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Jan. 8, 2025

• Album review: Paleface Swiss – Cursed | Kerrang!
Zurich deathcore upstarts Paleface Swiss blend unhinged brutality and nu-metal revivalism on uneven third album Cursed…

• U2 dismantles their past in new album “How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb” | The Cavalier Daily - University of Virginia's Student Newspaper
For this new album, the band picked 10 tracks off the cutting room floor, uncovering archived songs that did not make the original record. 

• The Cure release Songs Of A Live World: Troxy London MMXXlV | Northern Transmissions
The live performance entitled Songs Of A Live World: Troxy London MMXXlV will be released on December 13th on Fiction/Capitol Records, with all The Cure’s royalties benefitting War Child. The live recording will be available on 1CD and 1LP, as part of a 2CD, 2MC & 2LP set with the original album (on clear vinyl).

• The Cure Confirm New 'Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV ... | Clash Magazine
Running through the album in full, alongside some much-cherished favourites, The Cure were on regal form as their new LP raced to No. 1 on the charts. Thankfully, the experience was caught on tape, with new concert album ‘Songs Of A Live World Troxy London MMXXIV’ arriving later this year.

• Lil Baby Releases 'By Myself' Video, Extended Version Of ‘WHAM’ Album | Broadway World
Following the release of Lil Baby's highly-anticipated album WHAM, the Grammy-nominated superstar returns with his new video 'By Myself,' featuring Rod Wave and Rylo Rodriguez. Watch it now!

• On WHAM, Lil Baby refuses to wake up and go | The FADER
'WHAM,' the new album from Lil Baby, falls flat when the Atlanta star most needed a win. Read The FADER's review of the album here.

• Paul Wall's Still Tippin'...Over Cash Registers - Forbes | Forbes Advisor
Wall is back with a new album, Slab God. But even more interesting to Forbes readers, he also has a slew of endorsements and businesses. He has long had nearly as much success as a jeweler than...

• ALBUM RELEASE: PALEFACE SWISS Unleash Ambitious New Album 'Cursed' & Music Video For New Track "River Of Sorrows' | Click Roll Boom
PALEFACE SWISS  Release Their Most Ambitious Album Yet - CURSED Listen Now HERE Drop Haunting New Single RIVER OF SORROWS Listen HERE | Watch the Official Visualizer HERE   The Cursed Tour EU & UK Headline Run With Acacia

• Dominum announce new album ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ | Distorted Sound Magazine
DOMINUM have announced a new album! Titled The Dead Don’t Die, the upcoming album from the German power metal band is the follow-up to last year’s Hey Living People, and is scheduled to be released in December this year, via Napalm Records.

• Saint Etienne announce new LP The Night | Northern Transmissions
Saint Etienne are set to release their twelfth studio album, The Night, on December 13, 2024, through Heavenly Recordings. A follow-up to their 2021 album, I’ve Been Trying To Tell You, The Night delivers an ambient escape from the chaos of daily life, capturing the essence of the after-hours.

• Saint Etienne: 'The Night' - album review | Song Bar
New album: The London trio of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs returrn with an strange, dream-like, ambient ‘headphones’ release, one that hovers across their career as if perceived through rain-soaked glass, designed to capture the essence of the after-hours

• Saint Etienne Navigate the Nocturnal on Thoughtfully Crafted 'The Night' | Album Review | Albumism
Consistent with its thematic focus and title, ‘The Night’ is best experienced alone, devoid of distraction, late at night.

• Cory Marks Drops New Album Sorry For Nothing and Announces Spring Tour Dates | Grateful Web
Having just wrapped up an acoustic U.S. tour supporting multi-Platinum rockers Theory of a Deadman, CORY MARKS invites listeners to crank up the volume and join him for the release of his sophomore album, SORRY FOR NOTHING, out today, December 6, via Better Noise Music. The release is accompanied by the music video for its equally unapologetic title track. Watch it streaming below or via YouTube HERE.

• Clara La San: Good Mourning | Pitchfork
Read Maria Eberhart’s review of the album.

• Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' is a love letter to Puerto Rico. This professor helped him tell the island's history | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 8, 2025, 12:24 a.m.
Released Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history.

• Here’s Why Fans Think Lil Baby Dissed Gunna (Again) On ‘WHAM’ Deluxe | Billboard | Jan. 7, 2025, 10:19 p.m.
The line comes on the second verse of the song "Running This Sh—t".

• Lil Baby – WHAM: Review | The Weekly Coos | Jan. 7, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
When Lil Baby came onto the scene, his aura was massive. He had something to say and did so with vigor, specifically with the dynamic “The Bigger Picture,” solidifying that thought. Unfortunately, …

• On “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny Comes Home | Harper's BAZAAR | Jan. 7, 2025, 7:25 p.m.
For Benito and boricuas across the diaspora, the recognizable rhythms on his sixth studio album symbolize the power in resistance

• Review: Bad Bunny’s ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ Is an Unapologetic Love Letter to Puerto Rico | Atwood Magazine | Jan. 7, 2025, 6:49 p.m.
Bad Bunny is going back to his roots in the most fresh and innovative way thanks to his sixth solo album, ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.’

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny | Album Review | Medium | Jan. 7, 2025, 5:07 p.m.
The Puerto Rican superstar kicks off 2025 with new music

• Is Bad Bunny’s New Album About Kendall Jenner? He Says | E! Online | Jan. 7, 2025, 4:43 p.m.
Bad Bunny discussed the themes of his latest album Debí Tirar Más Fotos and shared insight into whether any of the songs are about his ex Kendall Jenner. 

• Mozzy and Kalan.FrFr Team Up for First Collab Album ‘LUCKY HER’ Featuring Skilla Baby, Rob49, Shordie Shordie, and More | Mixtape Madness | Jan. 7, 2025, 3:51 p.m.
West Coast rap is making waves once again as Sacramento’s own Mozzy and L.A.’s Kalan.FrFr come together for their first-ever collaborative album, LUCKY HER. This highly anticipated project merges two distinct styles—Mozzy’s raw street narratives with Kalan’s smooth, melodic flexes—into a cohesive sound that showcases the best of both worlds. Following their previous fan-favorite collaborations … Continue reading “Mozzy and Kalan.FrFr Team Up for First Collab Album ‘LUCKY HER’ Featuring Skilla Baby, Rob49, Shordie Shordie, and More”

• Robbie Williams Shrugs Off 'Forbidden Road' Oscars Disqualification: 'It's All Good' | Rolling Stone | Jan. 7, 2025, 3:18 p.m.
Robbie Williams magnanimously accepted the Oscars' decision to disqualify his 'Better Man' song 'Forbidden Road' from Best Original Song contention.

• Robbie Williams Responds to His Song Being Dropped From 2025 Oscars Shortlist | Billboard | Jan. 7, 2025, 1:18 p.m.
Robbie Williams talked about his 'Better Man' song being shortlisted for best original song at 2025 Oscars before it was later disqualified.

• Lil Baby Seemingly Calls Gunna a 'Rat' AGAIN on New Album 'WHAM' | Media Take Out | Jan. 7, 2025, 12:56 p.m.
Lil Baby addresses his former friend and collaborator, Gunna, on new album. Find out why the Atlanta rapper is not willing to reconcile.

• Lil Baby Continues Attacking Gunna On 'WHAM' Deluxe Despite Lawyer's Claim He Didn't Snitch | HipHopDX | Jan. 7, 2025, noon
Lil Baby is still showing no signs of reconciling with Gunna, once again calling his former friend a snitch on a song from the 'WHAM' deluxe.

• Lil Baby’s ‘WHAM’ Set To Make Chart Splash As First-Week Sales Projections Arrive | HipHopDX | Jan. 7, 2025, 8 a.m.
Lil Baby's first week sales projections are in for his new album 'WHAM,' and he looks set to secure quite a nice spot on the Billboard 200.

• Robbie Williams reacts to 'Forbidden Road' being disqualified from Oscars | NME | Jan. 7, 2025, 6 a.m.
Robbie Williams has reacted to his song 'Forbidden Road' being disqualified from the Oscars 2025 Best Original Song shortlist.

• Saint Etienne / The Night / Heavenly Recordings  | Ban Ban Ton Ton | Jan. 7, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Saint Etienne’s 12th studio album, The Night, aurally attempts to recreate “the state between asleep and awake.” Described by the band as “a headphone album” that can be listened to as “one continu…

• Daniel Blumberg: The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ... | Pitchfork | Jan. 7, 2025, midnight
The Brutalist is at times so underwritten, so allusory about what actually happened at the crux of a scene, that Blumberg’s tonal shifts shed necessary light on the film’s more putrid motifs ...

• The Veer Union Offer You A Defiant Welcome To Dystopia | Tinnitist | Jan. 6, 2025, midnight
The Veer Union fearlessly confront the grim techno-horrorscape that awaits us all in their apocalyptic, incendiary and unrelenting new album Welcome To Dystopia — showcasing today on Tinnitist. The lastest full-length from the Vancouver modern-rock power trio, the ambitious Welcome To Dystopia is a prophetic and pointed concept piece that examines the way politicians, industry, the […]

• ALBUM REVIEW: The Dead Don’t Die – Dominum - distortedsoundmag.com | Distorted Sound Magazine | Jan. 5, 2025, midnight
One Of Us maintains the momentum with three minutes of dark cheese, before the title track comes across like a malevolent nursery rhyme combined with a high-octane metal song. They ease off the pedal slightly with the mid-tempo Die For The Devil, while Don’t Get Bitten By The Wrong One shows off some serious song-writing chops. It’s all loud, raucous and surprisingly energetic considering ...

• Kodak Black Keeps the Heat Coming with Gift for the Streets | stupidDOPE | stupidDOPE.com | Dec. 30, 2024, 2:09 p.m.
Kodak Black drops Gift for the Streets, his third album in two months, featuring Lil Yachty, BG, and more.

• Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist's Top Albums ... | Tinnitist | Dec. 30, 2024, midnight
When the opportunity for Dutch trio DeWolff to record in Muscle Shoals, it was a dream come true. “Even before we were into southern rock, as a kid, Luka got an album of southern soul, and most of it was recorded at FAME,” says singer-guitarist Pablo van de Poel of his drumming brother.

• DMX - Let Us Pray: Chapter X (Album Review) | Cryptic Rock | Dec. 27, 2024, 10:59 p.m.
DMX's posthumous album Let Us Pray: Chapter X was released on December 13, 2024. Read all about it on Cryptic Rock Magazine.

• Kodak Black Drops New Album 'Gift for the Streets' | HYPEBEAST | Dec. 27, 2024, 1:37 a.m.
His third project in two months.

• INTERVIEW: CORY MARKS talks about his latest album 'Sorry for Nothing' | The Rockpit | Dec. 23, 2024, 9 p.m.
There have been some pretty special albums released in 2024 and Cory Marks has just released the absolute dark horse album for me this year. “Sorry For Nothing” was released via Better Noise Music on [...]

• Lecrae Joins DMX’s Let Us Pray: Chapter X | Audilous | Dec. 23, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae takes center stage in Let Us Pray: Chapter X, DMX’s second posthumous album, released December 13. The eight-track project, produced by Grammy winner Warryn Campbell, blends DMX’s heartfelt prayers with powerful collaborations featuring Lecrae, Snoop Dogg, Killer Mike, MC Lyte, and […]

• Bruce Springsteen Releases New Covers Compilation Featuring Live ... | American Songwriter | Dec. 23, 2024, midnight
Bruce Springsteen has released the latest installment of The Live Series, a series of archival digital albums featuring archival concert recordings by the Boss. The new album is called...

• Subway To Sally – Post Mortem | flyctory.com | Dec. 22, 2024, midnight
The German Medieval rock band Subway To Sally released their fifteenth studio album "Post Mortem" on 20th December 2024. A review.

• Saint Etienne – The Night | RONNIEROCKET.COM | Dec. 21, 2024, 8:48 p.m.
Beloved British trio Saint Etienne are set to release their twelfth studio album, “The Night”, on December 13th, 2024, through Heavenly Recordings. A follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2021 al…

• On Record – Saint Etienne: The Night (Heavenly Recordings) | Arcana.fm | Dec. 20, 2024, 3:22 p.m.
by Ben Hogwood What’s the story? Saint Etienne’s twelfth album, their first in three years, is written as an antidote to the chaos of daily life, an ambient complement to the sheer speed and …

• 'The Brutalist' Composer Daniel Blumberg: Interview | UPROXX | Dec. 19, 2024, midnight
The Brutalist opens in limited theaters on December 20, 2024, before a wider rollout in January 2025. The Brutalist soundtrack is out now. You can stream the album below.

• Paul Wall on Grills, Johnny Dang, Nelly & More | Complex | Dec. 19, 2024, midnight
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of “Grillz” and the release of his new album Once Upon A Grind, we got a chance to sit down with Wall to discuss all things grills, from what makes Johnny...

• Paul Wall Says He 'Didn't Know' He Was White Until Classm... | Complex | Dec. 18, 2024, midnight
It was later in his childhood that Paul Wall discovered he's white. The Houston rapper, who recently dropped his latest album Once Upon a Grind, appeared on The Breakfast Club radio...

• Victoria Monét wint kerstmis met album A Jaguar II Christmas | IndebanvanNL | Dec. 17, 2024, 1:18 p.m.
Deze kerst verzorgt Victoria Monét de muziek met het album “A Jaguar II Christmas”. De voorganger, EP “A Jaguar Christmas” uit 2020, luisterde door de zwaar klassieke arrangementen niet bepaald makkelijk weg tussen de stol en de kalkoen door. Maar hoe anders is de aanpak vier jaar later van hetzelfde team. Wederom betreft het een ... Lees meer

• Saint Etienne: The Night - Review - ALBUM OF THE WEEK! Saint Etienne - The Night | Louder Than War | Dec. 17, 2024, 11:49 a.m.
Saint Etienne's latest studio album The Night is another wonderful and beautifully-produced exploration of soothing nocturnal soundscapes.

• Academy Awards Release 2025 Shortlist For Best Original ... | Stereogum | Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
And don’t sleep on Daniel Blumberg’s The Brutalist score, which we just highlighted the other day. Here’s the full shortlist: Oscar nominations will be revealed on 1/17, and the ceremony is...

• Mario Returns With New Album ‘Glad You Came’ - Forbes | Forbes Advisor | Dec. 14, 2024, 4:30 a.m.
Now, the R&B crooner is returning to music for Glad You Came, his first new album in six years and a reintroduction of the artist more than two decades after his debut.

• 4 Bruce Springsteen Covers That Rivaled the Original Tunes | American Songwriter | Dec. 14, 2024, midnight
Let’s dive into just a handful of Bruce Springsteen covers that (arguably) rival the original songs themselves! Videos by American Songwriter. 1. “Atlantic City” by The Band. “Atlantic...

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SAINT ETIENNE - THE NIGHT | The Spill Magazine | Dec. 13, 2024, 7:40 p.m.
SAINT ETIENNE THE NIGHT HEAVENLY RECORDINGS Saint Etienne, probably one of the best electro-pop bands around may have previously released 11 excellent albums, but as a band, they haven’t been heard of for a while. It seemed that Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley, and Pete Wiggs (particularly the latter two) were busy with other projects, but […]

• DMX's Estate Arranges Some Of His Most Powerful Prayers On "Let Us Pray: Chapter X" | HotNewHipHop | Dec. 13, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
DMX, one of the most unique hip-hop artists of all time, has a new posthumous record out today and it features some meditative prayers.

• Interview: Unapologetic Anthem: Cory Marks' Evolution | The Partae | Dec. 13, 2024, 7:56 a.m.
Congratulations on Sorry For Nothing! How does this album reflect your personal and musical growth since Who I Am? This album is something special. I

• 'The Brutalist': Hear Former Yuck Frontman Daniel Blumberg's Golden ... | Stereogum | Dec. 13, 2024, midnight
The soundtrack for this drama was composed by Daniel Blumberg, former frontman of the great and low-key underrated English indie rock band Yuck.

• Spotlight – Cory Marks | Hidden Beats | Hidden Beats | Entertainment & Digital Media | Dec. 9, 2024, 4:17 p.m.
In this exclusive Spotlight - Cory Marks interview, we dive deep into the creation of his latest album, Sorry For Nothing.

• Seekae - The Worry (10th Anniversary Edition) - ACID STAG | Acid Stag | Dec. 9, 2024, 3:26 a.m.
10 years on from the critically-acclaimed release of 'The Worry', Sydney/London trio Seekae are celebrating the release on its anniversary...