The Dillinger Escape Plan begins recording a new album in July; El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Madvillain post tracks; Sunny Day Real Estate is rumored to be reuniting; Steve Reich wins a Pulitzer. Keep reading in the roundup. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Femi Kuti’
Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, April 24th, 2009This Week’s Best Albums
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Kylesa: Static Tensions
This week brings the most powerful album in the canon of down-tuned metalheads Kylesa.
It also brings the vibrant, idiosyncratic rock of Les Claypool, the multicultural psych jam of Melvin Gibbs, more harmonized folk from Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and unreleased tracks of Afrobeat/groove from the Chicago Afrobeat Project. (more…)
Ten Random Songs from the iPod of Online Editor Scott Morrow
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Begrudgingly, online editor Scott Morrow has joined this decade with the purchase (not by him, mind you) of his first iPod. To celebrate this sign of the end times, here are 10 random songs from his newfangled contraption. (more…)
What We’re Seeing Saturday: Doppler Shift, Bustle in Your Hedgerow
Thursday, January 15th, 2009It would have been killer to see Femi Kuti & Positive Force on Saturday, but the Afrobeat star’s US tour has been postponed until he recovers from illness.
The cancellation, at least, gives us a chance to catch two other strong options: the heavy, beat-driven jazz-rock of Doppler Shift and the keyboard-fueled Led Zeppelin covers of Bustle in Your Hedgerow. (more…)
Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, January 9th, 2009Amon Tobin makes up half of a new project called Two Fingers; Witch goes on tour with Earthless; Dan Deacon posts a preview of his new album; Converge and Supermachiner each has a new album for ‘09; Kronos Quartet is giving away 50 pairs of tickets for its performance in France this month.
Read about these and 11 more news bits in our weekly roundup. (more…)
Femi Kuti: Day By Day
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Femi Kuti - Day By Day
As the eldest son of Nigerian activist, Afrobeat originator and certified legend Fela Kuti, who passed away in 1997, Femi Kuti has certainly had some enormous figurative shoes to fill. Fortunately for us, he’s thus far done a bang- up job, and his latest, Day By Day from Mercer Street Records, is not only a worthy addition to the catalog, but is perhaps his finest and most focused to date. (more…)
Weekly Music News Roundup
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Femi Kuti confirms US tour dates, Ennio Morricone will write music for Quentin Tarantino, and we have previews for new albums by Andrew Bird, Burnt by the Sun, William Elliot Whitmore, and Powersolo. Read on.
This Week’s Best Albums
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: NYC
If you haven’t noticed, our musical interests are pretty damn diverse. Our album picks this week include the Gypsy brass mania of the Kocani Orkestar, the Afrobeat fusion of Femi Kuti, the brutal sludge of Ocean, and the dense atmospherics and jazz drumming of Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.
Lollapalooza Recap: Day 1
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Despite a few legitimate highlights — the heavy grooves of afrobeat star Femi Kuti, the gorgeous orchestration of The Polyphonic Spree, and the marvelous light show of Daft Punk — the first day of this year’s Lollapalooza was overwhelmingly tame. (more…)
