Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.
This week: Fontaines D.C. enters the Dopamine Chamber, Ashe becomes The Girl of Your Dreams, and The Avalanches have a ridiculous guest list.
Plus, Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Blondie, Johnny Marr, and finally Korn back on vinyl.
(Countdown Video)
3 major album drops.
Kicking it off – Fontaines D.C. is delivering to us its 5th studio album – Dopamine Chamber.
(“Marianne” clip)
Their last album, Romance, showed up on a ton of year-end lists for 2024. Despite the pressure, the band keeps pushing beyond that post-punk label they started with.
The record even includes a collaboration with Rosalía.
(“Where is gone” clip)
Next — Ashe is back with an album that has “Stop The Wedding” leading it off
(“Stop The Wedding!” clip)
As for the title, The Girl of Your Dreams is a little misleading. Ashe says the album is really about letting go of the pressure to be somebody else’s perfect person. And here’s her favorite song on the album — “Swan Lake.”
(“Swan Lake” clip)
And then we have – The Avalanches with No Bad Memories.
(“I Give Everything I have 2 U” clip)
Listen to this guest list…
Jamie xx. Karen O. Rivers Cuomo. Panda Bear. Mike Patton. Carly Simon.
That’s quite a roll call for an album.
(“All The Time in the World” clip)
2 new singles.
Chappell Roan used to open for Olivia Rodrigo before her star took off. And now, she has her first feature with Miss Rodrigo on the remix of “expectations.”
(“expectations” remix clip)
And they went all-in on the video.
It’s set up like a retro game show — with the two of them competing against each other and even David Byrne showing up as the host.
And now, look who Blondie has showing up with “Spectral Eyes.”
(“Spectral Eyes” clip)
Johnny Marr from The Smiths co-wrote the song and plays on it.
This is the first sip of Blondie’s upcoming album High Noon – their first studio album in nearly a decade.
(Record Scratch video)
And finally, one vinyl pick.
Korn’s Life Is Peachy turns 30.
(“A.D.I.D.A.S.” clip)
The band’s second album is re-issued on vinyl with “No Place to Hide,” “Good God” – plus an a cappella version of “Twist.”
(“Twist” clip)
A cappella, huh? Apparently regular “Twist” wasn’t unsettling enough.
That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.
This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.
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Welcome to Movies That Matter, where we look at three movies worth knowing about before the weekend begins.
Street Fighter is heading back to the big screen, one diver somehow ends up inside a whale, and Jane Austen is getting another turn at the movies.
(Countdown Video)
What’s new? Well… it’s time to travel back to 1993 with Street Fighter.
(Street Fighter clip – Round 1)
Street Fighter brings Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li back for another World Warrior Tournament – you’ll get to see Jason Momoa, 50 Cent and Roman Reigns joining the fight.
Seems like everybody wanted in on this one.
(Street Fighter clip – Who did that to your face)
And if getting punched in the face sounds uncomfortable…
How about getting swallowed by a whale.
(Whalefall clip – Whale swalling him)
Austin Abrams stars in Whalefall as a diver who gets swallowed by a ginormous sperm whale – with only one hour of oxygen to get back out.
As someone who’s claustrophobic… you’re on your own with this one.
(Whalefall clip – “You don’t listen to me”)
And finally, something a little more civilized.
(Sense and Sensibility clip “Man who loves me”)
Sense and Sensibility gives Jane Austen a fresh spin for a new generation.
After fighting tournaments and whale stomachs… a little romance sounds wonderful.
(Sense and Sensibility clip – “What makes you happy” with Olivia Dean music)
Did you hear that song in the background – “Man I Need” from Olivia Dean – that alone makes this movie a win for me.
That’s this weekend’s Movies That Matter. From Street Fighter tournaments to the inside of a whale to a little Jane Austen romance, there should be something waiting for you at the movies.
Until next time – keep on popping the corn.
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