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I don’t normally post on huge famous artists but I thought this was a great move.  Drake recently released an album of his hit songs and one of them is “Jodeci Freestyle” that he did with J. Cole.  In that track, J. Cole says:

Go check the numbers dummy, that’s just me gettin’ started
I’m artistic, you n—as is autistic, retarded

Well Drake wasn’t having it and removed the lyric.  They even had to have a joint press release!  Cole apologized for being insensitive and all is safe and great in the world!

#Drake #JCole #JodeciFreestyle #musicnewstidbits #ApologeticMusicians

Tool have announced, via Instagram, that their fifth studio album will be released on August 30th.  The album is titled ‘Fear Inoculum’.  Even better news is they announced they’ll finally have their back catalog available via streaming services.

Check out their new logo which Tool posted on Instagram

#tool2019 pic.twitter.com/5zP1DxdlWB

— TOOL effing TOOL (@Tool) July 22, 2019

#Tool

The Beastie Boys have put out 2 rare EP’s from the late 80’s in celebration of their 30th anniversary of their album ‘Paul’s Boutique’.  The titles are “An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego” and the “Love American Style.  These are the first two EP’s from a total of six rare EP’s they will put out over the next three weeks.

These EP’s will have B-sides, remixes, live versions and a slew of other music.

Steve Perry, most known for being the lead singer of Journey, is releasing a new single. It’s off his first solo album in 25 years and the track is called ‘Sun Shines Gray’. I’ve always loved his voice and this song just makes me happy for some reason. Last year the first song off the album titled ‘Traces’ debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.

Here’s the video for Sun Shines Gray

Independent Music Promotions sent me over an Artist I haven’t heard before and I have to say, I’m really enjoying his music.  This first track titled ‘Bad Dreams’ by CW Allen sounds like you are in a dream and CW is your soundtrack.  The track is from the upcoming album titled ‘The Dream Baby 2’ which is coming out on August 2, 2019.  CW says

“Bad Dreams was written right after I found out my 19 year old cousin was murdered.  I just felt like I was in a bad dream that I couldn’t wake up from.  Unfortunately this is very common reality in Chicago and my hometown Cleveland.”

I had the chance to listen to all 5 tracks and they are all worth listening to, several times.   Take a listen

The original ‘The Lost Tapes’ came out back in 2002 and we’ve been anxiously waiting for the next one.  The Lost Tapes 2 is finally coming out on July 19th and like the first album, this will focus on unreleased tracks mostly from the ‘I Am…’ and the ‘Stillmatic’ albums.  Here’s the track listing:

1. No Bad Energy (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
2. Vernon Family (Produced by Pharrell Williams)
3. Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack) feat. Al Jarreau, Keyon Harrold (Produced       by Eddie Cole)
4. Lost Freestyle (Produced by Statik Selektah)
5. Tanasia (Produced by RZA)
6. Royalty feat. RaVaughn (Produced by Hit-Boy)
7. Who Are You feat. David Ranier (Produced by Eric Hudson)
8. Adult Film feat. Swizz Beatz (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
9. War Against Love (Produced by DJ Dahi & DJ Khalil)
10. The Art of It feat. J. Myers (Produced by Pete Rock)
11. Highly Favored (Produced by RZA)
12. Queens Wolf (Produced by DJ Toompm)
13. It Never Ends (Produced by The Alchemist)
14. You Mean The World to Me (Produced by Kanye West)
15. Queens Bridge Politics (Produced by Pete Rock)
16. Beautiful Life feat. RaVaughn (Produced by No I.D.)

Lil Nas X has been on top of the most streamed music recently until The Raconteurs put out their new LP titled ‘Help Us Stranger.’  So far, they have sold 25,000 LP’s, the most vinyl sales of the year.  Those sales were helped by bundling the LP with tickets to the band’s summer tour.  Nice!

It’s been 5 years since Madlib and Freddie Gibbs put out their last album and finally the new one is here.  It’s called Bandana and has some guest appearances by Killer Mike, Pusha-T, Black Thought and others.  They’re also heading out on a tour that started last week.  Here’s the dates:

7/6 – New York, NY – MoMA PS1 Warm Up
7/12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo
7/20 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival^
8/16 – Orpund, Switzerland – Royal Arena Festival
8/17 – Portugal – Paredes De Coura Festival
8/31-91 – Philadelphia, PA – Made in America Festival
8/25 – London, UK – Maiden Voyage Festival (DJ Set)*
10/20 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factor^
10/22 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2^
10/23 – Manchester, UK – Club Academy^
10/24 – Bristol, UK -Trinity^
10/26 – London, UK – 02 Forum
10/28 – Paris, France – Yoyo
10/29 – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique Orangerie^
10/30 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melweg
11/1 – Berlin, Germany – Astra
11/2 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset^
11/4 – Zurich, Switzerland – Plaza^
11/5 – Milan, Italy – Santeria Toscana 31^

Here’s the new releases that came out today, Friday, June 28, 2019

*Thom Yorke – ANIMA
*Freddie Gibbs/Madlib – Bandana
*J Balvin/Bad Bunny – OASIS
*Peggy Gou – DJ-Kicks
*Mega Bog – Dolphine
*Daughter of Swords – Dawnbreaker
*Sofia Bolt – Waves
*75 Dollar Bill – I Was Real

They are back together and finished with their album.  The Black Keys just released ‘Lets Rock’ and its The Black Keys at their finest.  Here’s the track listing:

1. Shine A Little Light
2. Eagle Birds
3. Lo/Hi
4. Walk Across The Water
5. Tell Me Lies
6. Every Little Thing
7. Get Yourself Together
8. Sit Around And Miss You
9. Go
10. Breaking Down
11. Under The Gun
12. Fire Walk With Me

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Thom Yorke of Radiohead will release his new solo album on Friday, June 27, 2019. The new album will be titled ANIMA and will first be released in digital format, then physical copies will be released on July 19. Here’s the track listing:

*Traffic
*Last I Heard (…He Was Circling The Drain)
*Twist
*Dawn Chorus
*I Am A Very Rude Person
*Not The News
*The Axe
*Impossible Knots
*Runwayaway
**Ladies & Gentlemen, Thank You for Coming – BONUS track only on the vinyl release

This is the second new single from Anderson Paaks touring band, the Free Nationals, featuring Kali Uchis.  On it is the first new verse we’ve heard since Mac Millers passing on September 7, 2018.  The Free Nationals were the house band for Miller’s Celebration of Life concert last October.  Here’s the beautiful song

Perry Farrell, formerly of Jane’s Addiction and Lollapalooza fame, has put out a solo album; his first since 2001. The album is titled ‘Kind Heaven’ and includes performances by Tommy Lee, Dhani Harrison, Taylor Hawkins, Elliot Easton from The Cars, and Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney.

Farrell recently told SPIN Magazine:

“I believe completely in astral projection. I also believe that a spirit can come and talk to you when you’re sleeping. I completely believe that in that moment, more subtle energies are allowed to mingle. We can learn things.”

You can go here https://www.spin.com/2019/06/perry-farrell-kind-heaven-stream/ to listen

So I read in the news that someone was ransoming 18 hours of previously unreleased material from Radioheads OK Computer album. It was all recorded by Thom Yorke and the ransom was upwards of $150,000. Well nobody paid the ransom so the 18 hours of music has been released….somewhere out there (I didn’t search but it’s apparently out there).

The leaked material includes previously unreleased live-only tracks as well as short riffs and ambient snippets that never evolved into full songs.

I have to admit, I haven’t heard much of B Boys but I will now.  I like their new song ‘I Want’ and according to their press release:

“‘I Want’ was inspired by the frustration of having to demand for the things you innately deserve.  It’s about over-consumption and dissatisfaction, as well as the infinite process of personal improvement.”

Their sophomore album that this song is taken from is titled ‘DuDu’ will be released July 26, 2019