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Denzel Curry Releases New Single ‘Zatoichi’
Denzel Curry has shared his latest single, “Zatoichi,” featuring slowthai. On the song, Curry’s verses are laid over a powerful drum and bass instrumental. “Zatoichi” is also accompanied by a music video inspired by the Japanese samurai movie character Walkin and the film Kill Bill Vol. 2. As Curry transitions away from his era of theatrical characters and alter egos, we see a new creative side of him that was once veiled. [embedded content][embedded content] For his upcoming album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, Curry is attempting to hit a different note with audiences. The rapper says: “I like traditional hip hop, I like drum and bass, I like trap, I like poetry, so a lot of that is going to be interwoven in this album including jazz and a lot of genres that I came up on as a kid and jus...
Beck, Gorillaz, Nick Cave, Pavement and More Slated for Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival 2022
While 2021 festivals are coming fast and furious, festival fans have something to look forward to in 2022, thanks to Beck, Gorillaz, Nick Cave, The Strokes, Pavement and more slated for the jam-packed Primavera Sound Festival. The two-day fest in Barcelona will also see Massive Attack, Tame Impala, the National and Tyler, The Creator on the first weekend. The second will see some acts repeating, but joined by such luminaries as Lorde, Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Interpol. But wait, there’s more. Primavera also nabbed such cool names as Bauhaus, Bikini Kill, Einstürzende Neubáuten, Kacey Musgraves, Earl Sweatshirt, Jawbox, Beach House, Charli XCX, Mavis Staples, Sharon Van Etten, Dinosaur Jr., slowthai, girl in red, and IDLES. Jumping on th...
On TYRON, slowthai Looks in a Cracked Mirror
TYRON, the sophomore album of UK rapper Tyron Frampton—aka slowthai—takes the scathing perspective of his debut, Nothing Great About Britain, and turns it on himself. Even as he searches through a turbulent childhood and a sudden rise to fame for jewels of wisdom, slowthai keeps his brash satire and disregard for public standards. Also returning are his broad ear for production along with the diverse talents of Kwes Darko, Kelvin Krash, and SAMO. Ty enters the album as a familiarly chaotic figure: “45 SMOKE” is a hard-edged opener on a sinister-sounding beat reminiscent of the disembodied chanting on Big Sean’s “Control,” and he closes its first verse by declaring “The world is mine.” This much cockiness is to be expected from the artist who, since the release of his first album in 2019, h...
Disclosure Dazzles on Star-Studded Third LP “ENERGY,” Featuring Kehlani, Common, Aminé and More
Ten years after the release of their first single, “Offline Dexterity,” UK-act Disclosure are releasing their most accomplished work to date. Following the success of 2016’s Caracal, the duo took a year off to soak in life and allow the music to come to them. The result is today’s release of the 11-track album ENERGY, via Capitol Records. Disclosure have garnered nearly five billion streams and five million album sales to date, but on this third album, they prove their art is well beyond chart comparison and destined for longevity. Disclosure originates from Reigate, Surrey, England, but since their debut 2013 album Settle and its follow up, Caracal, were respectively nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the Grammy Awards, they’ve spent mu...
Flume Is Livestreaming a Rebroadcast of 2019 “Flume & Friends” Red Rocks Show on Thursday
Flume took to social media today to announce a special rebroadcast of his momentous 2019 “Flume & Friends” show at fabled open air Colorado venue Red Rocks Amphitheatre. This Thursday, July 16th, the future bass trailblazer will rebroadcast the full 2019 show, which also featured performances by Vera Blue, Reo Cragun, slowthai, and JPEGMAFIA. Fans can tune in via YouTube, Twitch, Playstation, and MTV Australia. The show’s concept was primed for an expansion in 2020 with a plan to lengthen the event to three days. Mura Masa, SOPHIE, and more were also set to appear before the impact of COVID-19 halted plans. You can RSVP to the event and sign up to receives updates and reminders here. In anticipation of the livestream, check out his larger-than...
Disclosure Drops New Hip-House Single and Video, “My High” with Aminé and slowthai
The hype surrounding Disclosure‘s forthcoming Energy LP is on the cusp of bubbling over. As the duo prepares for the August 28th, 2020 release of their third studio album, they have dropped the curtain on one of its most ballyhooed collaborations. The Grammy-nominated tandem today revealed Energy cut “My High,” a rollicking hip-house tune featuring renowned British hip-hop artist slowthai and blossoming “Caroline” rapper Aminé. In a press release issued to announce the track’s unveiling, Disclosure waxed poetic about their desire to work with more rappers. “We always wanted to work with rappers, we just didn’t know any and we had no means of contacting them… there aren’t a lot of rappers in Reigate,” the...
