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With Halloween just two weeks away, it’s time to start solidifying those plans. If you live in LA, there’s Janelle Monáe’s Wondaween festivities to consider, while Houston, Texas residents can make a play for Megan Thee Stallion’s Hottieween.

However, if you’ve got littles, are a fan of musical movies, or just can’t get your dream costume together in time, may I suggest a fun alternative?

Kpop Demon Hunters sing-along at AMC Theaters.

The cinema chain famously refused to screen any of Netflix’s previous limited theatrical releases because of the streamer’s business model, but it looks like AMC’s shareholders are willing to make an exception for a taste of the KDH gravy train. Starting on October 31 through November 2, sing-along screenings of the Sony Animation sensation will take over chains including Cinemark and Regal, with tickets available through Fandango.

Previous sing-along screenings sold out quickly, highlighting just how popular the film — and its stellar soundtrack — really is. And if that wasn’t enough proof, look no further than the fact that the trio behind the titular fighters’ singing voices not only participated in one of the best-received sketches of Bad Bunny’s latest hosting turn on SNL, but they also returned to 30 Rock just days later to perform the movie’s breakout hit, “Golden” on The Tonight Show.

PartyOf2 has released their debut album, Amerika’s Next Top Party!, along with the surreal video for their latest single, the groovy “Feel Love.”

In the same vein as their previously released videos for “Friendly Fire” and “Out Of Body,” the video plays on the group’s duo dynamic, but this time, pairs Jadagrace and Swim with new paramours. Over a slinky, Kaytranada-produced beat, the two rappers feel themselves as much as they feel love, encouraging the listener to get into the swing of things.

Meanwhile, in the video, Jada dances in a trio of ensembles highlighting her fashion sense, while Swim takes an arrow from Cupid’s bow. In parallel vignettes, the duo also each addresses their opposites as giant, room-filling heads.

Amerika’s Next Top Party! is the duo’s debut on Def Jam Records, after previously releasing their music as Grouptherapy independently. They explained the title in a press release, saying:

The title is satirical, but honest, as we open up about what it’s like being young Black artists fighting for success in America. We explore themes like grief, resilience, growth and imposter syndrome, all of which are symptoms of achieving the American dream. We made ANTP! to help guide us as we grow into our final form. It’s a soundtrack for the moment you turn your dream into a reality.

The duo is set to perform at Camp Flog Gnaw next month before launching their US tour.

You can watch PartyOf2’s “Feel Love” video above.

Amerika’s Next Top Party! is out now via Def Jam. You can find more info here.

Given that Tame Impala’s new album Deadbeat, which is out today, has Kevin Parker exploring more of an electronic-inspired territory, it might not seem like the best project to get the acoustic treatment. It actually works out nicely, though, as he proved in a new Tiny Desk Concert that was shared today (October 17).

Armed with just a bunch of stringed instruments and minimal percussion, Parker and a backing band ran through a four-song set featuring “Borderline,” “Loser,” “Dracula,” and “New Person, Same Old Mistakes.”

Watch the performance above and find the Deadbeat cover art and tracklist below, along with Tame Impala’s upcoming tour dates.

Tame Impala’s Deadbeat Album Cover Artwork

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 now via Columbia Records. Find more information here.

Last month, before starting a new run of tour dates, Magdalena Bay shared a pair of new songs, “Second Sleep” and “Star Eyes.” Now, they’re about midway through that run and they’ve shared another two-piece of new songs, “Human Happens” and “Paint Me A Picture.”

The duo says in a statement, “Here’s another pair of songs that complement each other. Different than the last, different than the next.”

Beyond the new music, it’s been a good month for Magdalena Bay. They were at the 2025 Austin City Limits festival, where they linked up with Japanese Breakfast to cover MGMT’s “Time To Pretend.” Just yesterday, they were also revealed as a headliner for next year’s Treefort festival.

Meanwhile, they previously revealed that a full-length Imaginal Disk movie is coming “at some point,” calling it their “most ambitious undertaking thus far” and promising to “share more information imminently.”

Listen to “Human Happens” and “Paint Me A Picture” above and find the band’s upcoming tour dates below.

Magdalena Bay’s 2025 Tour Dates: Imaginal Mystery Tour

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

Throughout the Girl Violence era, King Princess (Mikaela Straus) has been plagued by an arch nemesis, Cherry. Now the character is getting the spotlight, as today (October 17), Straus has shared a new song, “Cherry.”

Straus says of the song, “This song feels like the perfect resolution to Girl Violence — the cherry on top, if you will. It’s about yearning for someone toxic, but ultimately choosing yourself.”

Mikaela Straus is also launching a run of King Princess tour dates later this month. The shows stretch from the end of October to the middle of December and include a month-long North American run.

Listen to “Cherry” above. Find the Girl Violence cover art and tracklist below, along with King Princess’ upcoming tour dates.

King Princess’ Girl Violence Album Cover Artwork

King Princess’ Girl Violence Tracklist

1. “Girl Violence”
2. “Jaime”
3. “Origin”
4. “I Feel Pretty”
5. “Cry Cry Cry”
6. “Get Your Heart Broken”
7. “Girls”
8. “Covers”
9. “Say What You Will” Feat. Joe Talbot
10. “RIP KP”
11. “Alone Again”
12. “Slow Down And Shut Up”
13. “Serena”

King Princess’ 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 (late show)
11/01 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/02 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/04 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
11/05 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/07 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/08 — Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
11/10 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/11 — Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
11/13 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/16 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/17 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/19 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
11/21 — Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
11/22 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
12/03 — Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
12/05 — Glasgow, Scotland @ Queen Margaret Union
12/06 — Leeds, UK @ Beckett
12/07 — Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
12/09 — London, UK @ Brixton Electric
12/13 — Brussels, BE @ La Madeleine
12/14 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
12/16 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Max
12/17 — Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus

Girl Violence is out now via section1. Find more information here.

Check out King Princess’ Sound Check episode below.

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.

Check out the full lineup poster below.

Treefort Music Fest 2025 Lineup Poster

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.