New Music Friday: This week’s essential new albums

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Pangaea's Changing Channels, A. Savage's Several Songs About Fire, Slauson Malone 1's EXCELSIOR, and more.

Tupac: The Legend will be released in the UK this week.The 40-page limited edition book is comprised of never-before-seen black and white photos of Tupac, shot by world-renowned photographer Michel Haddi in 1993 – three years before the rapper died. Launched in September this year, honouring the anniversary of the late rapper’s death, there are only 500 copies of Tupac: The Legend worldwide.“The sad thing is, in my lab in New York City, all my archives got stolen,” said Haddi.

Ashlee Simpson is expressing interest in returning to her pop rock sound!

There’s been a few key happenings in Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas‘ divorce proceedings this week.

One of Manchester's most iconic music stores will be amongst the venues and community spaces offering free music lessons this weekend.

After Taylor Swift attended her first Kansas City Chiefs football game to watch Travis Kelce play, she was seen leaving the stadium with him and they drove off in a convertible together.

James have shared details of a 2024 UK tour featuring support from Razorlight, as well as teased that a new album is arriving next year. Find ticket info and more below.The Manchester rock band will be kicking off a run of summer dates across the UK next year with the tour featuring support from indie heavyweights Razorlight.The eight-show run beings with a slot at P&J Live in Aberdeen on June 3 followed by a stop at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle two days later.

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Having conquered the music biz, about to conquer the movie biz and proving one of this era’s most powerful economic and cultural forces, Taylor Swift is lending some of her superstar power to the NFL and NBC.

What To Watch. Today we recommend a mix of new releases and newly available titles, from movies and shows, all available to stream on the most popular platforms.10 movies & shows to watch for Hispanic Heritage MonthWhat to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — September 22The “Castlevania” series has been very succesful for Netflix, adapting a beloved video game into a story that’s action packed and accessible for all kinds of viewers. “Castlevania: Nocturne” is a new series, set in the French Revolution.

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Kylie Minogue steps out in a unique color block dress while promoting her new album, Tension, in London, on Monday (September 25).

MGMT appear to be teasing a new album after fans spotted a post on the band’s subreddit this week.As reported on Stereogum, the duo’s Andrew VanWyngarden posted a photo of a test pressing on the band’s subreddit (September 21). The image was accompanied by a banana and the text “elf of soils”.Reddit users were speculating that it could be an anagram of a new album title based on two earlier posts by VanWyngarden – one that suggested a new MGMT album is likely to come out in 2023, the other titled “Just got done cooking L.O.L” (via Pitchfork).Back in January, MGMT teased a “fancy new album” that they say would be finished and released in 2023.The New York-based duo last released an album with 2018’s ‘Little Dark Age’, and frontman VanWyngarden promised in 2022 that they would return with new music that year although that didn’t materialise.However, when they were announced for the Just Like Heaven festival earlier this year (January 17), they gave an update on new music.Of new music, they said: “Keep checking back in with us because we’ve been making some fun new recordings and have a fancy new album (LOL) that should be finished at some point this year, which is the year 2023.”Since the 2018 release of ‘Little Dark Age’, the band have been largely quiet, though appeared in feature spots on The Avalanches‘ star-studded recent album ‘We Will Always Love You’ and ColaBoyy’s track ‘Kid Born In Space’.In that time, VanWyngarden has also shared new music under his solo moniker Gentle Dom, covered Tones and I’s global smash ‘Dance Monkey’ and remixed Metronomy and Club Intl.Of progress on the new record, he told fans on Reddit last August: “There are irons in the fire and we have been busy.

Days before Sophie Turner filed a lawsuit against estranged husband Joe Jonas, the pair was spotted out for dinner with their children in New York City.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Take That have shared their first new single in five years, ‘Windows’, and announced details of their ninth album and a huge UK and Ireland tour. See all the details below.The group – comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen – premiered the song on BBC Radio 2 this morning (September 22) where they told host Zoe Ball about their next chapter.“New music, it is exciting,” Barlow said.

Baldur’s Gate 3 were brought together to play a Dungeons & Dragons one-shot which was “utter chaos” and an “absolute blast”.Though the session with is pre-recorded, it will go live at 7.00pm BST (11.00am PDT/12.00pm MDT/1.00pm EDT/4.00am AEST the following day) on September 22 on High Rollers Dungeons & Dragons Twitch channel. Alternatively, it will be listenable as a podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify after the stream has ended.This Friday at 7pm BST/2pm PDT join us and the cast of Baldurs Gate 3 for a very special live D&D adventure on Twitch! /highrollersdnd @larianstudios #dnd #baldursgate3 #ad pic.twitter.com/889AYParv7— High Rollers (@HighRollersDnD) September 18, 2023Helmed by High Rollers’ Mark Hulmes, the party consists of the origin and companion characters from Baldur’s Gate 3 played by their respective voice actors.These are Theo Solomon as Wyll, Samantha Béart as Karlach, Jennifer English as Shadowheart, Devora Wilde as Lae’zel, Neil Newbon as Astarion and Tim Downie as Gale.Amelia Tyler, who voices the narrator in the game, is also present in the livestream though her role is a secret from fans.

Gavin Newsom said in an interview today that he has been “deeply involved with talking” to both sides of the long-running Writers Guild strike and “we’re going to be meeting again later this week.”

Thania Garcia Blink-182 will release their new album “One More Time…” on Oct. 20 via Columbia Records, the trio announced Monday morning in a video trailer. The forthcoming record will mark the band’s first album with Tom DeLonge since he re-joined the band in 2022, nearly 10 years after the band released a record with original members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker.

Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch has teased new music coming next year.The band’s last album, ‘Requiem’, came out in February 2022, and around the time of its release, frontman Jonathan Davis revealed they had already begun working on its follow-up.Now, Head has shared more of an insight in his appearance on Joe Rogan’s The Joe Kingdom Perspective. He didn’t go into particular detail about how the band’s 15th album might sound or how it might be released, but confirmed it would be happening nonetheless.