Young Fathers announced that they’d completed work on a new album in November last year with a new track entitled ‘Lord‘. The trio – Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole – told us to expect “something typically unique and exhilarating, but leaner, more muscular and self-assured than ever before.” Today, the album’s title,…
“We’ve just finished a new album, and It’s about fucking time. Anyway, here’s a song from it, a song called LORD. See youz soon,” comes the announcement from Young Fathers. The first offering from the Scottish three-piece’ fourth studio album comes alongside the announcement that they’ll be playing a run of UK headline shows in…
Irreverent, innovative and of course Scottish: Young Fathers were always great candidates to close out Danny Boyle’s upcoming sequel, ‘T2: Trainspotting’ [Jan 27]. Turns out the Edinburgh trio met the novelist behind the franchis, Irvine Welsh, in 2015, when Welsh was making TV documentary about creativity in their mutual hometown. Around the same time, Director Danny Boyle…
With ‘Bleeds‘ set for a deluxe edition re-release, Roots Manuva lets loose a remix of album stand-out ‘One Thing’ by Formula Records producer Champion. The track will join new track ‘On A High‘, as well as remix of ‘Fighting For?‘ from rLr [XL’s Richard Russell] and all new artwork by Leif Podhajsky [Grimes, Bonobo, Foals]. Stream below…
As the release date [August 19] for the deluxe edition of one of our favourite albums of 2015 draws ever nearer, Roots Manuva releases the rLr remix of stand-out track ‘Fighting For?’. XL’s Richard Russell strips away the gentle piano melody and soulful organ flourishes, stripping back the album closer; galvanising the percussion as he goes. Stream below via SoundCloud,…
Roots Manuva’s ‘Bleeds‘ was our albums of 2015, and the boundary-pushing Londoner has announced the release of its deluxe version with new track ‘On A High’. The package will also include new artwork from Leif Podhajsky and remixes from Richard Russel, Kode9, Pinch & more. Stream ‘On A High’ below via SoundCloud, click here to pre-order…
Shortly after the release of recent mixtape ‘#DontFreakOut’ [featuring singles ‘Gully‘, ‘Choppin Necks‘, ‘Spin A Man and ‘PAR‘], Dark E Freaqer releases new track ‘2C-I’. Given the track’s hectic pace and bewildering plethotra of high-pitched sounds, it’s no wonder the South Londoner named the track after the recreational narcotic. The track will feature on Freaker’s upcoming…
