The Offspring‘s new album, SUPERCHARGED, arrives three years after their last record, 2021’s Let the Bad Times Roll. Before that it’d been nearly a decade since the “Self Esteem” rockers had put out an album.
After finally releasing Let the Bad Times Roll, the Offspring members definitely felt, well, supercharged to start work on a follow-up. “We’re fired up, we’re energized for sure,” frontman Dexter Holland tells ABC Audio. “I think, yeah, just dusting it off and getting that Let the Bad Times Roll record out made us feel like, ‘Oh man, we gotta do this again, a little more quickly this time.'” “We really did feel like going into [Let the Bad Times Roll], the last year, really, before that record was done, just seemed really creative,” guitarist Noodles adds. “Things were flowing, and it’s just been going ever since.”Case in point: the lead SUPERCHARGED single, “Make It All Right,” hit #1 on the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart. “I guess it’s about a relationship,” Holland says of “Make It All Right.” “It’s about having someone there to support you, but they’re not gonna coddle you and hug you, necessarily. Because I don’t think that’s reality.” And while they’re certainly happy about the song’s chart success, Holland and Noodles have been more excited about the positive response “Make It All Right” has gotten live.”That’s when you feel it, when you know your song’s hitting with an audience and you feel it immediately, that’s when you know you’re on to something,” Noodles says. SUPERCHARGED is out now.
Charli XCX‘s Brat remix album is here, along with contributions from Julian Casablancas and The 1975.The Strokes frontman contributes to a reworked version of the song “Mean girls,” while Matty Healy and company hop on an updated recording of “I might say something stupid.”The album, titled Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat, is out now via digital outlets. It also features Billie Eilish and Lorde on the previously released remixes of “Guess” and “Girl, so confusing,” respectively.
Imagine Dragons has shared a new version of “Take Me to the Beach” featuring Indigenous Australian rapper Baker Boy.The updated recording features new lyrics performed by Baker Boy in his Yolŋu Matha language. You can listen to the collaboration now via digital outlets.The original “Take Me to the Beach” appears on Imagine Dragons’ new album, LOOM, which was released in June. ID also collaborated with Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin on a new version of the lead single “Eyes Closed.”In related news, Imagine Dragons is featured in the latest installment of Amazon Music’s Songline series. They performed songs from Loom including “Eyes Closed” and “Take Me to the Beach,” as well as past hits such as “Believer” and “Demons.”Imagine Dragons is currently touring the U.S. in support of Loom. The outing concludes Oct. 27 in Los Angeles.
St. Vincent has shared a Spanish version of her song “Flea” for her upcoming Todos Nacen Gritando album. As previously reported, Todos Nacen Gritando is an alternate edition of St. Vincent’s latest record, All Born Screaming, featuring all the lyrics translated into Spanish. You can listen to the Todos Nacen Gritando recording of “Flea,” titled “Pulga,” now via digital outlets. The album will be released Nov. 15. The original All Born Screaming dropped in April. It includes the lead single “Broken Man” and contributions from Dave Grohl. In related news, St. Vincent recently performed on the WeRateDogs Puppy Sessions series, in which she attempted to play songs while rescue dogs crawled and jumped on her.”I feel very vulnerable having exposed my dog voice on camera,” she laughs.
The Cure has announced a one-off concert celebrating the release of their upcoming new album, Songs of a Lost World. The show takes place Nov. 1 at the Troxy venue in London. For those who can’t attend, you’ll be able to watch the performance streaming live via The Cure’s YouTube. For more info, visit TheCure.com. Songs of a Lost World, the first Cure album in 16 years, also drops Nov. 1. It includes the singles “Alone” and “A Fragile Thing.”
Here’s the Songs of a Lost World track list:
“Alone”
“And Nothing Is Forever”
“A Fragile Thing”
“Warsong”
“Drone:Nodrone”
“I Can Never Say Goodbye”
“All I Ever Am”
“Endsong”
Coldplay keeps their streak of #1 albums across the pond going with Moon Music.The latest effort from Chris Martin and company debuts at the top of the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, giving them 10 straight number ones in their home country, dating back to their 2000 debut, Parachutes.With a total of 237,000 chart units, Moon Music earns the biggest week for a British artist since Adele‘s 30, which was released in 2021. It also marks the second-biggest Official Albums Chart debut for any artist of 2024, behind only Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department.Moon Music, Coldplay’s 10th album, was released Oct. 4. It includes the lead single “feelslikeimfallinginlove.”Coldplay will launch a U.S. tour in support of Moon Music in May 2025.
TikTok is saying yeah yeah yeah to a 2000s indie classic. The platform has spawned a new viral dance to accompany the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song “Maps,” leading to renewed interest in the track. According to Billboard, U.S. on-demand streams for “Maps” have nearly doubled between the weeks of Sept. 19 and Oct. 3. “Maps” is a single off YYYs’ 2003 debut album, Fever to Tell. It is often included in lists of the best songs of the 2000s. The most recent Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is 2022’s Cool It Down. In other streaming news, HAIM‘s “Now I’m In It” jumped by 120% following its placement in the Netflix series Nobody Wants This.