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Zsela has been riding a unique wave for the past few years, unspooling immaculately crafted, heart-on-sleeve R&B that drips with feeling. With the arrival of her long-awaited debut album, Big For You, out now via Mexican Summer, she’s doubling down on all of the experimental charm that makes her music so magnetic. “At the heart, it touches on the causal versus intentional dance we play between being ‘full of you’ and ‘full for you’ — the complexity and magnitude of the space we take and fill up for love,” Zsela says of the title. Floating between grandness and vulnerability throughout its 10 tracks, Zsela notes that it was essential for her to “stay open” during the album’s creation, digging for a deeper truth of what the songs needed to be. With the help of producers Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean, Kelela) and Gabe Wax (The War On Drugs, Soccer Mommy), it’s clear that she found it. 

Read more: 24 of the most exciting rising artists to watch in 2024

In the aftermath of its release, Zsela waded through a handful of influences that shaped her heavenly new album.

Prince – “Love… Thy Will Be Done”

I don’t know how I was so late to this song, but it arrived just on time. If you don’t know it, I’m excited for you. Play it very loud and pass it on.

Kate Bush – “Houdini”

My queen of dynamics and drama. This song is theater. Every time the beat hits, it’s like you earned it. I could live at 0:44.

Cass Elliot – “Didn’t Want To Have To Do It (Ver. 1)”

This song is like home. I’ve been rinsing “Ver. 1” over the past few years and did not know “Ver. 2” existed. It has a whole second life now. This song has gotten me through a lot of grief and deep catharsis every time.

Mary Margaret O’Hara – “Body’s In Trouble”

Forever a Miss America fan.

Luther Vandross – “A House Is Not A Home” (Live at the NAACP Awards, 1988) 

This song was our light in the studio, and it was our homework to learn every word — for our health. This performance lives rent-free in my brain. Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, hello, bye-bye baby.

The Clark Sisters – “Center of Thy Will”

Thank God for the Clark Sisters and their harmonies. I turned to this song so many times making this album to ground me. They bring the sunshine.

Mark Hollis – “A Life (1895-1915)”

This is one of my favorite songs in the world.

Niki & the Dove – “So Much It Hurts”

Can someone tell them to play in the States soon? I really must go.

Bruce Springsteen – “Racing In The Street”

Two things I like: ballads and The Boss.

Jacobs Vocal Academy – “Vocal Warm Up Exercise #1 – Lip Roll”

I would like to thank the Academy for keeping me warmed up for years. 

Release: My Reflection by Eli & Fur

A stunning Electro release by: Eli & Fur

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LABEL: [PIAS] Électronique
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GENRE/STYLE: Electro
RELEASED: 2024-06-19
AUDIO BITRATE: 320Kbps
MP3 DOWNLOAD SIZE: 26.91 MBMB

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Total Tracks: 3

Eli & Fur – Golden Eyes and Tears

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Eli & Fur – Insomnia

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Eli & Fur – My Reflection

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Total Playtime: 00:11:39 min

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Tomorrowland will invite a roster of young DJs to showcase their skills at Tomorrowland Belgium next month in collaboration with the Tomorrowland Academy.

Seven DJs ranging from 9 to 17 years old will have the opportunity to perform on several of Tomorrowland’s 16 total stages, including Atmosphere, Rise, House of Fortune and the Rose Garden. Performances will be split across both weekends of the festival, July 19-21 and July 26-28.

The youngest talents on the bill include 9-year-old drum & bass selector DJ Archie, who became the youngest-ever performer at Glastonbury last year, and 14-year-old progressive house performer DJ Daan, who will return to play Tomorrowland for a second consecutive year after opening the festival’s Rise stage alongside Dimitri Vegas in 2023.

Check out the full list of invitees below.

Launched in 2022, the Tomorrowland Academy, the festival’s DJ and music production school for kids, teens and adults alike, comprises two locations in Antwerp and Hasselt, Belgium. These flagship schools organize educational bootcamps throughout the year and on-site at the festival in an effort to inspire young and rising talents to produce, release, and perform music.

Earlier this year, Tomorrowland also launched the Online Tomorrowland DJ & Producing Academy, offering subscription-based online courses, masterclasses, Q&A’s live feedback, DJ competitions, and more.

In the build-up to Tomorrowland Belgium 2024, the Tomorrowland Academy will host a “Start to DJ Kids Camp” from July 8-12, giving kids and teenagers aged 8 to 16 professional mentorship in week-long workshops at Boom, Belgium’s Den Oven events space, located just 200 meters from the festival site at De Shorre Park.

After the bootcamp, the participating kids and teenagers will have the unique chance to perform at Tomorrowland’s Neighborhood Part on July 24.

Tomorrowland Belgium will return to Boom’s De Schorre Park this July 19-21 and July 26-28, with Armin van Buuren, Swedish House Mafia, Amelie Lens, Tale Of Us, Alok, Dom Dolla, John Summit, David Guetta, Tiësto, Afrojack, Vintage Culture and hundreds more.

Featured image from Tomorrowland.

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Lesibu Grand (pronounced Le-SEE-boo), has announced their hotly anticipated debut album Triggered due out August 16 via Kill Rock Stars. Using modern sounds of celestial pop, punk, and surf rock, each song of the new collection is a poignant reflection of the myriad challenges and triumphs that shape our lives. New wave punk lead single ‘Anarchy,’ arriving alongside a vibrant Jetsons-themed official video, serves as a going-against-the-grain anthem strapped with socio-political commentary on workers’ rights rebellion.

With Triggered, Lesibu Grand offers a melodic remedy for the soul, delving into the raw emotions and visceral reactions that define the human experience. Over the course of three years, the Atlanta-based band, comprised of vocalist Tyler-Simone Molton, bassist John Renaud, guitarist Brian Turner, drummer Lee Wiggins, and keyboardist Warren Ullom, meticulously sculpted an album that encapsulates the essence of our tumultuous society, weaving together threads of personal introspection and societal commentary.

Triggered:

Scary Mary

Hot Glue Gun

Ordinary Girl

Anarchy

Bad Romance

Not Sweet Enough (String Version feat. The Punk Cellist)

I’m Not Sorry

Oh Erica…

Heartbreak Blue

Emotional Disguise

Pull the Trigger

Jennifer, My Girl

We Fuckin’ Suck

Not Sweet Enough

Friends With My Friends

Party, Party, Party People

Photo credit: Nathan DuCongé

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Classic set of eleven new songs from Mr Americana.

Where do you begin with Jim Lauderdale? Thirty-four albums to his name and a host of songwriting credits and collaborations.  A radio DJ with his Buddy & Jim show with Buddy Miller.  A performer in pretty much every element of American roots music and dubbed ‘Mr Americana’.

Lauderdale’s latest album sees him return to classic country mode with the core of the Game Changers following last year’s bluegrass record, ‘The Long And Lonesome Letting Go’ with The Po’ Rambling Boys.  ‘My Favorite Place’ was recorded at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios with Jeremy Cottrell and co-produced by Lauderdale and Jay Weaver.

Weaver played bass on most of the record.  Other musicians included Orkney’s Craig Smith on guitars, Mischa Hulscher on keyboards, Dave Racine on drums and Lillie Mae Rische on backing vocals along with a long list of class players.  Lauderdale was the sole writer for eight of the album’s eleven songs with the others being co-writes with Bob Minner, Cowboy Jack Clement and Gayle Dean Wardlaw respectively.

The album opens with the title track setting the scene for much of the rest of the record with a George Jones-style sound and Tommy Detamore’s pedal steel and Tim Crouch’s fiddle prominent. The second track, ‘Mrs Green’ (the Minner co-write) evokes the sound of 1969 both musically and lyrically.  ‘Lightning Tree’, credited to Lauderdale and Clement, takes the album into folk territory as Lauderdale tells the tale of the eponymous tree and its place in the narrator’s history.

Lauderdale slows things down with ‘You’ll Be Gone By Then’, its plaintive vocal framed by Smith’s twang and Steve Hinson’s pedal steel. Hulscher’s piano roll then leads into the swing of ‘Sweethearts Remember’  with some delightful jazzy guitar from Smith and sweet harmony from Rische.

Rocker ‘Don’t You Treat ‘Em That Way’ leads into the country soul of ‘Baby Steps’ (the Wardlow co-write) each driven in their way by Racine’s drums and more impressive guitar work from Smith. As the title implies ‘I’m A Lucky Loser’ returns to the classic country style accompanied by a longer list of musicians and with Rische being joined by brother Frank on the backing vocals while ‘We Ought To Celebrate’ is another twangy rocker with a bouncy bass line from Weaver. The rocking is stepped up for the penultimate song ‘You’ve Got A Shine’ with some funky piano from Hulscher and twin leads from Smith and Chris Scruggs.  The album closer ‘What’s Important After All’ has a cowboy campfire song feel to it and brings the record to quite an intimate close.

‘My Favorite Place’ is very much a classic Jim Lauderdale record with well-written songs and impressive performances.  They should make a great addition to his live repertoire.

My Favorite Place by Jim Lauderdale

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Missy Elliott’s sophomore album, ‘Da Real World,’ produced major hits – but the process of creating the LP was the most stressful of her career.