Deafheaven Plot a Brash New Course With ‘Infinite Granite’: Album Review

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLana Del Rey has announced a new release date for “Blue Bannisters,” her second album of 2021, which was originally scheduled for July 4 but abruptly bumped days before its release.

Former star of ITV soap Emmerdale, Roxanne Pallett has opened up about her concern for her firefighter husband Jason Carrion. The actress, 38, announced she is expecting her first child with Jason, 35, back in June but has recently admitted to “fearing” for her husband’s safety as he works as a New York firefighter.

Brandon Yu Last month, in response to being doxxed by Kanye West, as their feud escalated while their respective album releases approached, Drake posted the most carefree possible video of himself — chuckling in a convertible, the Toronto night sky gliding behind him, a lover’s heart etched into his hairline, beaming and seemingly even tickled by the threat.

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power (★★★★☆) radiates strength and intensity. With a production assist from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Halsey layers dark, industrial elements over her sound.Reznor and Ross’ influence is palpable, but not overwhelming — this is still very much Halsey’s album.

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There’s no star in the third season of “What We Do in the Shadows,” FX’s wonderful adaptation of the 2014 horror mockumentary from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi; there is only the ensemble.

On the fence! Celebrity parents have documented the ups and downs of becoming empty nesters over the years, from Kelly Ripa to Candace Cameron Bure.

Chris Willman Music Writer“God’s not finished,” Kanye West sings repeatedly at the end of one of his new songs, “24.” Being made in God’s image, West very much relates to that; he doesn’t like being done with things, either. Yet here we have the miracle, a true, blue spectacle, of a finished “Donda,” the album that until this weekend seemed poised to challenge Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” as the most mythologically delayed major music release ever.

A.D. Amorosi We know the ever-ubiquitous, always-empowered music and lyrics of songwriter Diane Warren, intimately, long before we know her as a performative artist.

Zack Ruskin While most horror films tend to feature a sizable body count, the underlying theme guiding many of the genre’s best movies remains one of survival. The same can be said of “Screen Violence,” the fourth album from Glasgow synth-pop trio Chvrches.Though it’s not a concept album by definition, an overarching theme of resiliency akin to the plight of a horror film protagonist resonates strongly across the band’s latest 10-track effort.

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (★★★☆☆) is Bugg’s first album since embarking on a sort of career relaunch after the tepid reception of his last album, and it is readily apparent from the first few tracks that with his pivot, he has found the sharpness he was looking for, and recaptured some of the rawness of his early work.Aside from his singularly strange name-checking of ABBA as an influence on the album’s sound, there is definitely more of a radio-ready pop sensibility to it, bolstered by the

Chris Willman Music WriterSometimes you learn about a collaboration in the making that sounds so promising, your first instinct is to completely dial down expectations, lest there be too much disappointment when the uncertain chemistry goes pfff instead of pow. So it was when Halsey just recently revealed one of music’s best kept secrets, that an entire album was in the bag with the production team of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Kendall Jenner is enjoying a vacation abroad right now with boyfriend Devin Booker!

Solar Power (★★★☆☆) is as close to an album made up of pure vibes as she gets.Her preoccupation with the environment and back-to-nature ethos, right down to the earth-friendly “music box” she is releasing in lieu of a CD, is borne out in the album’s warm, analog sound and repeated references to natural forces and the rhythms of the earth and the sun.This version of Lorde, preoccupied with the sun, the ocean, and cleansing crystals, is hardly the same artist we met on 2017’s Melodrama.

Chris Willman Music WriterHappiness is the new depression? You might think so from the sunnier, sexier dispositions of a few of the most celebrated young singers of late.

Date night! Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker enjoyed a night out with friends in New York in celebration of her 818 Tequila success.

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has hailed Metallica‘s ‘The Black Album’ ahead of its 30th anniversary.The album’s anniversary celebrations include upcoming covers album ‘The Metallica Blacklist’.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorYoung veterans are nothing new in the music biz, but it still feels odd that Jade Bird is just 23: Her label, Glassnote, began showcasing her five years ago and she soon followed with an EP and, in 2019, a solid debut album.