David Byrne’s distinctive vision – a winsomely-skewed clarity – is usually most compelling when trained on scary stuff, be it psycho killers, zealous baptism metaphors, warning signs of things to come, or the sudden strangeness of one’s beautiful house and beautiful wife. More
“They are hungry to do something else,” Brian Eno said of his hopes for Coldplay. “And they will. More
Oh wait…
hang on;
there’s more:
There.
The end.
…
…oh wait.
…A few more things are stuck inside here still. Let me scrape them out for you:
• 7th annual one of these things
• will run 52 weeks straight this year (hence, 52 artists; hence, 52 tracks, blah blah blah)
• follows last month’s LUXE comp.
• first track “Pose to” by Zaytoven (feat. Bankroll Fresh, Yung LA, and Twista) out now and listenable below.
• background info: Adult Swim is a television channel that…
, Dinosaur Jr., Flying Lotus and Julian Casablanca & the Voidz are among the artists contributing music to Adult Swim’s 2017 Singles Series.
In previous years, one exclusive track would drop weekly over the course of one season. This year, for the first time, Adult Swim has lined up a year’s worth of talent – 52 artists for 52 weeks – for the 2017 series. Other artists include Shabazz Palaces, Wavves, a collaboration between MF Doom and…
In a career marked by sharp turns, Low might be David Bowie‘s sharpest – and most impressive. More
Brian Eno’s new ambient album, Reflection, is out New Year’s Day via Warp. A four-minute excerpt of the LP premiered today on BBC Radio 6, as Spin points out. Check it out on Mary-Anne Hobbs’ page—hear the track at the 1:08:45 mark, or start a minute earlier to hear Hobbs read an Eno-penned…