Wrap your ears round the first cut, Q.U.E.E.N. featuring Erykah Badu, from her forthcoming second album, The Electric Lady
Excellent news for a Tuesday morning: Janelle Monáe is back. She’s announced her second album, The Electric Lady, and this is our first taste of it: the single ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ featuring Erykah Badu (artwork above), released today – have a listen below:
UPDATE – May 2: … and they’ve just released the video, have a watch below:
Ahead of their show at Supernormal Festival, Ben Graham meets the thirsty occult louts behind Taman Shud's mighty psychedelic racket, to learn about coping with office job boredom through transcendent volume, esoteric weirdness, crisps and booze
Imperial Triumphant’s sixth album sharpens up their avant metal sound and polishes it to a burnished sheen. Cooking up a storm that mixes Stanley Kubrick, Art Deco and jazz, with a huge dollop of New York City, Dan Franklin speaks to Zachary Ezrin about how self-imposed restrictions expanded their modernist vision. All portraits by Shannon Void
As Thurston Moore, Miss Lauryn Hill and Primus become the latest to cancel shows in Tel Aviv, British-Palestinian musician Samir Eskanda makes the case for the boycott, with contributions from Moore and Jean-Hervé Peron of Faust. Photos by Valerio Berdini
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