is essentially the same as your stock Superstar — you’re getting a leather upper with leather lining, and a rubber outsole, in a Core white colorway with two blue and a red stripe, but the attention to detail here elevates this sneaker to new heights. We love to see this kind of love and appreciation paid to one of Adidas best silhouettes.
The Adidas Superstar Vintage Core White is set to drop on Saturday, August 16th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $250. Pick up a pair via the Adidas Confirmed app.
One of the all-time-greatest Air Jordan 12 colorways is hitting the internet this weekend — the classic French Blue and White. This sneaker features a full-grain leather upper with a rich blue mudguard with a snake-like texture. Rounding out the design is some chrome hardware and dulled silver accents. It’s simply one of the best Jordan 12s to ever exist, so good luck, because a lot of Jordan heads are going to be after a pair (us included).
The Air Jordan 12 French Blue and White is set to drop on August 16th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $205. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 1 Low OG Better With Time
BMX pro Nigel Sylvester has linked up with Nike once again, this time for a new take on the Jordan 1. We were big fans of Sylvester’s past Nike collabs (naming his Jordan 4 one of our favorite sneakers of 2024) so consider us sufficiently hyped on this release. The sneaker features a distressed outsole, a Swoosh at the forefoot and medial panel, and a low-profile design in stealthy black. White, yellowed, red and cold accents add a nice layer of contrast to the design.
It’s elegant and well considered — which seems to be Sylvester’s MO when it comes to Nike collabs.
The Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 1 Better With Time is set to drop on August 16th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $165. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
Disclaimer: While all of the products recommended here were chosen independently by our editorial staff, Uproxx may receive payment to direct readers to certain retail vendors who are offering these products for purchase.
Rich Brian returns with his first album in six years, Where Is My Head? After prefacing the album with the single “Little Ray Of Light,” the Indonesian rapper followed up today with a new single, “She.” The video for the song is simple and straightforward, with Brian rapping in front of a monitor hooked up to a webcam, generating a surreal double vision situation, which plays into the album’s concept.
The album itself is likely the artist’s most wide-ranging effort to date, expanding on Brian’s collaborative palette with features from a diverse array of talents. Features include Charlotte Day Wilson, DAISY WORLD, Maxo Kream, redveil, Ski Mask The Slump God, and Toro y Moi. Conceptually, the album employs the “alter ego” conceit common to introspective rap projects, with Maestro, “a conductor scoring music for the dreams of Movie Brian, who lives unknowingly inside the world the Maestro creates.” The story plays out in both the music and visuals for the album, which are directed by Brian’s frequent collaborator, Jared Hogan.
You can watch the video for “She” above and check out the full tracklist below.
01. “Senja”
02. “Body High” feat. Toro y Moi
03. “Jumpy” feat. Ski Mask The Slump God
04. “Took A Breath”
05. “Butterfly”
06. “Fat Cats, Starving Dogs” feat. Maxo Kream
07. “Little Ray Of Light”
08. “Ma”
09. “Serpents!”
10. “Bumpy Road” feat. redveil
11. “Timezones”
12. “Is It?” feat. Charlotte Day Wilson & DAISY WORLD
13. “She” feat. Kurtis Wells
14. “Oh Well”
15. “Jelly Air Island”
Where Is My Head? is out now via 88rising. You can find more info here.
While Erykah Badu gears up for her Mama’s Gun 30th Anniversary tour, she has also been working on a joint album with The Alchemist. Today, she revealed the release date for Abi & Alan, which will land on August 29th. It’s Badu’s first album in over 15 years, as New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was released in March 2010, and the two are currently previewing it for fans on their currently running Abi & Alan Luv Is Tour.
The project will constitute Alchemist’s third joint album this year, following Life Is Beautiful with Larry June and 2 Chainz, and Alfredo 2 with Freddie Gibbs. A fourth album with Yasiin Bey, Forensics, also streamed earlier this year, but has no official release as yet.
You can check out the first single, “Next To You,” above, and see the tour dates below.
Erykah Badu 2025 Tour Dates
Abi & Alan Luv Is Tour:
08/08 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
08/10 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
08/11 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
08/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore
08/15 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
08/17 – Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore
08/19 – Miami Beach, FL @ Fillmore
08/20 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
08/21 – Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore
08/24 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live
Erykah Badu 2025 Tour Dates — Mama’s Gun 25th Anniversary:
10/03 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
10/04 – Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
10/05 – Las Vegas, NV @ Resorts World Theatre
11/16 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
11/18 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/20 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre Detroit
11/22 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
11/23 – Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
11/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
11/28 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
11/29 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
12/02 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
12/03 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
12/05 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
12/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
12/08 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
12/10 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Molly Gordon’s next act after becoming a favorite on The Bear is the movie Oh, Hi!, in which she stars and also co-produced alongside Sophie Brooks. For the movie, she also teamed with Blake Mills — an industry veteran who, aside from his solo career, has worked with everybody from Fiona Apple to Lucy Dacus to Alabama Shakes — for a cover. The song is “Islands In The Stream,” written by the Bee Gees but most famously performed by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.
Gordon says of the recording:
“When Sophie and I were developing Oh, Hi! and she came up with the dream sequence, she mentioned that she planned to ask her friend Blake Mills to help us out. I tried to play it very cool, but I was secretly freaking out inside as he is my favorite artist. Working with Blake exceeded any expectation. We only had a couple of hours to record the cover, but we had an immediate language — and again, I tried to hide how much of a dream those few hours were.
I feel so lucky that we get to honor one of my favorite songs with this witchy, folk version. I hope other people might sing this to themselves when they are trying to cast a spell to make someone love them (but also hope that they might discover that they shouldn’t have to do that ha!).”
Mills adds, “I thoroughly enjoyed the entire process of working on this with Molly Gordon and Sophie Brooks. We got to take this song to the moon — fitting for its usage in the film — and I think we ended up with something that truly stands on its own merits.”
Listen to “Islands In The Stream” above.
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