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McKinley Dixon Deftly Navigates Grief and Healing on For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her: Review
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T15:45:52+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 11:45am ET The Lowdown: From the first track of McKinley Dixon’s For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her, you’ll be floored by the Richmond, Virginia-based artist’s ability to marry extremely personal storytelling with dazzling, and often unpredictable, instrumentation. The final installment in a five-year trilogy, the record builds on the legacy of 2016’s Who Taught You to Hate Yourself? and 2018’s The Importance of Self Belief. Across each of these works, Dixon sounds like a highly-trained musician, with melodic arrangements that induce a visceral reaction. Coupled with his gripping delivery and impeccable lyricism, it’s hard to believe Dixon h...
The Joy Formidable Announce New Album Into the Blue, Share “Back to Nothing”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T15:47:42+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 11:47am ET The Joy Formidable have announced their new album, Into the Blue, out August 20th via Enci Records in North America. As a preview, the Welsh alt-rockers have shared “Back to Nothing”, the second single from the upcoming LP. Spanning 11 tracks, Into the Blue was written by lead singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan and her bandmates in North Wales and later completed at their homes in Utah. “It’s about opening your eyes to beauty and love again,” the trio shared in a press statement. “Making it to the other side. Whilst not conceived as a metaphor for the times we all live in now, it certainly turned out that way.” The ethereal “Back to Nothi...
Michael McDonald and Willie Nelson Cover “Dreams of the San Joaquin” for Charity: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T16:18:17+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 12:18pm ET It’s Bandcamp Friday again, which means dozens of artists are releasing new tracks as the platform waives 100% of its revenue shares. To coincide with the monthly event, Michael McDonald and Willie Nelson have teamed with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo for a charity cover of “Dreams of the San Joaquin”. Originally written by Randy Sharp and Jack Wesley Routh, “Dreams of the San Joaquin” was made famous by renditions from Kenny Rogers and Linda Ronstadt. It tells the story of field workers in the California’s San Joaquin Valley during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl eras. Fittingly, proceeds from McDonald and Nelson’s new cover will go to b...
Killertunes – Bite Me
Don’t miss this brand piece of music from Killertunes – “Bite Me” out now. Top music producer Killertunes is back with this nice tune he calls “Bite Me“. It comes after his last release “Light Up”. The Nigerian music producer has delved into singing and producing his own songs and his latest effort is pretty decent. Listen, enjoy Killertunes – “Bite Me” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Killertunes_-_Bite_Me_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet ...
Mike Park and Jeff Rosenstock’s Bruce Lee Band Share New Song “BLT”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T20:36:49+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 4:36pm ET Bruce Lee Band are back with the new song “BLT”, short for Bruce Lee Theme. Here, Jeff Rosenstock sings lyrics written by Mike Park, which wouldn’t be that remarkable except that Park’s words are in Korean. Park is no stranger to penning lyrics, having anchored the vocals for Bruce Lee Band since the mid-’90s. In a statement, the words were described as being, “in part, about craving tasty food but not having the money to pay for it, as well as being without power or hope.” In that sense, it fits into the political themes that the band has been exploring for decades. “Part of me was excited to do it because it feels fresh to sing in a di...
Everybody’s Talkin’ About Bill Withers’ Just as I Am on The Opus Podcast
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T21:34:07+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 5:34pm ET Consequence Podcast Network and Sony’s The Opus podcast is back for a soulful Season 14. Premiering on May 13th, host Jill Hopkins will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bill Withers’ landmark debut, Just as I Am, by exploring the album’s stories and legacy. While recording demo tapes on his own dime or performing at small clubs at night, Withers worked on assembly lines at companies like Ford and Douglas Aircraft. Even after he was finally signed to a label — Sussex Records, in 1970 — he kept his day job. That’s him at Weber Aircraft, lunch pail in hand, on the cover of Just as I Am. But after entering the studio with legendary pro...
Artist of the Month McKinley Dixon on Time Travel, Cowboy Bebop, and the Death of a Childhood Friend
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T00:06:38+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 8:06pm ET Artist of the Month is an accolade awarded to an up-and-coming artist whom we believe is set to break out. In May, we turn our attention to rising rapper McKinley Dixon as he caps off an ambitious trilogy of albums with For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her. Less than 30 seconds into our conversation, McKinley Dixon abruptly travelled through time. It happens frequently if you learn to see the world from a certain perspective, as Dixon has. The DMV rapper has a boundless cache of interesting ideas, and one of them — involving shifts in chronology — lands somewhere between a philosophical framework and a poetic theory of know...
Walshy Fire, Terri & Cloud Beats – Right Here
Check out this brand new song Walshy Fire, Terri & Cloud Beats – “Right Here” out now. Jamaican American DJ, Walshy Fire teams up with Nigerian singer Terri for this amazing tune “Right Here”. This is Terri’s second collaboration released this year after “Jeje” by Laycon. The Starboy music star sounds pretty confident on the track as he beckons on his girl to come “right here”. Listen, enjoy Walshy Fire, Terri & Cloud Beats – “Right Here” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Walshy-Fire-Terri-Cloud-Beats-Right-Here-mp3.mp3 Download You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn ...
P!NK Shares New Single “All I Know So Far”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T04:00:14+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 12:00am ET International superstar P!nk has more than two decades of experience topping the global pop charts, and she is here to continue her reign with the new single “All I Know So Far”. “All I Know So Far” was produced by pop mastermind Greg Kurstin and co-written with the songwriting duo Benj Pasek & Justin Paul. The single comes off of her upcoming album All I Know So Far: Setlist, due out on RCA Records on May 21st. The new album will feature live recordings from her 2019 “Beautiful Trauma World Tour” along with a recording of her highly-buzzed MTV Video Vanguard Award acceptance speech. P!nk’s daughter Willow will also make an app...
Isaiah Rashad Announces New Album The House Is Burning, Shares “Lay Wit Ya”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T04:00:44+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 12:00am ET One of the most hotly anticipated releases in hip-hop history is just around the corner, as Isaiah Rashad has finally announced his new album The House Is Burning. It’s slated for a June release, and Zay is offering an early taste with the new single “Lay Wit Ya” featuring Duke Deuce. Rashad’s legend owes a little to his 2014 debut Cilvia Demo and a lot to his 2016 magnum opus The Sun’s Tirade. Five years ago he seemed poised on the cusp of superstardom, but instead of following in the footsteps of his TDE label-mate Kendrick Lamar, he disappeared. Call him the Prodigal Sun. As he explained in a new intervi...
J. Cole Unveils New Song “i n t e r l u d e”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T04:05:15+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 12:05am ET J. Cole sent Dreamville fans into a frenzy on Tuesday by announcing a new album titled The Off-Season, and now he’s shared its lead single, “i n t e r l u d e”. Stream it below. To hear the North Carolina rapper tell it, releasing the track was an impulsive decision. “Told myself I would drop the album all at once,” he wrote on Twitter. “Sometimes you gotta say fuck it tho.” The Off-Season drops on May 14th. While announcing the project, Cole described the follow-up to 2018’s KOD as “years in the making,” which lines up with his first tease of the LP. “The Off Season coming soon… All roads lead to The Fall Off,” he wrote in the descript...
MF DOOM and Czarface’s New Album Super What? Receives Posthumous Release: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T04:11:17+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 12:11am ET Czarface have just released Super What?, their new collaborative album with the late MF DOOM. The two recorded the LP together before the masked rapper’s unexpected death in October 2020. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. Out of nowhere, Czarface announced the album on Wednesday afternoon to a thrilled response from fans, less than 48 hours before it would be released. In total, Super What? spans 10 tracks. Four of those include guest verses by the likes of DMC, Del the Funky Homosapien, Kendra Morris, and Godforbid. Wu-Tang Clan‘s Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric, who make up Czarface as a unit, never expected Super What...
