Pushing past the political side shows that further point to the world’s sorry state of affairs, Impose’s Week in Pop is here to keep you entertained & enlightened amid the weirdness of our times. Following some of the week’s top buzz, Hannah Diamond returned & dropped the lyric video for “Fade Away” with news of an EP available later this year from PC Music; Male Bonding dropped the out of the blue third album Headeache; Nas dropped a verse on police violence via the Robin Thicke track “Deep”; Mitski dropped the Bradley Gray video for “A Burning Hill” off Puberty 2; Danny Brown dropped the video for “Pneumonia” off the new album Atrocity Exhibition; Pusha T dropped the Yung Jake directed video for “H.G.T.V.” produced by Mike Will Made-It; The Weeknd dropped the ultra-violent Ilya Naishuller video for “False Alarm”; Drake tour hype; Azealia Banks is allegedly signing with RZA & regrets endorsing Trump; Porches covered Big Star’s “Morpha Too”; Big Sean & 2 Chainz dropped “Light it Up”; The xx announced tour dates, new material & playlist; Skylar Spence dropped “Faithfully”; clipping. & Hamilton star Daveed Diggs is the executive producer for a new ABC network series about an emcee turned mayor; Alex G talked to Run for Cover Records about working with Frank Ocean on Blonde; Jeezy announced Trap or Die 3; Mink Mussel Creek (Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, former Tame Impala / Pond frontman Nicholas Allbrook & Pond’s Shiny Joe Ryan) reunited; E-40 approved of “Yup” being parodied in a used car commercial; Weezer dropped the video for “I Love the USA” directed by SCANTRON & No. 2 Pencil featuring Patton Oswalt & Rivers Cuomo; Kehlani & Little Simz dropped “Table” produced by Jahaan Sweet, DJ Dahi & DJ Relly Rell; Marooon 5 dropped “Don’t Wanna Know” ft. Kendrick Lamar & dropped the David Dobkin video; Ryan Holmberg dropped the Frankie Kraft & Eric Goodwin video for “Wild and Free” dedicated to their late friend Sammi Kane Kraft; Kid Cudi dropped the self-directed video for “The Frequency” off his upcoming delayed album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’; Cloud Nothings announced the new album Life Without Sound available January 27 from Carpark Records/Wichita Records & dropped “Modern Act”; unreleased demo tapes from a young J Dilla surfaced; Radiohead fan unearthed a song from master tape; Murs rapping for 24 hours to set the world record; James Righton of the Klaxons announced his solo self-titled album as Shock Machine available February 17 from Marathon Artists & dropped the Nova Dando video for “Lost In The Mystery”; Stones Throw Records’ festival happening November 5 in Los Angeles for their 20 year anniversary at Highland Park; Hova, Kanye & Frank Ocean won a copyright infringement dismissal over “Made In America” off Watch the Throne; Bob Dylan awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Snoop Dogg announced the Puff Puff Pass Tour Part 2 ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Warren G, DJ Quick & the Dogg Pound; Roger Waters announced the “Us + Them” 2017 North American tour; Depeche Mode announced the new album Spirit available in 2017 & the subsequent Global Spirit Tour; Elton John to write of his “crazy life” in a memoir available in 2019 from Henry Holt & Pan Macmillan; M.I.A.’s US visa has been approved; Leonard Cohen discussed mortality & more ahead of his new album You Want It Darker available October 21 & later claimed he was exaggerating; Tim Kaine called himself “Lil’ Kaine”; Death Cab for Cutie dropped the Trump-protesting song & Simian Design directed video for “Million Dollar Loan”; Randy Newman dropped a single called “Putin” inspired by Russia’s leader off his forthcoming 2017 album; Beach Slang kicked out guitarist over sexual assault allegations; Foxygen hinted at new music & dropped “America”; Anohni versus Apple; Eazy-E’s daughter Ebie Wright seeks to investigate her father’s death & started a Kickstarter for a film titled A Ruthless Scandal: No More Lies; Dr. Dre issued a cease & desist order against Sony Pictures over Michel’le biopic Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Me; BitTorrent Now streaming service is shutting down; Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) claims he’s retiring this year; and Billy Corgan is allegedly suing TNA Wrestling’s parent company Impact Ventures.
Taking you to the next chapter, it is our honor & privilege to present the following exclusive interviews & insights from Arms and Sleepers, R. Stevie Moore, Alpenglow, Rome in Reverse, Computer Magic, FVNERALS, Games Violet, Seratones, Small Leaks Sink Ships, Daniel Land, Gang, Hammered Satin, Noah Kwid, featuring guest selections by The Radio Dept. & more—in no particular order.
