SAM AKPRO x TYSON SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW COLLAB SINGLE “WAYSIDE”
Peckham-born alchemist Sam Akpro shares a brand-new single/video for 'Wayside', featuring a guest turn from London soul trailblazer TYSON.
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Mavis Staples Delivers At Coachella
Mavis Staples brought some serious soul and timely social consciousness to last weekend’s Coachella Festival with a rocking performance that has the 76-year-old legend being hailed as one of the festival’s standout performances. Vibe called her “the flyest 76 year old’ at Coachella” and proclaimed “Ms. Staples hasn’t lost a …
Beth Orton Premieres "1973" At Stereogum
Beth Orton releases the second track from her highly anticipated forthcoming album Kidsticks. Following on from "Moon," Beth's first release in four years, "1973" is both forward-thinking and insanely catchy. Framing Beth's unique voice against her heavy, low-slung mechanized synth riff, "1973" is a gorgeously panoramic summer road trip of …
Andy Shauf Debuts "The Worst In You"
Consequence of Sound is premiering a new track from Andy Shauf’s forthcoming album The Party which comes out May 20th. The song is called “The Worst In You,” and blends elements of Bert Jansch-like baroque folk with a highly melodic sixties pop. The Guardian recently called Shauf an “Indie Burt …
Pitchfork Premieres Video For Xenia Rubinos' Track "Lonely Lover"
Pitchfork is premiering a new video from soulful songwriter and singer Xenia Rubinos, who, as Spin recently proclaimed, “truly crosses borders with her multi-genre-hyphenate instrumental textures beneath Billie Holiday-esque croons.” The track “Lonely Lover” is as sonically inventive as it is sultry and soulful. It is from her forthcoming album …
Prism Tats Debut Album Out Now
The sophisticatedly melodic self-titled debut from Prism Tats is available in stores today. For the newly acquainted, Prism Tats is the rock 'n roll creation of musician Garett van der Spek; a project that pulls from various visual and musical inspirations to create waking dream sub-realities that devastate and elate. …
A Remembrance
Merle Haggard first became part of my life in the mid-80s, when as a record store clerk in Washington DC, I was given tickets to see him and George Jones at the Kennedy Center, of all places. I was already a fan. I loved his early records and was aware …