Magdalena Bay had one of the best albums of 2024 with Imaginal Disk. (It ranked pretty high on the Uproxx Music Critics Poll.) As the album-making process goes, some tracks didn’t end up making the cut. But, the duo liked a couple of them enough to give them a proper release: Today (September 26), they shared “Second Sleep” and “Star Eyes,” which were made during the end of the album sessions.
In a statement, the band says of the songs, “‘Second Sleep’ and ‘Star Eyes’ are two songs we made around the end of Imaginal Disk — both a sort of spiritual successor to the album’s mood and emotional arc. We like how they complement each other, so here they are as a pair.”
Listen to “Second Sleep” and “Star Eyes” above and find the band’s upcoming tour dates below.
Magdalena Bay’s 2025 Tour Dates: Imaginal Mystery Tour
09/26 — Los Angeles, CA @ Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
09/27 — Los Angeles, CA @ Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
09/29 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
09/30 — Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum Theatre
10/01 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/03-05 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/05 — Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
10/07 — Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
10/08 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/10 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s
10/10-12 — Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/12 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion
10/14 — Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston
10/15 — New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore New Orleans
10/17 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
10/17-18 — Miami, FL @ III Points Festival
10/20 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
10/21 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
10/22 — Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
10/24 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/25 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/26 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Filmore
12/31 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
You’ve definitely heard him singing about that history on one of the biggest songs ever, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” which spent a record-tying 19-weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Now in an exclusive interview with Uproxx, Shaboozey took a moment to talk about his relationship with Jack Daniel’s, his preferred way of enjoying whiskey (sometimes the drink does need a mix), and the one person in the world he wants to sit down and have a drink with.
Check out the full interview below, which was edited for clarity.
First of all, it’s such a pleasure to sit down and chat with you. Do you remember the first time that you had Jack Daniel’s Whiskey?
It’s a great question, but probably not. I’ve spent too many nights drinking it at this point, but I definitely remember going over to the distillery in Tennessee for the first time, and trying out a lot of different (Jack Daniel’s) whiskeys, and learning how they’re made. It was really cool to have that experience. I felt like, honestly, I hadn’t really tried whiskey until that experience, man. They really know how to make it special over there.
So what’s your favorite way to enjoy whiskey? Do you like cocktails? Do you like it on the rocks? Or is it true that the “Drink Don’t Need No Mix”, and you just drink it straight up?
(Laughs) It really just depends, you know? I’m definitely an old-fashioned guy, and I definitely like mixed drinks. I also enjoy a clean drink, either straight or nice and chilled with a big ol’ ice cube, to enjoy that with my friends. It really depends on how I’m feeling and the type of mood I’m in.
Does whiskey inspire your songwriting in any way, and are there ever times when you have it with you in the studio?
Yeah, for sure. I mean, man, I’ve got, like, 300 cases of Jack Daniel’s in the studio, that I usually hand out to friends, and different people in the industry that I meet along the way. I definitely will have it around, and I think it’s just been a staple of country music. You probably won’t hear a country song without a mention of whiskey, so it’s one of those things that’s just in the brains of every country writer; it’s in our vocabulary, so it definitely inspires a lot of tunes.
I’ve definitely noticed that. And I’m curious, do you feel like listening to country music inspired you to want to drink more whiskey, or does whiskey make you want to listen to more country music?
I think it’s both (laughs). They go hand in hand. No pun intended, but I 100% believe they go hand in hand.
What is it about whiskey that you enjoy the most? Is it the feeling? Is it the experience of being with friends and loved ones when you drink? Or is it the flavor that you taste?
I think it’s the flavor, and the way it makes you feel like yourself, if that makes sense, you know? It just reminds you to slow down and enjoy the moment, honestly. I know a lot of songs encourage you to just take a shot of whiskey, but it’s definitely one of those things that’s meant to be enjoyed and experienced rather than just drinking it to party hard. In those moments (when enjoying a drink), it just shows me to slow down, take it all in, and just be.
You mentioned how you have a lot of whiskey at home. Do you personally try to find new and exclusive whiskeys, or do you stick to the classics?
I’m open-minded. I’m open to different kinds, because Brown-Forman has a lot of really great ones that they’ve also put me onto. But the classics: Jack Daniel’s and Woodford Reserve, those are the go-tos.
Finally, I have a two-part question. First, who’s the one person in the world that you would love to have a drink with? And second, who’s the one person that you already love sharing a drink with?
That’s another great question (laughs), I would say Denzel, man. Denzel Washington. I feel like he probably enjoys a nice Old-Fashioned, or just a strong drink, you know what I mean? He’s someone I would definitely like to sit up at a bar with, have a conversation, and enjoy a glass of Jack Daniel’s.
And right now…my friends, honestly. My friends weren’t huge whiskey drinkers back in the day, so it’s really cool just to see how much they’ve come to love and enjoy it, and how it’s been a part of some of our most memorable times.
With their new album, Amerika’s Next Top Party!, coming out next month, PartyOf2 (formerly known as GroupTherapy) has announced the dates for their accompanying Amerika’s Next Top Party! US tour. Kicking off at the end of November in Atlanta after their performance at Camp Flog Gnaw, the tour will see the duo hit stops in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, DC, Houston, Seattle, and more.
In addition to announcing the tour, Swim and Jadagrace also released the latest preview song from their album, “Out Of Body” (kind of weird that there are two songs with the same title today, right?). In the press release, they said, “Writing ‘Out Of Body’ felt like we were in the heat of battle. This is one of the first songs we wrote after becoming a duo, the anger and frustration we felt in being doubted or underestimated manifested into this song. We both felt a certain energy that was like ‘Now is the time to prove ourselves’.”
Tickets are on sale now. You can see the tour dates below and find more info here.
Amerika’s Next Top Party! Us Tour Dates:
11/29/25 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade – Purgatory
12/01/25 – Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre – Side Room
12/02/25 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
12/04/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
12/07/25 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
12/10/25 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
01/20/26 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues – Bronze Peacock
01/22/026 – Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues Dallas – Cambridge Room
01/24/26 – Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s (Early Show)
01/26/26 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Amerika’s Next Top Party! is due 10/17 via Def Jam Recordings.
Ever since he was outed last year, Khalid has embraced a new musical direction that has allowed him to live as his full self. As seen in the video for “In Plain Sight” and his newly released single, “Out Of Body,” Khalid is going for a more club-friendly vibe lately; where prior projects leaned on moody R&B and hip-hop, his newer songs are going with Y2K-inspired pop-R&B production, complete with hooky synths inspired by The Neptunes and Darkchild, Rodney Jenkins.
That extends to the videos themselves too. In “Out Of Body,” Khalid goes borderline Britney Spears, popping his hips like the Pussycat Dolls along with his team of backup dancers. Everything from the wardrobes to the film filter just screams “Xtina, etc.,” and you know what? We love this for him. “Out Of Body” brings back a style of music that fell out of favor as trap music took over the world, but everything comes back around, and Khalid might just be the perfect person to shepherd the resurgence of the TRL pop vibes.
“Out Of Body” and “In Plain Sight” will both appear on his new album, After The Sun Goes Down which he announced in August and drops next month.
You can watch Khalid’s “Out Of Body” video above.
After The Sun Goes Down is out 10/10 via Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records. You can find more info here.
Young Thug is back. The ATL word twister has released his new album Uy Scuti today after pushing it back for labelmate Cardi B, and with it comes the gritty video for focus track “F*cking Told U.”
The video adopts a high-low aesthetic, pairing fashion models in stylized couture posing and catwalking their way through grimy locations like an abandoned warehouse and roadside motel. Producer Metro Boomin appears alongside Thugger, with both men donning fascinating masks as they lounge around the women, watching them strut and mug the camera.
Uy Scuti is Thug’s first album since being released from Fulton County Men’s Jail last year, and the first album he’s been able to properly promote since 2021’s Punk. He released Business Is Business during his incarceration, but was unable to full participate in its creation or release cycle, prompting the creation of two different versions of the album, one directed by Metro himself.
The album finds Thug reuniting with nearly all his favorite collaborators, including 21 Savage, Future, Lil Baby, T.I., and Travis Scott, but there are a few new names added to the mix. They include Cardi B (possibly explaining that album delay), breakout artist Ken Carson, Thug’s girlfriend Mariah The Scientist, and, most unexpectedly, his onetime rival YFN Lucci, with whom he collaborates on “Whaddup.” Notably absent is Gunna, with whom Thug fell out over Gunna’s willingness to accept an Alford plea in exchange for his release from jail, nearly a year before Thug himself accepted a similar deal.
You can watch Young Thug’s “F*cking Told U” video above.
Uy Scuti is out now via 300 Entertainment / Atlantic Recording Corporation. You can find more info here.
Doja Cat continues her mission to make her haters mad with the video for “Gorgeous” from her newly released album, Vie. Inspired by cosmetics ads, the video pairs Doja with some of the hottest models currently working the high-fashion scene. Cameos include Sora Choi, Alex Consani, Paloma Elsesser, Karen Elson, Amelia Gray, Imaan Hammam, Ida Heiner, Irina Shayk, Mona Tougaard, Ugbad, and Yseult, according to the press release for the song. They’re all dolled up in old-school glam, mugging for the camera as Doja delivers her ode to the old adage, “pretty hurts.”
“If they wasn’t grillin’ before / They gon’ be really mad when we hit the floor / It’s a crime to be gorgeous,” Doja declares on the sugary hook. But in her verse, she lays out the sacrifices it takes to look so good: “Pretty hurts, don’t talk to me ’bout Brazilians / After that wax, you thought you wanted to kill him / But now you walkin’ ’round like you one in a million / He lookin’ at me like he want some beautiful children.”
The song is certainly a kiss-off to Doja’s biggest critics, who have often criticized her for the way she looks, and her own relationship to her self-image. It sounds like she’s in a good place, and perfectly okay with ignoring the judgments of haters with too much time on their hands.
Doja teased “Gorgeous” ahead of the release of Vie, which also contains previously released single “Jealous Type.” The album is out now via RCA Records. You can find more info here and watch the “Gorgeous” video above.
Press materials have described the upcoming Tame Impala album Deadbeat as “a collection of wickedly potent club-psych explorations” and “deeply inspired by bush doof culture and the Western Australia rave scene.” So far, that’s been evidenced by the advance singles “End Of Summer” and “Loser.”
We have another new taste today (September 26) with “Dracula.” The fun single is indeed about the titular vampire and it arrives just in time to make all the Halloween party soundtracks next month.
Watch the “Dracula” video above. Tame Impala also just announced some additional tour dates, so find those below.
Tame Impala’s 2025 Tour Dates: Deadbeat
10/27/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/28/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/31/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/01/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/03/2025 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
11/06/2025 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
11/09/2025 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
11/11/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/12/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/14/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
11/15/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
11/17/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
04/04/2026 — Porto, Portugal @ Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota
04/05/2026 — Lisbon, Portugal @ MEO Arena
04/07/2026 — Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
04/08/2026 — Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
04/10/2026 — Lyon, France @ LDLC Arena
04/12/2026 — Turin, Italy @ Inalpi Arena
04/13/2026 — Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
04/14/2026 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
04/16/2026 — Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
04/18/2026 — Gliwice, Poland @ PreZero Arena
04/20/2026 — Prague, Czechia @ O2 Arena
04/23/2026 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
04/25/2026 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
04/26/2026 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Avicii Arena
04/27/2026 — Oslo, Norway @ Unity Arena
04/29/2026 — Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
04/30/2026 — Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle
05/01/2026 — Dusseldorf, Germany @ PSD Bank Dome
05/03/2026 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena
05/04/2026 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
05/05/2026 — Antwerp, Belgium @ AFAS Dome
05/07/2026 — London, UK @ The O2
05/08/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live Arena
05/09/2026 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham
05/11/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
05/13/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
Tame Impala’s Deadbeat Album Cover Artwork
Columbia Records
Tame Impala’s Deadbeat Tracklist
1. “My Old Ways”
2. “No Reply”
3. “Dracula”
4. “Loser”
5. “Oblivion”
6. “Not My World”
7. “Piece Of Heaven”
8. “Obsolete”
9. “Ethereal Connection”
10. “See You On Monday (You’re Lost)”
11. “Afterthought”
12. “End Of Summer”
Deadbeat is out 10/17 via Columbia Records. Find more information here.
Tate McRae delivered one of the big pop highlights of early 2025 with So Close To What, her latest album. Since shortly after the project’s February release, McRae has been traveling the world on the Miss Possessive Tour. While on the road, McRae found some time to put pen to paper and the result was “Tit For Tat,” the new single that’s out today (September 26).
In an Instagram Story post, McRae explained, “Tit for tat outtttttt. Wrote this song 2 weeks ago in Nashville on tour<3 finding inspiration everywhere I go.”
On the chorus, McRae gets over an ex, singing, “Thought I might love you again, see how I feel / Now that you’re acting like that, I never will / Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal / Right now, I’m not even about you.”
McRae just announced the song a couple days ago, but there were some subtle signs that it was coming, like a video screen on her tour “glitching” and displaying the text “T4T.”
Listen to “Tit For Tat” above and find McRae’s upcoming tour dates below.
Tate McRae’s 2025 Tour Dates: Miss Possessive Tour
09/26 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
09/27 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
10/02 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
10/03 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
10/05 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
10/07 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center
10/09 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha
10/11 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
10/13 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
10/15 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
10/17 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
10/18 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
10/21 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/22 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
10/24 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
10/25 — Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
10/28 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
10/29 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
10/31 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
11/01 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
11/04 — Phoenix, AZ @ PHX Arena
11/05 — Phoenix, AZ @ PHX Arena
11/07 — Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena
11/08 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
FKA Twigs has been teasing a new album, Eusexua Afterglow, lately. Well, that journey continued last night (September 25) when Twigs shared a chill new song, “Cheap Hotel.” The album’s release date was also confirmed to be November 14.
On social media yesterday, Twigs wrote, “AFTERGLOW, a visceral waterfall, as you leave the rave in search of your next wonder, give her your consent to kiss, splash and caress your naked skin. EUSEXUA stripped you down and her aftermath is hungry, raw and ready to be adored.”
The tracklist hasn’t been revealed yet, but pre-order pages indicate the album will feature 11 tracks, with the only one identifies so far being “Cheap Hotel.”
Last month, Twigs announced the new album on stage at Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands, saying, “New music — I am full and abundant and ready to give birth. Her name is Afterglow. And my labor shall commence next month.” When announcing “Perfectly” previously, she also noted, “and so the offerings begin again… if EUSEXUA was the tip of the tongue, PERFECTLY is the oesophagus… i wonder what lays in the belly of the beast.”
Watch the “Cheap Hotel” video above.
FKA Twigs’ Eusexua Afterglow Album Cover Artwork
Young Recordings
Eusexua Afterglow is out 11/14 via Young Recordings/Atlantic. Find more information here.
Steven and Ian begin with a quick Cinema-cast about the new Paul Thomas Anderson film, One Battle After Another, and how PTA is more like a great band than a great director. From there, they talk about the new Cate Le Bon record, Michaelangelo Dying, which is doing big numbers for Ian’s fantasy team. Then they pay tribute to Foxing, the great indie-emo band who announced their hiatus this week.
After that, they discuss Getting Killed, the brilliant new LP from Geese. Then they do a “yay or nay” segment on whether Frank Ocean will ever put out another album. In the mailbag, they discuss the protest singer Jesse Welles.
In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the shoegaze band Total Wine and Steven talks about the British singer-songwriter Joanne Robertson.
New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 258 here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.
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