The shows are primarily in Asia (including a tour-opening, three-night stint at Seoul’s KSPO Dome), but there is a run of North American tour dates in March and April, with two-show stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Mexico City, San Antonio, Oakland, and Los Angeles. Ticket information about the US shows has not yet been made available.
Meanwhile, J-Hope also teased new music, seemingly coming in March, with a new teaser video, above.
Find the full list of tour dates below.
J-Hope’s 2025 Tour Dates: Hope On The Stage
02/28 — Seoul, South Korea @ KSPO Dome
03/01 — Seoul, South Korea @ KSPO Dome
03/02 — Seoul, South Korea @ KSPO Dome
03/13 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
03/14 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
03/17 — Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
03/18 — Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
03/22 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Palacio De Los Deportes
03/23 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Palacio De Los Deportes
03/26 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
03/27 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
03/31 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/01 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium
04/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ BMO Stadium
04/12 — Manila, the Philippines @ SM Mall of Asia Arena
04/13 — Manila, the Philippines @ SM Mall of Asia Arena
04/19 — Saitama, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
04/20 — Saitama, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
04/26 — Singapore, Singapore @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
04/27 — Singapore, Singapore @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
05/03 — Jakarta, Indonesia @ Indonesia Arena GBK
05/04 — Jakarta, Indonesia @ Indonesia Arena GBK
05/10 — Bangkok, Thailand @ Impact Arena
05/11 — Bangkok, Thailand @ Impact Arena
05/17 — Macau, China @ Galaxy Arena
05/18 — Macau, China @ Galaxy Arena
05/24 — Taipei, Taiwan @ NTSU Arena
05/25 — Taipei, Taiwan @ NTSU Arena
05/31 — Osaka, Japan @ Kyocera Dome Osaka
06/01 — Osaka, Japan @ Kyocera Dome Osaka
Steven and Ian begin with a quick Sportscast about their respective favorite NFL teams — the Packers and the Eagles — facing off in the playoffs in the weekend. They also review the (unlikeable) programs left in the College Football Playoffs. From there, they discuss the recent album announcement by Japanese Breakfast and whether they like her new single. They also look at the lineup for this year’s Bonnaroo and whether it confirms Steven’s suspicions about festivals being in a downturn. Then they review the latest release by Ethel Cain, Perverts, and whether it is deliberately aimed at alienating her more pop-minded fans.
In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the “Ozark Mountain emo” band Pomfret while Steven recommends the new solo record by Geese singer Cameron Winter.
New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 221 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.
Earthgang is less than three months removed from their latest album, Perfect Fantasy, but it doesn’t look like they have any intentions of resting on their laurels in 2025. Today, they released the video for “Electric,” the fourth official music video from the album following “Blacklight,” “U Gotta” featuring Q-Tip, and “Love You More” featuring T-Pain. This time around, they’ve recruited Palm Beach rapper Cochise as their support, and demonstrate some “electric” chemistry alongside him in a clip filled with trippy visuals.
The video opens with an expensive-looking green screen shot, but Olu isn’t feeling the proximity of the camera to his face. When he protests, he sets off a dispute with the director that brings his partner-in-rhyme to his aid. Leaving the studio, the two Atlanta rappers stroll through the city before they get a ride from Cochise. All around them, special effects enhance their performances, with floating cars, cracking walls, and of course, arcs of electricity accentuating every moment. They end the video with a Southern rap staple: a trip to the strip club, where they work out the last of their frustrations before returning to the studio in a much better mood than when they left.
You can watch Earthgang’s “Electric” video featuring Cochise above.
Perfect Fantasy is out now via SinceThe80s / Dreamville / Interscope. You can listen to it here.
Debí Tirar Más Fotos, the title of Bad Bunny’s new album released earlier this week, roughly translates to I Should Have Taken More Photos. Naturally, in the spirit of that sentiment, the video for “Baile Inolvidable” (“Unforgettable Dance”), which he released today, follows the Puerto Rican superstar as he takes classes to learn one of the traditional dances of Latin American culture: Salsa.
The class is a joyful experience for all involved — even if Benito’s expression suggests more self-consciousness than his classmates. However, as he envisions himself paired with a gorgeous partner on a spotlit dance floor, he summons the suavemente to put on a performance worthy of the ballroom kings who combined mambo, Rumba, swing, and tap into a pillar of community and culture.
Speaking with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Bad Bunny said “Baile Inolvidable” is his favorite track from Debí Tirar Más Fotos. “The whole composition, it was in my mind way before the song was created,” he said. “The whole song is made with new young musicians from Puerto Rico. All of them are 20 years old, 21, 22 they’re really young kids, straight from the Escuela Libre de Música, it’s like the public music school from Puerto Rico.”
You can watch Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” video above.
Debí Tirar Más Fotos is out now via Rimas Entertainment. You can listen to it here.
Thousands of residents of northwest Los Angeles County have been evacuated from their homes as a result of a group of unseasonal wildfires ravages the area. Among them is singer Jhené Aiko, who shared via Instagram that her home has burned down, leaving her “starting from scratch” (you can see the posts here).
“Me and my children’s home is gone,” she wrote. “Burned to the ground with all our things inside. Lord have mercy. Thankful we still have each other. Starting from scratch. My heart is so heavy.”
Over the past few years, California’s regular brush fires have worsened as a result of climate change, as well as droughts that have dried the area out more than usual. The fires currently burning have taken over areas that would normally not see such powerful fires due to the Santa Ana winds carrying burning embers at high speeds.
Exacerbating the issue were recent cuts made to Los Angeles’ wildfire preparedness by its current city administration in favor of funding for the LAPD. The fires have also burnt down landmarks such as recording studios where fan-favorite albums by Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat were created, and longstanding institutions are being threatened. If you are in Los Angeles or would like to help, Uproxx has compiled a list of resources here.
The NFL announced on Thursday that it will be moving Monday night’s Vikings-Rams Wild Card game to Arizona due to the ongoing fires that are ravaging the Los Angeles area.
In the interest of public safety, Monday’s Vikings-Rams Wild Card game has been moved from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA to State Fram Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals, the NFL announced today.
The decision was made in consultation with public officials, the participating clubs, and the NFLPA. The game will be televised on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+, and ESPN Deportes at its scheduled 8:00 p.m. ET time.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. PT Friday morning through Seatgeek.com for Rams Season Ticket Members and Noon PT to the general public. More information on ticket sales will be provided as soon as possible.
It is a wise decision given the ongoing uncertainty about the fires, which have caused significant damage in a number of neighborhoods, forcing more than 180,000 residents to evacuate, and destroying thousands of homes and buildings. Considering how many fans would be traveling in for the game, making the announcement prior to the weekend gives fans time to change plans and look to adjust flights and hotels for Arizona. It also allows the teams time to prepare for a new travel schedule.
The NFL is the latest sports league to adjust its schedule for the fires, as the NHL and NBA have each postponed games this week due to the catastrophic fires.
Today, a judge granted her request, issuing a five-year restraining order against Tory during which he cannot contact her — or direct others to do so, as she said he has done. Rolling Stonereporter Nancy Dillon broke the news from Los Angeles Superior Court, including a photo of the restraining order and quoting the Houston rapper as saying via video call, “I want my restraining order because I haven’t been at peace since I [was] shot… I’m just a nervous wreck all the time.” Meg reported that people yelling “Free Tory” at her in public, which mainly consists of her own concerts as she rarely leaves home except for work.
While Tory’s attorney argued the restraining order would be “unfair,” the judge sided with Meg, noting that as a victim of a violent crime, she deserves protection, saying, “We have a shooting that took place, & with a violent act like that, there’s a ripple effect that continues on. Ms. Pete’s testimony is that the ripple effect has been significant.”
Meanwhile, Meg still has a pending defamation lawsuit for someone she alleges was Tory’s accomplice in her harassment, YouTuber Milagro Gramz.
The fierce California wildfires that have ignited the Palisades, Pasadena, Altadena, and Sylmar areas will go down as the most destructive fires to ever hit the Southland. As of Thursday afternoon, January 9th, 180,000 people in the LA area are under evacuation orders, the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires have yet to be contained and over 350,000 people are without power.
If you’ve caught scenes of the devastation on social media or witnessed the destruction firsthand, the damage is apocalyptic. For those in need, several of Los Angeles’ less affected communities have stepped up to offer help, providing food or shelter for evacuees and first responders.
We’d like to shout out chef José Andrés especially for deploying a relief team from his World Central Kitchen to provide water and sandwiches to firefighters at the scene, as well as Yeastie Boys Bagels for sending its fleet of food trucks to offer free bagels at evacuation centers.
A few organizations and hotels have also banded together to offer temporary housing at free or discounted rates for those affected. Below is a running list of resources for evacuees and first responders.
Guerilla Tacos will be offering free food for evacuees and first responders. The taco spot is also working with IHC and Nativo to accept food donations to be dropped off at the Rose Bowl for first responders until 3 P.M.
The LA Regional Food Bank is working with nonprofits, government agencies, and faith-based partners and has a network of more than 600 partner agencies that have food pantries across the city offering food assistance.
Using the Food Pantry Locator, you can find where food is available or whether the agencies are still operating near evacuation areas.
Blaze Pizza at the Glendale Galleria, located at 100 W Broadway, Glendale, CA 91210 is giving away free 11-inch pizzas from 10:30 Am to 8:00 PM for those affected by the fires.
211 LA has teamed up with Airbnb’s non-profit wing, Airbnb.org to offer free stays for those forced to evacuate. As of now, only a limited number of stays are available and only open to those who have been displaced, currently reside in evacuation zones, have an active Airbnb account (or create one), and be aged 18 or older.
If you meet those requirements, fill out the form here.
Air Venice
Air Venice is offering a 50% discount on accommodations to evacuees. Book here.
Pierside Hotel
Santa Monica’s Pierside hotel is offering 25% off for those affected by the fires. Book here.
Hotel Per La
Downtown LA’s Hotel Per La will be offering 25% off to all LA residents displaced from the ongoing fires. Book here.
Long Beach’s Queen Mary is offering discounted rooms for fire evacuees at $189, with all pet fees waived. People with a reservation will also receive a voucher for a breakfast buffet for two. Book here.
Visit Anaheim:
Visit Anaheim is offering evacuees discounted rates at local hotels in 33 different locations. For the full list, click here.
Transportation:
Uber:
Residents under evacuation orders will receive a $40 credit for transportation to active shelters using the code “WILDFIRE25.”
Lyft:
Using the code CAFIRERELIEF25, those affected by the fires can get a $25 voucher from now until midnight of January 15.
The Cavaliers and Thunder met on Wednesday night in Cleveland in the most anticipated game of this regular season, as the two teams with the most wins in the league feature a combined record of 61-9. The game lived up to the hype, with the Cavs winning a 129-122 shootout despite an off-night from star guard Donovan Mitchell (11 points).
That Cleveland won the game without needing heroics from Mitchell was particularly notable given that has not been the case in big games in the past. With the caveat that this was still a regular season game, there was unquestionably some extra juice in the building and both teams seemed determined to live up to the occasion — as someone that previously covered the Atlanta Hawks, it felt an awful lot like the much-hyped Cavs-Warriors showdown in 2015. That atmosphere has not always been kind to this Cavs core, but they showed in the win that, despite a roster that’s mostly the same, they are a very different team this season.
The Cavs last two playoff appearances have featured disappearing acts from the non-Mitchell stars. Darius Garland has struggled as a creator and finisher against increased ball pressure and physicality in the postseason, while Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley were notably pushed around and dominated in the paint and on the glass by the Knicks two years ago. On Wednesday, it was that trio that lifted them to a win over an OKC team that prides itself on its defensive pressure and physicality, the exact kind of things that have bothered the Cavs in the past. It is certainly notable that the Thunder weren’t at full strength with Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso out injured, but even so, they employ a slew of strong perimeter defenders (Lu Dort was the primary reason for Mitchell’s struggles), along with one of the boogeymen for the Cavs from that Knicks series at center, Isaiah Hartenstein.
The thing the Cavs have lacked previously, aside from Mitchell, is the combination of confidence and aggression that is required to take down top competition. The best teams will provide ample opportunities for you to question yourself and try to break your confidence that you can accomplish your goals. To beat that requires a level of competitive spirit, self-belief, and determination that the Cavs have, quite frankly, not shown in the biggest moments. On Wednesday, that was all evident from their entire roster, showing the kind of growth that is necessary for this team to be a legitimate contender.
Allen, who famously said “the lights were brighter than expected” after their series loss to the Knicks, dominated on the glass in the kind of performance where it felt like every important rebound was going to end up in his hands by sheer will. He finished the night with 25 points (on 9-of-11 shooting) to lead the team and had 11 rebounds. Seven of those came on the offensive glass, including two offensive boards and a third tipped to Donovan Mitchell in a two-possession stretch in the final two minutes that helped the Cavs seal the win.
Mobley continued his breakout season offensively with 21 points (on 8-of-13 shooting), 10 rebounds, and seven assists, showing off all of his improvements under the biggest spotlight of the season. Mobley was once a tweener, a ball of potential with various partially developed skills, unsure of where he belonged on the floor offensively. Now, he’s just a monster who has more assurance and confidence in his abilities and knows the spots on the floor he is most effective from. Mobley has become another playmaker for this Cavs team rather than just a play-finisher, capable not only of getting himself a shot, but knowing where his outlet is when help comes and making those reads and passes on time and on target. He fed Allen a couple lobs and passes for layups, kicked out to his shooters, and when the opportunity presented itself, got to his spots to get buckets of his own. With the Cavs up three late, Mobley drove into the chest of Hartenstein — two years ago, he may have been bumped back and taken a fading, falling leaner. This time, went straight up and through Hartenstein, rising above him to flip in a short hook shot that gave Cleveland some cushion.
Garland wasn’t lighting it up from three (2-of-6 from deep) but still had a strong game with 18 points and seven assists. Being able to impact the game even when his jumper isn’t hot is a needed step, and he was attacking decisively and embracing the kind of contact that has given him issues in the past. His floater with 27 seconds to play was the exclamation point on the win, getting by Cason Wallace with a quick crossover and getting into the paint and his shot up before the help could arrive. It was the exact kind of confident decision-making that he’s lacked in big games in the past.
Beyond that trio, the Cavs got big lifts off the bench from Max Strus (17 points on 6-of-7 shooting), who gave them the shot-making they needed when they signed him two summers ago, and Ty Jerome (15 points on 6-of-7 shooting), who has been a bench boost as another surprising creator with a lethal float game in the lane. Every good team needs the occasional big game from “the others,” and while it’s not something teams want to bank on, the Cavs will have good reason to believe they’ve built out the kind of depth needed to have options for the playoffs with their rotation.
Wednesday’s win was the exact kind of game the Cavs needed to continue building their own confidence that this year really is different. All the questions about this team are reserved for the postseason, and they know as well as anyone that the real answers can’t come until then. At the same time, this game had that kind of atmosphere and should provide them with further belief that what they’re doing this season under Kenny Atkinson is a real step forward.
We’ll find out if they can put it all together in May and June, but at least for this test in January, Cleveland showed everything we’ve wanted to see from this group against the best competition they could ask for.
Blondshell (a.k.a. Sabrina Teitelbaum) earned some acclaim with her 2023 self-titled debut album, and now she’s ready to go again: Today (January 9), she announced If You Asked For A Picture, a new album.
Teitelbaum also shared a video for “T&A,” of which she says:
There’s a Rolling Stones song on Tattoo You called ‘Little T&A’ and at one point in the song, he says ‘tits and ass,’ so I’m borrowing that. I think in music, it’s easy to see things as either more sexualized or more romantic, and I wanted this to be both. I see it as a love story — maybe not the most fairy tale love story — but I wanted it to feel like a really narrative song, where one thing leads to another and then you end up somewhere you didn’t expect. Normally that’s not how I write, but I wanted a song like that.”
Teitelbaum also shared a note about the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, writing, “It feels impossible to think of anything other than the fires in Los Angeles right now. The city I’ve lived in for ten years is burning and the scale of the loss is incomprehensible. In a way it feels dumb to talk about music, but I also think the whole point of art is for it to exist in the context of pain as a small emotional respite… even if just for one moment. Please stay safe. Thank you for letting me share this with you. 12 songs about searching for love, family and friendship in many right and wrong places.”
Watch the “T&A” video above. Below, find the If You Asked For A Picture cover art and tracklist.
Blondshell’s If You Asked For A Picture Album Cover Artwork
If You Asked For A Picture is out 5/2 via Partisan Records. Find more information here.
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