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Ice Spice teamed up with early 2000s icon Paris Hilton while continuing to prepare for the release of her debut studio album, ‘Y2K.’

Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, has unveiled the unsettling music video for ‘Lithonia’ – you can watch it below.

READ MORE: Childish Gambino – ‘Bando Stone And The New World’ review: a bittersweet send-off to a musical innovator

Last night (July 22) – after sharing private links of the video with fans via text messages over the weekend – the actor and rapper finally made the video available to the public. The music video, directed by Jack Begert, clocks in at two minutes – around a minute under the song’s official runtime.

Besides Glover, the music video stars musician and actor Alex Wolff (Hereditary, Pig), Suzanna Son (The Idol, Fear Street: Prom Queen), Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson, musician Lynette Williams and Passion Pit and The Flaming Lips’ Ray Suen.

The video starts with Glover and his band performing intimate group, before it quickly grows more unsettling and takes a dark turn. Watch the music video for ‘Lithonia’ below.

‘Lithonia’ marked the first single from Glover’s final album under the Childish Gambino moniker, ‘Bando Stone and The New World’. The album – released last weekend – also serves as the official soundtrack for a new movie of the same name. Donald Glover revealed the trailer for the film recently, though the film has yet to receive a release date.

Kyann-Syan Williams wrote of ‘Bando Stone and The New World’ in a four-star review for NME: “Glover has made a record as otherworldly as his other outings. Yet, ‘Bando Stone and The New World’ stumbles slightly – where its sonic variety is exciting, it lacks a clear sense of cohesion or theme compared to his previous work – making it a bittersweet farewell to the legend of Childish Gambino.”

Last week, ahead of the album’s release, Glover explained why he was retiring Childish Gambino, chalking it up to portraying the rapper not being “fulfilling” anymore, and wanted to dedicate more time to his personal life and other avenues after the death of his father and the birth of his children.

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Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, has spoken about the importance of his father’s music, and his parents’ relationship – see what Sean had to say below.

READ MORE: ‘Let It Be’ review: The Beatles dust off their spellbinding 1970 break-up doc

Sean Lennon spoke to The Times about the recent ‘Ultimate Mix’ release of his father’s fourth solo album ‘Mind Games’, which was shared earlier this month. The album was released with several different mixes, culminating with the ‘Ultimate Mix’.

Speaking to The Times, Lennon explained that the numerous mixes served as a way for his father’s solo music outside of The Beatles to continue getting the “attention” it deserves: “One thing that distinguishes my dad’s solo career is how personal his lyrics became. It is like a diary, and it is my duty to bring attention to my father’s music. Not just my duty to him, but a duty to the world.”

John Lennon (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

Sean Ono continued: “With the world as it is now, people have forgotten so many things that I never imagined could be forgotten. I refuse to let that happen to this music — it means too much to me.”

His comments come less than a month after a new music video for John’s ‘Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)’ featuring intimate home video footage shot by the musician himself was released. The video depicts John and Yoko Ono as they live their lives in a New York apartment.

In the same chat with The Times, Sean Ono also spoke of his his parents’ relationship, stating: “Their story is a love story. They found each other across a great divide and certainly struggled through ups and downs, but never doubted their love. It is important we remember them as an example. Even through rough patches, you can see my father thought about my mother. They were simply, irrevocably intertwined.”

John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1973. CREDIT: Bettmann/Getty Images

In other news, Travis recently revealed that the piano used on the single ‘Gaslight’ was the same that The Beatles used on ‘Lady Madonna’.

Elsewhere, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler recently opened up about the influence of The Beatles on his career, sharing “They were a massive influence, because there was nobody else like them at the time.”

The post Sean Ono Lennon says father John’s music “means too much to him”, and discusses dad’s “love story” with Yoko Ono appeared first on NME.

Fifteen acts playing over two nights at Dunedin The Crown and U-Bar in early August.

AVALON STONE UNLEASHES “SHAKING ME UP” – AN ANTHEM OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL AND DEFIANCE A JOURNEY FROM EMOTIONAL TURMOIL TO A FIERCE, ALMOST REBELLIOUS AWAKENING Avalon Stone, one of Canada’s promising alt-rock talents, has just released her latest single, “Shaking Me Up,” and the track, produced by JUNO Award-winning Kevin Dietz, delves into the depths […]

The post SPILL NEW MUSIC: AVALON STONE UNLEASHES “SHAKING ME UP” – AN ANTHEM OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL AND DEFIANCE appeared first on The Spill Magazine.

A. Savage. | CREDIT: Scott Legato/Getty Images.

A. Savage has announced a run of Australian tour dates, set to take place in November 2024. The Parquet Courts frontman will be performing solo in Australia for the first time, marking his return after his band’s visit in July 2022 for both Splendour In The Grass and select headlining shows. The full run of solo tour dates, as well as ticketing information, can be accessed below.

Prior to the full tour announcement today (July 23rd), Savage had been announced on the line-up for the regional Victorian festival Town Folk. Set to take place in Castlemaine in mid-November, Savage will join the likes of The Teskey Brothers, Marlon Williams and Grace Cummings on the bill.

A. Savage – ‘Elvis In The Army’

Savage first toured Australia over a decade ago, arriving in the country with Parquet Courts in January of 2014. There, he played with the band at that year’s Laneway Festival. Parquet would return for a one-off appearance six months later at that year’s Splendour In The Grass before returning for Golden Plains in February 2015 and again over the 2016/17 new-year period while performing at that year’s Falls Festival.

Later in 2017, Savage released his debut solo album Thawing Dawn. The band returned to Laneway Festival in 2019. Savage’s most recent release, The Loft Sessions EP, was released in April 2024.

A. Savage 2024 Australian Tour

Friday, November 15th – Howler, Melbourne VIC

Saturday, November 16th – Sunken Oval, Castlemaine VIC*

Wednesday, November 20th – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW

Friday, November 22nd – Season Three, Brisbane QLD

Saturday, November 23rd – The Sound Doctor, Anglesea VIC

* – Town Folk Festival

Tickets are on sale now via Mistletone.

Further Reading

Parquet Courts Talk Philosophy In Songwriting & Australia’s “Inspiring” Music Scene

Here Are The Top 50 Albums Of 2018, According To Double J

UK Indie-Rockers Yard Act Announce 2024 Australian Tour Dates

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Alice Phoebe Lou trustingly swims toward ‘The World Above’…and more music news for you day.

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After the indie pop jaunt of earlier single ‘Dance With You’ (premiered by Backseat Mafia here) , the irrepressible Charlie Lane returns with ‘I Hate Me’: a far more pared down and reflective single that explores self doubt and the attendant anxieties with a raw authenticity. The emotions are expressed by a pounding insistent percussive beat, spidery frail guitars that drape across the sonic landscape and Lane’s velvet vocals that are infused with a sense of aching, regret and longing.

The feelings expressed are immediately identifiable and, while personal, eminently universal:

Hey, I hate me
I make plans with my friends
And then I cancel on them
Because I hate me
This social anxiety is wrapped up around me like a vine
I’m not fine
So I take it out on you, and then blame me
Because hey
I hate me

Lane’s expression is uniquely antipodean in delivery – adding a tangible veracity and aching beauty to the expression. The accompanying video is close and intimate, an immersive performance that is as raw as the song:

‘I Hate Me’ is out now and available to download and stream here. Lane’s debut album ‘I’m OK Now, But I Wasn’t’ will be released in later this year.

Feature Photograph: Marcus Beach-Pier

Insomniac and Club Glow have shifted the dates for Project GLOW from its usual dates in April to May 31 – June 1 for the upcoming edition in 2025.

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