Third Man announces Vault Pkg. #65: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 40th Anniversary Edition

THIRD MAN RECORDS

ANNOUNCES VAULT PACKAGE #65:

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - PSYCHOCANDY

40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

BOX SET INCLUDES 2xLP 45 RPM VERSION OF PSYCHOCANDY,

A DETROIT LIVE RECORDING FROM 1987,

AND A METALLIC GOLD 7” FEATURING

“JESUS FUCK” B/W EARLY “JUST LIKE HONEY” DEMO

SUBSCRIBE BY JULY 31, 2025 AT MIDNIGHT CDT TO RECEIVE THIS PACKAGE

Third Man Records is proud to announce the 65th installment in their long-running quarterly vinyl subscription service The Vault, The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 40th Anniversary Edition. Included in this set is a 2xLP version of Psychocandy cut at 45rpm, a live recording from St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit from 1987, and a metallic gold 7” featuring “Jesus Fuck" b/w an early (and previously unreleased) demo of “Just Like Honey.” Sign up is open now through July 31 at midnight CST.

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1985: As the last detached murmurs of post-punk slowly crest into the earliest whispers of shoegaze, standing there in a world all their own, cutting a profile both unique and incomparable is The Jesus and Mary Chain. With equal influence gleaned from The Stooges and The Shangri-Las, The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, the band releases the unassailable godhead album, Psychocandy.

In celebration of this recording, one of the most important and watershed albums of all time, Third Man Records is humbled to announce Psychocandy: 40th Anniversary Edition as the 65th release of their Vault quarterly subscription series.

Anchoring this set is a 2xLP version of Psychocandy cut at 45rpm. It is not hyperbole to say this might be the loudest cut…not only of this record, but of any record…you will ever hear. The high speed treatment here affords the sonics a heretofore unseen clarity in the band’s utilization of controlled feedback. And such dynamic range! A record better-suited for this treatment you will struggle to find. Crank it loud and it just does not break up. Distortion has never sounded so clear. Cut by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering using super high definition 192khz transfers of the original 1985 mix and featuring the classic JAMC line-up of Jim Reid, William Reid, Douglas Hart and Bobby Gillespie.

Additionally, unearthed specifically for the anniversary is a crystalline live recording from St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit from 1987. Perfectly balanced with songs from Psychocandy and its equally as beautiful follow-up Darklands, two takes here (“Taste of Cindy” and “April Skies”) appeared as non-album b-sides in 1988, but the rest of the songs on this 2xLP swath are all previously unheard and absolutely mind-blowing in all the best of ways. Mixed back in the day by William Reid and Brian Young, from multitrack soundboard recordings.

The original album is packaged in a sumptuous two pocket, gatefold jacket housed in a slipcase and pressed on 180-gram psychocandy colored vinyl with the live discs on darkest black 180-gram vinyl and living in a classic double-wide spine single-pocket jacket.

And the metaphorical cherry on top, the pairing of the the absolutely savage improvisational fan favorite “Jesus Fuck” with the wildly early (and previously unreleased) demo of “Just Like Honey.” These two songs, better than any, highlight the brilliant musical chiaroscuro of the Jesus and Mary Chain, the perfect tenuous blend of light and dark, unparalleled hypnotic pop melody and bombastic overdriven feedback noise. Pressed on metallic gold vinyl, this 7-inch quintessentially captures the contrasting beauty of what makes this band so groundbreaking.

Sign up now through midnight central time July 31st only at www.thirdmanrecords.com/vault.

The Jesus And Mary Chain

Psychocandy: 40th Anniversary Edition

(4xLP / 1 x 7-inch)

SIDE ONE - PSYCHOCANDY

Just Like Honey

The Living End

Taste The Floor

SIDE TWO - PSYCHOCANDY

The Hardest Walk

Cut Dead

In A Hole

Taste Of Cindy

SIDE THREE - PSYCHOCANDY

Never Understand

Inside Me

Sowing Seeds

My Little Underground

SIDE FOUR - PSYCHOCANDY

You Trip Me Up

Something’s Wrong

It’s So Hard

JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR

WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS

DOUGLAS HART: BASS

BOBBY GILLESPIE: DRUMS

SIDE FIVE - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987

In A Hole (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Fall (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Happy When It Rains (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Cherry Came Too (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

SIDE SIX - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987

Just Like Honey (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

The Hardest Walk (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

April Skies (live)

The Living End (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Taste Of Cindy (live)

SIDE SEVEN - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987

Nine Million Rainy Days (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Down On Me (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

You Trip Me Up (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

SIDE EIGHT - Live in Detroit November 20th, 1987

Kill Surf City (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Who Do You Love (live) - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR

WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS

DOUGLAS HART: BASS

DAVE EVANS: GUITAR

BONUS 7-INCH

SIDE 1

Jesus Fuck (LIVE @ MELKWEG, AMSTERDAM March 9th, 1985) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR

WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS

DOUGLAS HART: BASS

BOBBY GILLESPIE: DRUMS

SIDE 2

Just Like Honey (EARLY DEMO) PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

JIM REID: VOCALS, GUITAR

WILLIAM REID: GUITAR, VOCALS

KAREN PARKER: VOCALS

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Rio Da Yung OG Continues His Torrid Run With "Sneaky B" Single, Prepares for F.L.I.N.T. Album

Rio Da Yung OG Continues His Successful Homecoming, Sharing New Single "Sneaky 'B'"

"Sneaky 'B'" Will Appear on F.L.I.N.T. (Feelin' Like I'm Not Thru), the Red Hot Michigan Rapper's Next Album, Out This Summer via EMPIRE

The First and Only Rapper From Flint to Earn a Platinum Record ("Legendary"), Rio Continues to Enjoy His Freedom, Sharing His First New Single Since His Early 2025 Release RIO FREE (Something Happen)

The "Michigan Rap Titan" (Pitchfork) Prepares to Embark On His Epic "Welcome Home Tour," Spanning 60+ Dates, Launching in July

Critical Praise:

"...it’s good to have him back." - Pitchfork

"...the loose-lipped, punchline god from Flint who became a Michigan rap titan" - Pitchfork

#66 Best Album of the Decade So Far (City On My Back) - Pitchfork

Best Albums of 2025 So Far (RIO FREE (Something Happen)) - The FADER

"I cannot possibly list all the lines that made me laugh out loud" - Stereogum

"Even his offhand comments have the power to smack you with bitter truths while you try to hold back the laughter." - Passion of the Weiss

The Announcement:

Flint, MI's Rio Da Yung OG used his sharp sense of humor and candid authenticity to build a fanbase fervent enough to support him through legal issues that might have derailed a lesser artist's career. Now, finally on the verge of putting his troubles behind him once and for all, Rio is on a tear, dropping some of the best music of his career and preparing to launch his first ever tour.

The Michigan rap titan's comeback culminates this summer, with the release of his upcoming album, F.L.I.N.T. (Feeling Like I'm Not Thru). The follow-up to his 2025 EP RIO FREE, recorded shortly after Rio ended a bid in federal prison in December 2024, and its February expansion RIO FREE (Something Happen), F.L.I.N.T. is one of Rio's most focused and cohesive projects to date, paying tribute to the hardscrabble hometown that raised him and the fans who continue to hold him down. F.L.I.N.T. (Feeling Like I'm Not Thru) arrives this summer via #Boyz Entertainment LLC / EMPIRE.

Along with the announcement of F.L.I.N.T., Rio shares "Sneaky 'B'," the first single from the upcoming album. Produced by a frequent Rio collaborator, Michigan rap sound architect Danny G Beats, "Sneaky B" is a endless cascade of out-of-pocket punchlines, as Rio locks in over detuned synth strings and blown-out 808s. The song is a glimpse into Rio's one-of-a-kind mind, capable of stringing together flexes that nobody else could have conceived of: "Caught a body when I had a fade, I had to grow some hair/I stand on so much business, I don't own a chair."

Emerging out of Flint in the late 2010s, Rio Da Yung OG helped transform his working class city into one of the most exciting rap hotbeds of the past several years. Elevated by notable co-signs from Detroit rappers like Peezy and buoyed by fan excitement over his freestyles and guest spots, Rio stormed onto the national scene, garnering overwhelming critical acclaim for releases like 2020's City On My Back (named the #66 Best Album of the 2020s So Far by Pitchfork), Fiends Don't Matter, 2 FACED, and his Dum and Dumber mixtape series with fellow Flint punchline artist Rmc Mike. During this time, Rio released some of his scene's defining rap hits, including "Movie" ft. Louie Ray, "Chicken Coupe" ft. Peezy, and "1v1," his collaboration with Lil Yachty. Just as his career was hitting high gear, Rio hit an obstacle in the form of a 4-year prison sentence. In late 2021, he left words of wisdom for his fans in the form of his "Last Day Out" freestyle, and went away. Even prison couldn't stop Rio from putting in work. Fans rallied behind his 2019 hit "Legendary," which grew into his biggest hit, generating hundreds of millions of streams.

In December 2024, Rio returned to the scene with a bang, releasing the epic first day out freestyle "RIO FREE," racking up over 1 million views in a day and 8 million streams in just three days. The music video trended #1 on YouTube Music for three weeks straight. "RIO FREE" paved the way for the RIO FREE EP, which earned praise from Pitchfork, and its expansion RIO FREE (Something Happen), named one of the Best Albums of 2025 So Far by The FADER. In early January, Rio performed his first concert since 2021, selling out a star-studded show in Detroit, and in April, "Legendary" earned PLATINUM status from the RIAA, making Rio the first-ever rapper from Flint to earn a PLATINUM record. Rio has also been a willing collaborator, jumping on the viral "Shark" with Jorjiana, recently performed at the NBA Finals, appearing on Money Man's new album, and reuniting with Rmc Mike for "Bragging Rights," currently trending at #28 on YouTube for music with nearly 1 million views since its release last week.

In July, Rio embarks upon his first-ever nationwide tour: the "Welcome Home Tour," featuring support from Baby Money, FBLManny, and many special guests. The epic tour spans over 60 dates, kicking off in Detroit on July 17th (Music Hall Detroit) and passing through San Francisco on August 10th (Regency Ballroom), Los Angeles on August 12th (The Belasco Theater), Houston on August 30th (9pm Music Venue), and New York on September 24th (Webster Hall) before concluding in Chicago on October 11th (Patio Theater).

View a full list of tour dates and purchase tickets at https://www.touringwithrio.com/

With F.L.I.N.T. on the way and more excitement in the future, Rio looks to make 2025 his year. Stay tuned for more music and announcements in the coming weeks.

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BABYMETAL on Tour in Sterling Heights, MI

BABYMETAL is currently on their biggest North American tour yet and will be in Sterling Heights, MI on July 3 with support from Black Veil Brides, Jinjer, and Bloodywood. The 24-date run will hit major cities including Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, and San Francisco before wrapping up on July 23 in Phoenix.

Formed in 2010 as a sub-unit of idol group Sakura Gakuin, BABYMETAL quickly gained popularity in Japan for their explosive live shows. By 2013, they had become a force of their own opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, and Lady Gaga, and bringing the ferocity of metal to a global audience. With over 15 years of history and a diehard international following, BABYMETAL isn’t just a band, they’re a movement redefining what heavy music looks and sounds like. Fronted by three dynamic women - SU-METAL, MOAMETAL, and MOMOMETAL - BABYMETAL has helped redefine the face of metal, inspiring a new generation of women and girls around the world who see themselves in this sound and on these stages.

Their upcoming album Metal Forth (out August 8 via Capitol) features collaborations with Tom Morello, Poppy, Spiritbox, and more. Their latest single "from me to u" feat. Poppy is out now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayP_YUrf9I. More information on the tour and record below.

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KEY GLOCK KICKS OFF 2025 "GLOCKAVELI" U.S. TOUR IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Last night, multi platinum superstar Key Glock kicked off his 2025 "GLOCKAVELI Tour presented by SiriusXM’s Hip-Hop Nation" in Oklahoma City, OK at The Criterion. Songs from his newly released album GLOCKAVELI were performed live for the first time, including new singles “No Sweat” and “3AM in ToKEYo.” The setlist featured fan favorites like “Let’s Go,” “Ambition For Cash” and “Mr. Glock.”

Key Glock’s "GLOCKAVELI Tour" continues with a stop next in Houston, TX on May 23 at 713 Music Hall, before heading to Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA and Los Angeles, CA before wrapping up in Las Vegas, NV on June 30 at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas. 

Find approved photos from the concert HERE (credit: Eduardo Martinez)

For tour info and to purchase tickets, visit LiveNation.com

KEY GLOCK 2025 GLOCKAVELI TOUR DATES: 
Fri May 23 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall  
Sat May 24 – Austin, TX – Moody Center  
Sun May 25 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom  
Thu May 29 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Co.  
Fri May 30 – Charlotte, NC – Bojangles Coliseum  
Sat May 31 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy  
Thu Jun 05 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium  
Sat Jun 07 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion  
Sun Jun 08 – Queens, NY — Governors Ball^
Tue Jun 10 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston  
Thu Jun 12 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland  
Fri Jun 13 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center  
Wed Jun 18 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall  
Thu Jun 19 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park  
Sat Jun 21 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater  
Sun Jun 22 – Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus  
Tue Jun 24 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom  
Sat Jun 28 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre  
Sun Jun 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium  
Mon Jun 30 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas  
^Festival Date

THE ARMED ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED'


THE ARMED ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED

WATCH THE DEVASTATINGLY BRUTAL VIDEO FOR FIRST SONG “WELL MADE PLAY”

ANNOUNCE SELECT TOUR DATES WITH SUPPORT FROM PROSTITUTE

The Armed have announced a new album, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED, out August 1st via Sargent House. “Well Made Play” is the opening track and first single on the album—a grim reflection of a society that mistakes narcissism for self-awareness. The title references the 19th-century “well-made play,” a dramatic form built on clean narratives wrapped up with moral clarity—worlds that bear little resemblance to our own. It arrives with a dark, Christopher Gruse-directed video that offers a blunt, heavy-handed metaphor for the quiet humiliations of modern life. “While we chase distractions and small comforts, we’re pushed into endless competition with each other—often while those with real power take freely, right in front of us.” explains vocalist Tony Wolski. In it, two men beat each other senseless while chained together, fighting for the prize of a jet ski. A band plays, almost unnoticed in the background.

“Well Made Play” single/stream – https://lnk.thearmed.com/WellMadePlay

“Well Made Play” video – https://youtu.be/Smiq2FP9Mos

HE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED pre-order/pre-save -https://lnk.thearmed.com/TFIHAENTBD

After completing a trilogy of albums laser-focused on dissecting artistic authenticity in the Information Age, The Armed began work on new material with no premeditated rules or concepts—favoring only raw expression and urgency to herald a new era for the project. What emerged is a furious and confrontational new album—THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. Still genre-defying, yet overtly pissed, it's an unfiltered expression of Weltschmerz, the German term describing the anguish of the world’s reality versus our idealized visions of what it should be. “It’s music for a statistically wealthy population that somehow can’t afford food or medicine—endlessly scrolling past vacation photos, gym selfies, and images of child amputees in the same feed. It reflects the dissociation required just to exist in that reality,” Wolski explains. 

The Armed have also announced 9 exclusive headline dates in support of the album. Spanning from summer to winter cities include Boston, New York City, DC, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit. Support on the tour will include fellow Detroit area brutalists Prostitute. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday May 23rd at 10:00am local time. 

The album includes performances by Ken Szymanski, Patrick Shiroishi, Urian Hackney, Kurt Ballou, Troy Van Leeuwen, Meghan O’Neil, Cara Drolshagen, Tony Wolski, Brian Wolski, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Ben Chisholm, Prostitute, Zach Weeks, Mark Guiliana, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, and Derek Coburn.

The Armed Tour Dates 

8.14 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair

8.15 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge

8.16 - Washington DC - The Atlantis

9.16 - Seattle, WA - SUBSTATION

9.17 - Portland - Mississippi Studios

9.19 - San Francisco - Rickshaw Stop

9.20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Theatre

12.12 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall

12.13 - Detroit, El Club 

All Dates to feature Prostitute 

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What did we see at Motor City Comic Con?
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LA DISPUTE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'NO ONE WAS DRIVING THE CAR'

LA DISPUTE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM NO ONE WAS DRIVING THE CAR FOR SEPTEMBER 5TH VIA EPITAPH 

ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN AND EU TOURS 

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM’S FIRST ACT HERE + WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “I SHAVED MY HEAD”


Conceptual band La Dispute have announced their first album in six years No One Was Driving The Car for September 5th via Epitaph
. Self produced and heavily inspired by the 2017 psychological thriller First Reformed, No One Was Driving The Cargrapples with malaise in the shadow of the looming apocalypse, which has noticeably been worsened by the advancement of tech. The title comes from a quote from a police officer vocalist Jordan Dreyer read in a news article about a lethal self-driving Tesla crash, an absurd event which raises questions about the amount of control we have in our own lives. Throughout the album, screens and cameras disrupt moments of transcendence. It happens alongside flashes of mundane suffering—frequent daydreams of drowning, flashbacks to eye-contact with dead animals, experiences of decaying relationships and secondhand suicides—while Dreyer yells with a more primal sense and sings in a more refined way, and the guitars have a sharper edge than ever before. 

Today the band released the first act of the album consisting of three songs: “I Shaved My Head,” “Man with Hands and Ankles Bound” and “Autoficion Detail”. “I Shaved My Head” arrives with a video and can be seen here. The first act details a single night in crisis inspired by Schrader’s “man in the room” trope. Dreyer explains:

It begins with a man examining his own slow dissociation from himself while shaving his head alone in a bathroom at night, then shifts through a neighbor’s open window to a conversation about control and desire, framed via the image of a man seen through it: bound on the floor with a woman standing before him, presumably a sex worker. when the woman exits the building (her companion still tied up), the narrator leaves his own, following less her than the idea represented by her inside his own struggle to reconnect to desires for life severed by time, self, and circumstance, or perhaps fleeing the implication he draws from the man left behind (his helplessness, maybe, or else his confidence to pursue something complicated where the narrator has so consistently failed). the third song follows him on that destination-less late night walk, among the street people and their disasters, ending where he had the whole night subconsciously always headed: the hospital where\ his partner works, at which point an internal reckoning occurs.

The rest of the album will follow within acts until its conclusion in September.

The band has also announced a North American tour. Kicking off September 5th at Detroit’s St. Andrew’s Hall the 14-date tour will hit Toronto, Brooklyn, DC, Nashville and more. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday May 16th. An EU tour will proceed the US tour. All dates can be found below.

No One Was Driving The Car tracklist 

I Shaved My Head

Man with Hands and Ankles Bound

Autofiction Detail

Environmental Catastrophe Film

Self-Portrait Backwards

The Field

Sibling Fistfight at Mom’s Fiftieth / The Un-Sound

Landlord Calls the Sheriff In

Steve

Top-Sellers Banquet

Saturation Diver

I Dreamt of a Room with All My Friends

No One Was Driving the Car

End Times Sermon

EU TOUR DATES

07/10 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club

07/11 – Cheltenham, UK – 2000 Trees Festival

07/12 – Cheltenham, UK – 2000 Trees Festival

07/14 – Hannover, DE – MusikZentrum

07/15 – Nürnberg, DE – Hirsch

07/16 – Karlsruhe, DE – Substage

07/18 – Cologne, DE – Open Stage Suedbruecke (w/ Enter Shikari)

07/19 – Herk-de-Stad, BE – Rock Herk Festival

07/20 – Cuxhaven, DE – Deichbrand Festival

US TOUR DATES 

09/05 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew's Hall

09/06 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre

09/07 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop

09/08 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall

09/10 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

09/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw

09/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

09/13 – Washington, DC – Howard Theater

09/14 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre

09/16 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham

09/17 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

09/18 – Nashville, TN – Basement East

09/19 – Columbus, OH – King of Clubs

09/20 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe at Old National Centre


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N8NOFACE SIGNS TO STONES THROW, SHARES “WAITING TO WAIT FOR YOU”

N8NOFACE SIGNS TO STONES THROW RECORDS, SHARES NEW SINGLE “WAITING TO WAIT FOR YOU”

ON TOUR WITH EYEDRESS ACROSS THE US THIS SUMMER

Listen to "Waiting to Wait for You":

https://sthrow.com/waitingtowaitforyou

N8NOFACE (pronounced “Nate-no-face”) has signed with Stones Throw. To celebrate the signing, and ahead of touring this spring and summer, he’s released the new song “Waiting to Wait for You.” 

N8NOFACE had already barely survived an insane Hollywood biopic of a gangster/rockstar life long before Fred Durst invited him to join Limp Bizkit’s Loserville tour, playing arenas across the US and Europe. His drug-addled ultraviolent lifestyle in Tucson, AZ, shaped the dark themes and chaotic sound of his music. Now on the other side of that turmoil, after relocating to Long Beach, CA in the early 2010s and cleaning up, N8's kept one foot firmly in the synth-punk world while also exploring his more vulnerable, tender side. 

 

N8 began his music career as one half of glitchy chiptune Tucson duo Crimekills back in the MySpace era, recording one-minute songs on the fly in his closet. Since that time he’s collaborated with Eyedress and the Bloody Beetroots and performed with the likes of Cypress Hill as well as Limp Bizkit

N8’s signing to Stones Throw might surprise anyone aware of his past releases on Eyeball Records and Justin Pearson’s Three One G, but to those familiar with a certain dimension of Stones Throw’s catalog – from the Minimal Wave compilations to bands like Automatic – as well as N8’s range as an artist, it makes perfect sense. 

Where N8's earlier music was fueled by his addictions and the dark tales of hometown friends associated with Mexican drug cartels, new song “Waiting to Wait for You” looks at the day-to-day frustrations of love. N8 says, “It’s about still finding joy in watching your partner try outfit after outfit on; feeling like your whole night is waiting to wait, and you can't wait to do it.” 

He explains, “Most songs I have written have come to me through things I have seen or experienced (drug tales, border life and the streets), But I have always been a fan of love, and wrote about that too. Love found in the darkest places, sometimes by the scariest people. I always bounce back and forth from heartbreak in the streets or from a lover. This song explores the cool things about love, while still having a backdrop of the scary hard world around us.

For “Waiting to Wait for You”, N8NOFACE worked with producer/songwriter Marcos Garcia (aka Chico Mann, founding member of Antibalas and Here Lies Man), who’d previously backed N8NOFACE as his touring guitarist/keyboardist.

N8NOFACE performs at Cruel World festival this weekend before heading out on the road with Eyedress for The Stoner Tour this summer.

N8NOFACE upcoming tour date

May 17 - Pasadena, CA – Cruel World Festival

Jul 08 - San Francisco, CA – The Masonic*

Jul 10 - Seattle, WA – Neptune*

Jul 11 - Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom*

Jul 15 - Denver, CO – Summit*

Jul 17 - Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater*

Jul 18 - Chicago, IL – House of Blues*

Jul 24 - Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring*

Jul 25 - New York, NY – Irving Plaza*

Jul 26 - Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club*

Jul 28 - Charlotte, NC – The Underground*

Jul 29 - Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater*

Jul 30 - Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl*

Aug 01 - Houston, TX – House of Blues*

Aug 02 - Austin, TX – EMO's*

Aug 03 - Dallas, TX – House of Blues*

Aug 05 - Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren*

* With Eyedress

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The Weeknd "Timeless" Doechii Remix out now

DOECHII JOINS THE WEEKND AND PLAYBOI CARTI ON NEW “TIMELESS” REMIX

LISTEN TO THE NEW REMIX HERE

HURRY UP TOMORROW FILM COMING MAY 16

Listen to The Weeknd’s “Timeless (Remix) featuring Playboi Carti and Doechiihere.

Global superstar The Weeknd has tapped Grammy-award winning Doechii for an additional feature on the official remix of “Timeless” featuring Playboi Carti out now via XO / Republic Records. The hit single from The Weeknd’s latest album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, first debuted in the Top 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 after being teased during his one night only special stadium concert at Estádio Morumbi in São Paulo last year. 

“Hurry Up Tomorrow” is the #1 biggest album debut of 2025 in the U.S., with over 3 billion global streams to date.

The global Top 10 hit “Timeless” recently became his highest-debuting single ever on the Billboard Hot 100.

Additionally, The Weeknd will be releasing his new film, HURRY UP TOMORROW, on May 16th. The film, released by Lionsgate, is directed by Trey Edward Shultz and stars Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, with original music by The Weeknd and Daniel Lopatin. Watch the HURRY UP TOMORROW film trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZ5zQU0Cs0 

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ISAIAH FALLS RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM 'LVRS PARADISE' (SIDE A)

ISAIAH FALLS RELEASES SIDE A OF HIS TWO-DISC DEBUT ALBUM LVRS PARADISE VIA LVRS ONLY/ROC NATION DISTRIBUTION

LISTEN HERE

 ISAIAH FALLS JOINS SIR ON SELECT TOUR DATES STARTING MAY 7

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “BUTTERFLIES”

FT. JOYCE WRICE HERE

Rising R&B artist Isaiah Falls unveils Side A of his debut two-disc album, LVRS Paradise, out now via LVRS ONLY/ROC NATION DISTRIBUTION. Expanding on the seductive world of his breakout EP Drugs N’ Lullabies, Falls introduces a deeper chapter of his sonic evolution–a moody, immersive space he calls “a safe place for lovers.” Across hazy grooves, after-hours textures, and intimate confessions, LVRS Paradise captures both sides of desire: the euphoria of new love and the serenity of being fully seen, leaning into moody textures. Indulging in the late-night vulnerability fans first fell for, with features from Ambré, Odeal, and Joyce Wrice, Falls traces intimacy and connection with ease, offering a portrait of love built on the courage to surrender. Listen HERE.

LVRS Paradise is an album for anyone who’s experienced true love,” Isaiah shares. “The highs and the lows! Whether you’re good or bad at love there’s a song on here for you.” 

Side A opens with “FOR LVRS ONLY,” a lush, slow-burning invitation that sets the tone for the project’s meditative sensuality, painting the scene of gentle, intentional love. The focus track, “TRICK DADDY,” flips into a more playful, flirtatious gear–an anthem of extravagant devotion where Falls packages grand gestures and modern love languages in a confident, feel-good moment rooted in partnership and pleasure. On “BUTTERFLIES” featuring Joyce Wrice, Falls leans into the emotional high of infatuation, his syrupy cadences melting into Wrice’s dreamy harmonies. While “SEARCHING” featuring Odeal, uses ambient synths, vulnerable vocals, and an entrancing rhythm to capture the ache of longing an emotional distance. The project closes on a spiritual note with “HEAVEN2ME,” a gospel-tinged ballad that nods to the divine nature of love–a final exhale that elevates the romance to something bigger than the physical. 

With LVRS Paradise (Side A), Isaiah officially steps into the next phase of his career—marking his first release under ROC Nation distribution. The partnership empowers his journey as an independent artist, giving him the freedom to shape his vision on his own terms while solidifying his place at the forefront of R&B’s new wave.

In addition to releasing his debut project LVRS Paradise (Side A), Isaiah Falls will join SiR’s Stepping Into The Light Tour as a special guest for 10-dates this May, kicking off May 7 at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Isaiah and SiR–both torchbearers of R&B’s new wave are a can’t-miss double bill. Tickets are available HERE.

Rooted in his Orlando upbringing, Isaiah infuses the project with the city's vibrant yet laid-back energy, seamlessly blending soulful melodies with a distinct Southern charm. From sensual slow jams to genre-defying experiments, LVRS Paradisemarks Isaiah’s evolution–making R&B feel both dangerous and deeply romantic.

With comparisons to Drake, Bryson Tiller, and Brent Faiyaz, Isaiah Falls is cementing his place as one of R&B’s most exciting new voices. His breakout project, Drugs N’ Lullabies, landed on VIBE’s 25 Best R&B Albums of 2024, which featured his breakout single, “Florida Baby,” earning him Billboard’s Rookie of the Month and spots on Billboard and Complex’s 2025 R&B Artists to Watch lists. Drugs N’ Lullabies was also praised by VIBE, Yams Magazine, and Rap-Up as one of 2024’s best albums, with VIBE naming “Butterflies” one of the year’s Best R&B Songs. Most recently, he delivered an exclusive performance of “DIVA” to mark the relaunch of Billboard Live. With features in UPROXX and VIPER Magazine, Isaiah Falls is on a mission to rekindle the romance in R&B–one soul-baring verse at a time.

LVRS PARADISE (SIDE A) TRACKLIST

1. FOR LVRS ONLY

2. A FLORIDA LUV STORY

3. GET YA MONEY 

4. TAKE A HIT

5. TRICK DADDY

6. DESIRES ft. Ambré

7. SEARCHING ft . Odeal

8. BUTTERFLIES ft. Joyce Wrice 

9. HEAVEN2ME

SIR THE STEP INTO THE LIGHT TOUR – ISAIAH FALLS SPECIAL GUEST 

MAY 7 – Vancouver, BC | Commodore Ballroom

MAY 8 – Portland, OR | Crystal Ballroom

MAY 11 – Seattle, WA | Showbox SoDo

MAY 13 – San Jose, CA | San Jose Civic Auditorium

MAY 15 – Sacramento, CA | Ace of Spades

MAY 20 – Dallas, TX | House of Blues Dallas

MAY 22 – New Orleans, LA | The Fillmore New Orleans

MAY 24 – Orlando, FL | House of Blues Orlando

MAY 25 – Miami Beach, FL | Fillmore Miami Beach

MAY 28 – Charlotte, NC | The Fillmore Charlotte

Jacob GiampaComment