Steven and Ian open with a conversation about Ian’s weekend at the Best Friends Forever festival in Las Vegas and the return of the ’90s band Sugar. They also talk about Geese’s current tour, which is causing prices on the secondary market to skyrocket.
Then they talk about the life and legacy of the great singer, songwriter, and musician D’Angelo, who passed away this week at age 51. After that, they preview the new Tame Impala LP, Deadbeat, and do a “yay or nay” on No Doubt.
In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the new album from The Besnard Lakes and Steven talks up emerging Chicago band Glass-Beagle.
New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 261 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.
When it comes to NBA teams engaging with their local hip-hop community, no one is doing it like the Detroit Pistons. The team’s latest collaboration with a hometown hero is currently available. The “Game Face” blind bag collectible features a figurine of Eminem decked out in a Pistons jersey bearing the Motor City’s infamous 313 area code and an anatopistic hockey mask. There are two versions: one, for general sale, is the $45 2.75” figure in a white home jersey. There were 2,000 produced, and they come with a limited-edition T-shirt, shipping out on December 5.
The other, more rare version, is an 11″ figure in a blue away jersey, which is only available on the Ghostwrite website via Blind Dutch Auction, until 9 PM ET/ 6 PM PT. Basically, everyone will be able to bid twice, and the winners charged the same Clearing Price — meaning all winners will be charged the amount of the 50th highest bid, even if their original bid was much higher. There will only be 100 of the 11″ “ghost” figure available, so if you miss the original auction, you’re out of luck, unless you want to try that luck on the resale market.
If you just want the regular degular 2.75″ figure, you can find it on Eminem’s website. Check out the visuals below.
The Pistons previously collaborated with Big Sean on a bobblehead for Big Sean Night last season, so it’s clear that they’re more tapped in a lot of teams — even if it probably helps that Detroit has produced some of the biggest names in hip-hop.
The Treefort Music Festival routinely brings a great lineup of indie talent to the Pacific Northwest. Fans can start getting ready for next year now, as today (October 16), fest organizers have announced the first wave of artists for the 2026 lineup.
It’s led by headliners Flipturn, Magdalena Bay, Geese, Father John Misty, and Amber Mark. The lineup also includes St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Hemlocke Springs, Evan Honer, Inji, Blondshell, Samia, Nimino, Machine Girl, Cobrah, Maddie Zahm, Son Little, The Wonder Years, Yellow Days, Citizen, Billie Marten, Hannah Cohen, Kishi Bashi, Knuckle Puck, Momma, Rehash, The Belair Lip Bombs, The Nude Party, Porches, Anamanaguchi, Brijean, Chanpan, Hellogoodbye, Kaleena Zanders, Tokyo Tea Room, The Early November, and more.
Meanwhile, Joe Pera and Hannibal Buress will headline the Comedyfort.
The festival goes down in downtown Boise, Idaho from March 25 to 29. Tickets are on sale now and will be available in tiered pricing. Tier 1 is currently active, while it will change to Tier 2 pricing on January 1, 2026 and Tier 3 on March 1, 2026. There are also reduced prices for fans under 21, as well as for college students. More information is available on the festival website.
Yaeji has quietly had a busy year and it continues today (October 16) with a couple of new collaborations, as Yaeji has teamed up with alternative K-pop group Balming Tiger for a double-single, “Wo Ai Ni” and “Break It Even.”
There’s also a video for “Wo Ai Ni,” which includes fan -submitted footage, which the group solicited back in September. That month, they also performed the song at the Busan International Rock Festival.
The new songs are two of a handful of one-off singles Yaeji has dropped in 2025. That includes September’s “Booboo2,” a new version of last year’s “Booboo,” now with Underscores and Aliyah’s Interlude. Yaeji also played some festivals this summer and had a headlining tour in Asia. A press release notes that “a new chapter is taking shape” for Yaeji as the With A Hammer era wraps up, although no new album or anything like that has been announced. If there is a new album on the way, it would be the first in a couple years, since With A Hammer in 2023.
Listen to the songs above and check out Balming Tiger’s upcoming tour dates below.
Balming Tiger’s 2025 Tour Dates
11/26 — Osaka, Japan @ Yogibo META VALLEY (World Expo ’25 Osaka)
11/27 — Tokyo, Japan @ Spotify O-EAST (World Expo ’25 Tokyo)
Megan Thee Stallion isn’t the only hip-hop star who gets really into the Halloween spooky season. Janelle Monáe also hosts an annual celebration, Wondaween, and this year, Monáe is expanding it to include a new Vampire Beach music festival. Taking place on October 30th, the night before Halloween, the Vampire Beach location will only be revealed to those who sign up at the mailing list at the Wondaween website, while attendance will be limited to just 1,000. Of course, you’ll have to wear your best costume if you want to compete with Ms. Monáe, whose past costumes have blown fans away.
Even if you don’t get a chance to attend Vampire Beach, Wondaween activities will continue throughout the month of October. Festivities started on October 11 with a Cinespia screening of The Craft with Rachel True at the Hollywood Forever cemetery, and will continue with an October 20 panel on horror films and costuming at USC with Danny Elfman, Akela Cooper, and Janelle’s costuming team Sasha Glasser and Alex Navarro. On October 23, the Spare Room in Hollywood will host a spooky game night, and two more movie nights will screen Halloween classics: The Nightmare Before Christmas on October 25 and 26 at The Hollywood Bowl, and The People Under the Stairs October 27 at Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills.
The Hollywood Bowl show will feature Janelle singing as Sally, the film’s composer Danny Elfman singing as Jack, and Keith David singing as Oogie Boogie(!). You can find more info about the activities and sign up for the mailing list here.
Danny Brown’s Stardust rollout continues with new single “Copycats” featuring hyperpop/dubstep star Underscores. The glitchy beat operates more in the latter style, while Underscores uses a ton of fun vocoder on their voice. The beat breaks down on the chorus, transforming into an almost house rhythm; throughout, Danny displays his signature injured alley cat yowl as he boasts, “Run it up front / I’m a rockstar baby, so I get what I want.”
“Copycats” is the second single from Brown’s upcoming seventh studio album, following “Starburst,” which he released alongside the album announcement. The album will arrive two years from his last album, Quaranta. In addition to his Stardust singles, Danny can be heard on the latest edition of Fred Again..’s ongoing “USB” project.
You can listen to Danny Brown’s “Copycats” featuring Underscores above and check out his upcoming tour dates below.
11/10 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live *
11/12 – Toronto, ON @ Rebel *
11/13 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
11/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave *
11/16 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *
11/18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater *
11/20 – Denver, CO @ The Ogden *
11/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex – Rockwell *
11/24 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
11/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *
11/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether *
11/28 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory Santa Ana *
11/29 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park *
12/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee *
12/05 – Austin, TX @ Emos *
12/06 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
12/07 – Dallas, TX @ Granada *
12/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *
12/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Music Hall *
12/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts *
12/14 – New York, NY @ Warsaw *
* with underscores & Femtanyl
Stardust is out 11/7 on Warp. You can find more info here.
Back in 2006, Nas told New York DJ Funkmaster Flex of late Harlem rapper Big L, “He scared me to death. When I heard [his performance at the Apollo Theater] on tape, I was scared to death. I said, ‘Yo, it’s no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with’.”
While the two rappers never formally collaborated prior to Big L’s untimely death in 1999 (he was just 24 years old), they finally collide on “U Aint Gotta Chance,” the first single from L’s upcoming posthumous album on Nas’ label, Mass Appeal Records.
Titled Harlem’s Finest: Return Of The King, the album is part of Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It… initiative, which has included new releases from Slick Rick, Raekwon the Chef, Ghostface Killah, and Mobb Deep, as well as a comic book with Marvel Comics. Harlem’s Finest is set for release on Halloween; after that, the only projects remaining will be a new De La Soul album and Nas’ long-awaited joint project with DJ Premier.
“U Aint Gotta Chance” was constructed from a repurposed Big L freestyle for Tim Westwood, along with a new verse from Nas, and a beat co-produced by G Koop, 2One2, Al Hug, and Zach Niess, with a hook created by DJ Rob Swift. Harlem’s Finest executive producer Royce Da 5’9 is said to have offered “a few tweaks,” according to Rolling Stone.
Nas told the outlet’s Andre Gee (Uproxx alumni, I’m proud of you, my G!), “Even though Big L’s not here with us now, to get on the song with him is still pressure. He left an outstanding amount of serious rhymes. So just approaching it is like, ‘Damn, I wish we were doing this together, but it’s still an honor to do it’.”
You can listen to Big L and Nas together for the first time on “U Ain’t Gotta Chance” above.
Harlem’s Finest: Return Of The King is out on 10/31 via Mass Appeal Records. You can find more info here.
Television and film icon James L. Brooks is responsible for classic movies like Terms Of Endearment, As Good As It Gets, and Spanglish. He’s also worked on an obscure TV show called The Simpsons for over three decades. Now, he’s returning to film and getting back in the director’s chair with Ella McCay, his first movie since 2010.
Some of his Simpsons cohorts are helping out, too, as among the cast are Julie Kavner (the voice of Marge) and Albert Brooks (various one-off characters over the years). They join Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, and others.
Ahead of the movie’s release, keep reading for everything you need to know before it hits theaters.
Plot
The logline reads, “An idealistic young woman juggles her family and work life in a comedy about the people you love and how to survive them.”
“I came from a family that wasn’t roses and warm bread, and so I wanted it to be about one errant parent and getting over the loss of a parent. I never want to do anything that’s not a comedy, and I always want to represent life. […]
The film is set in 2008, before we had this enormous division. There’s a reason for that, and it’s because it’s not about that. The picture is about how to not make government service and political office something any sane person would flee from. In a movie like this, you’ve got to figure out what the heroism is, and chase that. What is it really that makes you a fine person? Is it a character that’s worth supporting for an entire movie? That’s what you aim for.”
Cast
The movie stars Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Spike Fearn, Ayo Edebiri, Albert Brooks, Woody Harrelson, Rebecca Hall, and Julie Kavner.
Brooks told The Hollywood Reporter, “There are several people I have worked with before, so for continuity, that feels really good. Then there’s Jamie Lee Curtis, whose spirit permeates and is infectious in a great way. She brings a humanity, moment to moment. When the making of a picture can become snarky, Jamie is just a wall against that. Also, it helps that she has the best hug in town.”
Ahead of the release of Tame Impala’s new album Deadbeat, Kevin Parker sat down for an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, video of which was shared yesterday (October 15). During the chat, Parker revealed that two of his biggest songs were almost cut from their respective albums.
He said:
“‘New Person, Same Old Mistakes’ almost didn’t make the album… last song on Currents, almost didn’t make the album. Yeah, a bunch of songs that… ‘Elephant’ almost didn’t make the album. […] Every artist has those stories.”
With over 360 million Spotify streams, “Elephant” is the second-most-played song from Lonerism, behind only “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” with over 610 million listens. From Currents, “New Person, Same Old Mistakes” has over 660 million streams, third to “Let It Happen” (782 million) and “The Less I Know The Better” (2.1 billion) on the album.
Watch the interview above. Check out the Deadbeat cover art and tracklist, along with Tame Impala’s upcoming tour dates, below.
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”
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
Deadbeat is out 10/17 via Columbia Records. Find more information here.
Charli XCX’sBrat era was a spectacle, both on the album and on stage. But, it’s done now… or is it? Charli herself doesn’t want to be the one to declare that.
In a new Vanity Fair feature, the piece notes that as the interviewer suggested that Brat is over, Charli interjected and said, “I don’t really get to decide when it’s over or not. I think that’s up to the world.”
She added that the era will eventually exist “as a relic,” saying, “I don’t think people will forget it.” She continued, “The end will be interesting. Because then I have to look at myself in a different way and be stripped of the thing that everyone identified me with. […] I won’t be staring into the abyss wondering what I’m gonna do.”
Elsewhere in the chat, she talked about her upcoming movie The Moment, saying, “It’s not a tour documentary or a concert film in any way, but the seed of the idea was conceived from this idea of being pressured to make one. It’s fiction, but it’s the realest depiction of the music industry that I’ve ever seen. […] I always find it hard to sit down and look at things with distance, because I am always moving on to the next thing. I think that I process myself through my work. I’m writing about myself and my thoughts all the time, and my thoughts about what people think about me.”
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