Happy belated birthday to Fela Kuti!
Tag Archives: multi-instrumentalist
Richard Swift – The Songs of National Freedom
Richard Swift passed away this week at the age of 41.
Tash Sultana – Jungle
Initially released as a home-recording via YouTube (7.9M views), I guess this “technically” came out in Australia(?) late in 2016, but it’s one of my favorite new things of 2017:
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times
FTLT (the citizen that alerted the citizenry to the likes of Alabama Shakes and Courtney Barnett long before everyone else figured it out, who also used to be a DJ, contributor, and frequent commenter as well as being known as somewhat of a basketball enthusiast (in the case that anyone is unfamiliar)) causally dropped a mention in a FMD a little bit back. I've learned to listen when the hitman does so.
A collaboration between the lead singer of The Walkmen and one of the main cogs of Vampire Weekend, their album is a whirling plunge through genres, eras, and textures, but all with a distinctly original sound that I hope they explore on another album or two. Anyway, this song has been between lowkey to rock-climber's grip stuck in my head for the past few weeks now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V50OMXcYBcY
Sep 2016