The environmental benefit The Big Climate Thing, “a concert for people and the planet” scheduled for Sept. 16-18 at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York, has been postponed until 2023. “The artists, climate movement leaders, and partners of this event take the responsibility of representing those fighting for survival on the front lines of […]
Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré salutes his profoundly influential late father Ali with the help of Khruangbin on the artists’ upcoming collaborative album, Ali. The eight-track collection comprises material previously recorded and performed by Ali, the African desert blues pioneer who died in 2006 at age 66. Ali arrives Sept. 23 on Dead Oceans and […]
The latest, stripped-down single, “Chocolate Hills,” off Khruangbin and Leon Bridges‘ forthcoming follow-up EP, Texas Moon, is out today. “Chocolate Hills” carries on the band and Bridges’ collaboration traditions of genre-crossing and honoring the spirit of the sounds rooted in Texas. Bridges’ smooth, honeyed croon atop Khruangbin’s soothing bassline, Hammond organ, and synthesizers invite a […]
There is a small upper crust of acts who have been playing huge venues for decades and are still able to fill arenas and stadiums. The shortlist would include the Rolling Stones, Eagles, Billy Joel, The Who, Springsteen and Elton John; each artist has been consistently selling out gigs since the 1970s. But right below […]
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges teamed up again for their forthcoming EP, Texas Moon, out February 18. The record is an extension of the two’s chart-topping, 2020 release, Texas Sun. The 5-track EP will release via Dead Oceans, in partnership with Columbia Records and Night Time Stories Ltd. Alongside the announcement, the collaboration unveiled the video for “B-Side,” […]
For a year that made no sense, it’s only fitting that 2020’s best songs make strange neighbors on a mixtape. You can’t recap 2020 without mentioning Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP,” a sex song so dirty that even the edited version leans toward an R rating (“wet and gushy,” anyone?). But on this […]
After a deluge of canceled or delayed tours, drive-in experiments, Bandcamp Fridays and bedroom livestreams, we’re finally here. Yay? It’s hard to celebrate much of anything in 2020. But one encouraging sign from the music industry has been the number of artists innovating on the fly — figuring out ways to sustain their careers through […]