The Regrettes, a rock band that’s been increasingly orbiting the pop music sphere, have just announced their third album called Further Joy. Out on April 8th, the band says the album explores the proverbial pursuit of happiness in the midst of these wild times we’re living in.
“That phrase, ‘further joy,’ summarized what it meant to be on the hamster wheel of constantly chasing happiness, but in turn, that’s what makes you unhappy,” singer songwriter Lydia Night said in a statement. “I was stuck in a loop of wanting to be better, wanting to be good, and therefore I couldn’t be here. I couldn’t be present.”
Along with the album announcement comes a full headlining tour and the new single, “That’s What Makes Me Love You,” a buoyant poppy jam that’s super sticky. It has a more indie pop lean than the big, pop rock shine of the previously released “Monday,” which featured Olivia Rodrigo in the music video.
Listen to “That’s What Makes Me Love You” above and check out the Further Joy art and tracklist, as well as the band’s upcoming tour dates, below.
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1. “Anxieties (Out Of Time)”
2. “Monday”
3. “That’s What Makes Me Love You”
4. “Barely On My Mind”
5. “Subtleties (Never Giving Up On You)”
6. “La Di Da”
7. “Homesick”
8. “Better Now”
9. “Rosy”
10. “You’re So F*cking Pretty”
11. “Step 9”
12. “Nowhere”
13. “Show Me You Want Me”
03/04 – Burlington, VT at Higher Ground*
03/05 – Albany, NY at Empire Live*
03/06 – Poughkeepsie, NY at The Chance*
03/09 – Richmond, VA at The Broadberry*
03/11 – Louisville, KY at Headliners Music Hall*
03/13 – Cincinnati, OH at The Ballroom at Taft Theatre*
03/15 – New Orleans, LA at Toulouse Theatre*
03/16 – Houston, TX at Warehouse Live Studio*
03/17 – San Antonio, TX at Paper Tiger*
03/21 – Las Vegas, NV at 24 Oxford
03/22 – Fresno, CA at Strummer’s
03/24 – Eugene, OR at Sessions Music Hall
03/26 – Boise, ID at Treefort Music Festival
03/28 – Sacramento, CA at Ace of Spades
04/15 – Indio, CA at Coachella
04/18 – Pomona, CA at The Fox Theater Pomona^
04/21 – San Diego, CA at Humphreys Concerts By the Bay^
04/22 – Indio, CA at Coachella
04/23 – Tucson, AZ at Rialto Theater+
04/26 – Austin, TX at Scoot Inn+
04/27 – Dallas, TX at Echo Lounge & Music Hall+
04/30 – Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees Festival
05/01 – Charlotte, NC at The Underground+
05/03 – Washington DC at Lincoln Theatre+
05/04 – Philadelphia, PA at Theatre of Living Arts+
05/06 – Boston, MA at Big Night Live+
05/08 – New York, NY at Irving Plaza+
05/10 – Toronto, ON at Opera House+
05/12 – Columbus, OH at Newport Music Hall+
05/13 – Chicago, IL at Metro+
05/14 – Madison, WI at Majestic Theatre+
05/15 – Minneapolis, MN at Varsity Theater+
05/17 – Denver, CO at Summit Music Hall+
05/18 – Salt Lake City, UT at The Depot+
05/20 – Portland, OR at Roseland Ballroom+
05/21 – Vancouver, BC at Fortune Sound Club+
05/22 – Seattle, WA at The Neptune Theatre+
05/24 – San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore+
06/17 – Manchester, TN at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
07/01 – Rotselaar, BEL at Rock Werchter
07/03 – Bilbao, ESP at Bilbao Bizkaia Rock Day
07/06 – Madrid, ESP at Mad Cool Festival
07/08 – Glasgow, UK at TRNSMT Festival
07/09 – Cheltenham, UK at 2000trees Music Festival
09/22-25 – Dover, DE at Firefly Music Festival
* support from Kississippi
^ supporting Wallows
+ support from Alex Lahey
Further Joy is out 4/8 via Warner Records. Pre-order it here.
The Regrettes is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Gather ’round, a capella geeks: your time to shine is almost here. The long-awaited Pitch Perfect spinoff show has added some more core members to its cast, including Sarah Hyland, Jameela Jamil, and Lera Abova. The crew will join Adam Devine and Flula Blorg, who are both reprising their roles from the hit musical franchise.
The series will follow Devine’s character Bumper Allen (yeah, that’s the character’s real name) as he moves to Germany to pursue his music career when one of his songs unexpectedly becomes a hit in Berlin. He will be joined by Blorg’s character Piëter Krämer who was first introduced in 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2.
Modern Family alum Sarah Hyland will star as the duo’s assistant who also has a hidden songwriting talent. Hyland and Devine also played love interests in the long-running family sitcom. Jamil, who rose to fame on NBC’s The Good Place will star as Krämer’s ex-girlfriend Gisela, a German pop-star with a competitive side. Abova will star as Krämer’s sister, an up-and-coming Berlin DJ.
The series will be produced by Elizabeth Banks, who produced the original three Pitch Perfect movies, which starred Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Ben Platt, and Skyler Astin. Banks also directed the second film. The franchise followed the Barden Bellas, a university a capella group of misfits. Hopefully one of them will make a cameo to reprise their infamous “Since U Been Gone” cover.
In terms of scenes where someone has to pick leeches off another person’s body, it’s tough to top Stand by Me (no offense, Anacondas 2). But The Lost City of D is going to try. Paramount has released a clip from the adventure-comedy where Sandra Bullock, playing a romance novelist who is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who wants her to take him to the treasure from one of her books (happens), removes leeches from her cover model. The would-be Fabio is portrayed by Channing Tatum, who described what it’s like to have an Oscar winner pick blood-sucking worms off his naked body.
“Walking to set with a bunch of leeches super-glued to my butt and not having met everybody and just kinda being like, ‘OK, I’m gonna be butt-naked, my name’s Chan today. This is just what it is.’ And then not only that, but to have Sandra Bullock have, like, a two-page monologue with, uh, a certain part of my body,” he said in the video above.
Paramount
Tatum’s “front area,” as co-director Adam Nee referred to it, was protected by a sock, but “there was no weirdness,” Bullock said. “You would think that there would be weirdness, but because he was so chill about it, he dropped everything and I spoke to it.” It’s worth mentioning that this happened on day two of filming. Acting is a very weird profession.
The Lost City (really shouldn’t have dropped the “of D”) comes out on March 25.
In general, your neighborhood bartender likely isn’t spending a ton of time judging you and your alcohol preferences. They have more important things to do than wonder why you’d order a shot of Fireball. They have other patrons to worry about, drinks to mix, and various other jobs grabbing for their attention. But if you order a cocktail with a spirit they enjoy as the base or neat dram, there’s a chance they’ll say something like “great pick” or “good choice” and sometimes even mean it.
“Bourbon has such a range of flavors and textures, and introducing people to different profiles is one of my favorite things to do,” says Heather Buelna, head bartender at Sun Outdoors San Diego Bay in San Diego. “If people are ordering on their own, I always give a little nod to people that order things like Angel’s Envy, Four Roses Single Barrel, and Basil Hayden’s. Each represents a slightly more sophisticated profile of vanillas, spice, and sweetness and I always appreciate when people appreciate these offerings.”
This week, we asked a few well-known bartenders to tell us their pick for the one bourbon a guest ordered that made them say “good pick.” Keep scrolling to see them all.
If someone orders Stagg Jr. at the bar, I know they mean business. Sitting at somewhere around 130 proof, depending on the batch, this uncut and unfiltered bourbon has some beautiful notes of cherry and rich chocolate with hints of spice. Definitely one that lingers on the palate a bit, this is a bourbon that’s not for the faint of heart.
Breckenridge Bourbon from Colorado is known as being the world’s highest distillery because of its altitude on the mountain. It is a high rye bourbon aged for three-plus years. You’ll notice flavors and aromas of butterscotch, apple, brown sugar, vanilla, and of course pepper and spice. Easy to drink neat or on the rocks, this bourbon clocks in at 43 percent ABV. This “good pick” with all its enjoyability will only set you back at about $40.
Weller Antique 107
Buffalo Trace
Joshua Scheid, beverage manager at REX at The Royal in Philadelphia
I’m really digging Weller bourbon lately. It’s a wheated bourbon, which lends a slightly different kind of sweetness than you typically find in bourbons. If you’re going to order one, make it Weller Antique 107 with its notes of soft, sweet, fruity, and vanilla flavor.
Chicken Cock
Chicken Cock
Amanda Phelps, beverage operations supervisor at Frannie & The Fox in Charleston, South Carolina
Knob Creek 9 is always a good pick in my book. It pairs well with cocktails and is great on its own. It has a subtle oaky flavor which I like to enhance with a solid smoking technique.
Every time I get an order for Garrison Brothers Small Batch, it just feels like the right call. The flavor notes have something for everyone. There is the sweetness from the white corn and red winter wheat, the right amount of heat from a 94 proof bottling, and perfect barrel flavors too.
Woodford Reserve Bourbon is made by Master Distiller Chris Morris and rising whiskey superstar Assistant Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall. The whiskey is mellow, sweet, and perfect.
Maker’s Mark is my pick. Overall, it’s a very tasty and smooth bourbon. The caramel and vanilla notes make this bourbon perfect for a good old-school old fashioned.
Widow Jane 10
Widow Jane
Subhash Sankar, head mixologist at Alaia Belize in San Pedro Town, Belize
Widow Jane meticulously sources its favorite bourbons from Kentucky. The distillery’s signature 10-year-old bourbon presents a nose of nutmeg, cream, vanilla, a dash of cinnamon, and a palate that flirts with maple syrup, almond, orange, and cherry. It’s straightforward, flavorful, not heavy-handed, and terrific neat.
Old Bardstown
Old Bardstown
Charles Bement, sommelier and beverage director of B. Hospitality in Chicago
This bourbon, produced by the Willett Distillery, teeters on that perfect balance of being a sipping whiskey and a mixing whiskey. It has a great body that gives it that heft to power through in a cocktail but enough complexity to stand on its own as a sipping bourbon.
Guests who order Basil Hayden always makes me say “good choice.” These people know that a good bourbon does not have to be an expensive one. Its exceptional smooth finish and the vanilla accents makes this bourbon a “good pick.”
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 25
Orphan Barrel
Christopher Devern, lead bartender at Red Owl Tavern in Philadelphia
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 25 is a special bourbon on our back bar at the Red Owl. I sell a few pours a year. It is pricy but it is a 25-year-old bourbon. Tasting notes include cacao, cinnamon, nutmeg, toasted oak, vanilla, and a savory long finish.
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Trace
Samantha Seltzer, beverage and service manager at Royal Boucherie in Philadelphia
Buffalo Trace is a great pick. You cannot find a better bourbon for the price point. It mixes beautifully in a cocktail and sips like a dream neat or with a cube.
Four Roses Small Batch
Four Roses
Annie Pierce, bartender and co-owner of Law Bird Bar in Columbus, Ohio
Four Roses Small Batch isn’t the sexiest bottle, but damn if it isn’t delicious on its own or in any type of cocktail. It’s definitely a bang for your buck bourbon.
Michter’s US-1 Small Batch Bourbon
Michter
Rob Krueger, bartender at Bar CHRYSTIE in New York City
There are many great everyday bourbons, but Michter’s US-1 is a standout for me, and ordering it is a marker of an educated drinker. It’s got a little more oomph at 91.4 proof so it holds up over ice. It has a caramel sweetness and rich stone fruit flavors balanced with vanilla and oak. It’s smooth and plump and just delicious. It tastes like the barrel didn’t just age it but loved it and cared for it.
Lost Republic
Lost Republic
Ron Manlapid, bartender and mixologist at Menlo Tavern in Menlo Park, California
Lost Republic is my pick. This straight bourbon whiskey is a Northern California local and is not well known outside of our area. Guests love discovering the maple and cinnamon notes on this hidden gem of a bourbon.
Much has been made of the role that Kyrie Irving‘s refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine may have played in James Harden‘s tenure with the Brooklyn Nets coming to an end. While Harden has said this played a “very minimal” role in his decision, a new report indicates that the current Philadelphia 76ers star was concerned about Irving’s potential availability in one particular postseason matchup.
According to Ian Begley of SNY, Harden had some worries about Brooklyn drawing the Toronto Raptors in a playoff series. Irving is not able to go to Toronto due to Canada’s regulations regarding the vaccine, and per Begley, “the prospect of playing the Raptors in the postseason was one of the reasons James Harden was concerned about Irving’s vaccine status earlier in the season.”
It’s a concern that could end up playing out — Toronto currently has the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference while Brooklyn sits in eighth, meaning the two teams would play one another in the play-in tournament in Toronto. That is the worst-case scenario for the Nets with regards to Irving’s availability, because if they lost that game, they’d host the winner of the 9/10 game. And while New York City mayor Eric Adams rolled back the city’s vaccine mandate on Friday, it still exists for a collection of workers that contains Irving.
“He has decided to keep vaccine mandates for city workers and for employees at private companies who are working in person,” per this NYT article.
That means Nets guard Kyrie Irving is still sidelined for games in Brooklyn/Manhattan. (1/X) https://t.co/cJMXagLxxR
Brooklyn currently sits three games behind Toronto for the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference and five games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 6-seed, which would give them an automatic berth in the postseason. As for their ability to make the play-in, the team did get a boost on Thursday night when Kevin Durant returned from injury, but the currently find themselves 2.5 games of the Washington Wizards and the 11-seed.
Fans have been waiting for years to hear any news about the latest season of FX’s bizarrely perfect Atlanta starring Donald Glover, and the time has almost come. Season three of the highly-anticipated series will premiere on March 24th on FX. If you don’t have FX (or you’re busy that day) the episodes will be up on Hulu the next day.
Season three and season four will air later this year, with the fourth season wrapping up the series for good. The two seasons were shot back to back last summer, and they will air in the same way, with season three beginning later this month, and the fourth and final season later this fall.
“After a four-year absence, we’re graced with the return of Atlanta. Donald Glover and his team have shot the final two seasons of the series,” FX chairman John Landgraf said earlier this year. “The fourth and final season is slated to debut in the same manner in the fall. The new season is everything you’d expect from Atlanta – which is to say expect the unexpected. Sit back and enjoy the trip.
Season three takes place in Europe, as the main crew navigates their new surroundings in a place that is very different than Atlanta. The last episode was nearly four years ago in 2018, so there is a lot to catch up on.
Grohl was asked about working with Gallagher on the latter’s new song “Everything’s Electric” and said, “Well, unfortunately we didn’t do it in person but I love being in the same room as Liam. It’s like putting a f*cking quarter in a jukebox and just turning it up with that guy. It’s f*cking great. Obviously, he’s an amazing singer and he’s a f*cking rock star. He is one of the few last remaining rock stars.”
He continued, “He was making a song [‘Everything’s Electric’] with the producer Greg Kurstin and they needed a beat, which I think was described as something [Beastie Boys’] ‘Sabotage’-esque, and so I f*cking served it up. I served up the beats. And the f*cking single turned out great. I love that song, I honestly do. I was dancing to it the other night.”
Now, Gallagher has caught wind of Grohl’s quote, as a fan asked him on Twitter, “LG, how does it feel to be named one of the ‘last remaining rock stars’ by David Grohl?” Gallagher replied, “He’s correct the rest of them are usless.”
Of course, Gallagher frequently takes to Twitter in an entertaining fashion, like last year when he mixed up (intentionally, perhaps) Greta Van Fleet with Greta Thunberg.
Hello and welcome to the realization that we’re into the third month of the year and overloaded with pop culture happenings.
Thankfully, we’ve got the latest episode of Culture Quick Bites and host Drew Dorsey to remind us of a couple of recent stories and a few bits that are on the way.
Fans of green food coloring rejoice — St. Patrick’s Day is coming up in the middle of the month to make you worry about whether or not all that dye is actually good for our lakes and rivers. Also, the always amazing Dolly Parton continues to be the most wonderful person to ever touch… well, anything she decides to try doing. Bridgerton season two is coming in hot to Netflix at the end of the month! (Though Regé-Jean Page isn’t there anymore, so not THAT hot!)
All that, Drew’s optimistic horoscope for Pisces season (with a reminder that no matter how positive, we’ll all still have to pay our bills, even if they somehow send them in rip-proof paper), a Gaga-less Oscars, and more in this latest episode of Culture Quick Bites, which you can click and watch above.
Just when you thought you could avoid ads forever via streaming, Disney+ has decided to add an ad-supported subscription tier. Let’s be honest though, we didn’t really think an ad-free Disney streaming service could last forever.
Disney+ announced that the ad-supported version will be launched in late 2022 in the US, and next year globally. The new tier will be cheaper than its current ad-free model. Kareem Daniel, chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, said in a statement:
Expanding access to Disney+ to a broader audience at a lower price point is a win for everyone – consumers, advertisers, and our storytellers. More consumers will be able to access our amazing content. Advertisers will be able to reach a wider audience, and our storytellers will be able to share their incredible work with more fans and families
No prices or rollout dates have been announced at this time, though the current Disney+ price is a pretty moderate $7.99 a month. Of course, that doesn’t include certain new releases, which is a whole other conversation. The service launched in 2019 and boasts nearly 43 million subscribers in the US alone, with over 40 million internationally. The service has a target of 230 million subscribers by the year 2024.
The announcement comes after Disney announced it would include more “mature content” including older Marvel titles. The service will also launch parental controls, so you can shield your children’s eyes from the horrors of Ryan Reynolds.
Pandas aren’t real. They can’t be. There’s no way this big, bumbly black-and-white bear that somersaults down hills and noshes on bamboo all day long actually exists.
Have you ever seen any other animal on Earth that looks remotely like a panda? No, you haven’t. Why? Because they’re not real. No animal could be that adorable and hilarious and stuffed-animal-like in real life.
I kid, of course. Kind of. Pandas are just the cutest goofballs in nature. They barely look real when you just see them in still shots, but when you see them in action, it’s just silly shenanigan after silly shenanigan.
I mean, look at this:
Wondering how does this species survive in the wild..pic.twitter.com/p64xFrh08b
Seriously, how do these creatures survive in the wild?
There are some hilarious theories. Twitter user “Art McFall” shares the idea that they simply aren’t real. “They’re actors in suits, originally created as a prank for a World’s Fair in 1908,” they wrote. “It’s got out of hand and now the Chinese government run a school where 1,000 panda artists train and are then sent around the world as covert animal ambassadors for China.”
They’re not real animals. They’re actors in suits, originally created as a prank for a World’s Fair in 1908, it’s got out of hand and now the Chinese Government run a school where 1,000 panda artists train and are then sent around the world as covert animal ambassadors for China.
Okay, but if you go back and watch those videos again picturing people in panda suits, it doesn’t seem too far-fetched.
Some shared a theory that they’re basically stoned all the time—that the bamboo they eat has some kind of effect on their energy. (Pandas are mostly vegetarian, with almost all of their diet coming from bamboo. It doesn’t give them food poisoning as is posited below, and in fact digests almost like meat for them. But it does take a really long time to eat enough of it to sustain their huge bods, so they spend a lot of time sitting around looking like they’ve got the munchies.)
They arent supposed to est bamboo, they are built to est meat just as any normal bear, but for some reason they just eat bamboo, it makes them letargic because they are literally dealing with food poisoning on a daily basis
Did you know that pandas will sometimes climb trees backwards, hind feet first, until they’re in a full handstand so they can whizz higher up on the tree to mark their scent? Yup. (They also poo up to 40 times a day. So no, you really don’t want a pet panda. Sorry.)
Scientists aren’t totally sure why they’re black-and-white. Could be camouflage, especially in the snowy areas of China where they live, but they don’t really have a need for camo since they have very few natural predators.
(Take note, humans: If we could maybe stop killing each other for two seconds, we too could live a silly life full of carefree fun like pandas do.)
This description was my favorite, though:
“Dis iz a bear. She lives on da mountains, this is how they have evolved to travel. They are floooooof and they are sof and warms. They have no dangers but humans. They are peace and love and bamboo. Save da bears.”
Floooooof!
They are also known to “play” with their cubs like “toys” but always gentle. They mastered Newton’s 3 laws of motion centuries before he was born. If a bear starts rolling fast enough it can orbit the earth. I am bear.
So yeah, pandas are real. And if you want to know the answer to the original question, they survive in the wild by being not nearly as playful as they are in captivity. Thankfully, giant pandas are no longer listed as endangered thanks to conservation efforts in China and around the globe. Let’s keep up that energy so we can keep these marvelous creatures thriving both in the wild and in captivity when they can’t be released.
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