Blick Bassy has released the new video for ‘Ngwa’, the first track to emerge from his forthcoming new album. Co-produced by Blick and Renaud Letang (Feist, Saul Williams, Lianne La Havas, Charlotte Gainsbourg), it’s the first new music from Bassy since his acclaimed 2015 release, Akö. ‘Ngwa’ is a tribute to the heroes who fought and died for the independence of Bassy’s native Cameroon, sung in his ancestral Bassa language. Stream the video here. ‘Ngwa’ is particularly dedicated to the memory of Ruben Um Nyobé, the anti-colonialist leader of the Popular Union of Cameroon (UPC), who was shot dead by French troops on 13th…
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SoccerMommy – twenty-one year old Nashville native SophieAllison – released her debut album Clean last year to mass critical acclaim, earning year-end nods from 100+ publications, including The New York Times’ #1 Album of 2018. Today, before she embarks on another headline tour and support tour with KaceyMusgraves, she shares the demo for Clean-highlight “Blossom” for the first time. Additionally, “BeSeeingYou” – which was previously only available physically as the b-side to the “Last Girl” 7-inch and on Bandcamp – is now available on DSPs. Listen to them both HERE. “’Blossom’ was one of the first songs I wrote for Clean. It was before I even realized Clean was going to exist. I…
Lil Baby has shared the video for his track “Global” off his latest mixtape Street Gossip, out now on Quality Control Music / Motown Records / Capitol Records / Wolfpack Global. Watch it HERE. The video documents his recent travels to Paris, Manchester, Lagos in Nigeria, Freeport in the Bahamas and more as he continues on his path of global stardom. Yesterday Baby announced The New Generation Tour across the US with QC label-mates City Girls, Jordan Hollywood and Marlo, LA rapper Blueface and more. Tickets are on-sale tomorrow HERE, full tour dates below. Lil Baby recently performed “Put a Date On It” with Yo Gotti…
Australia’s favorite collective, Haiku Hands, have shared their aptly-titled new single, “Dare You Not To Dance,” ahead of their upcoming tour. Speaking on the origins of the song, Haiku Hands states: “One nonchalantly mutters “I dare you not to dance fucker’s” into a microphone in Sydney and another makes it a hook in a rowdy jam session in Melbourne. This song is an outcome of exploration between Haiku Hands, Joel Ma (Joelistics) and Angus Stuart (El’ Gusto). A bold maneuver made to taunt, provoke and defy.” The single comes on the heels of the previously shared high energy, dance-ready tracks “Squat,” “Jupiter” and “Not…
(January 31, 2019) Today, Cage The Elephant announce the release of their fifth studio album, Social Cues, out April 19th via RCA Records. Produced by John Hill (Santigold, Florence + The Machine, Portugal. The Man, tUnE-yArDs), the album was recorded at Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville and The Village Recording Studio in Los Angeles, mixed by Tom Elmhirst and mastered by Randy Merrill in New York City. Social Cues is the follow up to their GRAMMY®-winning studio album Tell Me I’m Pretty. The album is available for pre-order today. Today the band also share the first single from the forthcoming record, the deceptively upbeat “Ready…