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Emile Mosseri & Sam Gendel Release Collaborative Album 'Hardy Boys'
by Josh Sharpe - July 19, 2024 Hardy Boys is a collaborative album from songwriter/composer Emile Mosseri and jazz polymath Sam Gendel. Primarily written and recorded in a few sittings of improvisational work, the album touches on myriad genres and emotional impulses, building a sonic adventure that is engulfing and unique....
Louis Cole Shares Title Track for 'nothing'
by Josh Sharpe - July 15, 2024 Grammy-nominated producer/artist/composer Louis Cole has shared the title track and final single from his new upcoming album, nothing, out August 9th, a collaboration with the Dutch Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley. ...
Video: Louis Cole Shares 'These Dreams Are Killing Me' From Upcoming LP
by Josh Sharpe - June 12, 2024 “These Dreams are Killing Me” – a song that, according to Louis “sits in that perfect phantom zone between sad and happy” – is the third track to be shared from Louis Cole’s forthcoming collaborative album with Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley, humbly titled nothing. This self-effacing title raise...
Catpack Share Love Language Single 'The Top'
by Josh Sharpe - May 23, 2024 Catpack is the organic output of genuine friendship and collaborative spirit among three esteemed musicians, each bringing their unique sounds together to create something fresh and vibrant. ‘The Top’ is an ethereal and spacious voyage, layered with a multitude of synth-sounds and percussion. The so...
Louis Cole Taps Sam Wilkes, David Binney, & Genevieve Artadi for Single 'Life'
by Josh Sharpe - May 16, 2024 Beginning with a Bernard Herrmann-like string fakeout, “Life” initially lands as a cinematic symphonic number. Cole’s voice, his drum set, and Sam Wilkes’s bass all join in at breakneck speed, the high velocity something for Cole and longtime creative partner Genevieve Artadi to flit over. Eventuall...
Louis Cole to Release 'nothing' (Brainfeeder)' LP with the Metropole Orkest
by Josh Sharpe - April 25, 2024 Taken from Cole’s live performances with the Orkest, nothing fuses breath-taking classical orchestration with dance music, pop, and jazz sensibilities. Cole will return to Germany and the Netherlands this fall to perform nothing alongside the Orkest and Buckley. To herald the announcement, Cole shar...
Louis Cole Scores GRAMMY Nom for Best Alternative Jazz Album; Announces Tour Dates
by Michael Major - November 14, 2023 Louis Cole’s album Quality Over Opinion (Brainfeeder) has been nominated for Best Alternative Jazz Album at the upcoming 66th annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place on Monday February 5th, 2024. 20 tracks deep, Quality Over Opinion was written, performed and produced on his own....
Thundercat & Tame Impala to Release 'No More Lies' Limited Vinyl Pressing
by Michael Major - August 02, 2023 Following the success of Thundercat and Tame Impala’s “No More Lies” comes the release of a limited edition single sided 7” product. The collaboration is the first new Thundercat song in over three years, which arrives ahead of a huge string of tour dates for Thunder’s In Yo Girl’s City tour includi...
Thundercat to Embark on Massive Tour
by Michael Major - May 04, 2023 Folks looking to catch Thundercat live now have the chance to do so at iconic venues from LA’s Greek Theatre to Red Rocks in Colorado. Prior to these headlining dates, the bassist will be performing with acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Strokes, and The Mars Volta, before taking his show to...
Thundercat & Tame Impala Team Up for 'No More Lies'
by Michael Major - April 25, 2023 Thundercat links with Tame Impala for a brand new single, “No More Lies.” This is the first new Thundercat Song in over three (3) years. The single arrives ahead of a huge string of tour dates for Thunder, who will perform with acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Strokes, before taking his ...
VIDEO: Genevieve Artadi Shares 'To Tell How I Adore You' From New Album
by Michael Major - March 02, 2023 From her upcoming album, Genevieve Artadi shares a new video, “To Tell How I Adore You,” the latest from Forever Forever. In January, she released the lead single, “Visionary” followed by “I Know” in February. This month, she’ll also perform a release show at the Echo, followed by a string of tour d...
Genevieve Artadi Announces 'Forever Forever' Album
by Michael Major - January 19, 2023 With an accompanying tongue-in-cheek video that goes hard in an ‘80s hair metal style, “Visionary” climaxes with suitably epic solos from Pedro Martins (guitar), Chiquita Magic (synth bass), Christopher Fishman (piano), and Louis Cole and Daniel Sunshine doubling up on the drums. Watch the new music...
Louis Cole to Release 'Quality Over Opinion' Album Featuring Genevieve Artadi, Sam Gendel, & More
by Michael Major - October 10, 2022 Quality Over Opinion was written, performed, and produced by Louis in his home studio with contributions from a handful of close friends, namely Genevieve Artadi (“my no.1 music collaborator”); saxophonist Sam Gendel – Cole’s friend for 17 years; pianist Chris Fishman; Nate Wood from the band Kneebo...
Louis Cole Announces New LP 'Quality Over Opinion'
by Michael Major - August 23, 2022 To celebrate the news of the upcoming album, he shares a new single, “I’m Tight.” The new single arrives hot on the heels of “Let it Happen” — “a timeless modern power ballad classic” — released earlier this month. In contrast, “I’m Tight” is a sleek, laser-focused Funk rocket, based on an utterly i...
High Pulp Announce Fall West Coast Tour Dates
by Michael Major - August 15, 2022 Experimental Seattle jazz act High Pulp are announcing new fall West Coast tour dates, following the April release of their ANTI- Records debut album ’Pursuit of Ends.’ High Pulp are also sharing a new video for the album track “You’ve Got To Pull It Up From The Ground,” that features GRAMMY® nomina...
VIDEO: Louis Cole Shares New Video 'Let It Happen'
by Michael Major - August 02, 2022 Continuing his mission to create deep feelings through music, Louis is the figurehead of an LA jazz-adjacent scene that includes Genevieve Artadi (with whom Cole co-founded the alt pop / electrofunk band KNOWER in 2009), Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Jacob Mann, Pedro Martins and more. Watch the new music...
High Pulp Share 'Kamishinjo' Feat. Jacob Mann
by Michael Major - March 22, 2022 Seattle Jazz collective High Pulp are sharing “Kamishinjo” today, a new track featuring Jacob Mann on keyboards. Later this week High Pulp will begin a run of West coast tour dates that will reach Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Los Angeles in more. Then in April the band will hit the road with Jared Ma...
Louis Cole Shares LIVE 2019 LP, With Performances from Los Angeles & Amsterdam Tour Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 06, 2020 Louis Cole, singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, blesses fans with Live 2019, an aural and visual compilation of live performances from the previous year. It includes Louis's last major, big band shows from 2019, live from Lodge Room in LA and Paradiso in Amsterdam....
Lettuce Announces New Studio Album RESONATE
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 19, 2020 As the follow up to their 2019 GRAMMY® Award-nominated album Elevate, genre-defying funk-jazz-soul-hip-hop-psychedelic-jam-rock-experimental music titans LETTUCE have announced their seventh studio album, Resonate, will be coming this spring. Set for release on Friday, May 8th via Round Hill Records...
Thundercat Shares New Track 'Dragonball Durag'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 17, 2020 Today, jazz virtuoso Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat releases “Dragonball Durag”, the second single from It Is What It Is, out April 3rd on Brainfeeder. The new track, produced by Thunder and Flying Lotus, encapsulates his love of humour in music and his passion for the cult Japanese animé Dragon Ball...
Thundercat Announces 2020 North American Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 03, 2019 Thundercat heads out on his biggest headline tour to date across North America in Spring 2020. The 26-date run is the longest he's ever undertaken and includes Webster Hall in New York and the Wiltern in his hometown of Los Angeles. European tour dates will be announced later this month....
Brainfeeder's Louis Cole Announces New 'Live Sesh and Xtra Songs' EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 19, 2019 On April 5th, multi-instrumentalist, singer and Thundercat-collaborator Louis Cole will release a new EP Live Sesh and Xtra Songs, a collection of six unreleased songs and three live session tracks recorded in a house with a huge big band (heavy on the brass and wind sections) including Nate Wood an...
Thundercat Releases Ross From Friends Remix of 'Friend Zone'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 14, 2018 'Brainfeeder X'- a 36 track album that celebrates 10 years of fearless output by the iconic record label - is released this Friday, November 16th. Amongst 22 new tracks featured on the compilation is a stunning remix of the Thundercat song 'Friend Zone' by label mate Ross from Friends....
Brainfeeder Announces 10th Anniversary Compilation 'Brainfeeder X'
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 20, 2018 Brainfeeder today announces a special 10th anniversary compilation titled Brainfeeder X and releases a new remix by label founder Flying Lotus of Brandon Coleman's 'Walk Free'....
Louis Cole Announces New Album and Shares New Track/Video
by A.A. Cristi - June 29, 2018 Time is Los Angeles-based singer songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist Louis Cole's third album - a casual but addictive blend of quickfire, hook-laden electrofunk bullets and wistful, soft-focus balladry - and it's compelling. 'A lot of it is little thoughts, that I made into big songs... ... |