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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Miley Cyrus, Ty Segall, and More
All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by Pitchfork editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Miley Cyrus, February 2025 (Kevin Mazur/Peacock via Getty Images) With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week's batch includes new albums from Miley Cyrus; Ty Segall; Caroline; Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko; Matt Berninger; Shura; Yeule; Aesop Rock; Obongjayar; Qasim Naqvi; Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams; and Photographic Memory. Subscribe to Pitchfork's New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.) After winning the Record of the Year Grammy for 'Flowers' last year, Miley Cyrus took a logical next step that so often eludes pop stars at the highest level: She leaned into her weirdest, most experimental impulses for an album that panders to nobody but herself. Enter Something Beautiful, a wily pop opus with contributions from a diverse array of indie artists. Executive-produced by Cyrus and Shawn Everett, the sprawling album balances its outré intentions by keeping a handle on the most durable pop influences—'the Beatles and Elvis and David Bowie and Prince like Madonna, these are all pop artists,' Cyrus told Apple Music. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Buy at Rough Trade Possession isn't the usual Ty Segall record as of late. The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks. Segall sounds looser and sunnier on these songs, harkening back to his older sound while allowing the vibrancy of Yoka's imagination—which previously took shape solely in the visual world of Segall's albums Goodbye Bread, Manipulator, and Emotional Mugger—to lead toward low-heat grooves ('Fantastic Tomb') and Bowie-style classic rock ('Possession') when it may. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade Caroline's debut album built an outpost at the intersection between post-rock, emo, and campfire folk. Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore. The London octet enlisted Caroline Polachek for lead single 'Tell Me I Never Knew That,' one of many moments that feels like the work of not just a band but a community. 'The first record was a compilation, but this one is a declaration,' as singer-guitarist Jasper Llewellyn put it in press materials. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade Ukrainian composer and avant-garde electronic musician Heinali has spent the past few years contributing to the growing trend of fusing electronic music with medieval folk. On Гільдеґарда, the album recorded from his new show with Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, he draws from the work of Hildegard von Bingen to explore further the intersection of those genres. The 12th-century abbess, composer, philosopher, and visionary becomes a thrilling subject when backed by modular synths, Ukrainian folk singing, and high medieval music. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp The National's Matt Berninger made his second solo album, Get Sunk, around his move from Los Angeles to Connecticut. After a period of writers' block—and a sense he was 'drowning' in his own voice—he cracked open a new songwriting idiom, before assembling musicians including Booker T. Jones, Hand Habits' Meg Duffy, National touring member Kyle Resnick, and members of the Walkmen, mostly recording with Berninger in a basement. 'Our heart's are like old wells filled with pennies and worms,' he said of the album's themes. 'I can't resist going down to the bottom of mine to see what else is there. But sometimes you can get yourself stuck.' Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade Shura glides between rallying and confessional synth-pop on I Got Too Sad for My Friends, the six-years-coming follow-up to Forevher. The British singer-songwriter applies her lithe pop sensibility to topics such as social anxiety, pandemic isolation, and, as ever, the tumult of love on the Luke Smith–produced album, which features guest turns from Cassandra Jenkins, Helado Negro, and Becca Mancari. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade In a shapeshifter career, Evangelic Girl Is a Gun is Yeule's most disarming transformation yet. Having mastered hyperpop heaters and meteoric alt-rock, the singer-producer-songwriter summons trip-hop ooze and industrial sleaze on an album that is both a total reinvention and, on the synth-pop-grunge hybrid of songs like 'Eko,' a consolidation of the adventuring spirit that has made Yeule one of the defining artists of the decade. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade On Black Hole Superette, Aesop Rock presents the late-night convenience store as a symbol of the modern condition. The Long Island veteran—assisted by likeminded rappers Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, Open Mike Eagle, billy woods, and Elucid—invites us into surreal lyrical mazes as he stumbles, half-asleep, through a vortex of consumerism and encroaching tech. Watch the hallucinatory 'Checkers' video for a window into the dreamworld. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade Paradise Now is a renewed mission statement from Obongjayar, the Nigerian musician whose hyperactive fusion of Afrobeat, soul, and hip-hop has made him a sensation in his adopted hometown of London. The album adds volleys of synth-punk and summery electropop to his eclectic palate, explored with collaborators including producer Kwes Darko, Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell, and, on 'Talk Olympics,' Little Simz. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade Dawn of Midi drummer Qasim Naqvi flexes his skills as a composer on his latest album for Erased Tapes, Endling. Haunted by a phrase from a dream his wife had one night—'God docks at death harbor'—the Pakistani American artist conceived of a 'tone poem' about, he's said, 'the last human on the planet—an endling, traversing a world centuries into the future. A world decayed and mutated into a strange amalgam of the natural and artificial.' Moor Mother features on the undulating ambient refractions of 'Power Down the Heart.' Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Listen/Buy at Bandcamp Buy at Rough Trade New York rapper Rome Streetz and superstar producer Conductor Williams unite for their debut collaborative album in Trainspotting. Williams' freewheeling production snips hooks from jazz and gospel while his collaborator knots together dense verses on industry greed on the Tribe-referencing 'Rule 4080,' expanding the vintage style the pair explored on Rome Streetz's 2022 album, Kiss the Ring. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Photographic Memory is the solo project of Los Angeles producer, singer, and songwriter Max Epstein. I Look at Her and Light Goes All Through Me, his third album, shares some of the maximalist sensibilities of collaborators like Militarie Gun and Jane Remover, neutralizing lashings of overdriven excess with oases of introspective, melodic emo and shoegaze. Guests include Winter and Wisp. Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Listen on Tidal Listen on Amazon Music Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
New York Post
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Miley Cyrus has post-‘Flowers' bloom on new album ‘Something Beautiful': review
Before her ninth studio album, 'Something Beautiful,' arrived on Friday, Miley Cyrus had finally got her 'Flowers.' Seventeen years after 'Meet Miley Cyrus' was coupled with the 'Hannah Montana 2' soundtrack to introduce her as a teen-pop princess distinct from her Disney Channel character, the 32-year-old singer had won respect along with her first two Grammys — including the prestigious Record of the Year — for her 2023 smash 'Flowers.' So 'Something Beautiful' is something of a victory party (in the U.S.A.) for Cyrus. 5 Cyrus makes a confident move into a new era where tapping the charts doesn't matter as much as leveling up the art. Getty Images for TikTok After even getting a co-sign from Beyoncé — their 'II Most Wanted' duet, a highlight of 'Cowboy Carter,' won Cyrus a third Grammy in February — she has nothing to prove anymore. And there's a sense of freedom in the ambition on 'Something Beautiful.' If it's not 'Endless Summer Vacation' — Cyrus' excellent 2023 album that gave us 'Flowers' — it's a confident move into a new era where tapping the charts doesn't matter as much as leveling up the art. She doesn't need to compete with the Sabrina Carpenters of the world. Taking a cue from Beyoncé — who navigated a similar transition with her 2013 self-titled surprise album — 'Something Beautiful' is a visual album that will be accompanied by a short film that will be released on June 6. And there is a cinematic scope to it with a dramatic spoken prelude and two instrumental interludes that are meant to bring a certain gravitas to it all. 5 Miley Cyrus performed her No 1 smash 'Flowers' at the 2024 Grammy Awards. AFP via Getty Images 5 Miley Cyrus won Record of the Year and Best Solo Pop Solo Performance at the 2024 Grammy Awards. AFP via Getty Images But while we'll reserve final judgment until the film, the standalone album doesn't really need it. So just indulge Miss Miley — or use that skip button — and enjoy the rest of 'Something Beautiful.' Cyrus comes out swinging like a wrecking ball with the title track, which is one of the best things that she has ever recorded. Although it feels like it would have been an epic closer, it immediately sets a high bar for the album as she veers from D'Angelo-esque neo-soul to Pink Floyd-ish prog-rock — she has cited 'The Wall' as an inspiration for this album — in a way that you would've never imagined that Mickey Mouse would've never imagined. Indeed, there's a genre-blurring boldness to it that conjures up Prince, who Cyrus echoes when she sings 'watching the doves cry into the sunrise.' 5 Miley Cyrus performed at SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert' at Radio City Music Hall in February. Kevin Mazur/Peacock via Getty Images It gets the album off to a stellar start that continues with 'End of the World,' an apocalyptic, retro-'80s bop that is part Prince — think '1999' — and part Stevie Nicks, an influence who Cyrus previously channeled on 2020's 'Midnight Sky.' Although the single hasn't quite taken off like 'Flowers' yet, it deserves to be one of the bops of summer. Then there's 'More to Lose,' an aching breakup ballad that seems to hint at Cyrus' bruised heart from her split with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth: 'You're looking like a a movie star in a worn-out coat/So I throw away my mind/It happens all the time,' she sings, letting you feel every bit of her pain in her signature, singular timbre. Meanwhile, 'Easy Lover' is a breezy ditty that effortlessly straddles country and pop, blues and soul. Apparently Cyrus offered the song to Beyoncé for 'Cowboy Carter' before recording it herself. 'Tell 'em B,' she even ad-libs in a nod to Mrs. Carter that would have made perfect sense in a duet. 5 Miley Cyrus' 'Something Beautiful' album will have a companion film released on June 6. AP While we unfortunately don't get another duet with Beyoncé on 'Something Beautiful' — the two sounded way better together than they should have on 'II Most Wanted' — Cyrus gets help from Brittany Howard and Naomi Campbell(!), respectively, on 'Walk of Fame' and 'Every Girl You've Ever Loved,' two of the electro-dance tracks in the final stretch of the album. But here, they feel like a bit of a retreat back to the dance-pop of 'Endless Summer Vacation.' You kinda wish that Cyrus had had the courage of her convictions with which she started the album. It's as if she felt that she needed to hedge her bets. But 'Golden Burning Sun' and 'Pretend You're God' are dreamy reveries that set the blissed-out mood for summer romance. And when Cyrus ends the album with the psych-tinged ballad 'Give Me Love,' you'll be offering up just that.
Perth Now
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Miley Cyrus releases deeply personal album Something Beautiful
Miley Cyrus has released her deeply personal album, 'Something Beautiful'. The 'Flowers' hitmaker tackles love, loss and healing on her ninth studio album. On the heartbreaking single, 'More to Lose', Miley sings: "I stay, when the ecstasy is far away. I pray, that it's coming round again. You say it, but I wish it wasn't true. I knew someday that one would have to choose, I just thought we had more to lose." Miley recently performed the moving track in front of some of her exes. Although it was not clear which of her former partners were in the crowd, they include ex-husband Liam Hemsworth, Cody Simpson, Stella Maxwell, Nick Jonas, and Kaitlynn Carter. 'Something Beautiful' is a visual album with the accompanying film set to receive its world premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival in June. The album features 13 new songs, all of which are accompanied by visuals that have been described as a "one-of-a-kind pop opera". After releasing the title track 'Something Beautiful', Miley teased that the album marked "another bold artistic evolution" in her career. A statement on her Instagram account read at the time: "Miley's second song and video release 'Something Beautiful', the title track off of the forthcoming album explores her deep connection to fashion showcasing an original custom design by Casey Cadwallader for the House of Mugler in the visual. "This era marks another bold artistic evolution for Miley, blending music and film into an immersive experience. 'Something Beautiful' is now available on all streaming platforms." Meanwhile, Miley recently teased that she will follow up the record with an "extremely experimental" LP. The 32-year-old singer gave fans at an event at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont hotel a hint of what's to come. She told the small crowd: "My next album is about to be extremely experimental, so have fun with that. "'Something Beautiful' is just the appetizer." At the fan event, Miley performed some new tracks like 'Easy Lover', 'End of the World' and 'More To Lose', along with her 2023 hit 'Flowers'. She even treated the audience to a bit of 'The Climb' from 2009's 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
"This Was A Dolly-Trained Answer": People Are Absolutely Losing It Over Miley Cyrus' Response To The Jennifer Lawrence Gold Dress Theory From Her "Flowers" Music Video
Y'all remember a couple of years ago when Miley's song "Flowers" topped multiple charts, including breaking records by reaching number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 57 weeks? Well, while fans have speculated that the 2023 song is in reference to Miley's 2020 divorce from Liam Hemsworth, a little ~golden~ nugget in the music video also caught people's attention... THIS DRESS: If you didn't know, Liam starred in The Hunger Games alongside Jennifer Lawrence while Miley and Liam were together. And, although the multiple rumors about Liam and Jennifer having an affair during this time may be baseless, Jennifer did admit to kissing Liam off-camera. So, how is Miley's dress relevant to all this? Well, some people think it is a dig at this gold one Jennifer wore to the 2012 premiere of the first movie: Jennifer has shut down rumors that Miley's dress is a reference to her 2012 look, but Miley has not spoken about it now. After wrapping a segment for Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, a fan bluntly asked Miley, "Was your 'Flowers' dress a reference to Jennifer Lawrence?" And Miley simply said, "No, but I love that dress of hers." The whole interaction was shared in this TikTok by @itsmelaniemiller, and it has racked up over four million views. As you can imagine, people have thoughts about Miley's answer... Related: 24 Strange, Gross, And Totally Surprising Facts About Red Carpet Outfits So, whether it was a "Dolly-"... or "Disney-" trained response, here are people's dissection of her response. Many seem to think it is simply code to mean the exact opposite of what she said. And the use of the word "but" reaffirms this. Related: Sophie Turner Opened Up About Her "Incredibly Sad" Split From Joe Jonas Her "no" is to avoid drama, but she really means "yes," according to some. Basically, some people think it is a classier way of hinting that she really means "yes." And they also think her smile when answering the question confirms this. On the other hand, there are people who say if it wasn't directly about Jennifer, she may have "inspired" something. Others are just plain confused. And calling the answer shady... But, really, not much was said. There are even people applauding this person's super deep dive into it all. The conversation continued on with someone asking: "but what is your opinion on her saying 'that gold dress IS….' yada yada yada, alluding to the rumors about the dress being true. so i'm just confused — is it or isn't it?" Their response: "I think it is true, but I think she didn't intentionally put that Easter egg in the music video on purpose — a happy coincidence/accident that she wished she thought of first. But it makes sense that she wouldn't have thought of it, it happened so many years ago, and lots of affairs have happened since then, so she was probably focusing on other things. The gold dress with Jennifer happened before their second breakup, and they got back together and got married since then. It was prob behind her. But I think she's happy the fans uncovered it due to the music video, I think she just wishes she thought of it first." At the end of the day, people are pointing out that Miley did technically say "no" and that is what she meant! So, there you have it. The speculation continues. One thing we can all agree on, though, is Miley sure can wear a bun! Also in Celebrity: "I Can't Emphasize Enough How Filthy Some Of These People Are": 39 Hollywood Secrets People Have Learned From Working With Celebs Also in Celebrity: If You Think You're Smarter Than The Average Celebrity, Prove It By Correctly Answering These Questions They Got Wrong On "Jeopardy" Also in Celebrity: 12 Celebs Who Came Out At A Young Age, And 13 Who Came Out Way Later In Life
Buzz Feed
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Miley's Epic Response To Jennifer Lawrence Gold Dress
Y'all remember a couple of years ago when Miley's song "Flowers" topped multiple charts, including breaking records by reaching number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 57 weeks? Well, while fans have speculated that the 2023 song is in reference to Miley's 2020 divorce from Liam Hemsworth, a little ~golden~ nugget in the music video also caught people's attention... THIS DRESS: If you didn't know, Liam starred in The Hunger Games alongside Jennifer Lawrence while Miley and Liam were together. And, although the multiple rumors about Liam and Jennifer having an affair during this time may be baseless, Jennifer did admit to kissing Liam off-camera. So, how is Miley's dress relevant to all this? Well, some people think it is a dig at this gold one Jennifer wore at the 2012 premiere of the first movie: Jennifer has shut down rumors that Miley's dress is a reference to her 2012 look, but Miley has not spoken about it now. After wrapping a segment for Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, a fan bluntly asked Miley, "Was your 'Flowers' dress a reference to Jennifer Lawrence?" And Miley simply said, "No, but I love that dress of hers." The whole interaction was shared in this TikTok by @itsmelaniemiller, and it has racked up over four million views. As you can imagine, people have thoughts about Miley's answer... So, whether it was a "Dolly-"... or "Disney-" trained response, here are people's dissection of her response. Many seem to think it is simply code to mean the exact opposite of what she said. And the use of the word "but" reaffirms this. Her "no" is to avoid drama, but she really means "yes," according to some. Basically, some people think it is a classier way of hinting that she really means "yes." And they also think her smile when answering the question confirms this. On the other hand, there are people who say if it wasn't directly about Jennifer, she may have "inspired" something. Others are just plain confused. And calling the answer shady... But, really, not much was said. There are even people applauding this person's super deep dive into it all. The conversation continued on with someone asking: "but what is your opinion on her saying 'that gold dress IS….' yada yada yada, alluding to the rumors about the dress being true. so i'm just confused — is it or isn't it?"Their response: "I think it is true, but I think she didn't intentionally put that Easter egg in the music video on purpose — a happy coincidence/accident that she wished she thought of first. But it makes sense that she wouldn't have thought of it, it happened so many years ago, and lots of affairs have happened since then, so she was probably focusing on other things. The gold dress with Jennifer happened before their second breakup, and they got back together and got married since then. It was prob behind her. But I think she's happy the fans uncovered it due to the music video, I think she just wishes she thought of it first." At the end of the day, people are pointing out that Miley did technically say "no" and that is what she meant! So, there you have it. The speculation continues. One thing we can all agree on, though, is Miley sure can wear a bun!
