Band of Horses has announced a new album called Things Are Great.
The latest effort from the “Great Salt Lake” outfit is set to arrive January 21, 2022. You can listen to the lead single, “Crutch,” now via digital outlets.
Things Are Great is the sixth Band of Horses studio album. It’s the follow-up to 2016’s Why Are You OK, which includes the single “Casual Party.”
Band of Horses will play a three-show residency at New York City’s new Brooklyn Made venue next week. They’ll then launch a U.S. tour November 4 in Denver.
Here’s the Things Are Great track list:
“Warning Signs”
“Crutch”
“Tragedy of the Commons”
“In the Hard Times”
“In Need of Repair”
“Aftermath”
“Lights”
“Ice Night We’re Having”
“You Are Nice to Me”
“Coalinga”
Chris Stapleton and Carlos Santana are bringing the “Joy.”
The Grammy winners have teamed up on an uplifting new song where Carlos’ signature guitar playing takes center stage alongside Chris’ vocals. Written and produced by the country singer, the song was inspired by the fear stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Joy rolling like the thunder rumbles/Time to let the teardrops tumble/Listen to the hatred crumble,” Chris sings with a choir of voices in the background.
“I was very intrigued to work with Chris. We talked on the phone about the Covid situation and how there’s so much fear in the world,” Santana says of “Joy” in a statement. “I said, ‘We need to create music as a healing force. We must bring hope and courage and disinfect twisted minds infected with darkness. That gave him the ammunition to write such incredible words.”
“Joy” is featured on Carlos’ new album, Blessings and Miracles, out on Friday.
Earlier this year, Police guitarist Andy Summers revealed to ABC Audio that he planned to release a new solo instrumental album in the fall titled Harmonics of the Night. Now full details about the project have been unveiled.
The album, which features 12 tracks, will be released this Friday, October 15, on CD, as a digital download and via streaming services.
Summers considers Harmonics of the Night the third in a trilogy of instrumental solo records, following 2015’s Metal Dog and 2017’s Triboluminescence. He recorded the album at his Hill of Beans studio in Venice, California, and co-produced it with longtime collaborator Dennis Martin Smith.
The 78-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer also shot the photos featured on the album’s cover and in its packaging.
Andy says lead track “A Certain Strangeness” was written as a sound installation to accompany his 2019 photo exhibit of the same name that opened in Montpellier, France.
“Bringing the two mediums together was a natural move and from that first piece came this whole new recording,” Summers explains. “In a word, it set the mood for the rest of this album.”
Andy has released a track called “Chronosthesia” as Harmonics of the Night‘s first single, which is available now digitally. You can check out a music video for the tune at Andy’s official YouTube channel, featuring photos Summers shot in downtown Los Angelesm along with superimposed footage of Andy playing guitar.
Harmonics of the Night also will be released as a two-LP vinyl set boasting three tracks not included on the CD or digital versions.
In August, Summers published his first fiction book, Fretted and Moaning: Short Stories, which is available at AndySummersBook.com.
Here’s the Harmonics of the Night CD and digital track list:
“A Certain Strangeness”
“City of Crocodiles”
“Aeromancer”
“Chronosthesia”
“Harmonics of the Night”
“Mirror in the Dirt”
“Prairie”
“Fantoccini”
“Aphelion”
“Spell”
“Inamorata”
“Strange Return”
And here’s the vinyl track list:
Disc 1
Side A
“A Certain Strangeness”
Side B
“City of Crocodiles”
“Aeromancer”
“Chronosthesia”
“Harmonics of the Night”
Disc 2
Side A
“Mirror in the Dirt”
“Prairie”
“Fantoccini”
“Aphelion”
Side B
“Spell”
“Inamorata”
“Micrografia”*
“Ecstasy Blooms”*
“A Joint in West Kensington”*
Home Sweet Home Alone, the Disney+ holiday reboot of the Home Alone films, now has a trailer.
Bespectacled Jojo Rabbit scene-stealer Archie Yates takes Macaulay Culkin‘s place as the kid left by himself when his family goes overseas — but in young Max Mercer’s case, he must defend his home against a husband and wife burglar team.
Elle Kemper and Rob Delaney play the would-be thieves, seeking a priceless heirloom in the Mercer family’s home, while Max’s huge — and forgetful — family are in Japan.
As one would expect, Max defends his house with countless booby traps: cue the pratfalls.
Home Sweet Home Alone will debut November 12, 2021 exclusively on the streaming service as part of Disney+ Day.
AJ Mitchell‘s debut album, Skyview, was supposed to be released in 2019, and then in 2020. But after having been delayed again, it finally came out last Friday, along with a new single and video, “Hi-Lo.” AJ says he really appreciates that his fans have waited this long for his music — because he’s not sure if he could’ve done the same.
“They’ve been so patient, they have been like blessings,” AJ tells ABC Audio. “They are blessings. They’re the best fans ever! I don’t know how I would react if someone, like, took this long for an album!”
And while the pandemic contributed to the delay, AJ says it also helped him realize that Skyview wasn’t quite complete.
“It’s kind of crazy how I had the album finished, but just having that extra time, you know, you write music, and you’re like, ‘This actually fits perfectly with the album,'” he says, adding, “I’ve been creating this album for the past two years, trying to find out who I am…and now I’m at that point where I feel like it all just came together.”
While not all of the 20-plus singles that AJ’s released over the past few years are on Skyview, one that is is “Used to Be,” which he wrote when he was just 13. AJ is 20 now, so why put such an old track on the album?
“It kind of just made sense because, at the end of the day, Skyview is a drive-in movie theater in my hometown,” he explains. “It’s where I came from, and I think it just it made sense to have ‘Used to Be’ on it, because I wrote [it] in my hometown when I was 13, and I think it just kind of ties together the whole album.”
Organizers of the Austin City Limits festival have apologized to Phoebe Bridgers after her set at the Texas event this past weekend was cut short.
As seen in footage posted to social media, the audio cut out just as Bridgers and her band were about to reach the crescendo of her song “I Know the End” — the same tune during which she famously smashed her guitar on Saturday Night Live.
In a since-deleted tweet reacting to the audio snafu, Bridgers wrote, “lol f*** ACL.”
ACL has now issued a statement to the Austin-American Statesmen blaming the incident on a “miscommunication on stage.”
“We wish this had not happened and extend our apologies to Phoebe,” the statement reads. “After positive conversations between festival organizers and the artist about the situation, ACL Fest has made a donation to Texas Abortion Funds to show our support for Phoebe and an organization close to her heart.”
The “Kyoto” artist has since retweeted ACL’s statement, along with the caption, “Thank you.”
Bridgers is also supporting Texas Abortion Funds with her cover of the Bo Burnham song “That Funny Feeling,” which was released earlier this month. According to Billboard, the cover is one of the five best-selling songs of the past week.
U2‘s second album, October, was released 40 years ago today, October 12, 1981.
The album helped the young Irish rockers continue their ascendance as a popular new wave band following their memorable 1980 debut, Boy, and that record’s standout track “I Will Follow.”
Many fans in the U.S. got their introduction to U2 thanks to the music video for October‘s second single, “Gloria,” which was the first video by the group to be put in heavy rotation on MTV during the network’s early days. The clip famously features the band performing on a barge at the Canal Basin in their hometown of Dublin.
October was not a commercial success in the U.S., reaching only #104 on the Billboard 200. Things were different in the U.K., where the album reached #11.
The first single from October, “Fire,” was released in July of 1981, and it became U2’s first top-40 hit in the U.K., peaking at #35.
October was a challenging project for U2, largely because of an infamous incident that occurred while the band was on tour in the U.S. early in 1981 while promoting Boy. At a show in March of that year in Portland, Oregon, a briefcase with Bono’s lyrics and song ideas for the album went missing backstage. This led to the singer having to quickly pen new lyrics or improvise words when it came time for U2 to record the album.
In comparison with Boy, October‘s songs featured more religious and spiritual themes, exemplified by tunes such as “Gloria,” “With a Shout (Jerusalem),” “Rejoice” and “Tomorrow.”
The album also featured guitarist The Edge contributing his piano talents to a number of songs.
October has gone on to sell more than a million copies in the U.S.
Here’s the October track list:
“Gloria”
“I Fall Down”
“I Threw a Brick Through a Window”
“Rejoice”
“Fire”
“Tomorrow”
“October”
“With a Shout (Jerusalem)”
“Stranger in a Strange Land”
“Scarlet”
“Is That All?”
Ellen Pompeo is delighted to be working alongside Kate Walsh once again on Grey’s Anatomy.
The series star spoke with E!’s Daily Pop about their long-awaited reunion, revealing that emotions were riding high when they both saw each other for the first time on the set.
“[We] may have shed a tear,” the actress admitted. “We may have hugged and cried a bit.”
Pompeo plays Dr. Meredith Grey, who has a complicated history with Walsh’s Dr. Addison Montgomery — the ex-wife of Patrick Dempsey‘s Derek Shepherd. Dr. Montgomery first appeared in the season 1 finale of Grey‘s and memorably introduced herself Derek’s wife before extending a hand and telling Meredith, “And you must be the woman who’s been screwing my husband.”
The characters’ relationship evolved over the years as they grew to respect one another. Walsh departed Grey‘s at the end of the third season to star in the six-season spinoff, Private Practice.
Pompeo explained why it was so special to work alongside Walsh again.
“All of us from the original cast, we do share such a special bond,” said Pompeo. “We went through something that only a few people can understand what it was, and to see all of that hard work and all of that craziness that we went through — you know, getting famous so quickly and the show was such a big deal — and to come together again and the show is still on the air, to know that our work has had such an impact, is pretty moving.”
Grey’s Anatomy, now in its 18th season, airs Thursdays on ABC.
(TETON COUNTY, Wyo.) — A Wyoming coroner is expected to announce the results of an autopsy Tuesday on Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old travel blogger whose remains were recovered in September in a national park.
Petito’s boyfriend and cross-country traveling companion, Brian Laundrie, has been named by investigators as a person of interest in her death and is the subject of a massive nationwide search being directed by the FBI.
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said in a media alert Monday night that he plans to discuss “the ruling on the autopsy of Gabrielle Petito.”
After Petito’s body was discovered on Sept. 19 in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Jackson, Blue said the manner of Petito’s death was a homicide.
Blue’s announcement will come amidst a nationwide search the FBI is leading for Laundrie, who drew suspicion after returning to his parents’ North Port, Florida, home on Sept. 1 without Petito but driving her van, authorities said.
Laundrie’s parents told police they last saw their son on Sept. 13, two days after Petito’s parents, who live in Long Island, New York, reported her missing. Laundrie’s parents told investigators their son may have been headed to the Carlton Reserve, a 25,000-acre wildlife preserve near their home.
Marilyn Manson is trying to unload his Los Angeles home and has listed it for $1.75 million.
The New York Post reports that the 1926 Spanish-styled home boasts three bedrooms, three bathrooms and other amenities, such as an office and walk in closets.
Manson bought the 2,711 square foot home, which sits on a 0.15-acre plot, back in 2013.
The move comes as the musician grapples with allegations of abuse and sexual assault by numerous women. The fallout began last February after his ex-fiancée, Evan Rachel Wood, alleged he had “horrifically abused [her] for years.” Manson, born Brian Warner, denied her claims as “horrible distortions of reality.”
In the months since, multiple women come forward with their own allegations, including Game of Thrones star Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan Smithline and Warner’s former assistant, Ashley Walters, all of whom filed lawsuits against him.
