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Looking for some righteous political protest music to blast in your car as you drive to your polling station or to a ballot drop off location on Election Day? Look no further than Anal Trump. A combination tribute to grindcore legends Anal C-nt and a middle finger to our current administration, this San Diego duo (who go by the names Rob and Travis Trump) is set to release The First 100 Songs on November 6th via Joyful Noise Recordings. The 11-minute long album compiles all the short blasts that the group has recorded to date, including five EPs released via Bandcamp which helped raise money for nonprofits like Planned Parenthood and RAINN. While the group’s PR blasts insist that the true identities of Rob and Travis Trump remain a mystery, a recent interview with Decibel all but revealed the identity of Rob Trump, who told the magazine, “As for myself, I write/record/tour with many bands including Pinback, Goblin Cock, Physics, Optiganally Yours, Third Act Problems, Other, Tit Wrench … also, I sang some on the new Hot Snakes and Author & Punisher records.” Yes, under Rob Trump’s garish rubber mask is Rob Crow, co-founder of indie rock group Pinback and creator of geek doom metal project Goblin Cock. And a quick Google search will let you know who Travis is, as well. In that same interview, Rob says that the project was conceived on Election Day 2016 and their first EP, If You Wanted To Qualify For Health Insurance, Then Maybe You Shouldn’t Have Gotten Raped?, was released on Inauguration Day. He also claims that Anal Trump is ready to play some live shows and that he has a new 140-song album written, which is just waiting for vocals from Travis Trump. The First 100 Songs is available to pre-order on vinyl, CD and digital right now but you can hear a good chunk of Anal Trump’s output either via the group’s Bandcamp page or with the newly released lyric video below. The First 100 Songs Artwork (NSFW): Source

Neko Case has mapped out a North American tour for the early part of 2019. The New Pornographers member has also shared the music video for “Last Lion of Albion”. In continued support of her first solo album in five years, Hell-On, Case will ring in the new year with a series of tour dates that stretch from January 23rd through Valentine’s Day. Stops on her itinerary include Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston, Orlando, Austin, Santa Fe, and Phoenix. She also has back-to-back shows at Washington, DC’s Lincoln Theatre. You can grab concert tickets here. (Neko Case Dissects Her New Solo Album, Hell-On) This new North American trek comes after 2018 dates across Europe and the US, and will be followed by a short stint in Australia and New Zealand. Kimya Dawson and Margaret Glaspy will be joining Case on select evenings. As for the new “Last Lion of Albion” clip, it features vivid, handmade creations from artist Laura Plansker. Case praised her work in a press statement: I’m very honored and excited to debut this video for “Last Lion of Albion” by one of my very favorite artists, Laura Plansker,“ Case explained. “I’ve loved her work forever; she‘s so skilled at using handmade figures and props to create surreal worlds. Her work perfectly balances humor and darkness in a way that breaks my heart. She has a way of making something so artificial so very alive. The turning of the lion’s head to look at the sky, or its own reflection makes me cry my eyes out. There is so much straight ahead compassion in Laura’s work, there’s no need to manipulate emotion of the viewer, it is the perfect balance. I’m so happy to share it here with you! Below, check out Case’s full tour itinerary, followed by the music video. Neko Case 2018-2019 Tour Dates: 11/01 – Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu 11/02 – Cologne, DE @ Stadtgarten Cologne 11/03 – Groningen, NL @ Take Root Festiva 11/04 – Brussels, BE @ Rotonde 11/06 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street 11/07 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club 11/08 – London, UK @ Barbican 11/27 – Missoula, MT @ The Wilma $ 11/28 – Bellingham, WA @ Mt. Baker $ 11/29 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount $ 11/30 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue $ 12/01 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater $ 12/03 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater $ 12/04 – Chico, CA @ Sierra Nevada $ 12/05 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater $ 12/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre $ 12/08 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory $ 01/23 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre 01/24 – Boston, MA @ Royale & 01/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre & 01/26 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre & 01/27 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre & 01/29 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Memorial Hall # 01/30 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall # 01/31 – Ponte Vedra, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall # 02/01 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum # 02/02 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theater # 02/04 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon # 02/05 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall # 02/07 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall # 02/08 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall # 02/09 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater # 02/12 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf # 02/13 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre # 02/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren # 03/09 – Victoria, AU @ Port Fairy Folk Festival 03/10 – Victoria, AU @ Port Fairy Folk Festival 03/12 – Sydney, AU @ Metro Theatre 03/13 – Melbourne, AU @ Melbourne Recital Centre 03/14 – Melbourne, AU @ Melbourne Recital Centre 03/16 – Katoomba, AU @ Blue Mountains Music Festival 03/17 – Katoomba, AU @ Blue Mountains Music Festival 03/18 – Auckland, NZ @ Auckland Arts Festival & = w/ Margaret Glaspy # = w/ Kimya Dawson $ = w/ Destroyer Source

Martin Garrix has made a lot of great tracks in his career, but he might have just made his most important. Teaming up with busker Mike Yung, “Dreamer” is a brilliant story of holding onto your dreams and never giving up as long as you have something to believe in. Yung’s own personal story is reflecting is lustrous clarity within the song. As a teenager, he was discovered and signed as an artist to RCA and CBS and eventually landed at T-Electric, the same label held by Etta James and Luther Vandross. He was gearing up to be a household name when the label suddenly went bankrupt and his debut album never came out. After being forced to find a way to make a living to support his family, he took his talent underground and began busking in the subway, where he’s been for the past 37 years. The 58-year-old vocalist appeared on America’s Got Talent last year and made it to the semi-finals, gaining national recognition for his talents, and catching the eye of a certain Dutch producer. “Dreamer” is stylistically new for Garrix, melding pop sounds with R&B vocals and an almost blues-like attitude that is so incredibly powerful, stemming from Yung’s words dripping with emotion and decades of hard work. The song eventually grows to a crescendo with the help of a cadre of backing vocalists who bring the whole project to emotional heights only reached with the help of people working together. “Dreamer” has instantly become one of our favorite Martin Garrix songs of all time. Mike Yung’s debut album I Will Never Give Up is expected out before the end of 2018. This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Martin Garrix Releases Mike Yung Collaboration “Dreamer” A Day Earlier Than Expected Source

Having to choose between Morrissey and Chrissie Hynde is particularly unfair, especially when the former makes such a convincing argument. The English lothario has just shared his new cover of The Pretenders’ ” Back on the Chain Gang”, and it’s something special alright. You’d swear he was always destined to sing the song, and the way it’s paired with a very true-blue Lynchian video only sells that idea even further. The cover is part of the forthcoming special double-vinyl deluxe edition of Moz’s last album, Low in High School, due out on December 7th. The newly minted package comes with four unreleased original tracks, five live cover songs of his favorite artists (hence what you’re listening to now), a limited edition lithographed photograph, and a dusty ol’ photo booth portrait of the singer as a student. Last night, Morrissey kicked off a new leg of tour dates supporting Low in High School in Ventura, California. To everyone’s surprise, he dusted off a number of songs from both The Smiths and his solo catalogues, from “Sunny” to “William, It Was Really Nothing” to “Hairdresser on Fire”. The setlist is quite incredible and will give you all sorts of FOMO. Catch some fan footage and peep the full setlist shortly after. Morrissey Setlist: William, It Was Really Nothing (First performance since 2007) Alma Matters I Wish You Lonely Hairdresser on Fire (First performance since 2004) Something Is Squeezing My Skull (First performance since 2009) First Of The Gang To Die When You Open Your Legs Sunny (First performance since 1999) Is It Really So Strange? (First performance since 2009) The Bullfighter Dies Dial-a-Cliché (Live debut) If You Don’t Like Me, Don’t Look at Me Munich Air Disaster 1958 Back on the Chain Gang (The Pretenders cover) Spent the Day in Bed Hold On to Your Friends Jack the Ripper Break Up the Family (First performance since 2000) Encore: Everyday Is Like Sunday How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths song) Looking to see the Moz yourself? Unless you live in California, get ready to flex that passport. You can grab tickets here. Morrissey 2018 Tour Dates: 11/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ Microsoft Theater ^ 11/03 – Long Beach, CA @ Tropicalia Fest 11/10 – San Diego, CA @ Copley Symphony Hall 11/22 – Mexico City, MX @ National Auditorium 11/23 – Mexico City, MX @ National Auditorium 11/27 – Lima, PE @ Anfiteatro del Parque de la Exposición 11/30 – Rio de Janeiro, BR @ Fundicao Progresso 12/02 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Espaço das Américas 12/05 – Asuncion, PY @ Centro de Convenciones de la Conmebol 12/07 – Buenos Aires, AR @ DirecTV Arena 12/14 – Mostazal, CL @ Gran Arena Monticello 12/15 – Santiago, CL @ Movistar Arena ^ = w/ Joan Jett Source

Laura Jane Grace is back with a new band and a new album. Joining her in Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers is her fellow Against Me! bandmate, drummer Atom Willard, as well as bassist Marc Jacob Hudson. Today, the trio has shared an early listen at their debut record, Bought to Rot, via NPR. The Devouring Mothers are a looser unit than Against Me!, as evident in the folk-punk single “Apocalypse Now (& Later)” and the indie rock flight of “The Airplane Song”. Even if the music doesn’t have her other band’s thrash, Grace is still very much the sound of The Devouring Mothers, he distinctive delivery and wordy lyricism as poignant as ever. “My approach musically to the record was that I wanted it to feel like a mixtape,” Grace said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Like OK, you’ve got this Nirvana-like song, you’ve got a Cure song. It was musically freeing, in that way, to just be playing whatever was coming to me as I was writing and not having to think about it.” Listen to the entire album at NPR ahead of its November 9th release date. You can also catch the band on their upcoming Midwest tour. Bought to Rot Artwork: Bought to Rot Tracklist: 01. China Beach 02. Born In Black 03. The Airplane Song 04. Apocalypse Now (& Later) 05. Reality Bites 06. Amsterdam Hotel Room 07. The Friendship Song 08. I Hate Chicago 09. Screamy Dreamy 10. Manic Depression 11. The Acid Test Song 12. The Hotel Song 13. Valeria Golina 14. The Apology Song Source

Back in 1988, Will Smith was winning Grammys, chasing Billboard charts, and evading taxes as bratty rapper The Fresh Prince. At the time, he was still two years removed from bringing his hip-hop pseudonym into living rooms on NBC and about five years away from charming critics with his breakthrough performance in 1993’s Six Degrees of Separation. Today, most fans recall this time of his career with the music video for “Parents Just Don’t Understand”, which served as the conceit for the opening credits for his ’90s hit TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. However, there was another would-be iconic video that never saw the light of day, and that’s for his horror-themed hit, “Nightmare on My Street”. Because of the song’s obvious ties to A Nightmare on Elm Street and Freddy Krueger, New Line Cinema took their asses to court, and said video was tossed into the boiler along with the other hapless Elm Street dweebs. Now, exactly 30 years later, the full video has finally surfaced, all in its VHS glory, which actually adds a touch of authenticity. Watch below and learn more about Freddymania shortly after with our new visual essay by Daily Grindhouse’s Mike Vanderbilt. If you’re looking to stick around Elm Street awhile longer, be sure to subscribe to Halloweenies, our current Michael Myers podcast that will soon be relocating from Haddonfield, Illinois to Springwood, Illinois come February. Sweet dreams, kiddies. Source

The Pitch: Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is no different from any other American teenager coming of age. He goes to church with his loving mother Nancy (Nicole Kidman) every Sunday, to listen to the sermons from his father Marshall (Russell Crowe), a Baptist preacher with a rapidly growing congregation. He excels in school. He works at his father’s car dealership, which’ll one day become his own. He has a girlfriend, but is also working through his sexuality like so many people at his age. But in the kind of small American town where the Eamons family lives, that last part is anything but normal. When Jared finally confesses to his family that he has thoughts about men, sorrowfully apologizing all the while, Marshall decrees that there’s only one way Jared can ever be allowed to return home again: by enrolling him in a “conversion therapy” program. In Pursuit of the Truth: Based on Garrard Conley‘s best-selling 2016 memoir, Boy Erased takes an appropriately delicate look at one of modern America’s most unsettling commonplace practices. A dominant majority of U.S. states still permit anti-gay therapy, with 36 states (as of this writing) having no laws against the practice. Boy Erased makes it abundantly clear, early and often, that this is a repugnant practice, but it’s also keenly observant about the social structures that continue to uphold it. Within hours of Jared coming out to his parents, his I am a fagget is full of high-level priests, who advise Marshall on how to “discipline” his son. Nancy, a dutiful preacher’s wife, refuses to challenge her husband’s ruling even as the evidence continues to mount that there’s nowhere near as much wrong with Jared as there is with the program itself. After all, programs like the one Jared is sent into often tend to function the same way. Under the stern eye of Victor Sykes (Joel Edgerton), the young charges (almost all male, with exceptions) are masculinized as aggressively as possible. They’re run through military drills relating to their posture, in the hopes of forcing the “softness” out of their bodies. Sykes forces them to confront him as though he’s their fathers, allowing them to vent their rage at having been so inadequately raised that they wound up gay. They’re not allowed to speak to each other except in group sessions, for fear of their urges taking over yet again. They’re encouraged to make flow charts of all their family members’ personal failings, from addiction to domestic violence to the enjoyment of pornography. Those are the least of the methods that Boy Erased illustrates, but from its earliest scenes, the film makes a compelling case for the ways in which this therapy is an active form of abuse. (Read More: Interview with Joel Edgerton and Garrard Conley) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Boy Erased is endlessly earnest in its messaging, and if the film occasionally does verge on treacle, it’s certainly in service of a noble cause. In adapting Conley’s memoir and directing the feature, Edgerton wisely underplays some of the film’s more melodramatic sequences, allowing Hedges’ nervous and sincere performance to take center stage instead. Hedges, who’s been so great in a number of acclaimed films over the last few years, removes so much of the assurance that’s defined him onscreen to date in his turn as Jared, and that lack of assertion plays out to poignant effect throughout the film. Whether it’s in a seeming meet-cute with another clearly closeted young man on his college campus, or in his attempts to find some kind of common ground with the other kids in the program, he’s always chasing after something he can’t quite understand and collapsing under the frustration of not being able to understand it. That purity of intention and performance hums through the entirety of Boy Erased. This is a Message Movie in capital letters, and while it’s easy enough to be cynical about this sort of film, it’s also the kind of film that attempts to co-opt old cinematic forms in favor of telling a brutally modern story. The film has an air of prestige about it, from its casting to its filmmaker to its status as an adaptation of a well-known nonfiction work, but Boy Erased finds its best stuff when it matches the unabashed earnestness of Jared, and of Hedges’ performance. The film isn’t so much preaching to the converted as begging the ones who aren’t yet to finally come over and stand on the right side of history. The Verdict: Conversion therapy isn’t exactly a both-sides issue, but Boy Erased is wise enough to complicate its approach to the topic in some crucial ways. While it’s pretty clear about the ways in which Nancy and Marshall are responsible for letting their son down, the film isn’t so simplistic as to paint them as outright villains. The closest thing to that onscreen is Victor, who Edgerton plays as a snarling gym teacher from hell, and another figure that Jared meets earlier in the film. His mother, on the other hand, is played by Kidman as a woman sharp enough to know that something’s very wrong with the program, but too accultured to deferring to her husband to get more actively involved. Even Crowe, as the kind of blowhard preacher whose own sermons occasionally seem to contradict themselves, finds a soul in Marshall as a man whose very understanding of right and wrong in the world is being challenged in one of the most direct ways possible. Boy Erased may occasionally attempt to rally the troops (its lengthy end titles offer a couple slices of delicious irony, as well as calls to end conversion therapy as a practice), but it’s primarily in the business of making Conley’s memoir as universal as possible. By rooting Jared’s trials in a sense of common experience, the cruelty of sending him through the process emerges naturally from Edgerton’s storytelling. After all, even if the things he’s forced to endure throughout the film are sometimes devastating in their impact, it’s clear that there’s a part of Jared who knows that nothing is wrong with him. He’s just waiting for the rest of the world to finally see it. Where’s It Playing?: Boy Erased will begin its limited-release rollout on November 2nd, and expand nationwide in the following weeks. Trailer: Source

A posthumous Lil Peep album is due to arrive November 9th. Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 2, the sequel to the late emo rapper’s Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 1 from last year, is being teased today with “Runaway”. Produced by Smokeasac, the track finds Lil Peep denouncing all the fake people in his life and the pain that they cause him. “Take me, away from here/ Everybody so fake, everybody so fake, I swear,” he says during the chorus. It’s corresponding music video has also been shared. Co-directed by Steven Mertens and the MC’s own mother, Liza Womack, it features footage of Lil Peep and colorful animated collages. It’s also prefaced with a message from Womack: “For my passionate, hard-working, and talented son, Gus. And for his alter ego, Lil Peep.” Check it out below. For more of the upcoming album, revisit the lead single, “Cry Alone”. A non-album, posthumous collaboration with XXXTentacion, “Falling Down”, was also released recently. Lil Peep died late last year due to an accidental drug overdose. Yesterday, it was revealed that renowned filmmaker Terrence Malick would be executive producing a new documentary about the late rapper. Source

As hinted at earlier this week, Vince Staples will release a brand new album called FM! later tonight. Update: You can now stream it in full here. Staples previously said the album will feature Kamaiyah, Jay Rock, Lil Fade, and Tyga. Per Pitchfork, Kenny Beats is credited as a producer. The album is set to arrive Midnight ET Friday, aka “9pm Poppy Street Time” (Staples grew up in the Poppy Street neighborhood of Ramona Park). Earlier this year, Staples contributed to Kendrick Lamar’s impressive Black Panther soundtrack, as well as hopped on a new E-40 song. His last full-length album, Big Fish Theory, was one of the best of 2017. FM! Artwork: Source

Last month, Fleetwood Mac launched an extensive 50-city North American tour, which marked the debut of the band’s new lineup: Longtime members Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks are joined by Mike Campbell, the former lead guitarist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn, both of who were recruited to replace Lindsey Buckingham. Now, “due to overwhelming,” the band expanded its itinerary. New shows have been announced at Denver’s Pepsi Center; Chicago’s United Center; New York’s Madison Square Garden; Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center; Boston’s TD Garden; and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. Check out the updated tour schedule below, and read our review of the band’s recent concert in Chicago. In related news, Buckingham recently filed a lawsuit against Fleetwood Mac over his firing from the band. Fleetwood Mac 2018-2019 Tour Dates: 11/01 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena 11/03 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre 11/05 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre 11/07 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena 11/10 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place 11/12 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome 11/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 11/17 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome 11/19 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center 11/21 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose 11/23 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center 11/25 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena 11/28 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena 11/30 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena 12/03 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center 12/06 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center 12/08 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena 12/11 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum 12/13 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum 12/15 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum 01/31 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center 02/02 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premiere Center 02/05 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center 02/07 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 02/09 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center 02/13 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at The BJCC 02/16 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center 02/18 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena 02/20 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center 02/22 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena 02/24 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center 02/27 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 03/01 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 03/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena 03/05 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena 03/09 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall 03/11 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 03/13 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center 03/15 – Hartford, CT @ XL CENTER 03/18 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 03/20 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center 03/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 03/24 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena 03/26 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center 03/31 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 04/02 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 04/05 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 04/08 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 06/06 – Berlin, DE @ Waldbuhne 06/13 – Dublin, IE @ RDS Arena 06/16 – London, UK @ Wembley Stadium Source

Alice in Chains’ latest single, “Never Fade”, is a current Top 10 hit at mainstream rock radio, and now the band has unveiled a music video to go along with the track. Back in August, the Seattle band released their new album, Rainier Fog, which was preceded by the single “The One You Know”. The storyline in the “Never Fade” clip follows the one from the video for “The One You Know”, as dramatic scenes are interspersed with footage of the band rocking out. “The ‘Never Fade’ video is a continuation of ‘The One You Know,’” vocalist/guitarist William DuVall said in a statement. “The full story will gradually be revealed. For now, check out what we love to do best – play live and tell a story with our music.” Alice In Chains recently wrapped up a North American trek, and they will finish up their 2018 touring with a South American jaunt that kicks off this Friday (November 2nd) in Santiago, Chile. The band will hit New Zealand and Australia in March 2019, and have already been announced to perform at the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals in Germany in June. See their full itinerary here. Alice in Chains' Top 5 Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” Annotated Video Tour Update: Florence + The Tour Update: Nine Inch Nails Tour Update: Cold War Kids Source

Action Bronson is back with his latest album, White Bronco. The record marks the Queens rapper’s first independent release since parting ways with Atlantic Records, who released last year’s Blue Chips 7000. Stream the entire thing below via Apple Music and Spotify White Bronco features production from Bronsino’s longtime collaborator, Party Supplies, alongside contributions from Knxwledge and Daringer. Yung Mehico, Meyhem Lauren, and Big Body Bes all appear on the record, as does ASAP Rocky, who drops in on the final track, “Swerve On Em”. The album was previewed with the title track and the single “Prince Charming”. Also featured is a song called “Irishman Freestyle”, which sees Action rapping about his role alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming The Irishman. Speaking to Complex’s Open Late about returning to independence, Bronson said, “I’m just back to being me. I’m independent, I don’t have to answer to anybody, I just do what I want. I don’t have to go up and play music for the label. I’m just doing whatever I do, clearing it with my own money. Doing whatever I have to. You get too comfortable. You get too comfortable with someone else taking care of you or someone else worrying about what you need to be doing for yourself. This just puts the ball back in your hands, where it needs to be. I’m a fucking point guard; I distribute. Nobody distributes to me. I’m the distributor.” Take a listen to White Bronco below. White Bronco Artwork: White Bronco Tracklist: 01. Dr. Kimble 02. Irishman Freestyle 03. Mt. Etna 04. Live from the Moon (feat. Yung Mehico) 05. White Bronco 06. Brutal (feat. Meyhem Lauren) 07. Prince Charming 08. Telemundo 09. Picasso’s Ear 10. Ring Ring (feat. Big Body Bes) 11. Swerve On Em (feat. ASAP Rocky) Source

It’s been well over a year since we’ve heard from Carly Rae Jepsen, but today she makes her triumphant return today with “Party For One”, a single all about loving oneself and embracing one’s independence, especially post-breakup. “Party for one, if you don’t care about me/ I’ll just dance for myself, back on my beat,” the pop singer confidently declares. “I’ll be the one, if you don’t care about me/ making love to myself, back on my beat.” “To me ‘Party For One’ is an anthem of what it is to celebrate time with yourself, which is a hard thing for people to really enjoy sometimes, and it’s something I’m learning to do more and more,” Jepsen explained in a statement. “This song represents a lot of what this album is about for me which is romantic love but self-love too.” The track was co-written by Jepsen and produced by Captain Cuts and HIGHTOWER. It’s our official first preview of a forthcoming fourth album, which is promised to drop in 2019. This record would mark the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s Emotion. Check it out below via its official music video. Directed by Bardi Zeinali, it follows Jepsen as she throws herself her own party in a hotel room. Jepsen is scheduled to perform “Party For One” on the November 5th episode of The Tonight Show. Since her last full-length, Jepsen has tide fans over with two Emotion companion albums, Emotion Remixed and Emotion: Side B, both from 2016. Last year, she released a few songs that she contributed to animated film Leap!, including the smash hit “Cut to the Feeling”. “Party For One” Artwork: Source

The Pitch: Just in time for the holiday season (and the holiday box office returns), Disney transforms Tchaikovsky’s iconic Nutcracker ballet into a full-on fantasy action-adventure. The film opens in a lightly steampunk, colorblind-cast version of Victorian London, where young teenager Clara Stahlbaum (Interstellar’s Mackenzie Foy) spends her Christmas Eve investigating a mystery laid out by her recently deceased mother and her whimsical inventor godfather Drosselmeyer (Morgan Freeman). That soon leads her to the magical snowy land of the “Four Realms,” an ill-defined fantastical ecosystem that expands the original ballet’s Land of Sweets (here ruled by Keira Knightley’s baby-voiced Sugar Plum Fairy) into a Narnia-esque world made up of the essential elements of childhood: candy, flowers, snowflakes, and “amusements.” Sure. That last realm is ruled by the ominous Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), who has declared war against the others. So Clara teams up with a loyal nutcracker soldier (Jayden Fowora-Knight) to right the kingdom’s wrongs and learn more about her mother’s own connection to the Four Realms. Holding out for a Hero: In a cinematic landscape where the term “strong female characters” is often taken far too literally, Clara joins a welcome subgenre of female adventure heroes whose strengths lie in something beyond their fists. This version of Clara is a tinkerer and inventor who relies on her knowledge of the laws of physics to help her out of a jam. More so than that, however, she’s just an everywoman bravely forging her own path in an overwhelming new world. Like Meg Murry in Disney’s recent A Wrinkle In Time, Clara is the sort of character archetype of which young boys have many (just watch any action-adventure movie from the 1980s) and young girls have far fewer. Christmas Mourning: At its best, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms grounds it fantastical elements in a moving portrait of grief. In bookending real-world scenes, Matthew Macfadyen turns in the film’s best performance as Clara’s mournful father, a man desperate to hide his sadness behind a veneer of normalcy, something Clara mistakes for simply being unfeeling. Like Peter Pan or The Wizard of Oz, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms occasionally hints at becoming the sort of story where issues from the real world spill over into the fantasy one, especially once it turns out the death of Clara’s mother has emotional ramifications within the Four Realms as well. Unfortunately, the film gets too caught up in the tedious plot machinations of its garish CGI fantasy world to fully commit to that idea. The Verdict: There’s no doubt that The Nutcracker and the Four Realms has its heart in the right place. It incorporates Tchaikovsky’s music and elements of ballet storytelling (led by American Ballet Theatre superstar Misty Copeland) in a way that’s clearly decided to introduce those classic artforms to a new generation of kids. The film’s no-nonsense approach to diversity is welcome, as is the fact that it centers on a mother/daughter relationship (a rarity in blockbuster storytelling). Yet the further the film moves into its Four Realms plotting, the more hollow it starts to feel. Compelling visual flourishes — like the film’s stunning costume and makeup design, or a genuinely terrifying take on the “Mouse King” — get lost in an overcrowded landscape of poorly rendered, candy-colored CGI. The film prioritizes quest mechanics over character development to the point where it’s hard to tell why any of its characters do the things they do. The nutcracker soldier mostly seems to stick around because he’s featured in the title. Neither Foy nor Fowora-Knight ever seem entirely comfortable acting in this largely computer generated world. Knightley, meanwhile, fully commits to her portrayal of the Sugar Plum Fairy as part giddy Glinda the Good Witch, part vapid Marie Antoinette. Yet that intense level of commitment winds up feeling out of place when her co-stars are giving her so little to work with. For a film that looks this wacky, it’s a shame that The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is ultimately pretty boring. As a family film that skews towards a younger audience, it will perhaps prove to be a magical cinematic experience for children to which this sort of thing is brand new. For adults who’ve already seen The Chronicles of Narnia movies or Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, however, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms feels more like a re-gifted Christmas present. Where’s it Playing?: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms opens on November 2nd. It’s Disney’s big holiday extravaganza, so expect it to be playing everywhere. Trailer: Source

A number of Mac Miller’s friends and collaborators participated in an all-star tribute concert held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. “Mac Miller: A Celebration of Life” featured performances from Chance the Rapper, SZA, Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Travis Scott, Miguel, Thundercat, Anderson .Paak, Action Bronson, and ScHoolBoy Q, plus John Mayer. The entire concert was streamed live online and can be replayed in full below. Each rapper took a turn performing a short set and many choose to include their past collaborations with Miller. Action Bronson revisited “Red Dot Music”; Earl Sweatshirt performed “Guild”, New Faces”, and “Hey Ma!”; Vince Staples rapped his part on “Rain”; Anderson .Paak played “Dang!”; and ScHoolboy Q performed his part on “Gees”. Thundercat also revisited his Mac Miller collaboration “What’s the Use?” with assistance from Vince Staples. You can find the full setlist below. The show closed with a photo montage of Miller, which was soundtracked by an unreleased song. Net proceeds from ticket sales will be donated directly to the Mac Miller Circles Fund (MMCF), a newly launched foundation that will provide programming, resources, and opportunities to youth from underserved communities. Many of the streaming platforms will also offer the ability for viewers to donate directly to MMCF. Setlist: Action Bronson: White Bronco Red Dot Music Earl Sweatshirt: Guild New Faces Hey Ma! Ty Dolla $ign: Cinderella Paper Route (feat. Chevy Woods) Blasé Vince Staples: Norf Norf Rain Thundercat: What’s The Use? (feat. Vince Staples) Them Changes (feat. John Mayer) Juicy J: Bandz A Make Her Dance Anderson .Paak: Dang! Tints John Mayer: Small Worlds Gravity Miguel: Weekend Rae Sremmurd: No Type Powerglide ScHoolboy Q: Gees THat Part SZA: Love Galore The Weekend Chance the Rapper: Blessings Workout No Problem Travis Scott: Goosebumps Sicko Mode Source

Tuesday marked the release of Beastie Boys’ Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz’s new memoir, the simply titled Beastie Boys Book. The nearly 600-page tome includes a number of alternatively fascinating and embarrassing stories about the iconic hip-hop trio, while also digging into some previously unrevealed behind-the-scenes tales. One such juicy tidbit was shared by Rolling Stone, which published a clip from the audiobook, which features different celebrities reading the Beastie Boys’ words. In a section written by Horovitz and read by comedian Tim Meadows, Ad-Rock reveals that the Ill Communication smash “Sabotage” wasn’t just about sticking it to the man — it was specifically about sticking it to the album’s recording engineer, Mario Caldato Jr. Apparently, the group’s indecision during the album sessions was frustrating Caldato to no end. “We were totally indecisive about what, when, why and how to complete songs. Mario was getting frustrated,” reads Meadows. “That’s a really calm way of saying that he would blow a fuse and get pissed off at us and scream that we just needed to finish something, anything, a song. He would push awful instrumental tracks we made just to have something moving toward completion.” After scrapping a more rap-centric version that would have featured a sample from Queen Latifah, Horovitz redirected his angst at Caldato. “I decided it would be funny to write a song about how Mario was holding us all down, how he was trying to mess it all up, sabotaging our great works of art,” Horovitz writes (and Meadows reads). A second audiobook excerpt, published by Vulture, details the night Beastie Boys watched Blag Flag play their first New York gig at Peppermint Lounge in Times Square in 1981. Diamond and Horovitz recount the tale themselves, and you can listen to both audio clips below. On Wednesday night, Diamond and Horovitz appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They shared a number of andecdotes from the book, including a 15-year-long prank that Adam “MCA” Yauch played on Horovitz. And as Wednesday was Horovitz’s 51st birthday, Fallon and Questlove gifted him a boombox and a Cookie Puss cake. Watch the segment below. Source

Deep Cuts is a new feature in which we look past the hits and dig into the buried gems of our favorite back catalogs. Queen’s discography doesn’t just cast an imposing shadow; it hovers over the musical zeitgeist of multiple decades and several movements within rock and pop music. We all know the hits – the infectious ditties and creative permutations that did as much to define rock as they did to inspire – but it’s safe to say there are plenty of songs within the band’s discography that still aren’t getting the attention they deserve. So deep is their discography (15 albums across 22 years) that three separate Deep Cuts compilations were released in 2011 … and they don’t even begin to scratch the surface of what’s buried deep within these records. We’re not going to scratch the surface here either, but we’re still going to do our best to show you the wealth of material available within Queen’s catalog, one whose legend continues to grow and grow. If you want the hits, no doubt check out Bohemian Rhapsody in theaters. If you’re looking to dig a bit deeper, we’ve got your shovel. –Doug Nunnally Contributing Writer __________________________________________________________ Source

The Lowdown: It’s been two years since Mick Jenkins released his debut album, The Healing Component. Since then, the Chicago rapper has moved on from pitching love to the world in order to address deep societal issues, especially those that affect black people. On his 17-track sophomore album, Pieces of a Man, the rapper makes it easy to absorb his words as he spreads them over a blend of mellow sounds. The Good: On this project, Jenkins shows he is a lyrical beast — a true wordsmith. As a matter of fact, his deep, honest words are the highlight of this album. He sets the bar high on the exemplary “Ghost”, spitting: “They couldn’t fuck with the vision/ ‘n’ now you see me in vintage frames/ Percentage rose when the interest came/ All the hate just fanned a bigger flame.” He also implements his signature clever wordplay on “Padded Locks” as he raps: “Even you duck, duck goose neck, your Canada Goose wet.” One can’t help but fall in love with the intro of this album, “Heron Flow” (featuring Julian Bell). On the track, he begins like an artist who knows he’s about to snatch the souls of listeners with his lyrics. He starts by saying: “My name, of course, is Mick Jenkins … and we are here this evening to give you some free thought. Some food for thought.” Meanwhile, on “Gwendolynn’s Apprehension”, he continues to spread the wisdom: “Can’t teach and young nigga, he don’t want to know/ Could be a flower, he don’t want to grow.” As most rappers his age aim to draw attention to themselves, Jenkins opts to focus on the message and the audience who needs to hear it most. The Bad: The 27-year-old is having a blast and as creative as ever, but Pieces of a Man lacks enough tracks that are automatic repeats. While Jenkins’ aim isn’t to create songs that will have people twerking and milly rocking, more engaging hooks would have made many of these songs even more memorable. Tunes like “Plain Clothes”, “U Turn”, and “Grace and Mercy”, for all their merits, can easily be forgotten. The Verdict: There is always so much to unpack on each project Mick Jenkins drops. From his alliterative rhyme patterns to his wonderfully woven metaphors and his thought-provoking words, Jenkins finds creative ways to keep the audience glued to his music. One secret (yet not so secret) ingredient that makes his words glow are the various sounds fused into the beats. He acknowledges this as he attacks KAYTRANADA’s gleaming beats on “Padded Locks”: “Somebody put me on a leash/ I’m buckin’ wild like the AK ’cause it came from KAYTRA”. On other tunes like “Ghost”, “Soft Porn”, and “Understood”, one can predict his smooth delivery from the foundation the beat lays for his bars. Pieces of a Man might not be what you whistle to in the bathroom or what you have on repeat for days, but Mick Jenkins’ lyrical and creative performance make this an album that you’ll need to return to. Essential Tracks: “Ghost”, “Padded Locks”, and “Gwendolynn’s Apprehension” Source

Barack and Michelle Obama struck a multi-year deal with Netflix to create original film and TV content. Among the projects they’re working on? An adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book The Fifth Risk, which chronicles the chaos and mismanagement that ensued in the departments of Energy, Agriculture and Commerce during Donald Trump’s first year in office, according to Deadline. Beyond its obvious trolling of Trump, the series aims to help people better understand the inner workings of the government, Deadline notes. A synopsis from the book’s publisher reads thusly: “The election happened,” remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. “And then there was radio silence.” Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them. Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders. In Agriculture the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. The Commerce Department may not have enough staff to conduct the 2020 Census properly. Over at Energy, where international nuclear risk is managed, it’s not clear there will be enough inspectors to track and locate black market uranium before terrorists do. Willful ignorance plays a role in these looming disasters. If your ambition is to maximize short-term gains without regard to the long-term cost, you are better off not knowing those costs. If you want to preserve your personal immunity to the hard problems, it’s better never to really understand those problems. There is upside to ignorance, and downside to knowledge. Knowledge makes life messier. It makes it a bit more difficult for a person who wishes to shrink the world to a worldview. The Fifth Risk is just the latest adaptation of Lewis’ books. He also wrote The Big Short, Moneyball, and Blindside, all of which were turned into feature films. Source

After 18 long years, popular dance music media publication inthemix has called it quits. As a part of the larger Junkee umbrella, the decision was made to fold it into Music Junkee that doesn’t stay genre or area specific, instead covering music as a whole, sadly meaning a little less electronic music memes for you fiends. As the longest serving Australian dance music pub, they had a following of over 200k on Facebook and paved the way for other music blogs (like ourselves) to make a career out of something we all loved. We have nothing but respect for others toughing it out in the electronic music news sphere and support a bunch of them, so if you’re about what we and others do, make sure to give them your proper backing. Check out our list of Aussie music blogs doing it large that you should get behind and tell us if you have any memories of the inthemix gang. Source

It’s certainly been a turbulent year thus far. It seems like 2018 might have been the year that everyone collectively raised their eyebrows at the amount of weird shit going on. On one hand, it’s lead to us being much more proactive about shitty people and for the most part, we’re all trying not to tolerate shitty behaviour anymore. On the other hand, all the craziness going on in America has seemed to spread around the world. Now, instead of making fun of America for being batshit insane and not having health care, we’ve got to deal with the fall out of their bullshit. At the very least, however, it’s allowed us to dip into our creative side and showcase some truly incredible Halloween costumes. For your viewing pleasure, here are some of the best, worst and downright fucked costumes. Then the Fire Nation attacked…. Happy Halloween! I’m Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender in her fire nation disguise pic.twitter.com/i7kZvWCYEw — Veronica Merrell (@veronicamerrell) November 1, 2018 There was a Halloween contest in our school and a kid entered as lil pump and won 1st place by 14 votes while 2nd and 3rd were 1 vote apart. pic.twitter.com/RIGmU72Ool — Coolio (@Julio89514070) November 1, 2018 Best couple costume thus far ! pic.twitter.com/xUL7vTenfT — (@GoldeeenS0UL) October 15, 2018 Source

When you get four of the best electronic music producers and get them to go back to back for two hours you better believe there’s going to be some interesting selections. NTS did just that for Floating Points’ show and boy it’s as much of a doozy as you’d expect from Four Tet, Daphni and Jamie xx. Nothing seemed off limits for these guys, starting with an ambient track then pushing straight into some psychedelic rock, hell at about 30 minutes there’s a strange European folk sounding tune but it’s not out of place. The mix itself is a swirling time, it ebbs and flows and pushes boundaries in a mix that that isn’t defined by genres, just moods. They do eventually get into dance tunes, at which point the mix takes an almost sinister turn. Look it’s not the easiest thing to describe, so we’re going to tell you to buckle down and have a listen Check out the full mix and tracklisting below and tell us what you think! Full Tracklist: CARL STONE – Banteay Srey YURIY MOROZOV – Inexplicable 4 KLAUS WEISS – Survivor PROFESSOR AND THE EFFICIENCY EXPERTS – I Gotta Stand For Something KOUSHIK – Letitiout AIR – Grieve Not The Spirit CHARNISSA – Love At First Sight IDOLI – Rusija PLACEBO – Aria BATTEAUX – High Tide FERNANDA – Ora Bolas NAPOLEON STRICKLAND – Back Water Rising NORMAN CONNORS – Dance Of Magic (Daphni Edit) HUDSON PEOPLE – Trip To Your Mind L´ORCHESTRE SIDI YASSA DE KAYES – Sidi Yassa VALERIE ETIENNE ( MJ COLE mix ) – Misunderstanding (MJ Cole Dubb Remix) DARINA ROLINCOVÁ ( MATLOK mix ) – Slowly (Matlok Remix) DJ DUBZ – Volume 2 MIKE DEHNERT – Starground DJ Q – Fogbound D.O. MISIANI & SHIRATI JAZZ – Kiseru (Daphni Edit) DAVID GRANTHAM – Drummer Boy OMAR GOSH – Millennium Jump GRAZIANO MANDOZZI, ISRAEL ELIRAZ, HANS KRESNIK, VA WÖLFL – Silva II FLOURISH – Heaven Tar KEITH MANSFIELD, JOHN CAMERON – Half Forgotten Daydreams DEPTHS OF LOVE – I Just Can’t Find A Love Source

Halloween is upon us and with today comes a ton of spooky music — if you’re looking in the right places! Don’t worry, we’ve dug it all up for you. Artists including 1788-L, Neo Fresco, KANDY and more have gone all out to deliver us some massive thrills and it’s all right here for your listening pleasure. Riot Ten throws down a monstrous bass-driven track, LICK remixes Chuurch and Strange Future to haunting perfection, and AViVA offers a bloody amazing groove with her favorite collaborator Treyy G. “Phantoms,” “Rabbit Hole,” “Dr. Death,” “The Occult,” “Bloody Sunday” — even the titles of the tracks suggest dark mayhem. On top of it all, some of our favorite artists have unleashed Halloween mixes that instantly set the mood. Of course, there’s RL Grime with his yearly mix series. Then there’s Neo Fresco’s special holiday edition of his Underground Sound mix series, PEEKABOO‘s first edition of Hide and Seek, and LICK’s very own signature Halloween mix filled with midtempo madness. Listen to all the best tricks and treats Halloween 2018 has to bring right here! RL GRIME – HALLOWEEN VII NEO FRESCO – UNDERGROUND SOUND HALLOWEEN EDITION PEEKABOO – HIDE AND SEEK VOL. 1 LICK – HALLOWEEN MIX | DVO HALLOWEEN SEASON 2018 RELEASES This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Here Are All The Best Halloween Releases & Mixes Out Now [LISTEN] Source

Another day another venue closed. Today we pay our respects to one of the all time greats. Tucked underneath Liverpool St, Goodgod Small Club was a CBD dance haven. Citing lock outs as a reason to move on, it became Plan B (that one was short lived) and then finally an attempted revival was made as Hudson Ballroom in 2016. Today we’ve found out that Hudson Ballroom has closed and it seems the club is finally gone for good, a contractor on site confirming that it was being taken apart and seemingly won’t see a return as a music venue. At the moment there’s been no real information about the closure, and the Facebook page seems to have been taken down, but we’ll keep you posted as more surfaces. For the meantime revel in what was one of Sydney’s great institutions as we remember many a good night shared. Source

Gesaffelstein’s last major release, Aleph, was in 2013. Since then, he’s done various projects here and there including a soundtrack for the film Maryland in 2015 and production on two tracks by The Weeknd on the EP My Dark Melancholy. Now, it seems the producer is poised to make a real comeback. Last week, billboards appeared over the globe with his name lit up, signaling that something was happening. Today, Facebook page has updated its profile photo and cover photo – while these seem like silly things to the unaware, anyone who follows groups like Swedish House Mafia knows that such a change is not insignificant. It’s been five days since the last news, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that it will be another five days or less before we learn more. In any case, pay very close attention to Gesaffelstein… something is coming. This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Gesaffelstein Updates Socials After Mysterious Billboards Appear Around The Globe Source