Audioface: Music News, Reviews, & Culture

On the fiftieth episode of Audioface:

New albums: A$AP Rocky's "TESTING", CHVRCHES "Love is Dead", and Otzeki's "Binary Childhood".

New single from newcomer No Rome, and a diss track from Drake. An exciting announcement about Audioface! Rezz and deadmau5 are cooking something up, unreleased Avicii may or may not be coming. The TESTING Review. Spotify settles with songwriters, Kendrick Lamar defends sexual abusers, and computers accurately predict hit songs. The Love is Dead Review. Nicki Minaj and Kendrick Lamar both facing racial controversies. R. Kelly is brazen, allegations against Rich The Kid, and BROCKHAMPTON loses a member. The Binary Childhood Review. The damage report from EDC 2018, a streaming service decides to shut down, and the FIFA World Cup is about to have an extremely rough song.

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Plus: What music festival will get you laid, and how Tidal is in deep trouble.

On the forty-ninth episode of Audioface:

New album: Marian Hill's "Unusual".

Disclosure and Phantogram have new singles this week. Details about sexual harassment allegations against a member of Dave Matthews Band. A member of Migos in a car accident. Tidal is in deep trouble. The Unusual Review. Google's new-ish music streaming service launches next week. Is Pop music getting more sad? The best music festivals for flings, and Dan and Sean return with Music Recommendations #11 featuring: Kali Uchis, No Regular Play, 1 Trait Danger (on Soundcloud), SOPHIE, and the Amadeus film.

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Plus: #TimesUp for R.Kelly and XXXTentacion

On the forty-eighth episode of Audioface:

New albums: Arctic Monkeys' "Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino", and Beach House's "7".

Mac Demarco, Homeshake, and part of DIIV got together and made our best new singles list. Grimes and Elon Musk are dating. Spotify is targeting misbehaving artists on its platform. RIP Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchinson. The Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino review. Ticketmaster wants to scan your face. Jay Z's Tidal is being accused of inflating streaming numbers, and speaking of Jigga, he's getting Prince's unreleased songs on Tidal. The 7 review. Post Malone is breaking eardrums and records, J. Cole tries to be a nice guy, and how a country tried to pay Ice Cube to get access to Trump.

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Sean and Dan talk the Arctic Monkeys.

On a special bonus episode of Audioface, Sean and Dan talk about the Arctic Monkeys' discography. Their newest album, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino comes out this week, and will be reviewed in Audioface 48.

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Plus: So you want to be a musician? It's hard. And easy.

On the forty-seventh episode of Audioface:

New albums: Rae Sremmurd's "SR3MM", and Jon Hopkins' "Singularity".

New singles from Future and Childish Gambino. Billboard is changing its ranking formula. 6ix9ine lost a $5 million headphone deal and that's the least of his worries. The SR3MM review. Pill-testing is coming to an Australian music festival. The Singularity review. The media is covering Avicii horribly, and Drake gets told the cold hard truth.

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