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New York Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Fiona Apple's Statement About Jailed Mothers, and 8 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign up for The Amplifier, a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Fiona Apple, 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' Fiona Apple's first solo single in five years is topical, focused on poor women who are imprisoned before trial and drawing on Apple's time spent as a court watcher. Over a percussive track built on hand drumming, Apple sings about a single mother who can't afford to post bail; by the time her case is dropped, she has lost her home and her family. Her voice is bitterly sympathetic; the video adds stark statistics. Moses Sumney and Hayley Williams, 'I Like It I Like It' Hayley Williams of Paramore joins Mosey Sumney for a song he wrote with a co-producer, Graham Jonson (a.k.a. quickly, quickly) about desire thwarted by its own intensity. 'I turn cactus when we touch,' Sumney moans; 'My lips clutch when you open up,' Williams admits. Deep, loping, stop-start synthesizer lines and a lumpy beat underline both their hesitancy and their obsession; all they can agree on is, 'I like it too much.' Billy Woods and Preservation, 'Waterproof Mascara' The most harrowing track on 'Golliwog,' the new album by the rapper Billy Woods, is 'Waterproof Mascara.' A sobbing woman and an elegiac melody share the foreground of the production, by Preservation, as Woods recalls domestic abuse and suicidal thoughts and tries to numb himself with weed. Like the rest of the album, it's bleak and uncompromising. Kali Uchis, 'Lose My Cool,' 'Sincerely,' the new album by Kali Uchis, is one long, languorous sigh of relief at finding true love, then basking in it. The production luxuriates in relaxed tempos and reverbed guitars in songs like 'Lose My Cool,' a two-part song — slow and slower — that shows off her jazzy side with melodic leaps and airborne crooning. She revels in clinginess: 'Whenever I'm without you babe, it don't feel right,' she coos. Hxppier, 'Aller' Hxppier — the 20-year-old Nigerian songwriter Ukpabi Favor Oru — lets smoldering irritation boil over in 'Aller,' singing, 'I can't right now with your wishes / You try but you lie.' The bass-loving production, by ValNtino, is grounded in an earthy low drumbeat and keeps expanding — with call-and-response voices, ululations, shouts, horns, strings, organ, even a crying baby — as if Hxppier is mustering allies from all sides. Little Feat, 'Dance a Little' Little Feat has every right to celebrate its own longevity, as it does on its new album, 'Strike Up the Band.' Formed in 1969, barely grazing the Top 40 albums through the decades, breaking up and reconvening, the band has persisted through the death of its central singer and guitarist, Lowell George, and many changes since, maintaining its unique fusion of blues, country, funk, New Orleans R&B, gospel, zydeco, jazz and beyond: roots-rock that embraces brilliant tangents. There's a Bo Diddley beat behind the mandolin, accordion and horns of 'Dance a Little,' a rolling, kicking song about traveling, homecoming and seizing the moment. 'Tomorrow is forever, so tonight let's dance together,' it urges, wresting pleasure from mortality. I'm With Her, 'Wild and Clear and Blue' Regrouping after seven years between albums, the string-band supergroup I'm With Her — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan and Sara Watkins — allowed itself some new studio leeway and guest musicians on its new LP, 'Wild and Clear and Blue.' But the group's essence is still in its close harmonies and delicate picking. The album's title track pays homage to Nanci Griffiths and John Prine and touches on the inevitability of change and loss, listening to a car radio as 'the static is slowly replacing the sounds of my childhood days.' DJ Haram, 'Voyeur' The Brooklyn-based DJ Haram, who collaborates with hip-hop avant-gardists like Moor Mother and Billy Woods and has a regular Monday slot on the Lot Radio, pushes Middle Eastern sounds well into the red with 'Voyeur.' Violin lines wail and slide over programmed beats, hand drums and untraceable distorted sounds. It's relentless in the best way. André 3000, 'And Then One Day You'll …' André 3000 has moved his instrumental experiments from flute to piano for a new EP, '7 Piano Sketches': brief, lo-fi, non-virtuoso keyboard doodles. 'And Then One Day You'll …' hints at Thelonious Monk, punctuating moody, descending chords with shards of whole-tone melody — fragments awaiting further development, or just whims.
Time Out
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Getty's free sunset concert series is back for the summer
Summer is so close we can smell it, and that means all of our favorite outdoor events are making their comebacks. Jazz at LACMA is back in action, Cinespia and Barnsdall Park's Friday Night Wine Tastings have already been announced, and now add to that list the Getty Center 's popular Off the 405 series. The museum's annual concert series announced its lineup on Wednesday, and it includes four evenings of eclectic programming. The best part: Tickets—like admission to the Getty Center—are free, though you'll want to try to secure a reservation ahead of time; tickets tend to open up about two to three weeks before each show. The locally beloved Off the 405 series has been drawing crowds to the Getty's courtyard since 2009 (besides taking a couple years off during the pandemic). With past headliners including Moses Sumney, Allah-Las, Chicano Batman and Shannon and the Clams, each year the series' curated lineup spans a range of genres and regularly showcases some of the most exciting up-and-comers in the independent music scene. Each performance starts at 7:30pm and will be preceded by a DJ set at 6pm. Listening to free live music while watching the sun set over the L.A. skyline in one of the city's most beautiful venues—what could be better? And now for the lineup: First up on May 31 is SML. No, they're not an outlet for songs from Saturday Night Live, but rather an L.A.-based quintet of musicians who've worked with the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Leon Bridges and Perfume Genius. The band, who recently played a sold-out show at the Lodge Room, blends jazz, Afrobeat, kosmische (electronic Krautrock) and ambient influences. Jeff Parker and Scottie McNiece will DJ before the performance. Tickets are available starting today, May 8. As of the time of writing, there's no show scheduled in June, but on July 12, Nashville-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Madi Diaz will take the stage. Diaz, who's collaborated with Harry Styles and Kacey Musgraves and toured with Angel Olsen and Waxahatchee, is also a recent Grammy nominee for best folk album. Tickets are available starting Thursday, June 26. Two weeks later on July 26 is Empress Of, the musical project of Honduran-American L.A.-based singer-songwriter Lorely Rodriguez. Her bold, bilingual music blends electronic, R&B and dream pop. Tickets are available starting Thursday, July 3. And last but not least, L.A.-based composer, singer and songwriter Emile Mosseri will perform on August 23. You've likely heard Mosseri's work before—he composed the scores for films including The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Minari, which earned him an Oscar nomination. His songwriting shows a more personal side of the artist, and his live performances combine both sides of his repertoire. Tickets are available starting Thursday, July 31. Note that even though tickets are free, they're still required and will serve as your museum reservation. Oh, and as always, you'll still have to pay for parking (normally $25, it's $15 after 3pm and only $10 if you show up after 6pm). If a show is sold-out, walk-ups will be admitted day-of if any spots end up being available, if you want to try your luck. Either way, we recommend arriving early to check out the galleries and gardens before the show and making a day of it.
