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The Performance Also Featured Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent
Feb 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar joined together to perform at last night’s Super Bowl halftime show. The performance also featured a surprise appearance by 50 Cent, and Anderson .Paak made an appearance as a drummer in the live band. More
Plus Silk Sonic, Cassandra Jenkins, alt-J, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2021. More
An Evening With Silk Sonic Due Out November 12 via Atlantic
Nov 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Silk Sonic are Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) and they have shared a new song “Smoking Out the Window,” via a video for it. It’s the third single from their forthcoming debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic, which is due out November 12 via Atlantic. More
Plus Dry Cleaning, Amyl and the Sniffers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 30, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a light week for great new tracks, but we came up with nine we really liked. More
An Evening With Silk Sonic Due Later This Year From Atlantic
Jul 29, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Silk Sonic are Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) and they have shared a new song “Skate,” via a video for it. More
Gold-Diggers Sound Due Out July 23 via Columbia; Anderson .Paak Directed the “Motorbike” Video
May 14, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Leon Bridges has announced a new album, Gold-Diggers Sound, and shared a new song from it, “Motorbike,” via a video for it. Today we also posted our exclusive new interview with Bridges about the album and song. More
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
