The suite of songs by The Who on which, more than half a century ago, Pete Townshend foresaw the invention of the internet, of virtual reality and pandemic-style lockdown, is to be heard as he intended for the first time. UMR will release Who's Next/Life House as a lavish, multi-format Super Deluxe edition on September 15, now available for pre-order HERE.
Featuring 155 tracks, of which 89 are previously unreleased and 57 feature fresh remixes, the set will delight longtime Who fans with its long-sought, complete picture of Townshend's incredibly prescient songwriting, while captivating a new audience with his visionary description of a future that has, in many ways, come true. It features all of his songs, in their many stages of development, from the abandoned, audacious Life House project, started In 1969 as a follow-up to The Who's epic Tommy, and from the undisputed rock classic of 1971 that it evolved into, Who's Next.
Across the course of ten-CD and multiple vinyl sets, Who's Next/Life House sets out Townshend's extraordinary vision of a world beset by climatic catastrophe and pollution, leading to a curtailing of personal freedom that will be all too familiar to the pandemic generation. Decades ahead of his time, he details how the population is then seduced and sedated by access to an entertainment “Grid,” piped into every home via the use of virtual reality experience suits.
In his introduction to the new editions, Townshend describes Life House as “a portentous polemic about the coming of a nation beaten down by climate issues and pollution.” He then explains how “an opportunist and autocratic government enforce a national lock-down in which every person is hooked up to an entertainment grid.” Music itself then becomes an inconvenient diversion, “a very real distraction to the subjugation of the population in suits,” with fascinating consequences. Songs that depicted a dystopian world in which faceless corporations control our lives may have been fiction at the time, but they have come to be more like documentary.
The unfulfilled project, which Townshend conceived as one part film script and one part blueprint for a live musical experiment, brought him to the edge of a breakdown. But, as he writes, “some wonderful music came from the project, and the idea has always held me in thrall, partly because so many of the strands of the fiction seem to be coming true.”
Listeners will hear, for the first time, how that concept folded into Who's Next, widely regarded as not only one of the greatest albums in the band's astonishing catalogue, but a seminal moment in music history. Here, The Who's instinctive, scintillating cohesion reached new peaks, Townshend's brilliant creativity as one of rock's great auteurs brought thrillingly to life by Roger Daltrey's unsurpassed vocal performances, John Entwistle's visceral, fluid basslines and Keith Moon's fiery potency on the drums.
The Super Deluxe edition of Who’s Next/Life House will contain 10 CDs, all remastered from the original tapes by longtime Who engineer Jon Astley, plus a Blu-ray Audio disc with newly-created Atmos & 5.1 surround mixes of Who's Next and 14 bonus tracks by in-demand artist and producer Steven Wilson.
Highlights of the 155-track format include Townshend’s demos for Life House; The Who's 1971 session recordings at the Record Plant in New York; sessions at Olympic Studios in southwest London from 1970-1972; and, for the first time, two newly mixed and complete 1971 concerts from London’s Young Vic Theatre and San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium. Timeless highlights of those sessions and performances include “Baba O'Riley,” “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” on which Daltrey created the most awe-inspiring scream ever heard. Those classics continue to illuminate Who concerts to this day.
The box set also contains a 100-page hardback book with Townshend's aforementioned introduction and new sleeve notes by Who experts and compilers Andy Neil and Matt Kent. Also included is Life House - The Graphic Novel, a newly commissioned, 170-page hardback book overseen by Townshend that tells the story behind the project. Completing the set are a 20” x 30” poster of a Who gig in Sunderland, England, on 7th May, 1970; a 25.5” x 34.25” poster of a date at Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO on 10th December, 1971; a 20-page concert program from the Rainbow Theatre in London on 4th November, 1971; a 16-page program from the band's October/November 1971 tour of the UK; a collectible four pin button set; and an 8” x 10” colour photo of The Who with printed autographs.
The album will also be available as limited edition 4-LP and 3-LP sets, featuring, respectively, the first-ever complete release of the San Francisco concert from 1971 and vinyl replicas of Townshend’s original Life House. The original Who’s Next album will also be available as a 1-LP half-speed remaster completed at Abbey Road Studios, and in other exclusive single vinyl versions.
With the hugely anticipated September 15 release of Who’s Next/Life House, one of rock's great last untold stories is finally about to be recounted in full.
GRAMMY® Award-nominated diamond-certified superstar producer Metro Boomin adds to his already star studded release of the deluxe version of Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse Soundtrack from and Inspired by the Motion Picture which he Executive Produced.
New songs include tracks from Becky G, Big Boss Vette, Mora, Shenseea, Myke Towers, Omah Lay, Ayra, and Pop Money.
On the original soundtrack, which released last week in line with the film, Metro assembled a cast of musical superheroes including 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Becky G, Coi Leray, Don Toliver, Future, James Blake, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Nas, Nav, Offset, Swae Lee, Wizkid and more.
Stream the original soundtrack HERE via Republic Records. Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in theaters everywhere. Watch the latest film trailer HERE
The soundtrack marks Metro’s first foray into film soundtracks although his love of film and comic superheroes has long been on display. Of the collaboration, Spring Aspers, President of Music, Sony Pictures said “The concept for the next installment of Miles’ story demanded a contemporary and culturally significant musical collaborator. Metro Boomin was clearly the perfect cultural voice to sculpt the musical environment to support this amazing next chapter.”
Dana Sano, EVP Film & TV Republic Records, commented: “Metro Boomin is a true visionary who continues to raise the bar. For the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack, Metro curated and delivered with fierce passion and integrity. Republic is thrilled and honored to be reteaming with the filmmakers and our amazing partners at Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group”.
Previews of the soundtrack music was heard in a Hyundai Motor and Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse animated TV commercial that was released last month as well as teasers from Coi Leray and Metro himself.
Continuing a tradition of blockbuster soundtracks for the Spider-Verse, the record follows on the heels of 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture). It notably bowed at #2 on the Billboard 200 and reached double-platinum status as the year’s biggest soundtrack album and has gone on to exceed 10 BILLION streams and is now certified 2x platinum. Not to mention, it spawned Post Malone’s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” [with Swae Lee], which reached 18x-platinum status as “the most-certified single of all time!”
Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Soundtrack From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Tracklist:
Metro Boomin & Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset “Annihilate – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Metro Boomin & A$AP Rocky, Roisee “Am I Dreaming”
Metro Boomin & Future, Lil Uzi Vert “All The Way Live – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Offset & JID “Danger (Spider)”
Metro Boomin & James Blake “Hummingbird”
Metro Boomin & Swae Lee, Nav, feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie “Calling – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
EI8HT & Offset “Silk & Cologne (Spider-Verse Remix)”
Metro Boomin & Don Toliver, Wizkid feat. BEAM & Toian “Link Up (Spider-Verse Remix) – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Metro Boomin & Coi Leray “Self Love – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Metro Boomin & Don Toliver, Lil Uzi Vert “Home”
Metro Boomin & James Blake, A$AP Rocky, 21 Savage “Nonviolent Communication”
Don Toliver & 21 Savage, 2 Chainz “Givin’ Up (Not The One)”
Metro Boomin & Nas “Nas Morales”
Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse (Deluxe Edition) Soundtrack from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Additional Tracks
‘Ansiedades’ - Mora
‘Take it to the Top’ - Becky G & Ayra Starr
‘Infamous’- Shenseea & Myke Towers
‘I Can’t Stop’ – Big Boss Vette & Omah Lay
‘Another Dimension’ - Pop Money
Boys Like Girls, the iconic pop rock band, today announce their North America “Speaking Our Language Tour,” presented by Emo Nite. The 30-date run, which kicks off on September 17, in Charlotte, NC, comes on heels of the release of “Blood and Sugar” (Fearless/Concord), the band’s first new song since 2012. Direct support for the entire tour will be State Champs, while Four Year Strong, 3OH!3, LOLO, The Summer Set, The Ready Set, and Max Bemiswill also offer support at different shows. The much-anticipated North American run is being produced by Live Nation.
Tickets will be available starting with Citi and Artist presales (details below) beginning today. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, June 2 at 10 AM local time at LiveNation.com.
Citi is the official card of “The Speaking Our Language Tour.” Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning today at 11 AM ET until Thursday, June 1 at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com. The Artist presale begins today at 12 PM ET until Thursday, June 1 at 10 PM local time.
Boys Like Girls comeback has sparked excitement among fans and the general public. Prior to the song announce the band posted a nostalgic/reveal post on TikTok, garnering over 500k views in under 24-hours, showcasing the enduring popularity and anticipation surrounding the band's return. On top of that, the news of “Blood and Sugar” was posted by Rolling Stone, Alternative Press and many other places.
"Blood and Sugar" is just the beginning of what's to come from Boys Like Girls. The band has confirmed that they have been working on new music and will be announcing more releases soon.
Tour dates (all with State Champs as direct support)
September
17 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore+
18 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl+
19 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle+
21 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore New Orleans+
23 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution+
24 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues Orlando+
26 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater+
27 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center+
28 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory#
30 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren%
October
1 -- Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium&
2 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues Las Vegas&
4 – San Diego, CA – SOMA%
6 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic†
8 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom†
10 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom†
11 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre†
13 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot†
14 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium†
16 – Minneapolis, MN –The Fillmore Minneapolis†
18 Madison, WI – The Sylvee†
19 –Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom@
21 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland@
22 –Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit@
23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre@
24 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY^
26 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall Fenway†
27 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom†
30 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia†
31 – Silver Springs, MD – The Fillmore Silver Springs†
November
1 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz†
Keys for support:
+ – Four Years Strong and LOLO
# – Four Years Strong, LOLO, Max Bemis
% – 3OH!3, LOLO
& – 3OH!3, LOLO, The Ready Set
† – The Summer Set, LOLO
@ – The Summer Set, LOLO, Every Avenue
^The Summer Set, LOLO, SayWeCanFly
Keys for support:
+ – Four Years Strong and LOLO
# – Four Years Strong, LOLO, Max Bemis
% – 3OH!3, LOLO
& – 3OH!3, LOLO, The Ready Set
† – The Summer Set, LOLO
@ – The Summer Set, LOLO, Every Avenue
^The Summer Set, LOLO, SayWeCanFly
A brand new trifecta comes to you in the form of Russia’s Pussy Riot, Berlin’s Boys Noize and Canada’s Alice Glass who are offering up “Chastity” via Boysnoize Records. Nadya Tolokonnikova says: “This song will put the patriarchy in a tiny cage and throw the key out.”
With "Chastity," Pussy Riot and Alice Glass wield Boys Noize's racing techno-NRG as a weapon of mass domination. The femme-fatale vocalists take turns drenching the Berlin producer's dark adrenaline with syrupy acid – and while it's an undeniable peak-time rush, a closer listen to the lyrics reveal disturbing new details.
One can never know for sure if the ladies are just singing along or issuing commands. Did Boys Noize know his production was being used by Pussy Riot and Alice Glass to create the first sissy-hypno-core banger? But the question that "Chastity" has everyone really asking is, "Who has the key?"
“Chastity”'s official music video concept & still images are by LIL INTERNET, the edit & animation by TRLLM [K8 Howl & Jak Ritger]. Don’t miss!
TAYLOR SWIFT NOTCHES HIGHEST DEBUT EVER FOR RECORD STORE DAY VINYL WITH folklore: the long pond studio sessions
MARKS HER 10TH #1 ON BILLBOARD VINYL ALBUMS CHART
Taylor Swift has made history once again this week. The vinyl release offolklore: the long pond studio sessions debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200, logging the “The highest chart debut for a Record Store Day Vinyl ever.” Right now, she occupies three spots in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 (#3 folklore: the long pond studio sessions, #4 Midnights, #10 Lover), joining Whitney Houston as the only female soloist to achieve this milestone. Moreover, folklore: the long pond studio sessions has emerged as “the first vinyl-only release to land in the Top 10” in the modern era. At the same time, it has earned her the title for “Most #1 Albums” on the Billboard Vinyl Albums Chart. The album also more than doubled the previous highest selling record store day sales record. The previous record was 35k units and folklore: the long pond studio sessions sold 75k.
The album chronicles the first time folklore was performed live during September 2020. Taylor, Aaron Dessner [The National], Jack Antonoff [Bleachers], and Justin Vernon [Bon Iver] played through the album in its entirety during the Long Pond Studio Sessions, and this vinyl presents and preserves this moment eternally. folkore notably stands out as her third LP to win “Album of the Year” at the GRAMMY® Awards.
Nadya Tolokonnikova, creator of the anti-Putin resistance group Pussy Riot, was named a top enemy of Russia for speaking out against Vladimir Putin's dictatorship throughout the last decade. In this inspiring TED Talk, she tells the story of her imprisonment and exile, shares what motivates her resistance and delivers a powerful message to Putin himself.
For some of us, living courageously is a choice. For others, like our friends in Ukraine, this is not a choice - it is a matter of survival. Putin is embarrassed that Ukraine chose truth and democracy. russians are bombing hospitals, maternity wards, schools - raping & killing civilians and throwing their bodies in mass graves.
Putin, and all those who support him are dead inside and must be defeated.
While I'm here - I’d like to address vladimir putin directly - wanted criminal to wanted criminal:
The Kremlin walls have become your prison walls. You have already lost, and the world stands with the brave people of Ukraine.
When you are in your final hour, praying, know this: that whoever you pray to is on our side. And whoever that is … she will not forgive your crimes against humanity.
CITY MORGUE RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO “SKULL & BONES 322” OUT NOW
LISTEN HERE
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside…
The most dangerous duo in rap and rock City Morgue—ZillaKami and SosMula—make a momentous return with their new single and music video “Skull & Bones 322” out now via Hikari Ultra/Republic Records. Listen to “Skull & Bones 322”—HERE. Watch the music video—HERE.
The track’s trunk-rattling bass line convulses alongside ominous percussion lined with distortion. Meanwhile, ZillaKami’s heavy cadence practically breaks the beat as he chants the hard-hitting chorus. SosMula counters with a venomous and vitriolic verses laced with stark intensity. The accompanying visual follows both members through a nightmare-scape of New York with hints at something much more sinister at play. By the end, the footage alludes to a malevolent secret society—which our favorite villains may or may not be a part of.
You’ll have to watch it to find out!
This marks the pair’s first new music since 2021’s CITY MORGUE VOLUME 3: BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. Beyond posting up over 100 million streams and counting, it earned widespread critical acclaim. LDN noted, “The expectations were pretty high, but they’ve delivered something amazing,” and Our Generation Music observed, “it seems like City Morgue is finding themselves more as artists with each passing project.” Legends Never Die put it best, “I never heard anyone fuse trap with metal music in the way that they did.”
Thus far, they’ve sold over 100,000 tickets worldwide and regularly pack 3,000-seat venues, selling out Showbox SODO Seattle, The Wiltern Los Angeles, Van Vuren Phoenix, and Terminal 5 New York City.
Stay tuned for more soon. You’ve been warned!
GRAMMY-winning international pop sensation and critically-acclaimed songwriter Kim Petras has released her highly anticipated new single “Alone” ft. Nicki Minaj – out now via Republic Records/Amigo Records.
“Alone” is a steamy club banger about letting your impulses take control. Featuring diamond-selling hip-hop icon Nicki Minaj, one of Kim’s biggest inspirations as a songwriter and artist, the single samples Alice Deejay’s eurodance megahit “Better Off Alone,” a nod to the dance hits that Kim lost herself in during childhood to forget her problems. Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj are featured on New Music Daily on Apple Music.
Kim is gearing up for an epic performance at Governor’s Ball in NYC this June and will also perform at Life is Beautiful in Las Vegas and The Town in São Paulo, Brazil this September. Kim recently headlined Sydney WorldPride in Australia.
“Alone” ft. Nicki Minaj follows the recent release of Kim’s icy, beat-heavy bop "brrr" and her and Sam Smith’s LGBTQ history-making GRAMMY win (and moving acceptance speech) for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their #1 global, platinum smash hit “Unholy”– which just surpassed one billion streams. Kim was also recently featured on the official remix ofMeghan Trainor’s viral hit “Made You Look.”
"Unholy,” which Kim co-wrote and performed with Sam on the GRAMMY Awards,Saturday Night Live, and the BRIT Awards, quickly became one of 2022’s top pop debuts, skyrocketing to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Billboard Global 200, the worldwide charts on Spotify and Apple Music, and the UK Official Singles Chart, and seeing Kim and Sam win the Variety Innovators of the Year award, an MTV EMA for ‘Video for Good,” and an iHeart Radio Award for Best Collaboration.
Earlier this year, Kim was featured as Spotify’s Songwriter of the Month, released her vulnerable single about her spiritual journey “If Jesus Was A Rockstar,” and performed “brrr” at Billboard’s Women In Music event where she was honored with the Chartbreaker Award. Kim also debuted “brrr” live on Late Night with Seth Meyers where she also did her first late night interview.
This weekend, G Herbo announced his new mixtape, Strictly 4 My Fans 2, to be released this Friday, April 28th, via Machine Entertainment Group. The upcoming 12-song body of work features guest assists from GloRilla, as well as Chicago newcomers Mello Buckzz and Drench. With production from longtime collaborators Southside, DJ Victoriouz, Oz On The Track, Luca Vialli and more, Strictly 4 My Fans 2’s soundscape is reminiscent of the gritty, skittering drill beats rapped on by Lil Herb.
The original mixtape, Strictly 4 My Fans, released in November of 2016 when G Herbo was just 21 years old, marked a pivotal moment in the career of Lil Herb. At the time, with the release of Strictly 4 My Fans on all platforms, Herb began his transition from local block celebrity to global recording artist.
Releasing with his day-one fans in mind, the intensity heard in the lyrics on Strictly For My Fans 2 on songs like “Off Days”, “Fuck Opps”, and “Watch Me Ball Pt 2”, pay homage to the hunger felt seven years ago. Strictly 4 My Fans 2 is the first release of an ongoing career retrospective mixtape series by G Herbo.
Strictly 4 My Fans 2 Tracklist:
1.No Limit Feat. Drench
2.Watch Me Ball Pt. 2
3.Outside feat. GloRilla & Mello Buckzz
4.What You Need
5.Fuck Opps
6.Everyday
7.Off Days
8.Dead Or Alive
9.We Don't Care
10.Letter To My Love
11.Any Other Way
12.Feel This
POST MALONE BREAKS RECORD FOR MOST RIAA DIAMOND CERTIFIED SINGLES
THE DIAMOND COLLECTION COMPILATION ARRIVES APRIL 21, 2023
Post Malone has broken the record for the “most RIAA diamond-certified singles from any artist.” With three newly certified records (Circles, Better Now, I Fall Apart) – Post now has 8 RIAA diamond-certified records, breaking the record previously held by Bruno Mars (6). Post is also tied for “the highest platinum-certified single of all-time” with “Sunflower” (with Swae Lee) sitting at 17x platinum.
In celebration of this achievement, Post has unveiled The Diamond Collection, a compilation coming this Friday April 21, 2023. It boasts all his diamond-certified singles in addition to his latest release, “Chemical” - the first offering from his upcoming fifth full-length offering and one of the most anticipated albums of 2023.
Check out the full track listing for The Diamond Collection below.
The Diamond Collection Tracklisting
1. White Iverson
2. Congratulations (feat. Quavo)
3. I Fall Apart
4. Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
5. Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
6. Better Now
7. Sunflower (with Swae Lee)
8. Circles
9. Chemical