** Bass virtuoso Thundercat brings his signature style to a cover of the 1980 Diana Ross classic “Upside Down,” which is out now in collaboration with the game Candy Crush Saga and Brainfeeder. The track arrives in tandem with a playable in-game music video featuring “bursts of color” and other surprises. Fans can also obtain […]
Ahead of a fall North American tour, bass virtuoso Thundercat is back with his first new music since 2023 in the form of “I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time” and the Remi Wolf collaboration “Children of the Baked Potato.” Both were produced by Greg Kurstin and are out now through Brainfeeder. “Children of the […]
Gorillaz have always embraced the spirit of collaboration, and during their show in Los Angeles on Friday night (Sept. 23), Damon Albarn’s virtual band had a whole lot of special guests on hand. As Rolling Stone reports, Beck, Tame Impala, Schoolboy Q, Thundercat, Del the Funky Homosapien, De La Soul and Bootie Brown all joined […]
Gorillaz have rounded up an eye-popping roster of guests for their new album Cracker Island, which will arrive Feb. 24 from Warner in North America and Parlophone in Europe. Stevie Nicks, Tame Impala, Bad Bunny, Beck and Adeleye Omotayo lend a hand on the project, with Thundercat having already appeared on the summer release of […]
Kids today … with their memes, vapes and disdain for all things old. Don’t they know what they’re missing, like the satisfaction that comes with learning how to play and eventually master an actual instrument that isn’t a laptop? You’d be forgiven for ascribing such a sentiment to a local boomer or aging music critic, […]
Gorillaz have drafted Thundercat for their latest new song, “Cracker Island,” which was produced by the group in tandem with Greg Kurstin and Remi Kabaka Jr. The high-energy track has been a part of the Gorillaz live show since “the world’s biggest virtual band” returned to the road this spring and finds vocalist 2D (aka […]
The wacky world of the little yellow Minions from the Despicable Me film franchise will be enhanced by the suitably eclectic soundtrack to the movie Minions: The Rise of Gru, which hits theaters July 1. The film is set in the 1970s and tells the origin story of super-villain Gru, so it’s only natural that […]
Thundercat just shared “Satellite,” which appears on the soundtrack for Insecure: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 5, the comedy series starring Issa Rae. [embedded content][embedded content] The soulful “Satellite” features funk musician Knower, YouTuber Louis Cole, and singer Genevieve Artadi, and, of course, Thundercat on bass. The track is out today via Atlantic. Other tracks […]
To mark the 10-year anniversary of The Golden Age of Apocalypse, Thundercat announced he will release a deluxe vinyl edition of his debut. Thundercat’s label, Brainfeeder, said that the new vinyl will include two bonus tracks, “$200 TB” and “Daylight (Reprise).” The physical vinyl is a translucent red LP, within a gold sleeve, and with […]
Another day, another festival announcement with the reveal of who’s heading down to Austin for Levitation 2021. Get your costume ready because the event takes place on Halloween weekend beginning on Thursday, Oct. 28 to Oct. 31. There will also be a kick-off preshow on Wednesday Oct. 27 with Red Fang, Nothing, and Starcrawler headlining. […]