NASTY LITTLE MAN: BEST OF 2024

As the year winds down and the holidays swiftly approach, nasty little man is here to refresh your memory on some of 2024’s best releases and tours…time to sit back and pour your favorite beverage (might we suggest a Blackened neat?) and reflect on the best of the best of 2024! 

But before we do, we’d like to look back at the incredible whirlwind years Vampire Weekend and St. Vincent had.

Expanding an unmatched streak of critical and commercial successes, Vampire Weekend’s 5th album, Only God Was Above Us, released on April 5th via Columbia Records was met with unanimous rave reviews across the globe: 

“Vampire Weekend has never made a bad album, but ‘Only God Was Above Us’ is one of its best.” –– THE NEW YORKER

“…Vampire Weekend isn’t getting older, it’s getting better, and ‘Only God…’ is one of the group’s best” –– VARIETY

“Masterful” –– PITCHFORK, Best New Music, “Best Albums of the Year So Far”

“One of the defining albums of early 2024.” –– BILLBOARD, “Best Albums of the Year So Far” 

“…an album full of startling changes and wild sonic upheavals, all packed into 10 songs.” –– THE NEW YORK TIMES

The OGWAU tour launched on April 8th in Austin, TX under an eclipsed sky—a transcendent performance that the Austin American Statesman called “remarkable,” The Austin Chronicle called “pummeling” the Austin Monthly called “Unforgettable” and Variety hailed as “awe-inspiring.” 

From there the band went on to grace stages everywhere from a surprise set at Coachella, sold out shows at the Hollywood Bowl and Red Rocks, as well as amphitheater and arena stops across the country highlighted by a two show stand at the famed Madison Square Garden, selling out both shows with attendance totaling 36,000 tickets. Throughout the tour a few special guests surprised fans including Paris Hilton, Tim Robinson and Heather Gay (Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.)

Along the way, Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson performed on The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, and The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Koenig also appeared alongside his pals, Phoenix, at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Paris and  made friends with Conan O’Brien and Rick Rubin.

St. Vincent released her highly anticipated seventh album All Born Screaming on April 26th via Total Pleasure Records in partnership with Virgin Music Group. Her first entirely self-produced effort was brought to life with the aid of a highly curated dream lineup of friends–– Rachel Eckroth, Josh Freese, Dave Grohl, Mark Guiliana, Cate Le Bon, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Stella Mogzawa and David Ralicke. The album’s release was met with rapturous critical praise including:

“A work of art…thrilling” –– BILLBOARD

“Singular…uncompromisingly countercultural.” –– THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A pure, bold presentation of St. Vincent…exultant and defiant.”––  STEREOGUM 

“Angry, aggressive, raw, urgent, and yet also sensual, and down to have a good time. One of her best yet.”– VOGUE
 
“Primal…thrilling…satisfyingly urgent” –– ROLLING STONE

“Genius” –– WHO WHAT WEAR

“Visceral and surreal…simultaneously a return to form and a bold departure” –– AV CLUB

“Excellent…a delicate dance between complete control and self-immolation.” –– ASSOCIATED PRESS

“Cathartic, compelling and propulsive, it’s a fully felt masterwork.” –– KXT

In addition to speaking with Terry Gross for Fresh Air, St. Vincent graced the cover of Billboard’s digital June Pride issue, spoke with Architectural Digest about the stunning visuals of All Born Screaming and made her Criterion Collection Closet Picks debut.

Dripping in “rock-star irreverence” (Slant) and treating fans to “a devilishly good time” (Uproxx), St. Vincent dominated stages on her All Born Screaming tour, which included powerhouse performances at LA’s Greek and two sold out nights at Brooklyn Paramount. Delivering one kinetic rock masterclass after the other, St. Vincent’s tour proved to be “as glorious an experience as you’d expect…it’s hard to imagine a much more high-spirited show…she might actually have made everyone feel a little bit born again.” (Variety)

St. Vincent will close out 2024 on an even higher note with All Born Screaming, having just earned four GRAMMY nominations for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Alternative Music Album, as well as cracking the top 20 of Metacritic’s Best Albums of the Year.

Albums
Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
Amyl and The Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness
Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium
Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
St. Vincent: All Born Screaming, Todos Nacen Gritando
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us

Singles 
Amyl and The Sniffers: “U Should Not Be Doing That”/“Facts”
LCD Soundsystem: “x-ray eyes”

Reissues
Beastie Boys: Ill Communication 30th Anniversary
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run 50th Anniversary, One Hand Clapping

Movies
Ghost: Rite Here Now Rite Now 
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping 

Live
Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs Tour
Amyl & The Sniffers: Summer 2024 Tour
Arcade Fire: 20th Anniversary of Funeral at Red Rocks
Beck: Orchestral Tour 2024
Foo Fighters: Everything or Nothing at All Tour
Metallica: M72 World Tour
Jenny Lewis: Joy’All Ball Tour
Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie 20th Anniversary Co-Headline Tour
St. Vincent: All Born Screaming Tour
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us Tour

ST. VINCENT RELEASES NEW SINGLE “EL MERO CERO”

Listen To “El Mero Cero”; Final Single in Advance of Todos Nacen Gritando Album Release This Friday

St. Vincent to Perform at Mexico City’s Legendary Corona Capital Festival this Weekend; New 2025 Tour Dates Announced Including Shows with Olivia Rodrigo 

Career-High Four Nominations for 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards

St. Vincent has released the new single “El Mero Cero,” a Spanish language version of her song “Big Time Nothing.” It is the final single to preview the upcoming album Todos Nacen Gritando ahead of its release this Friday. 

Todos Nacen Gritando is the result of Annie Clark a/k/a St. Vincent’s ambitious decision to re-record every vocal track on her Grammy-nominated All Born Screaming album translated into Spanish. The echoes of tens of thousands of fans chanting her lyrics across Latin America and Spain moved Clark to pay tribute to her Spanish-speaking fans and the Spanish language she loves so much. “It was really inspiring,” she says, recalling experiences like the crowd reaction to her set at Primavera Sound 2023. “At the end, I asked myself, ‘If they’re able to sing in a second or third language, why can’t I do the same thing?”

That is how Todos Nacen Gritando’was born. Clark defines this meticulous reinterpretation as one of the biggest challenges of her musical career: “It’s been a much more complicated process than anything I’ve done before.”

No small statement for an artist whose accomplishments and accolades include 3 Grammy awards (“Best Rock Song” in 2019 and “Best Alternative Music Album” in 2015 and 2022) — a tally that may wind up doubling (or more) with this year’s career-high 4 nominations — collaborations with artists from Taylor Swift to David Byrne, fronting Nirvana for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, contributing to Paul McCartney‘s III-Imagined album and playing live with Metallica—and a just-announced pair of shows supporting Olivia Rodrigo in Mexico City and Curitiba, Brazil (Tickets for these newly unveiled dates will be on sale beginning November 12. For further information, go to ilovestvincent.com.)

The stark nature of the album —her first fully self-produced record— found in Spanish a way to enhance its visceral original vocal performances. “There are things that I sing in Spanish that maybe I would feel self-conscious singing in English because they feel so sincere… it was a fascinating experience to find how to convey the feeling, but also discover a new way through words,” she explains.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES
11/16/24 – Corona Capital – Mexico City, MX
11/22/24 – Joyland – Jakarta, ID
11/25/24 – Palais Theatre – Melbourne, AU
11/26/24 – Her Majesty’s Theatre – Ballarat, AU
11/27/24 – Forum – Melbourne, AU
11/28/24 – Crown Aviary – Melbourne, AU
11/30/24 – Clockenflap – Hong Kong, CN
01/04/25 – Rockin’On Festival – Tokyo, JP
01/06/25 – YES 24 Live Hall – Seoul, KR
01/08/25 – The Filinvest Tent – Manila, PH
01/11/25 – AlterEgo – Los Angeles, CA
03/26/25 – Estadio Couto Pereira– Curitiba, Brazil (w/ Olivia Rodrigo)
03/29/25 – Estéreo Picnic – Bogotá, CO
04/02/25 – Estadio GNP Seguros– Mexico City, Mexico (w/ Olivia Rodrigo)
04/04/25 – Pa’l Norte – Monterrey, MX
04/06/25 – The Factory in Deep Ellum– Dallas, TX
04/07/25 – Moody Amphitheater– Austin, TX
04/08/25 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
04/10/25 – Orpheum Theater – New Orleans, LA
04/11/25 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
04/12/25 – Ting Pavilion – Charlottesville, VA
04/13/25 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
04/15/25 – Agganis Arena – Boston, MA (w/ Nick Cave)
04/17/25 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Nick Cave)
04/18/25 – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT

NASTY LITTLE MAN CONGRATULATES OUR 2025 GRAMMY-NOMINATED ARTISTS!

Congratulations to Beck, Metallica, Nirvana and St. Vincent on their GRAMMY nominations!

Beck:
Best Rock Song – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”

Metallica:
Best Metal Performance – “Screaming Suicide”

Nirvana:
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package – In Utero

St. Vincent:
Best Rock Performance – “Broken Man”
Best Rock Song – “Broken Man”
Best Alternative Music Performance – “Flea”
Best Alternative Music Album – All Born Screaming

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

“x-ray eyes”

NEW SONG OUT NOW

“x-ray eyes,” the first new LCD Soundsystem song to be released since 2022, is available now across digital platforms and on limited edition white label 12” vinyl exclusively at the band’s shows and through dfarecords.com.

Following the announcement of “x-ray eyes” and its impending release, LCD’s James Murphy revealed that the band has been working on its long awaited fifth album, its first since 2017’s Grammy-winning AMERICAN DREAM. Read James’s statement in full HERE

“x-ray eyes” was written by James Murphy, Al Doyle and Nancy Whang, and produced by James Murphy for DFA Productions.

LCD Soundsystem celebrated Halloween last night with the first show of its eight-date Los Angeles residency, which continues through November 3 at Shrine Expo Hall and November 7-10 at Hollywood Palladium. Check www.youareherela.com for further information.

Following the conclusion of the L.A. run, the band will return to the Knockdown Center in Queens, NY for a 12-show residency taking place over three weekends, November 21-24, December 5-8 and December 12-15. For further details of the NYC residency, which will include various live openers, afterparties featuring special guest DJs, a DFA Records swap meet, an on-site Four Horsemen wine bar and more, go to https://youarehere.bowerypresents.com

To commemorate the occasion, the band is releasing a limited edition run of screen printed 12-inches–– featuring “x-ray eyes” on the A-side along with the never-before-heard trash can dub remix version on the B-side. Only 100 of these will be available exclusively each night of the Los Angeles and New York City run of shows, and will be numbered as well as stamped with the venue and date. 500 will be available for pre-order via DFA Records. A general, non-screen printed version of the 12” release will follow.

GHOST

WORLD TOUR 2025

TICKETS ON SALE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

“As far as live acts go, they’re one of the best in the business” —THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

For approved artist images and hi-res tour art, please download HERE.

Today, GHOST announced its biggest world tour to date beginning with 55+ shows across the U.S., Europe, the UK, and Mexico next year. The GRAMMY-award winning Swedish theatrical rock icons will traverse the globe from the tour’s April 15 opening night at the AO Arena in Manchester UK, headlining scores of the world’s most notable arenas—including the band’s first ever show at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden on July 22. Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed. 

The 2025 world tour will be GHOST’s first outing since its RE-IMPERATOUR 2023 wrapped up its North American run with two sold-out shows at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles—performances that were immortalized in the band’s record-breaking debut feature film RITE HERE RITE NOW — now available for pre-order on DVD, to stream at VEEPS, and to purchase or rent via iTunes or Amazon — and its chart-topping soundtrack album. News of the tour first broke via a new installment of GHOST’s long running Chapters webisode series, which picks up immediately following the events at the conclusion of RITE HERE RITE NOW. Watch the new chapter HERE.

U.S. TICKETS: Tickets for the U.S. dates will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning Tuesday, October 29 at 10am local time. The artist presale will begin Tuesday, October 29 at 12pm local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, November 1 at 10am local time at ghost-official.com.

• Citi is the official card of the 2025 GHOST World Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for US markets beginning Tuesday, October 29 at 10am local time until Thursday, October 31 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.  

EUROPE/UK TICKETS: Tickets for the EU/UK dates will be available starting with a Mastercard presale in select markets (details below) beginning Tuesday, October 29 at 10am local time. An artist presale will begin Tuesday, October 29 at 12pm local time in all markets. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Thursday, October 31 at 10am in Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Italy, Belgium and at Friday, November 1 at 10am local time in the UK, Portugal, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway  at ghost-official.com.

• MASTERCARD PRESALE: Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France, Netherlands and Denmark. Mastercard Presales start from Tuesday 29th October at 10am local time. Plus, Preferred ticket access to tickets are available in the UK from Friday 1st November 10am local time. Check out priceless.com/music for details.

MEXICO TICKETS: Tickets for Mexico will be available starting with an artist presale beginning Tuesday, October 29 at 12pm local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Monday, November 4 at 11am local time.

GHOST WORLD TOUR 2025 DATES:

Tue Apr 15 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
Wed Apr 16 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
Sat Apr 19 – London, UK – The O2
Sun Apr 20 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
Tue Apr 22 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis
Wed Apr 23 – Frankfurt, DE – Festhalle Frankfurt
Thu Apr 24 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle
Sat Apr 26 – Lyon, FR – LDLC Arena
Sun Apr 27 – Toulouse, FR – Zénith Toulouse Métropole 
Tue Apr 29 – Lisbon, PT – MEO Arena
Wed Apr 30 – Madrid, ES – Palacio Vistalegre
Sat May 3 – Zürich, CH – Hallenstadion Zürich
Sun May 4 – Milan, IT – Unipol Forum
Wed May 7 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena
Thu May 8 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
Sat May 10 – Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena
Sun May 11 – Prague, CZ – O2 Arena
Tue May 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena
Wed May 14 – Oberhausen, DE – Rudolf Weber-ARENA
Thu May 15 – Hannover, DE – ZAG Arena
Sat May 17 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
Tue May 20 – Tampere, FI – Nokia Arena
Thu May 22 – Linköping, SE – Saab Arena
Fri May 23 – Sandviken, SE – Göransson Arena
Sat May 24 – Oslo, NO – Oslo Spektrum
Wed Jul 09 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Fri Jul 11 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Sat Jul 12 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Sun Jul 13 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
Tue Jul 15 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
Thu Jul 17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Fri Jul 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
Sat Jul 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Mon Jul 21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Tue Jul 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Thu Jul 24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Fri Jul 25 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Sat Jul 26 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Mon Jul 28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
Tue Jul 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
Wed Jul 30 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Fri Aug 01 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
Sat Aug 02 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Sun Aug 03 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
Tue Aug 05 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
Thu Aug 07 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Sat Aug 09 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sun Aug 10 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
Mon Aug 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
Thu Aug 14 – Austin, TX – Moody Center 
Fri Aug 15 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
Sat Aug 16 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Wed Sep 24 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes 

About GHOST

Accumulating nearly 10 billion streams, GRAMMY-winning Swedish theatrical rock band and global sensation GHOST continues to bring the “euphoric spectacle” (ROLLING STONE) of its live shows to ever-growing crowds, most recently on last year’s triumphant RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023, which hit more than two dozen North American cities before its two-night finale at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. In March 2022, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES reported in a Calendar cover story that GHOST had “conquered metal and the charts” when its fifth album IMPERA debuted at #1 in a sweep of the U.S. album charts, entering the BILLBOARD 200 at #2 and bowing at #1 in the band’s native Sweden, Germany and Finland, while cracking the top 5 in another half dozen or more countries. Featuring “Spillways”—hailed as a “sweetly constructed rock tune” by THE NEW YORK TIMES and later reimagined with Joe Elliott of Def Leppard—and the GRAMMY-nominated “Call Me Little Sunshine,” GHOST’s fifth #1 at Active Rock radio—IMPERA moved ROLLING STONE to remark, “GHOST predicted the pandemic, now the metal band is foretelling the fall of empires.” The album presented the most current and topical GHOST subject matter to date set against a darkly colorful melodic backdrop making IMPERA a listen like no other—yet unmistakably, quintessentially GHOST. Having closed out 2022 by cracking the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, with the RIAA platinum-certified “Mary on a Cross,” as well as IMPERA winning Favorite Rock Album at the American Music Awards and Best Rock Album of the Year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, GHOST unveiled PHANTOMIME, a five-song covers EP including the version of Iron Maiden’s “Phantom of the Opera” that earned the band its fifth GRAMMY nomination. Most recently, GHOST’s seemingly limitless ambition took the band to the silver screen with the June 2024 theatrical premiere of the feature film RITE HERE RITE NOW. Moving THE LOS ANGELES TIMES to rave “As far as live acts go, they’re one of the best in the business — and now they have the movie to prove it,” RITE HERE RITE NOW quickly became the highest grossing hard rock cinema event in North American history, and spawned a chart-topping soundtrack album. From devoted disciples to the curious uninitiated, the GHOST live ritual experience has seen audiences all over the world turning off their phones and living in the moment—completely spellbound and in the thrall of GHOST.

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS

2025 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

NEW ALBUM CARTOON DARKNESS OUT TODAY VIA B2B RECORDS / VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP

“[5/5] Frank, fearless, funny and fucking fantastic”––KERRANG

“Their best…cartoon-bright, bad-mouthed, and very, very funny… We get rage, angst, love and loss, expressed through a band who are getting a little older and a little better as they go.”––PASTE

“Iconic…characterized by an admirable confidence and a fuck you attitude that they’ve mastered over the years…they balance bringing fun and laughter into the world in the face of so much evil and terror, and on a sonic level, find a balance between maintaining a sound and harnessing experimentation”––NEW NOISE MAGAZINE

Amyl and The Sniffers commemorate the release of their hotly anticipated third album Cartoon Darkness, out now via B2B Records / Virgin Music Group, with the announcement of a full scale North American headlining tour. Beginning March 25, 2025 in Portland, OR, the Australian garage punk quartet will bring the unmistakable roar that “has begun to speak on behalf of a generation of people seeking stability and joy in a world of increasing imbalance” (PASTE) to more than 20 cities spanning the U.S. and Canada before concluding May 23, 2025 in Nashville, TN.

The new dates will mark the return of Amyl and The Sniffers to North America for the first time since their triumphant summer spent slaying crowds from sold-out headlining club and theater gigs––including a two-night blowout at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles––to stadium shows as special guests of Foo Fighters, which included stops at New York’s Citi Field and Boston’s Fenway Park. Amyl and The Sniffers will head out next month on their sold out UK and EU tour, which will feature their biggest ever headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace. Tickets are on sale November 1 at 10am local time. Sign up for presale access today at amylandthesniffers.com/shows. Presales start Wednesday October 30 at 10am local time. Grab tickets HERE  to experience what critics and audiences alike have furiously declared as:

“One of the most thrilling live acts in the scene today” ––MXDWN

“Stellar” ––CONSEQUENCE 

“A lightning bolt of raw punk energy” ––SF GATE

“Kinetic, explosive” ––WXPN

“Absolutely balls-to-the-wall show…Amy Taylor herself is a force of nature, a hurricane building off the coast ready to wreak havoc on all that she encounters.” – 303 Magazine

2025 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Tue 3/25/25 – PORTLAND, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Wed 3/26/25 – VANCOUVER, BC – The Commodore Ballroom
Thu 3/27/25 – SEATTLE, WA – Paramount Theatre
Sun 3/30/25 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Rockwell at The Complex
Mon 3/31/25 – DENVER, CO – Mission Ballroom
Wed 4/2/25 – KANSAS CITY, MO – Uptown Theater
Fri 4/4/25 – DALLAS, TX – House of Blues Dallas
Sat 4/5/25 – AUSTIN, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Sun 4/6/25 – HOUSTON, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Mon 4/7/25 – SAN ANTONIO, TX – Paper Tiger
Wed 5/7/25 – ST. PAUL, MN – Palace Theatre
Thu 5/8/25 – CHICAGO, IL – The Salt Shed
Fri 5/9/25 – MADISON, WI – The Sylvee
Sat 5/10/25 – ROYAL OAK, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Mon 5/12/25 – TORONTO, ON – History
Tue 5/13/25 – CLEVELAND, OH – Agora Theatre
Thu 5/15/25 – NEW YORK, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
Fri 5/16/25 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – Franklin Music Hall
Sat 5/17/25 – BOSTON, MA – Roadrunner
Mon 5/19/25 – SILVER SPRING, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Wed 5/21/25 – RALEIGH, NC – The Ritz
Thu 5/22/25 – ATLANTA, GA – The Eastern
Fri 5/23/25 – NASHVILLE, TN – Marathon Music Works

GHOST
RITE HERE RITE NOW
4K, Blu-Ray, DVD, VHS Available for Pre-Order
Now Streaming at VEEPS, Available to Pre-Order for Purchase or Rental via iTunes and Amazon

By Popular Demand the #1 Hard Rock Cinema Event in US History Comes to Home Video December 6

The prayers of the legions of the GHOST faithful have been answered: On December 6, the physical home video release of the band’s worldwide Top 10 box office smash feature film debut RITE HERE RITE NOW will bring its mesmerizing live ritual to your living room.

Following a rapturously received global streaming premiere, RITE HERE RITE NOW is now available for pre-order on DVD, BluRay, 4K and VHS — to stream at VEEPS, and to pre-order for purchase or rental in advance of its October 28 digital release via iTunes and Amazon. The film captures all songs played during GHOST’s now-legendary sold out two-night stand at L.A.’s Kia Forum — including tracks not on its #1-charting soundtrack album — while proving to be much more than a mere concert film: Stunning performance footage is interwoven with a narrative that develops and advances plot threads from the band’s long-running Chapters webisode series, featuring familiar faces interacting behind the scenes with GHOST’s Papa IV, as his future and fate rest with the Ministry.

For more information, go to https://ghost-official.com/

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS

ANNOUNCE NEW TRACK “JERKIN”

WATCH PHC DIRECTED VIDEO HERE

Photo by John Angus Stewart 2024 @phcfilms

“Amyl & The Sniffers have released the album of the Year”––Clash 

“Smart, funny, characterful, there’s virtually nothing not to like about this record”––Mojo

“Cartoon Darkness sees them poised for the Big Time, one of the best albums of the year”––NME  

“A level-up in every way” ––Brooklyn Vegan (43 Albums We’re Anticipating for Fall 2024)

“A layered approach to the world’s current status…kicking the door open to the band’s new era”––Grammy.com (15 Must-Hear Albums in October)

Amyl and The Sniffers are pleased to share “Jerkin,” the final track and video to be released in advance of their forthcoming third album Cartoon Darkness, out this Friday, October 25^th 2025 via B2B Records / Virgin Music Group. 

Following the previously released “jubilant slow-burn of victory” (PASTE Best New Songs) “Big Dreams,” “Jerkin” is the third single off the forthcoming album named Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1––this is alongside 2 x Radio 1 playlists and 3 x 6 music A lists, as well as Top 10 album and single on the SubModern radio chart in the U.S. 

The new X-Rated video was directed by long-time Sniffers collaborator John Angus Stewart of PHC Films. While a censored version will appear on streaming platforms, the full, uncensored version is only available to watch on amylandthesniffers.com (for viewers 18 and older only).

Amy Taylor on “Jerkin”
“It’s good to express your anger when someone’s been pissing you off and it’s good to have humor in life, especially as a woman, when you’re meant to just passively say ‘everything’s good’ to keep everyone else comfortable. The best part about this song is that a squirter can be anybody’s genitals. I wanted to write a song to big-up “the self” while putting down the “other” because sometimes, even if it’s just for a small window, that’s the best way to laugh something off and empower yourself. World’s pissing me off and breaking my heart more than ever right now, might as well poke it back. It’s pointless but it’s cathartic.”

Director John Angus Stewart
“The level of offense that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre. Once, Amy said to me, “If the world wasn’t so fucked up, I’d never wear clothes.” It’s the context we stamp onto our sex organs that makes them innately “offensive.” This is why we wanted to strip away the artifice and examine the body in an open, conversational way. We approached the project as if it were a performance in itself. From concept to crewing to casting, we (the production) let the project evolve in the most natural way possible, allowing our subjects to dictate their level of input based on their comfort on the day. We were learning what it was as we were making it, which is basically the opposite approach I’m used to. But because this idea was driven by people’s personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. We just kept pulling things further and further back until we were left with just a white wall and the human body. I want to come out of everything I do with a different perspective. Just as one’s perspective changes with an Amyl song, I want to change in the same way. I think we all walked away from the shoot with an innate need to be less prudish and give less of a shit.”

In addition to the explosive new single and video for “Jerkin,” the band has kicked off an exciting release week with an astounding 150 listening parties all across the U.S. at local indie retailers. Having already conquered North America with a slew of dates ranging from sold-out headlining club and theater gigs––including a two-night blow out at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles––to stadium shows as special guests of Foo Fighters, which included stops at New York’s Citi Field and Boston’s Fenway Park, Amyl and The Sniffers will head out next month on their sold out UK and EU tour. The band has also confirmed their biggest ever headline show at London’s Alexandra Palace, tickets now on sale. 

UK 2024/ 2025

NOV 5TH – DUBLIN – NATIONAL STADIUM SOLD OUT
NOV 6TH – GLASGOW – 02 ACADEMY SOLD OUT
NOV 7TH – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE – NX SOLD OUT
NOV 9TH – MANCHESTER – MANCHESTER ACADEMY SOLD OUT
NOV 10TH – BIRMINGHAM 02 – ACADEMY SOLD OUT
NOV 11TH – BRISTOL – 02 ACADEMY SOLD OUT
NOV 13TH – LONDON – ROUNDHOUSE SOLD OUT
NOV 14TH – LONDON – ROUNDHOUSE SOLD OUT
NOV 15TH – LONDON – ROUNDHOUSE SOLD OUT

JULY 5 – 2025 – LONDON – FINSBURY PARK SUPPORTING FONTAINES DC
NOV 15 – 2025 – LONDON ALEXANDRA PALACE

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ST. VINCENT RELEASES “PULGA” A NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION OF “FLEA”

Photo credit:  David William Baum

Listen To “Pulga” Second Single Released in Advance of Todos Nacen Gritando

Todos Nacen Gritando, The New Spanish-Language Version Of Her Wildly Acclaimed Album All Born Screaming, Will Be Released November 15th
 
Read St. Vincent’s Rolling Stone Interview About The Inspiration Behind The New Project

St. Vincent’s World Tour Heads To Spain Next Week; She Is Also Set To Play Mexico City’s Corona Capital (November 16) And Bogota’s Estéreo Picnic (March 27-30, 2025)

“Serás mío para eternidad.”

So states St. Vincent with fiery resolve on “Pulga,” the second single to preview the upcoming album Todos Nacen Gritando. Featuring St. Vincent on vocals and all instruments except drums and bass—handled respectively by Dave Grohl and Justin Meldal-Johnsen—“Pulga” is raw desire made manifest atop a foundation of thundering grooves and searing guitar figures.

In a completely unexpected move, St. Vincent translated her entire All Born Screaming album into Spanish. The Spanish language album Todos Nacen Gritando will be released November 15 via Total Pleasure Records in partnership with Virgin Music Group.

The echoes of tens of thousands of fans chanting her lyrics across Latin America and Spain moved Annie Clark to pay tribute to her Spanish-speaking fans and the Spanish language she loves so much. “It was really inspiring,” she says, recalling experiences like the crowd reaction to her set at Primavera Sound 2023. “At the end, I asked myself, ‘If they’re able to sing in a second or third language, why can’t I do the same thing?”

That is how Todos Nacen Gritando’was born. Clark herself, who has recently honed her Spanish language skills, defines this meticulous reinterpretation as one of the biggest challenges of her musical career: “It’s been a much more complicated process than anything I’ve done before.”

No small statement for an artist with a 17 year music career and 3 Grammy awards including “Best Rock Song” in 2019 and “Best Alternative Music Album” in 2015 and 2022. She has co-produced previous St. Vincent albums with Jack Antonoff and collaborated with artists from Taylor Swift to David Byrne. St. Vincent fronted Nirvana for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, was selected by Paul McCartney to contribute to his ‘III-Imagined‘ album and invited to play live with Metallica.

“What surprises me is that music is not separated from life in Latin America. In the United States everything is commercialized, music is a commodity, an accessory. But in Latin America music is life itself, and you can feel that.” This reflection by Clark makes even more sense when life, death, loss and love were the main themes of the album All Born Screaming, lauded by critics for its emotional and musical rawness. 

The stark nature of the album —her first fully self-produced record— found in Spanish a way to enhance its visceral original vocal performances. “There are things that I sing in Spanish that maybe I would feel self-conscious singing in English because they feel so sincere… it was a fascinating experience to find how to convey the feeling, but also discover a new way through words,” she explains.

To ensure both emotional and linguistic accuracy, St. Vincent enlisted the translation skills of her best friend and occasional collaborator, Alan del Río Ortiz, “Alan has been my friend since we were 15, we grew up together. He would translate the songs and then we would go over them.”  Ortiz played a crucial role in retaining the passion and sentiment of the original material while transposing it all into another language. “Sometimes he would tell me, ‘That’s not a Spanish expression, you could say this or that.’ So we would look for other ways of saying things.”

This tribute to her Spanish-speaking fans is, in a sense, a natural outcome for Clark, who spent much of her early life in Texas. Growing up with Almodovar’s films as a child, confronting the revelatory darkness of Goya’s paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid, “tasting the best food in life” in Mexico City, dawning on New Year’s Day dancing cumbias on the beaches of Merida, or getting lost among the streets of Buenos Aires, are memories that have become fixed in her head and heart, substantial in weaving her unique relationship with Spain and Latin America.

Latin American music has also been a vital part of this relationship. “I’m a big fan of Bomba Estéreo and Calle 13. I also love Rosalía and Arca. Brazilian music too, like Caetano Veloso. It’s the best…it’s different from how it feels in the United States. It’s joyful, a real part of life,” Clark says.

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS

“BIG DREAMS” 

NEW SINGLE & VIDEO FROM CARTOON DARKNESS 

FIRST NEW ALBUM IN THREE YEARS OUT OCTOBER 25, 2024

Listen HERE & Watch PHC Films-Directed Video HERE

Photo by John Angus Stewart 2024 @phcfilms

“Sometimes, you wonder: ‘Is this show gonna be as good as I hoped?’… Other shows you walk out dragging your jaw on the floor behind you, gesturing vaguely as you try to return to earth after having gotten blown clean out of the atmosphere… Amyl and the Sniffers are that band.” — THE PITCH

“One of the most exhilarating bands to emerge over the past decade” — CONSEQUENCE

Amyl and The Sniffers offer up a sweetly melodic new dimension of their sonic onslaught with “Big Dreams,” the newest advance offering from their upcoming third album Cartoon Darkness, out October 25 via B2B Records / Virgin Music Group. 

Following in the footsteps of Pitchfork Hot Link / BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record “Chewing Gum” and Brooklyn Vegan / Consequence / Paper / Paste / Under the Radar Song of the Week “U Should Not Be Doing That,” “Big Dreams” is shot through with a previously unheard vulnerability, one that hints at the new heights and depth achieved on Cartoon Darkness. Speaking on how exactly Amyl and The Sniffers crafted the closest they’ve ever come to a straight-up ballad, singer Amy Taylor said:  

“I am writing this before ‘Big Dreams’ comes out, and I am actually a bit nervous that it’s a single, because it’s so different from a lot of people’s expectations of us. This song was written because a lot of people in my life are struggling financially, and it’s really hard to make your dreams come true when you’re trying to get by day-to-day. But when I think of my friends doing what they love, and I see how good they are at it, I just know they’ve never been dull, they’ve always been lit, and there’s nothing that will break that or take it away from them. 

The video we shot in the desert, it was the first clip we shot for this album, and it was fun as hell.”

The “Big Dreams” video can be seen at https://youtu.be/ipZSqcFA0Z0. Directed by PHC Films and shot in one continuous take, the epic clip sees the song’s sublime strains serving as soundtrack for the band’s quasi-apocalyptic desert motorcycle ride.    

Cartoon Darkness was recorded with producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) at Foo Fighters’ 606 Studios in Los Angeles in early 2024. The album will be available in multiple formats, including limited edition glow in the dark vinyl with alternate artwork.

Having spent the summer in North America ricocheting between stadium supports and a sold-out headline tour, Amyl and The Sniffers will embark on a UK / EURO tour in November, and will be main support for Fontaines D.C. at Finsbury Park on July 5th, 2025. 

UK / EURO DATES BELOW 2024 / 2025

NOV 5TH – DUBLIN – NATIONAL STADIUM
NOV 6TH – GLASGOW – 02 ACADEMY (SOLD OUT)
NOV 7TH – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE – NX (SOLD OUT)
NOV 9TH – MANCHESTER – MANCHESTER ACADEMY (SOLD OUT)
NOV 10TH – BIRMINGHAM 02 – ACADEMY
NOV 11TH – BRISTOL – 02 ACADEMY (SOLD OUT)
NOV 13TH – LONDON – ROUNDHOUSE (SOLD OUT)
NOV 14TH – LONDON – ROUNDHOUSE (SOLD OUT)
NOV 15TH – LONDON – ROUNDHOUSE (SOLD OUT)
NOV 17TH – BRUSSELS – ANCIENNE (SOLD OUT)
NOV 18TH – UTRECHT – TIVOLIVREDENBERG (SOLD OUT)
NOV 19TH – COLOGNE – CARLSWERK VICTORIA (SOLD OUT)
NOV 21ST – COPENHAGEN – VEGA (SOLD OUT)
NOV 22ND – HAMBURG – GROBE FREIHEIT 36 (SOLD OUT)
NOV 23RD – BERLIN – COLUMBIAHALLE (SOLD OUT)
NOV 25TH – MUNICH – TONHALLE
NOV 26TH – LAUSANNE – LES DOCKS
NOV 27TH – PARIS – OLYMPIA
NOV 29TH – ATHENS – FLOYD

JULY 5TH – LONDON – FINSBURY PARK SUPPORTING FONTAINES DC