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More than 180.000 People of Tomorrow will be witnessing the legendary new CORE stage in full effect with performances by Âme (live), Antdot b2b Maz, Bonobo (DJ set), Denis Sulta, Mila Journée, Mochakk, Vintage Culture, and more The new CORE stage is coming to Tomorrowland Brasil 2024! After a series of spectacular shows in Tulum […]
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Emergency Group don’t have anything to prove at this point, at least not around these parts. Over a pair of albums (and an all-timer Lagniappe Session), they have shown themselves one of the most lethal improvisational rock units around. But while everyone would have welcomed another helping of their headlong neo-kraut assault, their new album goes in a different direction entirely. In Mind Screen, Emergency Group have made a smoldering late-night record, all quiet interplay and expansive spaces.
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Sam Shepherd, the artist better known as Floating Points, will release a new album in September.
Cascade was devised as a follow-on from Crush, his second album, and it’s aimed and allowing him and his audience to experience Floating Points in its traditional form on a dancefloor once more.
We’re told to expect “sumptuous sonic chasms to lose yourself in again and again.”
This is also a record forged in an adolescence spent in Manchester, “discovering the mind-expanding power of electronic music in all its forms.”
Though devised as a continuation of Crush, it nonetheless pushes Shepherd’s sound forward into new places. “The nine songs here are allowed to smolder and spark for up to eight minutes at a time, allowing for more expansive exploration of sounds and grooves than before,” we’re told.
The album arrives almost a decade since Elaenia, Shepherd’s debut album.
Alongside the announcement, Shepherd has announce “Key103” which comes with visuals continuing his ongoing collaboration with Tokyo-based artist Akiko Nakayama.
Tracklisting
01. Vocoder (Club Mix)
02. Key103
03. Birth4000
04. Del Oro
05. Fast Forward
06. Ocotillo
07. Afflecks Palace
08. Tilt Shift
09. Ablaze
Cascade LP is scheduled for September 13 release. Meanwhile, you can stream “Key103” in full below.
Photo: Genevieve Reeves
Artwork: Akiko Nakayama
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The Lijadu Sisters and Numero Group have signed an expansive new partnership that seeks to bring justice to the legendary Nigerian duo’s catalog, it was announced on Wednesday (July 10).
Composed of identical twin sisters Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu — who are second cousins to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti — the Lijadu Sisters arose as fearless and groundbreaking leaders in the male-dominated Nigerian pop music scene. The duo fused Afrobeat, pop, psychedelic rock, reggae, disco and jazz music with messages about gender equality, government corruption, love and more in both English and Yoruba. They toured with Nigerian jùjú musician King Sunny Adé, David Byrne, Ginger Baker and Art Blakey and, during a 2014 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performed in the Atomic Bomb! band tribute to Nigerian musician William Onyeabor.
The sisters, whose alté ethos paved the way for modern female African artists like Amaarae and Tems, released five albums in the 1970s under Decca Records’ Afrodisia imprint. That was followed by Double Trouble, a 1984 compilation featuring hits from those albums released by Shanachie Records. The Nigerian duo later signed a 10-year licensing agreement with Knitting Factory Records around 2011, according to a recent Rolling Stone profile, with four albums being reissued under the deal. They regained control of their catalog in 2021, two years after Kehinde died of metastatic breast cancer at age 71.
While their work has inspired a wide range of artists, according to the Rolling Stone profile, the sisters’ music and likeness has been exploited for decades and they’ve struggled with copyright infringements and unpaid royalties. Nas‘ “Life’s Gone Low” track from his 2006 The Prophecy, Vol 2: The Beginning of the N mixtape contains an uncredited sample of the duo’s “Life’s Gone Down Low” from their 1976 album Danger. And Taiwo’s current manager, Eric Welles-Nyström, told Rolling Stone that Ayra Starr failed to properly clear “Orere-Elejigbo,” a song from the sisters’ 1979 album Horizon Unlimited that Starr sampled on her 2021 track “Sare”. He added that they’ve found more than 50 total infringements of the sisters’ work to date.
The new partnership with Numero Group is meant to honor the duo’s legacy through the launch of a multi-year, multi-record reissue campaign to finally — and rightfully — bring their entire discography to the masses.
Kicking off the campaign will be the release of a remastered and restored version of Horizon Unlimited, which contains the hit “Come On Home.” Five-time Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, who remastered Blondie‘s Against The Odds: 1974-1982 and Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, is remastering the six-track album, which is currently available on DSPs and will be re-released on CD and vinyl on Sept. 20. The album’s physical packaging will include the first-ever transcription of the record’s lyrics in both Yoruba and English along with corrected album credits, original artwork and more.
Numero Group will eventually reissue all of the band’s albums as well as a collection of rediscovered, previously unavailable singles, promo EPs and rare recordings.
“I think one of the most exciting things about the reintroduction of Horizon Unlimited is the fact that young folk love our music and are surprised at the upbeat tempo and the lyrics, which are not only of today, but also very futuristic as well,” said Taiwo in a press release. “Horizon Unlimited was our last album with Decca that came out in 1979. It’s been a long time since then and this really is part of a much longer story, but amongst one of the most significant things I remember was that we, The Lijadu Sisters, paid for all the studio and band session fees. At the time, this was unusual, and not the arrangement we had with that record label. We were originally meant to record at Decca West Africa in Lagos, but when we got to the studio, no one had told us that it was being upgraded — from eight tracks to 24. So we brought everyone to London and made the album there instead.”
The Lijadu Sisters’ partnership with Numero Group “is allowing us to reach out to younger people. What’s going to come is creative collaborations with their music or their story, working with filmmakers and writers, trying to set stuff up creatively for Taiwo and younger artists,” Taiwo’s current manager, Eric Welles-Nyström, told Rolling Stone.
Country artist Allison Daniels asserts her worth and her voice in the new single “You Can’t Buy Me” Quebec City-based country singer-songwriter Allison Daniels is a rarity – a young artist who has made her living almost exclusively as a working musician and her sound is impossible to pigeonhole. It’s a seamless blend of rock, traditional country, and swampy blues, with hints of country pop haunting the edges. On June 21, via 604 Records/Warner Music Canada, she proved her worth […]
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats lay bare emotional struggles and doubts on their fourth studio album, “South of Here.”
“South of Here” is the latest album from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, showcasing their brand of heartland rock that the band is bringing to a headlining tour, currently in Europe. They return for a mid-August stretch in the USA, counting on the allegiance of their fans as well as Rateliff’s dynamic, Jaggeresque stage presence to fill larger venues. In September, they will be joining My Morning Jacket on a co-headliner junket with the two bands alternating opening or closing the shows.
Since honing their craft in rock venues around Colorado, the band has released four albums in less than a decade. This latest effort was produced by Brad Cook and recorded at Sonic Ranch outside El Paso, Texas. “South of Here” reckons with a lifetime of pain and trauma as Rateliff ruminates on the potent emotions that come to the surface. The album follows “And It’s Still Alright,” Rateliff’s 2020 solo LP, and “The Future,” the band’s acclaimed 2021 release.
“Brad was a great producer to write alongside. This album is a look into my own struggles with anxiety, insecurity, and also shares stories of my life. He encouraged me to take responsibility by the narrative in the songs and write about what’s happening in my own life,” Rateliff noted. “These recordings were made together in a room with my closest friends. I hope the songs and stories give you an opportunity to better understand your own struggles, whatever they may be.”
Lyrically, the album feels like it could have been another Rateliff solo effort, though the music comes across as that of a tight-knit band. Adding horns is a nice touch to “South of Here’s” 11 original tracks, all written by Rateliff (vocals, guitar) and backed by The Night Sweats: Luke Mossman (guitar), Joseph Pope III (bass), Mark Shusterman, (Hammond B3, piano), Patrick Meese (drums, piano), Daniel Hardaway (trumpet), Jeff Dazey (tenor sax), and Andreas Wild (baritone sax).
Its foremost theme hovers in a perpetual state of “Who am I, where am I going and why is life so hard?” That’s not breaking any new ground previous records haven’t already explored, in searching for truth like metal detectorists Andy and Lance (“The Detectorists”) trudging the fields of rural Suffolk hoping to unearth valuable treasures. They display the same energy and confident strut throughout that has been their calling card from the beginning. It’s a stark contrast to the array of emotions projected in the songs, ranging from vivid portraits of loss, addiction, anger, guilt, sadness, and probably a few others to sort out.
This makes perfect sense considering that before Rateliff could focus on making a new album he had to steady himself. He recalls struggling with an unusual level of anxiety for months. “I was not in a great headspace,” he says. “I was neurotic about imperfection. Any detail that was off was a real distraction that was keeping my mind in this constant state of negativity.” In January of 2023, he headed to North Carolina to work with Cook. During the ten days spent together, they broke through the haze of anxiety and doubt, finding a rhythm and writing a handful of songs for Rateliff to bring back.
The album’s title track ponders the possibility of survival and reinvention. It was one of the last songs Rateliff penned and sums up much of what he’d been feeling. “So much has changed in my life and for us as a band, and I’m grateful for it,” he said. “At the start of my career, it felt like the bottom was going to drop out and now, for the moment anyway, it seems to be sustainable. But when things become too much for me, I think about disappearing and never getting on the stage again.”
There’s no overlooking the driving ‘Heartless,’ the single chosen to pave the way for “South of Here.” It’s becoming an in-demand staple of playlists on Sirius radio and all the usual streaming services. The song references a time years ago when Rateliff and Night Sweats bassist Joseph Pope III left their Missouri hometown and settled out west. “My childhood left me so broken that I didn’t know/We were coming out even,” Rateliff sings, recalling the hardships they encountered. Their long, arduous journey is further explored on the closing song, ‘Time Makes Fools of Us All,’ referencing Pope’s battle with cancer. “When disease came to steal you, I shaved my head and mourned.”
‘Get Used to the Night’ is a propulsive tune supported by the effective use of horns. Here Rateliff pays homage to his friend and collaborator Richard Swift, whose untimely death from alcoholism was a traumatic wake-up call. “You run ahead and I’ll catch up to you/Still so much left for me to do,” he sings with tender resignation.
‘David and Goliath’ once again addresses the emotional struggles everyone faces in one way or another, though not in the biblical sense the title suggests that with God nothing is impossible. The song fails to provide any resolution, instead circling back to all the elusive questions, harmful patterns and lingering doubts littered like fast food wrappers and crushed soda cans on the curb of Rateliff’s psyche.
Fans of the band will likely adore this new outing, while those just discovering them will either join their devotees or turn elsewhere, not unlike the reception accorded to bands such as JJ Grey & Mofro and Marshall Tucker.
“I always try to put some bit of hope in there,” Rateliff said, attempting to burn off some of the gloom his lyrics project. “The world feels pretty bleak right now, but nobody needs me to say that. We have to continue to figure out a reason to make things better.” It serves no purpose remaining “alone in my head,” a phrase from ‘Center of Me,’ especially if his catchy woe-is-me songs lead to success on the charts.
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JT has added another layer to her debut album as a solo artist as she will be embarking on a tour this to support the new bundle of songs.
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“With a soft and cautious style, the track tiptoes forward with something between bummed out slacker stillness and a kind of weighted trepidation, as sad and scared and bored as any spirit unable to pass on. But the ghost here is still very much living, the life slipping past before his eyes very much his own.”– VARIOUS SMALL FLAMES
“While on its surface, the statement feels like it reflects an empty way of moving through the world—there is a richness to the lived experience of drifting. Costolo puts words to the current way many of us are experiencing everything today, no longer real participants in our lives, but spectators of them.” –DOUBLE NEGATIVE
“Inspired by emo bedroom music and released through the Florida DIY label knifepunch records, we hear elements of Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse and The Antlers in the poignant guitar sound as Tyler discusses the never-ending pressure of life and reveals how painful it is when you feel that you are just drifting as life passes you by.” – SPECTRAL NIGHTS
Beatdapp partners with Beatport to combat streaming fraud, which they report has been costing the music industry a whopping $2 billion a year. Beatdapp Software Inc., a leader in fraud detection, has joined forces with Beatport, the music store centered around DJs, producers, and their fans, to ensure the authenticity of every stream on the […]
