Panda Bear Announces New Vinyl Only Release 'A Day With The Homies' | Out January 12th via Domino

Domino is excited to share news of the forthcoming 12" EP from Panda Bear, entitled A Day With The Homies, to be released on January 12, 2018.

The limited 12" is now available to pre-order at the Animal Collective store. It is also available to pre-order at these select retailers and will be available physically in-stores on January 12, 2018.

PRE-ORDER HERE.

Panda Bear a.k.a. Noah Lennox on A Day With The Homies:

"It's been my perception that these things tend to homogenize experience so I hope you’ll forgive me if I don't outline, in any specific way, the many choices involved in its creation. I appreciate your role as filter or translator, and by withholding my own blueprints for the album, I mean to encourage and cultivate your part in its trip.

The songs aren't lyrically linear or narrative as such, though I did scatter pieces of longer-chewed themes across the tracks. I find they still work satisfactorily alone, but strengthen each other's messages when combined.

I hoped to make something without frills or much embellishment, principally because I've found more fluff tends to equal less power. Since the juiciest action is entirely focused in the deeper zones of the frequency spectrum (at least from where I’ve sat), power was key.

It's not often anymore I find something specific to my life that feels worthwhile setting to song for others to consume. It's a tough sell convincing myself that my own troubles warrant as much attention as those we all share. The strokes of the messages themselves are broad enough, then, that I think anybody can find a familiar face, if they care to look.

The lion's share of the noise is centered, or nearly, so both speakers get a taste. This is another nod towards power, but it also means HOMIES doesn't work in the same way through headphones as it does out in the air.

My greatest hope with this stuff is for it to live like my favorite songs do, which is to say like comforts or companions. Thank you very much for listening and I hope A Day With the Homies can mean something to you."

A Day With The Homies 12” EP tracklisting

Side A

A1. Flight

A2. Part of the Math

Side B

B1. Shepard Tone

B2. Nod to the Folks

B3. Sunset

Huoratron's 'XXVI Crimes of Love' To Be Released 12/8 on Last Gang Records

Earlier this year, Huoratron – aka Finnish producer Aku Raski – announced his sophomore album, XXVI Crimes of Love, the follow up to his 2012 debut Cryptocracy. Today he announces it's due for release December 8th on Last Gang Records. Pre-order is available this Friday, November 24th.

To comprehend what's in store with this album, turn to Raski's description of lead single "Mortality Salience." The producer says it "showcases my current interests in dance music of late, dirty, rough and not watered down with intellect. Void of neon edam and happy places." More simply put, he calls it a "theme to forget your looming demise to."

If that doesn’t lure you in, listen to the equally cataclysmic single "Autocannibalism," described by Raski as "the sound of humanity devouring itself limb by limb." 

(XXVI Crimes of Love album artwork)

More about Huoratron:

The music of Huoratron is so driven, anyone can embrace it.

This is something to remind you of music's ability to shake you up, get you off your ass, and... well, frankly, to punish. And yet, while you're taking Huoratron's beat-battering, you find yourself smiling. It's a cathartic musical assault. There'll be blood, sweat and tears, but at the end of it all you'll feel like a better person.

Finally, someone who doesn't think his vision needs to be watered down for people to get it. People do get it. But how does Huoratron get both hardcore punks and hipsters to line up for hugs after soul purging gigs? Sure, they're won over by his zero tolerance to compromise, but there’s more. The man behind the moniker, Aku Raski, has a multitude of forces working within him. On one hand he is an intuitive artist and composer, an alchemist of the esoteric art of sound. On the other hand he is a scientist, who crafts sounds and beats with the care of a 17th century violin maker. And he is also a performer — a bearded showman who moshes his way into the hearts of his audiences.

Huoratron was formed as a dogmatic underground art concept: he took limited technology – Nintendo Gameboys – and forced the gadgets to spit out a distorted wall of sound like no one had done before. The equipment has evolved in a logical progression with the music ever since, and helped lead to Huoratron's debut album, Cryptocracy and his forthcoming album XXVI Crimes of Love.  It serves up refined dynamics of aggression, its nuances adding to the impact. And, like it's been from the beginning, the music is defined by a fearless attitude, a disrespect of the rules and a dedication to the cause.

With Huoratron you get the whole package. One man executing one vision with total control of his medium. And the secret ingredient? It has to come from the disarming charm and presence of the man behind it all. He makes it all human. 

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About Last Gang:

Last Gang is a music company founded in 2003 and credited with launching the careers of Metric, Death From Above 1979, MSTRKRFT and Crystal Castles. The company is also well known for its work with Arkells, Ryan Hemsworth, Purity Ring, Lights, and Chromeo. Last Gang is an Entertainment One company. http://www.lastgang.com/ /https://www.entertainmentone.com/

Entertainment One Music is home to Dualtone, Death Row, and Light Records releasing some of the most popular music in the world including The Lumineers, The Game and Lalah Hathaway.

Young Fathers: Watch Powerful New Video from Mercury Prize-Winning Group

Young Fathers recently announced the completion of a new album, set for release on Ninja Tune in 2018. The UK-based trio and 2014 Mercury Prize winners also recently released their latest track “LORD” last month and, today, released the video for the song, directed by Rianne White.

Watch the “LORD” video now HERE

Speaking about the “LORD” video, Young Fathers’ Alloysious Massaquoi states, “For me, the video stemmed from... Like how do you describe an emotion, clearly and precisely when you’re completely immersed in it all? An act of internal withdrawal from the outside world, when all you need from the outside world is for someone, anyone, to show they care.” Graham ‘G’ Hastings adds, “Kayus brought a rocking horse into the studio one day. God knows why. After we wrote the song, Ally sat on it, took his top off and started riding majestic. Then we thought, ‘Why not?’”

Young Fathers will perform a run of UK and EU dates throughout March and April 2018 including their biggest headline show to-date, at London’s 3000-capacity Roundhouse on March 21. Tickets for all dates are on sale now, with full details available via http://www.young-fathers.com.

YOUNG FATHERS LIVE 2018

03/20/18 Birmingham, UK - O2 Institute 2

03/21/18 London, UK - Roundhouse

03/22/18 Bristol, UK - Trinity Centre

03/23/18 Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz

03/24/18 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom

03/28/18 Dublin, Ireland - Academy

04/06/18 Brussels, Belgium - AB Box

04/07/18 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Noord

04/09/18 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Theatre

04/10/18 Prague, Czech Republic - MeetFactory o.p.s

04/11/18 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik

04/12/18 Paris, France - La Badaboum

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ABOUT YOUNG FATHERS

They are: ‘G’ Hastings, from Edinburgh, Alloysious Massaquoi, originally from Liberia via Ghana and KayusBankole, born in Edinburgh to Nigerian parents but partially raised in Maryland, USA. Their live shows are complimented by Steven Morrison on drums.

The group formed after meeting at an under-16s hiphop night at the infamous Bongo Club in Edinburgh when they were all in their teens. Almost immediately they started writing and recording together, initially on an old karaoke machine plugged into a cheap cassette recorder at G’s parents house.

In 2011, they set about recording a mixtape TAPE ONE in just over a week, finishing a track a day and having it available for download within two weeks of recording. They quickly followed this up with TAPE TWO, which was written and recorded in a similar fashion. Los Angeles based label, Anticon, discovered them online and within a few months had signed them for a short deal that saw both TAPEs officially released in 2013.

The group, meanwhile, continued to tour, gathering an impressive reputation as a formidable live act. They played all over Europe and made their U.S. debut at SXSW in March 2013.

Following support from the BBC’s Zane Lowe and Lauren Laverne, and an appearance on, Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2014, TAPE TWO won Scottish Album Of The Year (‘The SAY Award’), while their next album, DEAD, received the highly prestigious Mercury Prize for best album of 2014.

Immediately after winning the Mercury Prize, Young Fathers travelled to Berlin where they continued making a new album in a freezing basement in a building near the railway yards. Returning to the more familiar (and warmer) basement studio in Edinburgh to finish their critically album White Men Are Black Men Too, which was released in April 2015 to widespread acclaim.

Young Fathers toured extensively in 2015, playing the UK, large swathes of Europe and did a six week stint in the USA.

In 2016, they played at Coachella among other festivals, and were invited to support Massive Attack on their UK and European tour after working together on Massive Attack’s single “Voodoo In My Blood”, which was released in January 2016.

Earlier this year, Young Fathers wrote the song “Only God Knows” for the film T2 Trainspotting, where they had a total of six songs featured in the film and soundtrack. Director Danny Boyle noted, “Their songs are my heartbeat for the film. And ‘Only God Knows’ is that rush again. The ocean. The heart.”

Young Fathers has just finished recording a new album.

6Black Shares Two New LUCIANBLOMKAMP- Produced Bonus Tracks

Australian producer Lucianblomkamp recently released Sick of What I Don’t Understand Part 1, the first of a 3-part album – Parts 2 & 3 are due early 2018. 

While working on his own material, the young producer has also been in the studio with friend Singawd, working on Atlanta rapper 6LACK’s tracks. Previously the duo collaborated on 6LACK’s “That Far,” today Lucian is excited to see the release of two more collaborative tracks; “In Between” ft BANKS and “One Way” ft. T-Pain. 

Listen to “In Between”

Listen to “One Way”

Speaking on the collaboration, Lucian says:

"Writing for 6LACK has been an incredibly unique experience and I only got given the opportunity through a kind soul named Trevor (aka Singawd), who regularly produces for 6LACK. He sampled my track “Catskill Mountain Resort” to create one of 6LACK’s first singles “Bless Me.” While the song did incredibly well, it wasn’t until Trevor sampled me again on the track “Alone/EA6” when we properly started communication and began to form an online friendship. It still baffles me how much faith Trevor has had in my abilities, and as a result I feel that has helped immensely in the process of writing together. While writing for other artists has always been based around some kind of brief or core sound the artist is going for, it’s been such a privilege for Trevor and 6LACK to encourage me to write as creatively and independently as I want. It shows great promise for a team of musicians and artists whose aim is to not become bogged down by the style that they’ve been known to create. We’ve already written so many unreleased songs together so hopefully a decent number of them get to see the light of day at some point or another."

LUCIANBLOMKAMP’s third album Sick of What I Don’t Understand is themed around difficult transformations and self-realisation. Almost a commentary on itself, it's a documenting of the processes Lucian went through to break out of his previous accomplished but limited incarnation to new levels of ambition and confidence he now shows as a musician.

On Part 1 you can hear exactly how far Lucian has branched out - from the Massive Attack-like ‘Crawling’ to the fearsome drone and rolling rhythm of title track ‘Sick of What I Don’t Understand’, and the mutant pop of ‘Nothing’ featuring the beautifully alien vocals of Rromarin, to a dreamlike reimagining of UK bass on ‘Still No’,which features the dark poetry of MC legend Trim.

The album title – Sick of What I Don't Understand – means many things, but in part alludes to the frustration of wanting to reach outside one's own comfort zone. SOWIDU is not a piece of musical theatre, mind, nor is it just self-analysis: it is a fully-functioning album in its own right, and many of the expressions of the themes are subtle and metaphorical. But its central message is instantly audible, as you hear Lucian unfolding and expanding as a composer and performer, on a record dramatically different from the intimate, hazy electronica of its predecessors.

Lucian’s output has always been ferocious, and soon found himself the recipient of the Northern Lights Competition run by community radio station FBi backed by the Australian government, the prize being to play at the Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik and collaborate with local artists. A number of Lucian’s songs have been sampled by Atlanta hip hop artist 6LACK, which not only helped raise his international profile but led to an ongoing and fruitful creative relationship - most recently with Lucian producing 6LACK’s track ‘That Far’ - and certainly aided the stylistic branching out that SOWIDU documents. Likewise, a mixtape with John Hassell of hugely influential Sydney electronic trio Seekae helped develop the steely sonic focus that would get Lucian where he is now.

LUCIANBLOMKAMP’s third album Sick of What I Don’t Understand will be released in three parts over the next year. Part 1 is out now via Different Recordings.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 'Soul of a Woman' Out Today via Daptone Records, The Dap-Kings to perform 'A Tribute to Sharon Jones' on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon This Evening

Praise for Soul of a Woman:

"An unexpected final gift." – Paste

"Grandly uplifting, horn-driven soul." – NPR

"Ms. Jones summoned all her expressive power for this album, with all the strength, longing, hurt and improvisational command that were still hers." – The New York Times

"Sharon Jones recorded Soul of a Woman with the extraordinarily able and reliable Dap-Kings while battling the cancer which took her life a year ago — but her energy and vocal prowess are undiminished here." –Associated Press

"Soul of a Woman is an album that presents the full range of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings — a band that ushered in a soulful revolution and changed the face of contemporary R&B. " - SF Weekly

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' final studio album Soul of a Woman is out today onDaptone Records. A lush, orchestral masterpiece, the dynamic album was recorded before Sharon's passing last November (a year ago almost to the day) and captures the riveting performer’s incredible vocal capabilities and a band at the peak of their power.

Named "Album of the Month" with a 9/10 rating by UNCUT and called "a tremendous valedictory lap" by MOJO (****), Soul of a Woman is the band's endeavor to create a record that stretches the limits of their soulful sound in all directions, giving us both their rawest and most sophisticated recordings to date — the final album by one of the most influential soul voices of the 21st century.

Watch the videos for "Call on God" and "Matter of Time"

In celebration of the life and spirit of Sharon Jones, the Dap-Kings will perform a special tribute to their beloved leader on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this evening, November 17th, at 11:35 pm est/8:35 pm pst.

Watch "A Tribute to Sharon Jones" by the Dap-Kings on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this Evening at 11:35 pm est/8:35 pm pst

Soul of a Woman features eleven songs recorded with her long-time co-conspirators, the Dap-Kings, which reveal that the emotion, dynamics, and drama of Jones' voice remained at full power until her final days. The album is a true testament to the life and career of Daptone's fearless leader and one of the world's greatest performers.

Soul of a Woman Tracklist:

1. Matter of Time

2. Sail On!

3. Just Give Me Your Time

4. Come and Be a Winner

5. Rumors

6. Pass Me By

7. Searching for a New Day

8. These Tears (No Longer for You)

9. When I Saw Your Face

10. Girl! (You Got to Forgive Him)

11. Call on God

Stream/Buy Soul of a Woman:

Digital: http://geni.us/0CuDagB

Physical: http://bit.ly/DAP050

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Socials:

Website: http://sharonjonesandthedapkings.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings/

Twitter: @sharonjones @the_dapkings

Instagram: @sharonjones @the_dapkings

Praise for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings:

"Starting at age 40, [Sharon Jones] began to realize the dream of every kid who ever saw a mic and thought 'One day...' She went on to forge a 20-year career of incomparable performances and influential recordings that'd be the envy of any artist out there. And in those final, difficult years, her dedication to her band and fans, her ineffable presence on stage, reminded me that there is still a beauty and grace in this world that even the specter of death cannot diminish." - NPR

"In venues filled with people half her age, [Sharon] Jones was the most dynamic person in the room, bolting onstage and commanding the crowd... respecting the soul and funk elders that defined the genres while displaying seemingly boundless vitality. Jones' power was the ability to straddle the line between thankful humility, born out of late-in-life success, and boastful performer." - Rolling Stone