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Mitski Teased A New Album At The Very End Of Her Just-Released Concert Film

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The last time we got a new Mitski album was in 2023, with The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We. Fans have naturally been wondering when her next album is set to drop, but right now, they have something else fresh to enjoy: Mitski: The Land, the new concert film that was just released in theaters.

In the film, though, is a hint at what’s to come next.

In a post-credits scene, Mitski has a conversation with somebody who’s off camera, and the person says, “So I heard you’re putting out an album?” Mitski responds, “Album? What album” The person says, “The one that’s coming out in the winter, right?” Mitski replies, “Did I forget something? Did I forget something?” (Here’s a clip and here’s another.)

In his review of the film, Uproxx’s Steven Hyden wrote:

“Like all the most memorable concert movies, The Land functions as a kind of capstone. For Mitski, it may very well be the definitive encapsulation of her career up to now, given the catalog-spanning setlist — that, interestingly, leaves off ‘Your Best American Girl,’ the most famous song of her ‘early’ period — and the peak-of-her-powers command of the audience. Where she goes after this is anyone’s guess. But whatever direction she chooses will be entirely her own, no doubt.”

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A ‘Love Island’ Star Takes The ‘Sound Check’ Challenge With Songs By Drake, Kehlani, And Sabrina Carpenter

Sound Check once again forges into new territory with its latest episode. After expanding from rappers to R&B crooners to EDM all-stars, Sound Check makes its first foray into reality TV with Love Island star Chelley Bissainthe.

After appearing on the show’s seventh season, the model and entrepreneur sat down with Uproxx’s Jeremy Hecht to hash out her favorite song and choose between his test songs. Jeremy tests Chelley’s Mood Setters, Falling In Love Songs, Morning Alarm Clock Songs, and Heartbreak Anthems, with tracks from Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Drake, GloRilla, J. Cole, Kehlani, Miguel, Sabrina Carpenter, Teyana Taylor, Victoria Monét, and more.

Here’s how it works: Jeremy plays two songs for the guest artist, who has to choose one and explain their choice, giving Jeremy a chance to learn their musical taste. Jeremy then has to guess the artist’s life anthem, the song they’d take to a desert island, which the guest wrote down earlier on a piece of paper. Our production team has also given him a decoy song, and Jeremy has to guess which is correct based on what he’s learned in the previous rounds.

Watch Chelley take on the Sound Check challenge above. New episodes of Sound Check drop every Wednesday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT on Uproxx’s YouTube.

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Kehlani’s ‘Homage Pack’ Of ‘Folded’ Remixes Features Brandy, JoJo, Ne-Yo, And More

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Kehlani’s latest single “Folded” has proven to be one of those fan-favorite viral hits that folks just can’t seem to get enough of, even after the singer released the “(Un)folded Remix.” Singers both professional and amateur keep covering it on social media, and fans have clamored for some of these covers and remixes to be released as an official collection.

As it turns out, Kehlani is nothing if not magnanimous; the Bay Area singer has announced the features for their upcoming “Homage Pack” of “Folded” remixes, including features from fellow R&B mainstays Brandy, JoJo, Mario, Ne-Yo, Tank, and Toni Braxton. Here’s the flyer Kehlani shared:

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“Folded” has been part of an ongoing R&B resurgence that has seen stars of the genre taking over increasingly bigger venues and share of airplay, just a few years after some in the industry lamented the genre’s untimely demise. Kehlani, meanwhile, hasn’t gone anywhere, landing at least one “Folded”-style hit from each of their previous albums; her last album, Crash, spawned TikTok favorite “After Hours.”

Kehlani also maintained the spotlight as an in-demand features artist; most recently, she teamed up with Cardi B on the Bronx rapper’s Am I The Drama? standout, “Safe.”

The Folded Homage Pack is out 10/24 via Atlantic.

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Vampire Weekend Are Releasing Highlights From Their Huge Madison Square Garden Concerts On Vinyl

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In case you missed it, Vampire Weekend have their own vinyl club, called Frog On The Bass Drum. Previously, the first volume, Live In Minneapolis, included a ten-minute cover of Bob Dylan’s “Jokerman,” and the second volume, Una Notte A Milano, had a double version of “Bambina.” Now, a third volume is on the way, Weekend At The Garden.

The 2LP release was recorded during the band’s two performances at NYC’s Madison Square Garden in October 2024. The first disc contains songs recorded during the Saturday show, while the second is sourced from the Sunday concert.

The release is pressed by Third Man Records and will be limited to 3,000 copies. Frog On The Bass Drum subscribers also get a limited-edition pennant flag and a new issue of “The Quarterly Report,” which is written by the band.

Check out the art and tracklist below.

Vampire Weekend’s Weekend At The Garden Album Cover Artwork

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Vampire Weekend’s Weekend At The Garden Tracklist

LP1
1. “Ice Cream Piano”
2. “Sympathy/New Dorp, New York”
3. “White Sky”
4. “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant”
5. “Walcott/Flower Moon (Saturday Night Version)”

LP2
1. “Bryn”
2. “Connect”
3. “Pravda”
4. “Diplomat’s Son”
5. “Mary Boone”
6. “Request Zone: Seinfeld Theme, Monster Mash Theme From New York, New York”
7. “Worship You/Ya Hey”

Weekend At The Garden is out now via Frog On The Bass Drum. Find more information here.

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Megan Thee Stallion Returns With A Sweet Teaser Of Her Total-Sampling New Single, ‘Lover Girl’

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Megan Thee Stallion last released a new song, “Whenever” back in April, but it looks like she’s ready to restart the rollout for Act III. After informing her fans via Instagram the release date and title of her next single, “Lover Girl,” she gave them a sweet teaser of what they’ll be hearing on Friday (October 24).

In the teaser, Meg’s silhouette can be seen through frosted glass as she leans back toward the camera. This offers an unmistakable view of her most recognizable asset, as part of “Lover Girl” plays. It sounds like it’ll be a blend of ’90s R&B and New Orleans bounce, with a sample of Total’s 1996 hit “Kissin’ You” combined with a signature New Orleans scat from what sounds like Big Freedia.

The title also gives us all a hint about what’s been on Meg’s mind of late. After spending the last five years dealing with trauma and loss, she’s finally found something — or rather, someone — in the form of NBA shooting guard Klay Thompson. Her companionship already seems to have him back to championship form on the court, and it sounds like the relationship is adding new dimensions to Meg’s rap game, as well.

With that in mind, and a collaborator wishlist that includes Doechii and Ariana Grande, Meg’s next act seems like it’ll be worth the wait.

“Lover Girl” is out on Friday, 10/24.

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Samara Cyn’s Been Taking Her ‘Vitamins N Minerals’ On A Swaggering New Single

After Uproxx’s own Elliott Wilson included Tennessee rapper Samara Cyn in his 20 Best Female Rappers Right Now list, Cyn drops off her latest single, “Vitamins N Minerals.” Coming four months after the release of her summer Crossroads EP, “Vitamins N Minerals” continues her stellar 2025 run of new music and career highs.

A display of Samara’s lyrical virtuoso, “Vitamins N Minerals” is produced by Ovrkast, with a menacing but laid-back beat and free-form lyrics delving into her well-earned self-confidence. “I been feeling tippy top, ever since the teeter tot / Play to earn the spot ain’t for the weak, nobody pity bops.”

Cyn’s braggadocio and skill at stringing complex, abstract rhymes together has earned her a flourishing groundswell of support among hip-hop fans, along with placement on XXL‘s 2025 Freshman list. She spent much of the early part of the year on tour with Smino, teaming up with him on the Denzel Washington-approvedBrand New Teeth.” More recently, she collaborated with a fellow viral fave, Armani White, on “Ghost,” just after making her late-night television debut on The Daily Show. With her performance at Tyler The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw coming up in November, and this weekend’s Digital Detox event in Los Angeles, she’s not only building up her careeer but also building up her community in preparation for the follow-up to her standout 2024 project, The Drive Home.

You can listen to Samara Cyn’s “Vitamins N Minerals” above.

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We Put Adrien Nunez’s Elite Palate To The Sparkling Ice Taste Test

How good is your palate, really? Rising country music star Adrien Nunez swears his is elite, so naturally, we had to put that confidence to the test. Before hitting the stage for his one-night-only Sparkling Sessions 2.0 Tour performance during Austin City Limits, the “Low Road” singer took on UPROXX’s ultimate pre-show challenge: a Sparkling Ice Blind Taste Test. No labels, no hints, just great flavor (and some revealing answers to questions his biggest fans have been asking).

What started as a quick flavor game turned into a full-on, scroll-stopping moment that almost ended with the country crooner second-guessing his own taste buds. Nunez came out swinging with Sparkling Ice’s Strawberry Kiwi option, stumbled on Coconut Pineapple (our bad for the curveball), and dropped gems in between — from how he hypes himself up before performing on stage to the first time a crowd sang his lyrics back to him. Oh, and he might’ve also teased an EDM remix of his latest hit, “Don’t Wanna Go Home.”

Between his competitive streak, quick-fire guesses, and unshakable charm, Nunez proved that whether it’s music, sports, or Sparkling Ice sips, he’s always here to win.

Watch the full taste test to see how he fared (and if he can ever trust his gut again).

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Janelle Monáe Confounds Fans With Claim She ‘Time Traveled’ For David Bowie Concert

Whenever stars do press, there’s always a chance of things going off the rails, and from there, it’s up to the fans to decide if it’s delightful or a disaster. For instance: Dakota Johnson‘s promo cycle for Madame Web, which plenty of folks enjoyed more than the movie itself.

The latest example came this week, as Janelle Monáe joined a slate of celebrities for Rolling Stone‘s annual Musicians on Musicians series. Monáe was paired with alt-rocker Lucy Dacus for discussion, and at some point, she decided to get all the way weird with it, telling the guitarist that she “traveled back into the 1970s” to watch David Bowie perform The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, calling it “incredible.”

Like Dacus, fans online have been thrown by the deadpan delivery of the mischievous Monáe, not sure whether to believe her or not. This is, after all, the same artist who released a long-running epic series of albums using androids as a metaphor for race and sex in America. Likewise, Monáe’s Bowie quote was also a metaphor for being inspired by her musical hero; she followed up with “[I realized] this is what I want to do. So I jetted back to the 2000s. And I was like, ‘I can have the musical, make the music, create the lyrics, and create community around transformation and being queer.’ And not even just in sexuality, but in how we see the world.”

Of course, the quote’s been taken out of context as such things are wont to be (sorry to be the Fun Police over here, but we live in some dark, dangerous times), and fans are having a field day online with the clipped conversation. Many viewers sympathized with Dacus, who appeared to be caught in a time warp herself trying to parse the confusing quote. Others went with the logical extremes of Janelle’s supposed temporal sliding powers. Meanwhile, I’m just hoping someone at Marvel, DC, or Image (preferably Image) has an editor who’s really into music interviews, because this will make one hell of a comic book.

You can watch the full interview above.

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Cass McCombs Is Going On Tour In Support Of His Latest Album, ‘Interior Live Oak’

Cass McCombs released his well-received new album Interior Live Oak earlier this year, and soon, he’ll embark on a new set of tour dates in support of the project, as he announced today.

The new shows, dubbed Interior Live Oak Live, run from next February to April, and they include a North American stretch in March and April.

McCombs also shared a new video for “Missionary Bell” today. Director Andy Madeleine explains how the video came to be, saying:

​​”When we were coming up with ideas for this video, we kept thinking about the question that the lyrics asks, ‘What else is as heavy as a missionary bell?’

So we made a long list:

A washing machine.
A hippopotamus.
A tank.
A cement trunk.
A wet mattress.
A blue whale’s tongue.
A pizza oven, and so on…

Next, we consulted Google on what were the world’s heaviest monastery bells. […] 77,000 pounds! We were way off base. We concluded a fully loaded big rig, depending on the cargo, weighs 80,000 pounds, slightly over that of a missionary bell. We started to itemize the hypothetical cargo on our hypothetical big rig, and that’s when the in-fighting began. So we ended up just scrapping that idea, and we made this video instead.”

Watch the “Missionary Bell” video above and check out the full list of tour dates below.

Cass McCombs’ 2026 Tour Dates

02/16/2026 — Winterthur, CH @ Salzhaus
02/18/2026 — Istanbul, TR @ Blind
02/20/2026 — London, UK @ Union Chapel
02/22/2026 — Dublin, IE @ Worksmans Club
03/17/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon #
03/19/2026 — New York, NY @ LPR #
03/20/2026 — Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom #
03/21/2026 — Boston, MA @ Brighton #
03/22/2026 — Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse #
03/24/2026 — Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz #
03/25/2026 — Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern #
03/27/2026 — Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig #
03/28/2026 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall #
03/29/2026 — Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium #
03/30/2026 — St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club #
04/01/2026 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird #
04/04/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Tractor *
04/05/2026 — Portland, OR @ Aladdin *
04/07/2026 — Petaluma, CA @ Mystic Theater *
04/09/2026 — San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
04/10/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room *
04/11/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *

# with Chris Cohen
* with Hand Habits (solo)

Interior Live Oak is out now via Domino. Find more information here.

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Sasami Updates ‘Just Be Friends’ To Feature Soccer Mommy And More Of A Country Flair

The only feature on Sasami’s album from earlier this year, Blood On The Silver Screen, was Clairo on “In Love With A Memory.” The album arrived back in March, but now, Sasami has offered an addendum via a new version of “Just Be Friends” featuring Soccer Mommy.

In a statement, Sasami explains she wanted the song to have more of a country flair this time, saying:

“When I was working on Blood On The Silver Screen, I found myself returning to country often. I listened to Dolly, Johnny, Patsy, Merle and even a lot of the modern country that I had previously dismissed. Country songs have to be some of the most effective and cutting examples of peak pop songwriting — wit, drama, humor, sadness, and the most human of all — horniness. My song ‘Just Be Friends,’ was definitely inspired by modern country, but I knew if I wanted it to be truly authentic I would need to enlist an actual southern princess. This new version featuring Soccer Mommy, pedal steel and all, delivers on the country magic that I had always wished could be in that song. That’s the best part about collaboration, all hat all cattle.”

Soccer Mommy adds, “Sasami is such an amazing artist — and person — and I’m so glad she asked me to be on this remix.”

Listen to “Just Be Friends (Soccer Mommy Version)” above and find Sasami’s upcoming tour dates below.

Sasami’s 2025 Tour Dates

10/25 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^
10/26 — Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre ^
10/28 — Richmond, VA @ The National ^
10/29 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount ^
10/31 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
11/01 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
11/02 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues ^
11/04 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY ^
11/05 — Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre ^
11/07 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ^
11/08 — Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater ^

^ supporting King Princess

Blood On The Silver Screen is out now via Domino. Find more information here.