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Matt Goulding: The Writer’s Life in Barcelona
This week on The Trip podcast: Writer Matt Goulding on his city, his life, and his work. A warehouse toward the edge of Barcelona. On the loading dock they smoke cigarettes sprinkled with hash, and drink beers from plastic cups. Inside, a hundred or so people stand toward the stage, nodding thoughtfully to a mashup hiphop and acid jazz. Beards, knit hats, urban scarfs. This is a early-aughts reuni...
A Death in Harlem
After losing her grandmother to COVID-19, marketing executive Tamika Hall then had to take over for vanishing hospice services in Harlem and help lead her father to the best death she could. It seems to me that the story of this pandemic is as much as anything, a story of the failure of technology. Not just the big healthcare failings or smaller infrastructure glitches like the busy signals I’ve b...
SLANDER and SVDDEN DEATH Announce Epic B2B and New Collaboration
Fans of SLANDER and SVDDEN DEATH have a lot to look forward to this Saturday, May 2nd. The duo just announced they will be kicking off the Bassrush live stream with a special B2B performance at 8PM PST (11PM EST). If that wasn’t enough, during the stream they will be premiering their new collaboration for the first time ever live on SLANDER’s Twitch channel. The t...
Bass Prodigy A Hundred Drums Delivers Dynamic New Single “19”
California-grown, Denver-based recording artist A Hundred Drums was supposed to be playing Bassnectar’s Deja Voom and Freestyle Sessions events in the first half of 2020, but like the rest of us, her live music plans have been sidelined for the foreseeable future by the impact of COVID-19. Today, however, she’s plugging back into the bass community and culture by delivering an electrifying new sin...
Malaa Drops a Funky Homage to Stoners with “Four Twenty”
Malaa is here to represent for all the stoners out there who feel like every day is 4/20 with his brand new single. The French ski-masked artist shared that “Four Twenty” was originally supposed to come out on April 20th, but in true stoner fashion, the producer got a little too high. The intoxicating, aptly-titled single is the perfect soundtrack to blast as we ent...
Gryffin and Noah Kahan Breathe New Life Into Bon Iver’s “Heavenly Father”
With great hair comes great responsibility. Remixing music from Bon Iver is no easy task, but with their flowing locks and spellbinding dance pop sensibilities, Gryffyn and Noah Kahan have done so with flying colors. Today the pair released their cover of Bon Iver’s 2014 single “Heavenly Father,” producing a soaring future bass rework that serves as a refreshi...
Cold War Kids Enlist The Lumineers’ Wesley Schultz on ‘1 x 1′
Cold War Kids have released a new track, “1 x 1,” that sheds light on a community that many have been falling under the radar. “This song was inspired by the stories of child migrants separated from their families at the border,” singer Nathan Willett said in a statement. “Now that we are all quarantined, it has taken on an extra meaning…One by one each of us are staying apart to help the whole of...
Blitzen Trapper Share ‘Magical Thinking’ From Yep Roc Debut
Blitzen Trapper are gearing up to release their first album with Yep Roc Records later this summer. On Holy Smokes Future Jokes, singer Eric Earley looked beyond mere existence (or even the end of it) to contend with grander cosmic explorations — namely, the intermediate period between a person’s separate lives on Earth “and what it means to escape the cycle of birth and rebirth.” T...
Newcastle reportedly want £40m player Pep Guardiola once said has ‘a special quality’
According to 90min, Newcastle United are interested in signing John Stones from Premier League rivals Manchester City in the summer transfer window. It has been reported that Newcastle’s prospective new owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, have identified the former Everton central defender as a transfer target this summer once they have bought the club from Mike Ashley. The report has a...
Report: Tottenham Hotspur turn down Manchester United prospect because of his height
According to All Nigeria Soccer, Tottenham Hotspur have decided not to sign Manchester United youngster Junior Nkwonta in the summer transfer window. United allowed Nkwonta to train with Premier League rivals Tottenham after informing him that they do not plan to offer him a scholarship for the 2020-21 campaign. The central defender trained with Spurs before football was suspended in England due t...
Manchester City’s stance on Leroy Sane revealed amid Bayern Munich interest: report
Manchester City remain eager to extend the contract of Leroy Sane amid the ongoing transfer interest from Bayern Munich, Manchester Evening News reports. Sane has not featured for the Cityzens over the course of the current campaign after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the Community Shield triumph over Liverpool in August. He was fancied to make his comeback in the middle of...
Report: £70m player could be interested in Newcastle United transfer… on one condition
According to Sky Sports, Napoli central defender Kalidou Koulibaly could be interested in joining Newcastle United in the summer transfer window. It has been reported that Newcastle’s prospective new owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, want to sign Koulibaly from Napoli this summer. The report has added that the Senegal international is likely to leave the Italian club at the end of the...
