Audioface: Music News, Reviews, & Culture

On the fifty-ninth episode of Audioface:

Reviews: Travis Scott's "ASTROWORLD", Rezz' "Certain Kind of Magic", and Mac Miller's "Swimming"

New single of the week: "Home" by John Butler Trio. EA censored a YG song in the newest Madden. Spotify under fire for hosting Alex Jones' podcast. The ASTROWORLD review. On our new segment, we listen to YG's Stay Dangerous...so you don't have to. The Las Vegas shooting investigation has ended. The youngest female rapper to sign with a major label. The Certain Kind of Magic review. How much money are record labels making? Fake playlist wars, and no one bought the most popular album of the summer. The Swimming review. Rich the Kid having Instagram troubles.

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Plus: Mos Def's take on Tekashi 6ix9ine, and "In My Feelings" leads to injury.

On the fifty-eighth episode of Audioface:

Reviews: RL Grimes' "NOVA" and The Growlers' "Casual Acquaintances"

Dan listens to R. Kelly's 19 minute "confession" song, Jazz Cartier's new album, and the new DJ Khaled track "No Brainer"...all so you (and Sean) don't have to. One "In My Feelings" challenge ends in a collision, and Kanye's charity appears to be in ruin. The NOVA review. Tekashi 6ix9ine shows off machine guns, and Mos Def/Yasiin Bey's opinion on him. 21 Savage's philanthropy and new philosophy. The Casual Acquaintances review. Rich the Kid wants out of his label, Jay Z's documentary about Trayvon Martin might make George Zimmerman violent again (again), and fines for the Fyre festival fiasco.

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Plus: Chance the Rapper's 4 pack and Tekashi 6ix9ine is hospitalized.

On the fifty-seventh episode of Audioface:

Reviews: Chance the Rapper's 4-pack, DRAM's new EP "That's a Girl's Name", The Internet's new album "Hive Mind" and Forma's new album "Semblance"

Chance the Rapper drops 4 singles and he's now a media mogul. The That's a Girl's Name review. Teksahi 6ix9ine is hospitalized, Radiohead asks again for answers on the death of a crew member, Queens of the Stone Age cause trouble at another concert, and ABBA lyrics are updated to fit the times. The Hive Mind review. A Rick and Morty soundtrack is being made. The Semblance review. Dennis Rodman invites Kanye to the hermit kingdom.

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No Chill Island returns, plus album reviews: Deafheaven's "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love" and Dirty Projectors' "Lamp Lit Prose.

On the fifty-sixth episode of Audioface:

New album reviews: Deafheaven's "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love" and Dirty Projectors' "Lamp Lit Prose"

New singles from BROCKHAMPTON, Childish Gambino, Prophets of Rage, and Skream. Cardi B, and, separately, Kendrick Lamar and SZA are fighting lawsuits over their music. The Ordinary Corrupt Human Love review. Pusha T is launching a music discovery app. SOPHIE might be producing new work for Lady Gaga. The Lamp Lit Prose review. Drake's new album topples streaming records. Apple Music overtakes Spotify. Rage Against the Machine sues British far-right politician Nigel Farage.

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Plus: A Vince Staples + D.R.A.M. TV Show, and Did Gambino rip off the beat for This Is America?

On the fifty-fifth episode of Audioface:

New album reviews: Drake's "Scorpion", Gorillaz' "The Now Now", and Florence + The Machine's "High As Hope"

A lost Radiohead song is unearthed. Was Childish Gambino's "This Is America" a rip off of another song? The Now Now review. Kendrick Lamar responds to his n-word controversy from month's ago. The death of Joe Jackson and and Smoke Dawg. The Scorpion review. Vince Staples and D.R.A.M. might be getting a TV series. Lil Uzi Vert starts a charity in XXXTentacion's name, you can easily add music to Instagram stories now, and a change to Grammy nominations is coming. The High as Hope review. And lastly, an anti-racism event to be held at a Morrissey concert that has now been abruptly cancelled.

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Sean and Dan talk about the history of Gorillaz. Their newest album The Now Now is reviewed in Audioface #55.