Gilles Peterson’s festival showcases the global sounds he’s routinely championed across his career as a DJ/presenter/curator, with Ezra Collective, Joe Armon-Jones, Steam Down, Emma-Jean Thackray, Alfa Mist, and Yussef Dayes all featuring in the first lineup announcement.
The aristocratic fever dream continues for Viagra Boys in new video for ‘Creatures’
The track is the second offering from sophomore Welfare Jazz, released 8th January 2021.
Wand frontman Cory Hanson announces his second solo LP, Pale Horse Rider
Check out the video for new single ‘Paper Fog’, a lucid slice of desert delirium amidst undulating sand dunes, co-directed by Hanson himself.
LIVE: Dua Lipa, Studio 2054
Capping off her blockbuster year with a whirlwind livestream performance of Future Nostalgia, Studio 2054, packed with choreography, collaboration and consummate professionalism, is the night out (well, in) we all needed.
In Review: Phoebe Bridgers – Copycat Killer
Stripped-back and naive (much like her trademark skeletal costume) Copycat Killer’s re-arrangements lifts Bridgers’ tender laments to even more haunting heights.
Battles avenge 2020’s lost festivals in nuts new video for ‘Sugar Foot’
Watch the AC-bu animated video here.
LIVE: Flying Lotus x Brainfeeder: A Global Live Stream Extravaganza
The label founder’s Mixcloud Live set speaks further to the idea that the musicians featured on FlyLo’s projects and on Brainfeeder’s extensive discography, ostensibly disparate yet unmistakably interconnected, are more than just colleagues. They are family.
Post-lockdown gigs: what are the rules in your region?
From 2nd December the tiered system will be re-implemented in England, meaning that live events can take place in certain areas. Check out the applicable information to you and your local venues here:
In Review: Kali Uchis – Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞
A vocal opponent of Latin music’s gentrification, Uchis’ first outright Spanish album reaffirms her oft-praised refusal to be defined by things as pedestrian as genre, seamlessly swerving from slow Latin jazz to psychedelia to R&B with emotive, dignified poise.
LIVE: M For Montreal pres. Mac DeMarco & Guests
A modest Mac appeared from his sofa especially for the 4-day industry festival, providing a much-needed injection of autumnal optimism.