2 Chainz and Gucci Mane Perform Together...

2 Chainz and Gucci Mane were the musical guests on last night’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Below, watch them perform “Good Drank,” with assistance from Mike Dean, Fonz Bentley, the Roots, and a gospel choir. Also check out a clip of Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz competing in a heated game of “Password.” Gucci teams up with “Breaking Bad”’s Aaron Paul, while 2 Chainz partners with “The Americans”’ Keri Russell. “Good Drank” appeared on 2 Chainz’s 2016 mixtape Hibachi For...

Kanye West Releases New Version of The-D...

Kanye West and The-Dream have shared a new version of “Bed,” the song originally co-written by The-Dream for J. Holiday and released in 2007, as the Fader points out. The new version premiered during Kanye’s Yeezy Season 5 fashion show, where it played on a loop. The song that appeared on Ye’s Soundcloud early this morning—titled “BED YEEZY SEASON 5 (FT. THE DREAM)”—is also looped, lasting 17 minutes altogether, and doesn’t appear to feature Ye’s vocals. Check it out below and scroll down to hear the original. Kanye’s “Ultralight Beam” was named Pitchfork’s 2016 Song of...

Arca’s “Anoche” Is So Beautiful It Hurts...

Without Björk’s gentle push, Arca (aka Alejandro Ghersi) recently admitted he would likely not have mustered the courage to debut his singing voice on his upcoming self-titled LP. He also claims that almost all of the album’s lyrics were improvised, yet it seems that Björk’s spiritual influence has seeped into Ghersi’s subconscious on his new song, “Anoche.” The parallels between one particularly evocative line from the song, “Anoche te añoré/Aunque no te he conocido aún,” (“Last night I missed you/Even though I haven’t met you yet”) and Björk’s 1995 lyric, “I miss...

Four Tet Remixes Todd Terje’s “Jungelknu...

Todd Terje’s “Jungelknugen” isn’t even out yet. For now, to get a sense of what the song might sound like, you’ll need to triangulate the missing piece against Prins Thomas’ and Four Tet’s early, respective remixes. Neither of those reworks initially sound anything like the other, but listen closely and a handful of shared elements stick out like nuggets caught in a gold panner’s sieve—chief among them a spiraling synth arpeggio and a bright, staccato piano chord. What’s striking in the case of the Four Tet mix is how thoroughly he’s made the sounds his own. He uses...

SXSW Showcase to Highlight Artists Targe...

Tamizdat is a nonprofit organization geared toward helping musicians facing artist visa issues. The group has partnered with globalFest and BBC-affiliated radio program “PRI’s The World” for a SXSW showcase featuring artists from the seven countries targeted by Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Thus far, ContraBanned: #MusicUnites includes Iranian vocalist Mamak Khadem, Iranian producer Ash Koosha, and Somali duo Faarrow. It is set to take place at the Palm Door on Sixth in Austin on March 17. ContraBanned has started a Kickstarter campaign to to cover costs of flying and...