Have you looked at the Billboard Hot 100 lately? If not, you’re in for a treat.The Christmas classics have flooded in and shaken everything up, making for one slightly surreal snow globe that features Doja Cat, Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, and Gunna all rocking around the same tree. Speaking of …
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“I don’t like my mind/I don’t like being left alone in a room,” Mitski sings on her seventh album, her voice honeyed and rich despite her distress. “Please don’t take … this job from me.” We could read this as your average American workaholic, consumed by the grind. But it’s …
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Mitski has a soft spot for Mexico City. In 2022, her last two live performances of the year were there, one being a stop on her Laurel Hell tour and the other being a festival set at Corona Capital. On Friday, the singer will release her seventh studio album, The …
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Mitski will play a handful of North American shows this month to mark the release of her new album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, out Sept. 15. The singer-songwriter has announced four “Amateur Mistake” shows, starting Sept. 11 at the Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City. …
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Mitski stans will get to listen to her new album early and watch some classic films at listening parties the singer is hosting across the U.S. and Australia prior to the release of her new album. On Tuesday, Mitski announced that she’ll throw “music and film double features” in support …
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Mitski is back with two new songs, “Star” and “Heaven,” from her upcoming album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, out Sept. 15 via Dead Oceans. The two tunes are at once distinct yet complementary. “Star” offers a stunning atmospheric slow-burn, reaching a shimmering apex as Mitski sings, …
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Welcome to ourweekly rundown of thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, rap’s favorite couple, Offset and Cardi B, address the drama; Travis Scott delivers a deluge of star-studded tracks; Mitski returns with a reflective hymn; and Gucci Mane gets in …
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Indie fans rejoiced on Monday when Mitski reactivated her social media accounts and announced a new album. And now we get a first glimpse of The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We, out September 15, with its first single. “Bug Like an Angel” opens with cozy acoustic guitar, and …
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The Academy Awards are just weeks away — and a new cohort of performers has been announced. On Monday, the Oscars revealed that Talking Heads’ David Byrne will be joined by Stephanie Hsu and trio Son Lux to perform the song “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at …
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In the continual reordering of the popular-music canon, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Joni Mitchell‘s complex, emotive, cerebral, ever-evolving music is ranking higher than ever. Her 1971 album Blue landed in the Top Three on Rolling Stone‘s most recent ranking of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and …
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