Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.
This week: John Legend buddies up with Pharrell, LISA hits Press Play, and Anderson .Paak and Cordae go full Step Brothers.
Plus, new Noga Erez and Ayron Jones, while Amy Winehouse goes Back to Black on vinyl.
(Countdown Video)
3 major album drops.
Leading it off – John Legend with Muse.
(“Daylight” clip)
After more than 20 years of being buds, John Legend and Pharrell Williams teamed up for their first full album together.
Pharrell produced the entire thing, and a lot of it was recorded at his studio inside Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris. That’s just beyond fancy.
(“Bodies On The Floor” clip)
Next – LISA of BLACKPINK is flying solo with her EP: Press Play
(“SaWaDiKa” clip)
This six pack of songs digs into her Thai roots and feels like an action movie soundtrack, which is fitting because one of the songs is actually called “Tarantino.”
(“Tarantino” clip)
And then we have Anderson .Paak and Cordae with their album Heavy Is the Crown.
(“A Good Day” clip)
These two have been working together for years, but this is their first full album as a duo.
Be sure to check out the album cover, too – it gives you a pretty good hint at the fun you’re gonna get. It’s basically their own version of Step Brothers.
(“I’m On” clip)
2 new singles.
This first one comes from the soundtrack to Season 3 on Netflix of: Nobody Wants This.
(“Flights” clip)
That’s Noga Erez with her song: “Flights.”
Just an FYI – the soundtrack is stacked: Miley Cyrus, Metric, Megan Moroney & more.
Next – we get new Ayron Jones from his upcoming album
(“Glad You Came” clip)
That’s “Glad You Came” off of Excuse Me – full album drop this February
And a heads up – Ayron is showing his Seattle roots again and claims that this new record leans even harder into the grunge and metal influences he grew up with. Most excellent!
(Record Scratch video)
And finally, one vinyl pick.
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black turns 20.
(“Back to Black” clip)
I’ve got the OG (flash the original album), but the anniversary edition is a three-LP set with four previously unreleased demos, rare B-sides, and a 2007 performance released in full on vinyl for the first time.
(“Rehab” clip)
If the three records aren’t enough, there’s also a special edition with moving images of Amy as the record spins.
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.
This week: DC is getting creepy, Jenna Ortega is the fake friend, and the studio behind Coraline is taking us into the Wildwood.
(Countdown Video)
What’s new? Gotham City is getting a horror movie.
(Clayface clip – “You have to learn to control it”)
Tom Rhys Harries stars in Clayface as Matt Hagen – an actor whose life takes a very ugly turn when he becomes one of DC’s most recognizable villains.
(Clayface clip – “I don’t even know who you are”)
Again, that’s Clayface… in Gotham City… and I really miss Batman now.
If you’re like me, we need something a little less terrifying…
(Klara and the Sun clip – “Let me find a friend”)
Jenna Ortega stars in Klara and the Sun as Klara – an Artificial Friend chosen by a seriously ill young girl named Josie.
(Klara and the Sun clip – “Show me the way to heal this family”)
Klara quickly realizes she may be expected to do a whole lot more than just be Josie’s friend.
And finally, let’s check out the newest adventure from LAIKA – the studio behind Coraline.
(Wildwood clip – “My brother is in here”)
Wildwood sends a girl into a forbidden forest after her baby brother is kidnapped by a murder of crows.
Yup… a murder of crows. And apparently that’s just the beginning – we’ve got witches too.
(Wildwood clip – “There are witches…”)
If that deep voice in the trailer sounds familiar, well it’s the band San Fermin with their song “The Woods.”
That’s this weekend’s Movies That Matter. From Gotham City horror to artificial friends to one very strange forest, there should be something waiting for you at the movies.
Until next time – keep on popping the corn.
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