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Kendrick Lamar has released a video for one of Drake’s funeral songs, “Not Like Us”.

The video for the song was co-directed by Dave Free and Kendrick himself.

At this point (almost) everyone has heard the song that potentially and hopefully ended Drake’s career. And if there is a lesson to be learned here is that you don’t come at Kendrick at all because he will mock you, embarrass you, diss you, insult you, slap you around, take what you’ve created and turn it inside out and use it against you. Surely he isn’t untouchable, it’s just that I don’t see anyone who would dare go after him again in the near future.

Also, the video he co-directed will most likely be the video of the year, there hasn’t been a video with such impact since Donald Glover released “This Is America” by Childish Gambino.

137 have shared the first single, “First Idea Part One”, off their upcoming debut album  “Strangeness Oscillation” out July 31st via Noetic.

TRACKLIST:
1. First Idea Part One
2. Bass Clarinet One
3. Bad Ass
4. Ade’s Tune
5. Two Base Flute
6. Drum and Sax
7. Trichotomy Book
8. First Idea Part Two

137 are Adrian Utley (Portishead), Larry Stabbins (Weekend), Sebastian Rochford (Sons Of Kemet) and Jim Barr (Portishead).

The band shared this about the album: “After ten years at sea, the first thing Larry Stabbins did when he hit dry land was to call Adrian Utley and Jim Barr, within days they were in the studio with Sebastian Rochford. The resulting debut album ‘Strangeness Oscillation’ is a collection of completely improvised recordings that captures the ferocity and fragility of these four players unique combined voice.”

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have shared the second single, “Frogs”, off their upcoming album “Wild God” out August 30th via PIAS.

Nick Cave shared this about the song: “The sheer exuberance of a song like ‘Frogs’, it just puts a big fucking smile on my face.”

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have announced some tour dates for the UK and Europe that will start in September and it will run until late November which means that they might be touring the USofA sometime in 2025.

Jake Xerxes Fussell has shared the third single, “Gone To Hilo”, off his upcoming album “When I’m Called” out July 12th via Fat Possum.

Fussell shared this about the song: “It’s important to remember that a lot of the songs we call sea chanties might have only functioned as such for a short period of time before escaping (or becoming culturally irrelevant to) their original contexts. Even in its original work song context, the song abstracts time and place. From whose point of view is this song sung? Who is Johnny? And why is he sometimes ‘Tommy?’ And where is Hilo anyway? Is it Ilo, Peru, or did they mispronounce Hawai’i? And where is Rye-o? Are they singing about Rio de Janeiro or Ryo, Georgia? That’s folk music, baby.”

Jake will be on tour this summer, just started on June 21st and it will run until the end of July and then off to Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Enola Gay have shared a new song, “Cold”, out now via their Bandcamp.

The band shared this via a statement: “Cold was one of the first tracks we ever wrote, written from a place of admiration for our close friend and her family. We vividly remember meeting her and the infectious energy she brought to our friend group so to discover that she had a sister, who was terminally ill, really took us back. As she and her family battled one of the most tragic experiences imaginable, their love remained fortified and their heads grounded.
Witnessing this set our adolescent self-destructive behaviour into perspective. We wrote something we hope echoes an acceptance that you can be bruised without being broken. A sentiment that could have easily been lost in a track of this nature however, Mount Palomar helped us resurface this through his production and suggestions when reshaping the song to what it is now. Forcing us of decisions when recording with him to deliver something tender, which he could then propel to sound as confident as our heavier side.

For some time, we were all dealing with personal issues behind the scenes but that is exactly why Cold was the most appropriate track for us to record next. It reminded us that our issues weren’t as big as they seemed and because we stuck together, we surpassed them. Cold is not just a song of incomparable loss; it is about not being alone through it.”

Nilüfer Yanya has shared the second single, “Method Actor”, off her upcoming album “My Method Actor” out September 13th via Ninja Tune.

TRACKLIST:

1. Keep On Dancing
2. Like I Say (I runaway)
3. Method Actor
4. Binding
5. Mutations
6. Ready for Sun (touch)
7. Call It Love
8. Faith’s Late
9. Made Out of Memory
10. Just a Western
11. Wingspan

Nilüfer Yanya shared this about the song and album: “I was researching method acting, and from what I read, it’s based on finding this one memory in your life, a life-altering, life-changing memory. The reason why some people find method acting traumatic and maybe not safe mentally, is because you’re always going back to that moment. It can be good or bad but you’re always feeding off the energy, something that’s defined you—and that’s what helps you become the character. It’s a bit like being a musician. When you’re performing, you’re still trying to invoke the energy and emotion of when you first wrote it, in that moment. It definitely feels like you’re having to recreate or step into that headspace.”

Bryce Dessner has shared the first single, “Lullaby For Jacques Et Brune”, off his upcoming album “Solos” out August 23rd.

TRACKLIST:


01. Lullaby for Jacques Et Brune
02. Francis
03. Tuusula
04. Song for Octave
05. Tromp Miniature
06. Ornament and Crime I
07. Ornament and Crime II
08. Ornament and Crime III
09. A Good Person
10. On a Wire
11. Walls
12. Delphica I
13. Delphica II
14. Ornament III Piano
15. Song for Ainola

Bryce Dessner shared this about the album: “Writing a solo piece for me is always a great challenge and joy, as you have all the personality and talent of the player plus the physicality and resonance of the solo instrument, a bit like a Shakespearean monologue. These solo pieces for violin, viola, cello, harp, percussion, guitar and piano represent many years of my compositional process. When I began composing, I mainly wrote solo pieces for myself to play and I have always loved unaccompanied instrumental music, including the solo Bach lute and cello suites and the Renaissance lute fantasies of John Dowland, which I used to play myself on the classical guitar. These pieces of mine are often written like poems, where the musical language itself dictates the form and evolution of the piece, and were often opportunities for me to explore more deeply my relationship to the instruments they were composed for. They also represent in each case close collaborative relationships and friendships I have been very lucky to develop with the incredible musicians who play them. Katia, Pekka, Anastasia, Nadia, Lavinia and Colin are all exceptional artists who brought so much of their amazing talent to these recordings.”

ANOHNI and the Johnsons have shared a new single, “Breaking”, it is out now via Rough Trade.

ANOHNI and The Johnsons will be out on tour and this is what ANOHNI shared about it: “I am presenting a series of concerts in Mexico, the US and Canada this fall. It is my first time touring since 2016, and first time with a band in 14 years. I feel like I want to sing for people, to affirm that these times are unprecedented, and to hold and express a sense of what’s really happening…”

Chrystabell and David Lynch have announced a new album, “Cellophane Memories”, out August 2nd via Sacred Bones Records.

TRACKLIST:

01 She Knew
02 The Sky Falls
03 You Know the Rest
04 So Much Love
05 Two Lovers Kiss
06 The Answers to the Questions
07 With Small Animals
08 Reflections in a Blade
09 Dance of Light
10 Sublime Eternal Love

The video was directed by up and comer music video enthusiast David Lynch.

This was shared via a press release: “The origin of Chrystabell and David Lynch’s album Cellophane Memories comes from a vision that David experienced during a nighttime walk through a forest of tall trees, over the tops of which he saw a bright light. As he recalls it, the light became the lilt of Chrystabell’s voice and revealed a secret to him. It is from these mysterious convergences of light and sound, day and night, starry sky and black forest that Chrystabell and David’s collaboration has continued to blossom.”