Kamasi Washington performed a livestreamed show at the Adult Swim Festival last Friday (November 13). Backed by an eight-person band, he performed his 2017 EP Harmony of Difference in its entirety for the first time. Watch the full 50-minute set below.
That same day, Ariana Grande joined Thundercat for a performance of his 2015 hit ‘Them Changes’. Run The Jewels, Kaytranada, and Rico Nasty also played at the festival.
Washington’s most recent album was 2018’s Heaven and Earth. Earlier this year, the saxophonist formed the supergroup Dinner Party with Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, and 9th Wonder to release a self-titled seven-track EP.
Spring Silver – the solo project of DC multi-instrumentalist K Nkanza, who describes their music as “queer metal,” “post-emo,” and “they/themcore” – has released a new single titled ‘Plead Insanity’, featuring Sad13 (Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz) and Bartees Strange, along with a cover of Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Long Road Home’. Listen to both tracks below.
“About the Tune: Like so many people (especially right now), a big part of my life is just managing my mental state,” Nkanza explained in a statement. “It’s never been especially easy, but I think it was the hardest when I was a teenager. I was very much burdened by fear of being labeled “insane”, “crazy”. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized how bizarre people, culture, life in general is. Spring Silver is an expression of those feelings by revealing the edges and quirks within myself. This song brings that view to romantic love, exploring the ways it is practiced, as culturally accepted. I was lucky enough to have two artists I admire immensely provide vocals for the track. Their voices each have a lot of character AND they have the singing chops. That combination is the dream for any singer. I don’t think I told Sadie or Bartees they were harmonizing together on the song until after they each sent in their vocal tracks, haha! I wanted to surprise them.”
Last year, Spring Silver released their debut album The Natural World.
Directed and co-written by Mary Harron, American Psycho is a dark comedy-horror starring Christian Bale. The role of Patrick Bateman, psychopath, is widely considered to be his breakout role. He is truly terrifying as a character who appears to be a successful, well-disciplined, investment banker living in New York.
However, when night falls, he turns into a violent serial killer. His bloodlust is fuelled partly by his hatred for the shallow and vain people he surrounds himself with, including his fiancée Evelyn (Reese Witherspoon). In between his intense morning ritual – which opens the film – his work commitments, and regular fine dining, Bateman meets up with women and plans brutal ways to slaughter them.
Here are sixteen unsettling stills from American Psycho.
Benedikt and Tuvaband joined forces to reveal their latest collaboration single ‘My Killer.’ The song focuses on the theme of relationships, a highly-discussed theme throughout many discographies during the COVID-19 crisis.
Talking about the song Benedikt said: “My Killer is an honest, introspective anthem about intense relationships abruptly ending. The lyrics also mull over the fear of death and the fear of being alone. We made the song with creative force Tuva Marschhäuser from Tuvaband right after a long COVID-19 lockdown period. So in a way it also celebrates coming together and creating something therapeutic when in a dark mood.”
Just yesterday, Prospa, an exciting UK-based duo, released their latest song ‘The Thrill’. The song is also accompanied by a superb eye-dazzling animated music video by Connor Campbell and Harry Butt. The music video combines 80s visuals mixed with elements of Cyberpunk and psychedelic art that take you into another world.
Porridge Radio have shared a cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who by Fire’, which originally appeared on the 1974 album New Skin For The Old Ceremony. The performance was filmed by El Hardwick at St Giles’ Church in Camberwell, London. Check it out below.
“I’ve loved Leonard Cohen since I was a teenager, and when he died we learnt this song in tribute to him,” Porridge Radio’s Dana Margolin wrote on Instagram. “It’s always been a favourite of ours so we were really happy to record it for our session at St Giles’ Church, Camberwell. The lyrics are from the Jewish liturgy for the new year (Rosh Hashana), and this was filmed the same week as Rosh Hashana this year.”
Porridge Radio issued their sophomore LP Every Bad earlier this year. They recently released a new track titled ‘7 Seconds’.
The Notwist have announced their first new album in six years. It’s called Vertigo Days and it arrives January 29, 2021 via Morr Music. The German group have also previewed the LP with a new single titled ‘Where You Find Me’. Listen to it below, and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
Speaking about the inspiration behind the new record, guitarist and vocalist Markus Acher said of the record in a statement: “We wanted to question the concept of a band by adding other voices and ideas, other languages, and also question or blur the idea of national identity.”
Vertigo Days will mark the band’s follow-up to 2014’s Close To The Glass, as well as the 2015 instrumental compilation Messier Objects. It includes the previously released tracks ‘Ship’ featuring Saya, ‘Oh Sweet Fire’ with Ben LaMar Gay, and ‘Loose Ends’.
Vertigo Days Cover Artwork:
Vertigo Days Tracklist:
1. Al Norte
2. Into Love / Stars
3. Exit Strategy
4. Where You Find Me
5. Ship (ft. Saya)
6. Loose Ends
7. Into The Ice Age’ (feat. Angel Vat Dawid)
8. Oh Sweet Fire’ (feat. Ben LaMar Gay)
9. Ghost
10. Sans Soleil
11. Night’s Too Dark
12. *Stars*
13. Al Sur’ (feat. Juana Molina)
14. Into Love Again (feat. Zayaendo)
Goodie Mob have enlisted André 3000 on a new song called ‘No Cigar’, taken from the Atlanta group’s latest LP Survival Kit. It marks André’s first musical appearance of the year. Check it out below.
Survival Kit, Goodie Mob’s sixth studio album, dropped last week. It also features guest spots from Chuck D and Big Boi, André’s partner in Outkast. Last year, André featured on tracks by Anderson .Paak and James Blake. Goodie Mob recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1995 debut Soul Food, which also featured OutKast.
Returning with their first new music in years, 3OH!3 have teamed up with 100 gecs for a new song titled ‘LONELY MACHINES’. It arrives with a bizarre music video directed by Weston Allen. Check it out below.
‘LONELY MACHINES’ follows 3OH!3’s 2016 album, Night Sports. “If you start to google ‘is 3OH!3…’ it autofills to ‘still together?’” the group’s Sean Foreman said in a press release. “Well, it’s about time we answer that question with a resounding “um… well… we never really… um… YES!!!” About a year ago, Nat and I found ourselves unsigned, unmanaged and frankly, under no pressure to just create and have fun—so we did just that. Magically, as we started to write, we got in touch with Matt Galle and partnered with Photo Finish [Records]. The creative energy and motivation that we had for our first album felt recaptured. It just feels good again; unforced. And I believe the new music is a representation of that freedom.”
Miley Cyrus has revealed the tracklist for her upcoming album Plastic Hearts. The follow-up to 2017’s Younger Now includes the single ‘Midnight Sky’ and features guest contributions from Dua Lipa, Billy Idol, and Joan Jett. The singer’s popular covers of Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’ and the Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’, which were originally reported to be part of the LP, are notably absent. Check out the tracklist below.
Plastic Hearts is set for release on November 27 via RCA. Miley Cyrus and Stevie Nicks recently teamed up for a new remix of ‘Midnight Sky’ called ‘Edge of Midnight’.
