BTS are in the midst of a week of appearances on The Tonight Show, which they launched on Monday with a pair of performances. They returned to the program last night for day two with a pre-taped performance of “Home.” The performance was a spectacle, with the group singing from within a set designed to look like a home. At one point, they found themselves in a rotating room, like the kind used to film that scene from Inception.
Meanwhile, the group is also the subject of a new Variety profile, in which they say they address politics in a time when many other artists are. Suga said, “I don’t consider ourselves as political. We aren’t trying to send out some grandiose message. We would see Army as a conduit for our voice or our opinion. Army speaks their own initiatives, and we always respect their opinions, as we respect any other person’s.” RM added, “We are not political figures, but as they say, everything is political eventually. Even a pebble can be political.”
They acklowledge their influence, though, as RM said, “Our [‘Dynamite’] video has seen 80 million, almost 90 million views in just a day. In a way, that’s very weighty — and almost frightening.”
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the decades-old medium hadn’t made a comeback. That doesn’t mean everybody is listening to just their parents’ old music, though. That’s part of it, sure, thanks to rereleases that present classic albums in new ways. A vital part of the renewed vinyl wave, though, is new projects being released as records, of which there are plenty.
Whatever you might be into, each month brings a new slew of vinyl releases that has something for everybody. Some stand out above the rest, naturally, so check out some of our favorite vinyl releases of September below.
Rex Orange County — Bcos U Will Never B Free (Reissue)
Rex Orange County
Rex Orange County has been at it for half a decade now, and he decided to celebrate by re-releasing his debut album, 2015’s Bcos U Will Never B Free. He reflected on the release, saying, “I remember being 16, midway through my final years of school and feeling like I had a lot I wanted to say. I didn’t have a strong intention with the release of Bcos U Will Never B Free, I just felt determined to make something and put it out into the world. But with it came the idea and belief to pursue music as a career. I could have never predicted that I’d end up playing some of those songs to the people in all the places I’ve toured since. And I feel so lucky to still be making music 5 years on.”
Tea For The Tillerman was a big one for Yusuf (the artist also known as Cat Stevens), and now, 50 years later, he has decided to revisit it. His latest is Tea For The Tillerman 2, his 2020 re-imagining of the album that features the exact same songs performed very differently.
The Rolling Stones have some classics (duh), and now a highlight, 1973’s Goats Head Soup, is available in multiple new re-released editions. The vinyl version comes with ten bonus tracks, including alternate versions, outtakes, and three songs that were previously unheard, including the Jimmy Page-featuring “Scarlet.”
PJ Harvey — To Bring You My Love (Reissue) and To Bring You My Love — Demos
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PJ Harvey has become a staple of the Uproxx vinyl round-up in recent months, and she’s back with another reissue for September. This time, it’s Harvey’s third album, To Bring You My Love, and an accompanying demos collection, the latter of which includes previously unreleased recordings.
Get To Bring You My Lovehere. Get To Bring You My Love — Demoshere.
The Bicycle Thief — You Come And Go Like A Pop Song (Reissue)
Immediate Family Records
The LA alt-rockers received a ton of acclaim for their 1999 album You Come And Go Like A Pop Song, and it was re-released on the 21st of the month, in honor of its 21st anniversary. The release comes with a bonus 7-inch yellow vinyl that contains two songs from the 2001 Artemis Records reissue of the album, as well as a digital download card that offers access to 24 rarities that have never been released before.
The Wu-Tang Clan member’s acclaimed 2006 album just got a slick reissue via Vinyl Me, Please. The release was the site’s hip-hop record of the month, and this edition is pressed on gold and black vinyl and comes with an exclusive stencil.
L7 was a pioneering underground rock act of the ’90s, and Smell The Magic was a defining effort. Thus, it’s getting a 30th-anniversary edition via Sub Pop that’s pressed on clear vinyl with orange, blue, and gray accents. This release was also remastered, so this classic album will sound as good as it ever has before.
Dear Nora — Three States: Rarities 1997-2007 (Reissue)
Orindal Records
This collection of Katy Davidson tracks has been out of print for some time, but now it’s back as a 3-LP vinyl box set, of which only 500 copies will be released. It includes a previously unreleased bonus track, “Time Is Now (Autumn Version),” of which Davidson says, “‘Time Is Now’ is a song that tells a timeless story from a zoomed-out perspective. The narrator has come to a deeper understanding by taking life lessons into account from a distance. But it’s also zoomed-in. It’s a meditation on the exact present moment, which is constantly arriving and leaving, elusive, but something that we pursue as if it’s the holy grail.”
Nine Inch Nails — Quake; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — The Social Network (2020 Definitive Edition)
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Trent Reznor has involved himself in some iconic soundtracks over the years, and now he has re-released two of them. The Nine Inch Nails soundtrack for the 1996 video game Quake has gotten a spiffy 2-LP remaster, making this the first time the soundtrack is available on vinyl. Reznor and Atticus Ross’ The Social Network soundtrack has also received a “2020 Definitive Edition” rerelease, a 2-LP version pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
Out of nowhere, Fleet Foxes have a new album out, Shore. The folks at Vinyl Me, Please were prepared, though, as they’re offering an exclusive pressing on hyacinth vinyl. Furthermore, this release also includes side D etching by visual artist Dino Matt and a 24″ by 24″ poster insert.
Like many other artists who released an album amid the pandemic lockdown, Phoebe Bridgers was forced to get creative for her virtual performances in place of live sets — and she did. The singer performed a “world tour” shortly after releasing Punisher, which consisted of livestreams from her bathtub, kitchen, and bedroom. For her Tiny Desk concert, Bridgers sang from the Oval Office. Now, for her appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Bridgers was able to find a more mobile setting.
For her late-night performance, Bridgers opted to give a rendition of her track “I Know The End.” Sporting a vintage lace dress, Bridgers explored an opulent opera house while delivering lyrics to her touching track. Opening in a grandiose greenroom which she decked out with antique lamps, the singer moved effortlessly through each room, eventually arriving on the stage and finishing off the track to a room of empty seats.
Ahead of her Seth Meyers performance, Bridgers spoke to Uproxx about her headspace while writing “I Know The End:” “I was talking to a friend the other day about what separates the millennial generation from other generations, and for the most part, we’re the first generation to not really be living for the next generation. So many people fought for a better world before us, like our parents. And now we’re just fighting to even stay alive. People have stopped romanticizing the future. I just feel like I could never imagine a time beyond now. I used to know what my life would look like in eight months, now I certainly don’t.”
Watch Bridgers sing “I Know The End” on Late Night With Seth Meyers above.
The Philadelphia 76ers’ coaching job is still open, and apparently, they’re wasting no time in seeing if the latest name on the market would be interested in talking about the position. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Sixers and Doc Rivers, who parted ways with the Los Angeles Clippers earlier this week, are going to sit down sometime soon to discuss their vacancy.
Former Clippers coach Doc Rivers will meet with the 76ers in the Philadelphia area, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA@Stadium.
Rivers, who won a championship at the helm of the Boston Celtics in 2008, spent the last seven years of his coaching tenure with the Clippers, but that came to an end following the team’s disappointing exit in the conference semifinals to the Denver Nuggets, in which the team blew a 3-1 series lead and fell in seven games. The team never advanced past the conference semis under Rivers’ watch. Still, he is a respected name around the league and has won plenty of games during his coaching tenure, accruing a 943-681 record in his career.
Philly has been linked to a number of big names in their search to replace Brett Brown, with names like former Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni and former Cleveland Cavaliers coach (and Rivers’ ex-assistant with the Clippers) Tyronn Lue popping up in their search. Some reports have gone as far as to say that D’Antoni is the favorite, in part because of a wild plan to eventually lure James Harden to the City of Brotherly Love, but it appears that calculus may have changed now that Rivers is available.
Though Tim Arnott, better known as the electronic musician Ukiyo, has made a name for himself by hanging in his home studio and is “fairly used to the concept” of spending the majority of his time indoors, he’s definitely getting tired of living that locked down quarantine lifestyle. At this point, he’s as eager to get back on the road as anyone else. So we linked up with the Australian producer and multi-instrumentalist on the heels of his newest single, “The Middle,” to ask what his first post-pandemic travel stops will be.
The results are refreshingly home-focused. Lucky for Ukiyo, his “home cities” are Sydney, Perth, and Freemantle, Australia — all just entering their summer season. And after a long, quiet quarantine, you can’t begrudge the man wanting to visit his local Apple Store. He spices up those picks by shouting out his dreams of grabbing his first slice of New York pizza, getting a drink at his favorite Indonesian surf bar, and visiting the country that inspired his name — Japan.
We seriously can’t wait until that moment we can safely board a plane and scan the geography of a place other than home from the side window. When that time comes, Ukiyo’s “The Middle,” with its pulsing motorik beat and slowly simmering arpeggio-generated energy, is sure to be part of our travel playlist. Check out the video for the track above and dive into Ukiyo’s post-pandemic travel plans below.
I’ve really started to miss the sound of people chattering. I find I make a certain type of song if I take my laptop to a cafe and get the coffees flowing. I’m also an avid people watcher, so I need my fix there too.
The Apple Store, Perth, Australia
My goddamn laptop keeps randomly shutting down so this will be stop numero uno, for sure. It’s also certainly not my least favourite place in the world. Maybe I can convince them to upgrade me to one of those new 16 inch ones.
Although I’ve pulled together a pretty decent little home theater setup to get me through the boredom, there’s definitely nothing better than the real thing. I’ve been struggling to find new movies I haven’t seen –if you’ve got any let me know, save me from doing another rewatch of Community.
If you visit Freemantle, Luna on SX plays the best movies — just make sure you’re not sitting in the front row or you’ll come away with a neck injury.
The last time I was out of Australia I was in Bali making music with a group of really awesome musicians. We were meant to be heading back soon so hopefully it won’t be long until we’re mobile again. I finished this single when I was there last time!
I’ve never felt more on holiday than I did having a drink with that crew overlooking the ocean at Single Fin.
I was meant to be finally heading to America for the first time in June, so I’m pretty bummed that didn’t pan out. Lots of people over there that have helped me get to where I am who I need to thank in person. Heard a thing or two about the pizza too, I’ll be trusting Casey Neistat’s recommendation and heading straight to Joe’s.
The Sand Dunes, Lancelin, Australia
Matsu
This place is only a couple hours away from my home & has become my go-to place to get away and clear my mind. Crazy sand dunes that look like nothing on Earth, amazing beaches, and far enough from the city that you can see some stars.
I haven’t really found writing sessions are for me up to this point but I do miss meeting all the super talented musicians over there and getting to know them a bit better in a studio. That being said, it’s been nice in a way that everyone’s been stuck collaborating online at the moment like us Perth musicians are nearly always stuck doing.
Kyoto, Japan
The #1 destination I’ve had on my to-do list for years now. As soon as this is all over and I’ve got a holiday I’ll be heading over there for a holiday. The name Ukiyo is actually a Japanese word for living in the moment and detaching yourself from everyday life, so heading over there for a little bit of that sounds incredible.
The NFL has enacted a gigantic testing program in an attempt to quickly identify any players, coaches, or staffers who might contract COVID-19. This program identified a handful of positive cases among members of the Tennessee Titans this week, and because of that, their game scheduled to take place this Sunday is getting pushed back.
According to Dianna Russini of ESPN, the league has decided to press pause on the AFC tilt between the Titans, which saw three players and five personnel members test positive, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sunday’s game between the Steelers and Titans is being postponed per multiple sources. They are considering all options to reschedule, Monday night as one of them. This will all be based on test results.
As Russini mentioned, the league does not plan to push the game way back, as Ian Rapoport of NFL Network confirmed. Rapoport also added that the possibility that the game gets moved to Tuesday of next week is also on the table.
And after both of these reports hit the Twitterverse, the league ultimately confirmed this via an announcement, citing the desire to conduct daily COVID-19 testing in the lead-up to the game.
There is no word on whether this will have any impact on both team’s games the following week, nor is there any word on whether this will impact Sunday’s game between the Minnesota Vikings — who are also suspending operations for a few days after playing the Titans on Sunday — and the Houston Texans.
The lines between rappers and rock stars blur all the time but every so often, they collide in ways that just serve to remind us all how big the younger genre has gotten. For Big Sean, that reminder is literal, kind of bizarre, and came with his new house. As Sean raps on the song “Lucky Me” from his new album Detroit 2, “Even bought Slash old crib, that’s rock star as it gets.” Well, in a recent interview with NME, not only does he confirm the line is 100 percent facts, he also explains just how rock star it is.
As it turns out, Sean “renovated the whole house” except for a few things. For one, “it even has a night club in it,” which he kept despite saying “I’m not really a club guy.” But the truly odd detail he couldn’t bear to remove turned out to be one of the Guns N’ Roses guitarists’ signature symbols. “[Slash] left a couple of skulls on the wall that I kept,” he explains. “There’s also this super colorful door that I kept and a big, big painting on one of the staircases. So there’s a couple of things I kept for keepsake just to be like, ‘This is Slash’s’, you know?”
Elsewhere in the interview, Sean recalls debating South Park vs. Family Guy with Eminem in the studio. You can read the full piece here.
Last night, Demi Lovato sent fans to bed with an enticing message, tweeting, “Music is always there for me… song in the am.” It is now the a.m., and indeed, there is a song: “Still Have Me.” As of press time, the track has only been shared on Lovato’s social media accounts and is not available on streaming platforms.
The song is an emotional piano-pop ballad which Lovato begins, “I’m a mess and I’m still broken / But I’m finding my way back / And it feels like someone’s stolen / All the light I ever had.” When it comes to the chorus, Lovato finds some optimism, belting out, “I don’t have much but at least I still have me / I still have me / And that’s all I need.”
This song has actually been floating around for a while now, and it’s one that Lovato fans are acutely aware of. In July of 2019, songwriter and Lovato collaborator Chloe Angelides posted a snippet of the song online. The song was later revealed to be a Lovato track when a fan received a copyright takedown notice, which identified the tune as a Lovato song called “Still Got Me.” When Lovato first teased her return to music at the end of 2019, fans suspected that the singer was readying to release the song.
The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow and signals the most important music being released throughout the year. The RX is the music you need, right now.
Where do you turn at the end of the world? It’s a question that seems to become more pressing by the day. As the world we inhabit begins to look more and more apocalyptic by the day, it seems all the more urgent to find an answer as well. How does one stave off the sense of impending doom and get on with the process of just living through this hell on Earth?
It’s a question that also seems to have weighed heavily on the recording for Atlanta super crew Spillage Village’s new album Spilligion. Yes, that is a play on the word “religion,” an institution that factors heavily into the equation. In dire times, some turn to hedonism, some to nihilism, and many, to God — or at least to the instruments that purport to bring us closer to whichever deity we think can get us out of our current predicaments.
It’s no secret that we are collectively living through some dire times. All of the things we normally put our faith into — our leaders, our institutions, our sense of common decency, even our certainty in a shared reality — have been letting us down for months. It seems like it’ll take an act of divine intervention to slow the slide into chaos, but even our demiurges seem to no longer be taking our calls. Either that or to quote the film, the gods must be crazy.
So, it’s telling that Spilligion couches its themes in the language and style of one of society’s most reliable pillars to spread a different kind of gospel. Evoking a quasi-religious tone and content to ensure their message reaches deep into listeners’ bones, Spillage Village argues that while we distance ourselves from society to save our lives, only a sense of community and a deeper belief in each other can save our souls.
To that end, the music on the 12-track set draws from across Americana, especially Black traditions like jazz and gospel, fusing them with folksy banjo and out-of-tune pianos to suggest simpler times and echo the sentimental rhapsodizing of the group’s members. The result is a huge musical evolution from the group’s last outing, 2016’s Bears Like This Too Much. Where that album was obviously inspired by Atlanta’s hip-hop history, including Organized Noise and Dungeon Family, Spilligion is richer, more expansive, and more surprising than its predecessor.
For instance, on “Jupiter,” none of the rappers actually rap, despite the band’s membership boasting of lyrical machines like JID and Earthgang. Instead, they sing together as one (minus 6lack), expressing the closest thing the album has to a thesis: “So hold my hands and dance with me tonight / You know, they say we’re all about to die / And maybe it’s the love we all are tryna find / Who knows what lies, it’s only by design.” If this isn’t the essence of faith, what is?
The departure from their prior obsession with having the nicest bars is intentional, too. As Earthgang’s Doctor Dot (aka Wowgr8) says, “I’ve been over my lyrical phase, I’d rather be potent.” Even with that mission in mind, the bars fly fast and furiously, stacking syllables and slithering serpentine through tongue-twisting rhyme schemes. On “Judas,” guest Chance The Rapper obliquely demands an apology for the way you’ve all treated him with a verse that dispels the past year worth of criticisms with tantalizingly quotable gems like “I know my freedom papers ain’t my payment stubs / But how could you blame a n*** just for chasin’ Tubs?”
Chance’s presence here — and slight departure from the topic at hand — is ironic in light of his enthusiasm for the subject, but it’s clear that Spill Vil’s faith isn’t without its skepticism. On “End Of Daze,” the group ponders Armageddon and questions the will of a supposedly benevolent God who would let things get so bad that it really does feel like the end of the world. They also suggest solutions that would make any “turn the other cheek” Christian clutch their rosary a little tighter. “When the poor people run out of food,” snarks JID, “They can eat the rich.”
By the time “Jupiter” rolls around to close the album, the group has called on gods from across cultures, from “Cupid” to “Shiva” to “Hapi,” arriving at the conclusions the final song offers: Nobody knows what’s going to happen, but we’re all in this together, no matter who we pray to. The use of its broad range of musical traditions ties this sentiment uniquely to America and its diversity of histories and beliefs, all woven together to form one distinctive harmony, and a new religion — one that binds us rather than divides. Spilligion may be one group of Atlanta kids’ reactions to feeling like the world’s gone to hell, but its message is one of hope, reminding us all to look to each other and keep the faith.
Spilligion is out now via Dreamville / Spillage Village. Listen to it here.
In the aftermath of the first presidential debate, supporters of both President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have taken to Twitter to rehash some of the biggest talking points. And because no one’s figured out how to change Rudy Giuliani’s password to lock him out of his social media accounts, the former New York City mayor has crowned himself the leader of Trump’s conspiracy-theorist cheer squad.
Giuliani, who just yesterday horrified Fox & Friends hosts by braying endless about Biden mental fitness, fired up the old keyboard to take shots at Biden’s son, Hunter.
Biden is lying about Hunter Biden.
The Biden Family made millions every place Biden was made Point Man by Obama in Iraq, Ukraine, China plus $3.5m from Putin’s ally and big bucks from Romania, Kazakhstan.
Time for a Free Press to tell the truth about the Biden Crime Family.
Trump and his supporters have been obsessed with Hunter Biden — a lawyer and investment advisor — for a while now but during the debate the president insulted Biden by launching unsubstantiated accusations against Hunter and his overseas business dealings. (Again, the irony.) And Giuliani echoed Trump’s accusations on Twitter.
But there was one person who was just fed up with Giuliani’s Twitter ranting and that person just happened to be his daughter, who didn’t mind quote-tweeting her dear old dad before ripping into him.
Trump is the one lying about Hunter Biden. And I, for one, do not support spreading false gossip about a politician’s child. Just sayin… https://t.co/QSHlgBVPQu
Caroline Giuliani has made it clear she does not agree with her father’s politics in the past, but this latest Tweet felt especially pointed considering she herself has been in the spotlight because of her dad’s political career.
Thoughts and prayers to Caroline Giuliani because Thanksgiving this year is going to be rough.
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