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Darkside reunited to drop the album Spiral in 2021, which was their first album in eight years. Now, they have something else in the works that’s a long time coming: Today (October 21), they’ve announced the Psychic Spiral Nothing tour, which will feature their first North American dates in 11 years, over about a month in March and April.

Tickets will be available starting with an artist pre-sale on October 22 at 10 a.m. local time. Following that is a Spotify Fans First pre-sale on October 24 at 10 a.m. local time. Then there’s a general pre-sale starting on the 24th. Find more information here.

On top of that, there’s also a new song, “Graucha Max.” A press release notes the song was completed during 2023 sessions, and that it’s “the first studio composition that the band have released as a trio and a preview of things to come,” the trio consisting of Nicolás Jaar, Dave Harrington, and now, Tlacael Esparza.

Listen to “Graucha Max” above. Find Darkside’s upcoming tour dates, which include their current European run, below.

Darkside’s 2024 Tour Dates: Psychic Spiral Nothing

10/22/2024 — Glasgow, UK @ QMU
10/24/2024 — London, UK @ Alexandra Palace Theatre
10/25/2024 — London, UK @ Alexandra Palace Theatre
10/28/2024 — Istanbul, TR @ Maximum Uniq Openair
10/30/2024 — Thessaloniki, GR @ Principal
11/01/2024 — Torino, IT @ Club to Club
11/03/2024 — Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
11/05/2024 — Luxembourg, LU @ Den Atelier
11/06/2024 — Gent, BE @ De Vooruit
11/07/2024 — Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
11/08/2024 — Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who?
03/13/2025 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
03/14/2025 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
03/15/2025 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
03/16/2025 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
03/18/2025 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
03/19/2025 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
03/21/2025 — New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
03/23/2025 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
03/25/2025 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
03/26/2025 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
04/04/2025 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
04/05/2025 — Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
04/06/2025 — Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
04/15/2025 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
04/16/2025 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

We’ve gotten a handful of holiday songs from Jimmy Fallon over the past few years. There was 2021’s “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” with Megan Thee Stallion and Ariana Grande, “Almost Too Early For Christmas” with Dolly Parton in 2022, and “Wrap Me Up” with Meghan Trainor last year. Now, he’s got some more on the way, as those and others will be included on Fallon’s newly announced album, Holiday Seasoning.

The project is set to drop soon, on November 1, and aside from the aforementioned, it also features Cara Delevingne, Chelsea Handler, the Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, The Roots, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Will Ferrell.

Check out the album’s cover art and tracklist below.

Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Album Cover Artwork

Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Tracklist

1. “Christmas Ding Dong”
2. “Holiday” with Jonas Brothers
3. “Hey Rudy” with The Roots
4. “Wrap Me Up” with Meghan Trainor
5. “You’ll Be There” with Justin Timberlake
6. “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” with Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion
7. “How You Know It’s Christmastime”
8. “New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)” with “Weird Al” Yankovic and The Roots
9. “Chipmunks & Chestnuts”
10. “One Glove” with Will Ferrell
11. “Merry Happy Christmas” with Chelsea Handler
12. “Coquito”
13. “Hallmark Movie” with Cara Delevingne
14. “Weird Cousin”
15. “Thanksgiving Eve”
16. “Almost Too Early For Christmas” with Dolly Parton

Holiday Seasoning is out 11/1 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

Amazon is somehow doing supervillains and obligatory heroes better than anybody else right now with not only The Boys and Gen V but also a humble little show called Invincible, which hails from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and slides right into this streaming service’s penchant for pulling off adult-oriented subject matter with its superpower beings.

And the show looks good, too.

Invincible‘s striking visuals hail from a hefty reliance upon crisp, hand-drawn 2D animation brought to life through voice work from The Walking Dead cast members, including Steven Yeun and Ross Marquand. Additionally, the current wait between seasons will be much shorter than the one that came before, so let’s not squander any time and, instead, talk out what to expect next.

Release Date

Feb. 6, 2025 is official. The Invincible social media accounts were thrilled to announce the much shorter wait between seasons this time: “Felt good to update this!!!” The news was accompanied with an image of Mark Grayson/Invincible emblazoned with an “I will be there no matter what.” Also, the show will not take a mid-season hiatus this time after Robert Kirkman previously acknowledged that the split-season approach is “not the best” method for viewers.

This teaser hits well with Mark and Cecil verbally sparring over Mark staring at his phone instead of defeating Viltrumites. Tick tock, Mark.

Plot

While easing into plot talk at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Kirkman suggested that a detailed road map already exists after Amazon revealed that not only a third season will be coming but a fourth one as well. To that end, he promised that the third season might feel like a series finale due to bringing (so many) aspects of the show to a climax, but viewers should not fear. Via Games Radar, Kirkman explained his reasoning:

“The stakes of the season are really high and the content of the season is really dense. So we’ve set up a lot of stories in season 1 and season 2 that are kind of coming to a head in season three. And so in a lot of ways, every episode does kind of feel like a finale. There’s something big about every episode, there’s a massive conclusion in every episode, there’s some kind of huge evolution of a character or story turn that happens in every episode. I’m really excited to finally get to see season 3 because it’s gonna be crazy.”

Not only will this be a jam-packed season, but Variety revealed that Kirkman added, “Season 4 dwarfs Season 3 in a lot of really crazy ways. It’s an escalating show where each season is going to be bigger, crazier, more intense, and that stuff really kicks off with Season 3.”

Hopefully, that means that Mark will end up in a better headspace after processing his father’s misdeeds in playing a long game to help the Viltrum Empire take over Earth while also building himself another family on another planet. There will, however, be more Bad Dad on the scene with Kirkman adding that slightly more Omni-Man will be seen on screen, but this will remain “the Mark Grayson-Invincible show; it’s not the Omni-Man show.”

This season will, however, make room for Cecil Stedman’s backstory, and meanwhile, Oliver/Kid Omni-Man, son of Nolan and Andressa, will be growing like a Thraxan weed because I guess Mark needs more to worry about. Sigh.

Cast

The Invincible cast continues to be almost too large, although the show makes use of every character, so perhaps I should not complain. In addition to Steven Yeun (Mark Grayson/Invincible) plenty of J.K. Simmons (Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man) will be present, along with Sandra Oh (as the long suffering Debbie Grayson) and Walton Goggins (as the long exasperated Cecil Stedman).

The rest of the cast includes Seth Rogen (Allen, the Alien), Ross Marquand (The Immortal, Aquarius, Omnipotus, Kursk, Proprietor), Scoot McNairy (King Lizard), Sterling K. Brown (Angstrom Levy), Zazie Beetz (Amber Bennett), Jason Mantzoukas (Rex Sloan/Rex Splode), Zachary Quinto (Robot), Gillian Jacobs (Eve Wilkins/Atom Eve), Kevin Michael Richardson (the Mauler Twins), Lea Thompson (Carol), Tatiana Maslany (General Telia/Queen Aquaria), Ben Schwartz (Shapesmith), Daveed Diggs (Theo), and Calista Flockhart (April).

Trailer

No trailer yet, so it’s a fine time to remember that Invincible isn’t simply an action fest. Enjoy the comedy below, y’all.

ESPN’s attempt at finding a third broadcaster for its top NBA booth will apparently be a work in progress to start the 2024-25 season. On Monday, the network announced its plan to identify a second in-game analyst to join Mike Breen and Doris Burke for its premier broadcasts, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Richard Jefferson will get the first opportunity during Wednesday night’s game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Milwaukee Bucks.

The catch: Jefferson will not be the only broadcaster who works with the established duo. Tim Legler, the longtime NBA analyst with the network who has slowly added color commentary to his list of responsibilities, and Jay Bilas, who is ESPN’s primary men’s college basketball analyst, will also get opportunities, with Andrew Marchand of The Athletic noting that others might get a shot, too. Previously, Marchand reported that all three of Jefferson, Legler, and Bilas were on the network’s list of names it was considering, along with Turner analyst Grant Hill.

ESPN has historically had a three-person booth for its top NBA broadcasts. For years, it was Breen with Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, but after both analysts were let go last summer, the network had to change things up, opting to go with Burke and Doc Rivers. That didn’t last long, though, as Rivers left ESPN to take the Milwaukee Bucks’ job, which led to JJ Redick getting promoted. He lasted for the remainder of the season before departing the network to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

When your new backyard turns into the neighborhood’s hottest club, of course, T-Pain’s going to stop by to show some love to the crowd and sing some of his hits!

Once Zillow helped Austin-based couple Lex and Hannah find their dream home, the only thing left to do was celebrate. And, because no one throws a party quite like UPROXX, we immediately got to work building an intimate performance venue and DIY dance floor in the newlyweds’ backyard. Decked out with a photobooth, DJ, lounge area, and local bites, the stage was set for hip-hop icon T-Pain to bring the energy, welcoming Lex and Hannah to their new home via some of his biggest hits. With “Bartender” blasting from the speakers, friends toasted the couple as they reveled in reaching another life milestone together.

Watch the full surprise performance above and stay tuned to Uproxx and our program hub for more of Lex and Hannah’s inspiring journey with Zillow.

As prolific and combative as rap has been this year, the one rapper who could be said to have been more productive than almost any other (while staying stubbornly uninvolved in any of the various beef that’s been going on) is Lil Yachty. He’s worked with everyone from BIA to Pharrell (twice) and dropped a slew of tracks ranging from grungy rock to boisterous battle rap.

And, apparently, he’s just getting warmed up. On Sunday (October 20), he released videos for three new songs: “All Around The World,” “Cry Me A River,” and “we Ball Forever.” Each of the three songs displays a different side of the Atlanta rapper, who tries out wildly different flows and vibes, from singsong boasts on “All Around The World” to heady, intricate rhyme schemes on “Cry Me A River.” Meanwhile, on “We Ball Forever,” Yachty contemplates all the beef going on hip-hop at the moment and dismisses it, deciding that getting paid for self-expression is much more desirable.

Even so, he hasn’t quite been able to completely avoid controversy this summer. In July, he confirmed that the rapper Karrahbooo had parted ways with his Concrete Boys collective, but the split became acrimonious in August, with Karrahbooo accusing the group of bullying her and Yachty airing her out for haughty treatment of his staff.

Still, Yachty has done what many of his peers and contemporaries have been unable to: Keep the focus on their musical output rather than controversy.

You can watch all three of Yachty’s new videos above.

One of the biggest question surrounding the New Orleans Pelicans as they entered the 2024-25 NBA season involved the future of Trey Murphy. Among the NBA’s most promising two-way wings, Murphy has blossomed into an important part of the team’s core, but ran the risk of entering this year without a contract extension, which would have let him hit restricted free agency next summer.

But on the final day that the two sides could work out a deal, the Pelicans were able to get something across the finish line. According to Marc Stein and Shams Charania of ESPN, Murphy agreed to a 4-year contract extension worth $112 million that will keep him in New Orleans going forward. Charania went on to report that the deal has no incentives or opt-outs.

While Murphy has dealt with some injury issues and is a little older than the rest of his rookie class — he turned 24 during the offseason — getting him on a deal worth $28 million a year is a good bit of business for the Pelicans, as he is the exact sort of 3-and-D wing that teams covet. Last season, Murphy averaged 14.8 points in 29.6 minutes per game while shooting 38 percent from behind the three-point line.

Currently, Murphy is out with a hamstring strain that will cost him some time at the very start of the season. All eyes in New Orleans will now turn to Brandon Ingram, as the team’s high-scoring wing is slated to become an unrestricted free agent next summer.

It’s hard to believe, but there are now over four times as many Black Mirror episodes that premiered on Netflix than the original run on Channel 4. Soon, there will be even more. The Charlie Booker-created anthology series is coming back for a seventh season of stories about the ways human use (and exploit) technology, often with dangerous consequences.

Plus, a sequel episode!

Here’s everything we know about Black Mirror season 7, including plot details, the cast, and the release date.

Plot

Creator Charlie Brooker described season 7 of Black Mirror as “a little bit OG Black Mirror. It’s back to basics in many ways. They’re all sci-fi stories, but there’s definitely some horrifying things that occur, but maybe not in an overt horror-movie way. There’s definitely some disturbing content in it.”

The season will contain six episodes, “and two of them are basically feature-length,” he said. “Some of them are deeply unpleasant, some are quite funny, and some are emotional.” And one of them will be a sequel.

Season 7 will have a follow-up to fan-favorite episode “USS Callister.” It took a lot of planning to align the cast’s busy schedules up, “and it was something that looked like it wasn’t going to happen,” Brooklyn told The Hollywood Reporter, “and so I was delighted when it did. So, it’s been a minute. But even writing the characters is a luxury I don’t often get. I’ve never had it before on Black Mirror, to have a character that survives beyond one episode! So that’s been a lot of fun, and then seeing them all on set has been fantastic.”

Brooker is keeping coy on whether Jesse Plemons will reprise his role as toxic Captain Daly (being dead isn’t helping), but Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, and Billy Magnussen have been confirmed to return. The creator did, however, discuss if this is the final season of Black Mirror. More than likely, it’s not.

“I’m in a really, really fortunate position where I get to write this stuff, and it gets made, and I get to work with amazing people who also make me look better. And I love every minute,” Brooker said. “I’m sure I’ll find out when we’re not doing any more seasons! It will be made apparent to me at some point, I’m sure. But I’m in it for the long haul. I’m not going anywhere.”

Every time a tech doofus does something stupid, a new episode of Black Mirror is born. It could last forever.

Cast

The cast for Black Mirror season 7 was revealed in the most Black Mirror way possible: on a flickering computer screen in a video titled “TCKR_Confidential_NotForDistribution.mp4.” The headliners include Awkwafina, Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Paul Giamatti, Rashida Jones, Billy Magnussen, Cristin Milioti, Chris O’Dowd, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jimmi Simpson, and Harriet Walter, but if you want to see the full, very lengthy list in alphabetical order by first name, click here. Spoiler: there’s no Jesse Plemons.

Release Date

Black Mirror season 7 will premiere on Netflix in 2025.

Trailer

There’s no full-length trailer for Black Mirror season 7 yet (only this), but now is a good time to re-familiarize yourself with “U.S.S. Callister” ahead of the sequel episode.

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw Rosé and Bruno Mars link up for pop perfection and Bon Iver drop his first project in a minute. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

For more music recommendations, check out our Listen To This section, as well as our Indie Mixtape and Pop Life newsletters.

Rosé and Bruno Mars — “APT.”

If Bruno Mars is involved with a song, there’s a high likelihood it’s a bop. The same is true for Blackpink’s Rosé, so of course, their new collaboration “APT.,” from Rosé’s upcoming solo album Rosie, is immediately catchy and just so much fun.

Bon Iver — “Awards Season”

SABLE, isn’t a new album, but it’s new Bon Iver, which is more than enough. The four-track EP sees Justin Vernon in his vulnerable pocket on songs like “Awards Season,” which use combine horns and his distinct vocals to stirring effect.

Juice WRLD — “Both Ways”

Juice WRLD died nearly five years ago now, and since then, it has become clear that he left behind so much music in the vault. There’s been a pretty consistent stream of new Juice songs over the past few years, and there’s even a posthumous album, The Party Never Ends, due in November. An extended version of Juice’s The Pre-Party also just arrived, and featured is “Both Ways,” a fan favorite that was previously known as “Aye.”

Japandroids — “Eye Contact High”

Fate & Alcohol is out now, and it marks the official end of Japandroids. Uproxx’s Steven Hyden notes of the album, “The critical flaw in the makeup of Japandroids as a creative vehicle is that it was designed to do one thing — make Celebration Rock — and not mature or evolve one iota beyond that. But they lurch forward anyway on this record, and even if it’s not always (or often) successful, it feels nevertheless courageous. The bravado and romanticism are still there, but it’s shadowed this time by a recovering addict’s fragility. ‘You’re not dead, just dehydrated,’ King sings in ‘Alice,’ and you can practically feel his fists locked in a white-knuckle grip.”

Charli XCX — “Spring Breakers Featuring Kesha”

The Brat era may go on for forever at this point. Even after dropping the remix album Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat, Charli XCX still wasn’t done, as she quickly followed it with another new remix, recruiting Kesha for a new version of “Spring Breakers.”

FKA Twigs — “Perfect Stranger”

Twigs is set to kick off 2025 with the release of her latest album, Eusexua. The title certainly indicates that sexuality is a core component of the situation, and Twigs’ provocative video for “Perfect Stranger” doesn’t do anything to dispel that theory.

Ab-Soul — “All That” Feat. JasonMartin and Thirsty P

New Ab-Soul alert: The Top Dawg rapper just announced a new mixtape, Soul Burger. That’s set to land in November, but before that, he teamed with JasonMartin and Thirsty P on “All That,” which Uproxx’s Aaron Williams declares “features a rumbling beat and some head-spinning examples of LA slang.’

Ari Lennox — “Smoke”

Lennox is bidding her farewell to social media, but that doesn’t mean the music is stopping. She dropped “Smoke” last week, a fun doo-wop-inspired single with a delightful video to match.

Mk.gee — “Rockman”

Mk.gee just dropped Two Star & The Dream Police, but he still had “Rockman” left in the tank after that. In case you Nintendo heads were wondering, the track is about Rockman amplifiers, not the Japanese name for the Mega Man video games.

Gunna — “Him All Along”

Gunna has become a villain to some since accepting a plea deal in the YSL Rico case, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of music. On last week’s “Him All Along,” the rapper pumps himself enough, reaffirming that he’s big-time.

No one has a laugh like Joni Mitchell.

At the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night, for the first of two sold-out Joni Jam performances, her deep chuckle punctuated nearly every song, a mixture of deserved pride, amusement, gratitude, and pleasure.

Sometimes, she’d laugh at her own lyrics, still getting a kick out of her poetic quips decades after it was written. Sometimes she’d laugh at the fans’ overwhelming responses to songs they thought they’d never hear live, where standing ovations were the norm and “we love you Joni” often echoed over the pin-drop reverence that most songs earned. And the best was when she’s laugh inexplicably, keeping at least some of the inside jokes and mysteries to herself.

At the end of “God Must Be A Boogie Man,” she had a hearty laugh while reciting the church parking lot slogan “‘God is dead’ – Nietzsche, ‘Nietzsche is dead’ – God.” Yes, even Joni Mitchell isn’t immune to dad jokes.

During “Night Ride Home,” Joni Mitchell’s unofficial legacy guardian, advocate, biggest fan, and friend Brandi Carlile nearly fell out of her chair reacting to Joni’s words and delivery, making Joni laugh back, another marker of the crucial relationship they’ve cultivated over the past several years.

That’s all to say that there was a long time that the idea of seeing Joni Mitchell laughing on a stage felt more remote than a Smiths reunion or a Talking Heads concert. She retired from touring in 2000, and then suffered a brain aneurysm in 2015 that made this kind of night feel like a pipe dream. But as Carlile outlined to the Bowl crowd, Joni jams first occurred to play Joni’s music back to her, taking a while before Joni felt comfortable to join in and sing with them. From there, there’s been the surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, her massive return concert at the Gorge, the remarkable performance of “Both Sides Now” at the Grammys, and a spattering of one-off appearances. A career that seemed destined to end in sadness has received a surprise final act, and hardly a soul of the typically chatty 17,000 fans in attendance at the Hollywood Bowl seemed to take a moment for granted.

But there is nothing but joy on the menu at a Joni Mitchell concert these days. The majestic live debut of “The Sire Of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song)” couldn’t bring down the crowd down despite its titular emotional signifier — though Joni followed it with the sly “God Must Be A Boogie Man” just in case. The expansive backing band were all toothy grins for the entirety of the three-hour-plus set, which included — deep breath — musical director Blake Mills, Jacob Collier, Robin Pecknold, Marcus Mumford, Lucius, Annie Lennox, Allison Russell, Jon Batiste, Carlile, and many more.

Near the end of the night, Carlile noted that this was a career highlight for many on stage, and they all played like it, always sure to center Joni even when shining in their own right.

And the audience gave that shine right back. At the concert’s penultimate song, “Shine,” the unprompted crowd turned their cell phone lights on and lit up the Bowl. It’s a move that’s fairly common at big-room events, but often at the artist’s request and rarely for a figure who is less accustomed to these sort of gestures. Joni urged everyone to look behind them and see what she saw, before once again letting out her hearty, infection laugh.

“Let’s never forget this moment,” Carlile exclaimed to the crowd.

Don’t worry, Brandi, we couldn’t possibly.