News
Plus Silk Sonic, Mdou Moctar, James, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a fairly quiet week on the news front, with President Joe Biden’s pandemic stimulus bill getting closer to passing in the Senate, but without a minimum wage hike. More
An Evening With Silk Sonic Coming Soon From Atlantic
Mar 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) have teamed up as Silk Sonic and have shared their debut single together, “Leave the Door Open,” via a video for the track. More
Mark Ronson Presents the Music of “Spies in Disguise” Due Out December 13
Nov 18, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Mark Ronson has curated the soundtrack for the new animated film Spies in Disguise and now one of its tracks has been shared, “Then There Were Two,” which is a collaboration between Ronson and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson). More
Flamagra Due Out May 24 via Warp
May 13, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) is releasing a new album, Flamagra, on May 24 via Warp. Last week he shared another song from it, “More,” which features Anderson .Paak and was one of our Songs of the Week. Now he has shared a video for “More.” Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop) directed the animated clip, which takes place on another planet. More
Plus Flying Lotus, Africa Express, Alex Cameron, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
May 10, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We worried we were going to be able to come up with a Top 8 this week, but a couple of album tracks were able to round out the list.
Flamagra Due Out May 24 via Warp
May 08, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) is releasing a new album, Flamagra, on May 24 via Warp. Now he has shared another song from it, “More,” which features Anderson .Paak. He has also announced some new tour dates. More
Plus Better Oblivion Community Center, Leon Bridges, Phosphorescent, Toro y Moi, and More
Mar 26, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Outside Lands have announced their 2019 lineup. The festival goes down August 9 - 11 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, and Twenty One Pilots. More
Plus Anderson .Paak, Marble Arch, Kirin J Callinan, Jenny Lewis, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 15, 2019
By Mark Redfern
With most of the music industry at SXSW this week it was a slow week for new tracks. We considered just having a Top 5 for this week’s Songs of the Week, but dug deep enough to come up with a Top 10. More
Ventura Due Out April 12 via Aftermath Entertainment/12 Tone Music, LLC.
Mar 15, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) is releasing a new album, Ventura, on April 12 via Aftermath Entertainment/12 Tone Music, LLC. Now he has shared its first single, the jazzy “King James.” More
Reviews
May 09, 2019
By Celine Teo-Blockey
Hot on the heels off Malibu and Oxnard, comes Ventura the third in California-native Anderson .Paak’s trilogy. His titles may be the SoCal beach towns he loves but the influences he pulls from here return largely to ‘60s Motown and ‘70s Funkadelic. More
