Master P’s life story is headed for the big screen. The rapper’s biopic, King of the South, will begin shooting in his native New Orleans this summer, with Queen Latifah and The Wire’s Wendell Pierce slated to participate, according to a press release (via The Fader). There will be a casting call for New Orleans natives in Gretna, Louisiana on April 4. According to the film's website, they are looking for actors to play Master P, Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, Mia X and others. “I would like to give New Orleans natives an opportunity to play major roles in this film, I want the movie to have an authentic feel,” Master P said in a statement. “I believe there are so many talented actors and actresses that just need a shot.”
“The timing is right for me to tell my story, it was tough back then especially being from the South, New Orleans was the murder capital at the time,” Master P said. “I want others to learn from my mistakes and understand my work ethic of never giving up, no matter what it may look like.”
Master P was recently featured on Solange's 2016 LP, A Seat at the Table, speaking about his lengthy career and No Limit’s success.
LCD Soundsystem have announced a new Brooklyn residency at the new venue Brooklyn Steel. The band will perform one show each night from April 6-11. See a poster for the performances below. LCD’s shows mark the first concerts at Brooklyn Steel, which is the latest concert venue from the Bowery Presents, the longstanding New York promotions organization that was recently acquired by entertainment company AEG.
Lorde recently made an appearance on “The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw” on BBC Radio 1, where host Nick Grimshaw asked her about her affinity for Cadbury Creme Eggs. “I love to indulge in a Creme Egg, and I’ve been in America and the chocolate is not very good in America,” she said in a hushed tone. “I was excited to come to the UK and snack on a little Creme Egg.” Lorde and Grimshaw then go on to sing her new single “Green Light” together, swapping out the lyrics for new lines about the confection. As you might have already guessed, the new chorus goes: “I’m waiting for it, that Creme Egg, I want it.” Watch that go down below. Lorde’s new album Melodrama is due out June 16.
Calvin Harris has announced his next new song. It’s called “Heatstroke” and it features Young Thug, Pharrell Williams, and Ariana Grande. There are also additional vocals from Starrah, who cowrote the song. The track will follow Harris’ collaboration with Frank Ocean and Migos, “Slide.” There is not yet a release date for “Heatstroke.” Check out its single artwork below.
The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey have a storied collaborative history, with the latter appearing on the Canadian crooner’s albums Beauty Behind the Madness (on “Prisoner”) and Starboy(on “Party Monster” and “Stargirl Interlude.”) Now, the database for music publishing rights organization ASCAP reveals that the Weeknd has returned the favor, writing on a new Lana Del Rey song titled “Lust for Life.” Lana recently teased the collaboration, tweeting out “X💕O.”
Lana Del Rey is readying a new LP—the follow-up to 2015’s Honeymoon. In a recent interview, she said “it’s just a little more socially aware.” Thus far, she’s released the single “Love.” Check out its music video below.
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has been tapped for a new TV series based around the advent of acid house and rave culture, as Fact reports. “Ibiza87”will be “loosely” inspired by the the antics and burgeoning careers of DJs Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling. All three of the DJs are involved as well, curating an acid house soundtrack for the new series. “I’m very excited about this project. As you know, it ties in with the 30-year anniversary of our trip to Ibiza and what followed thereafter; the birth of the dance music club and festival scene as we know it today,” Oakenfold said in a statement. “It’s great to celebrate with this project as well as my world tour this year which is about just that, three generations of dance music.”
Animal Collective have announced a string of new tour dates for this summer. New shows in California, Wyoming, Washington, and more have been announced. Check out the band’s most updated itinerary below. It also includes shows with Fleet Foxes at Merriweather Post Pavilion (the namesake of Animal Collective’s excellent 2009 album) in Maryland and Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Pennsylvania. Animal Collective’s last album Painting With arrived last year.
Animal Collective:
05-17 Charleston, SC - Music Farm
05-18 Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine
05-18-19 Durham, NC - Moogfest
05-20 Charlottesville, VA - The Jefferson Theater
05-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-23 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
05-24 Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
05-26 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
05-27 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre
05-28 Toronto, Ontario - The Danforth Music Hall
06-24 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
06-25 Mountain View, CA - ID10T Festival
06-27 Jackson, WY - Pink Garter Theatre
06-28 Missoula, MT - The Wilma Theatre
06-29 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
07-29 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion^
07-31 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts^
^ with Fleet Foxes
We’re excited to announce more shows for this summer. Presale begins tomorrow (3/29) at 10am local time. General on sale this Friday (3/31) http://pic.twitter.com/SonvHaKr3q
In 2014, the life and career of Mavis Staples was celebrated in a massive hometown tribute concert in Chicago called “I'll Take You There: Celebrating 75 Years of Mavis Staples.” The lineup featured Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, and many more. Now, footage from that performance is being aired in a new TV special, which debuts April 16 at 10 p.m. ET on AXS TV. The performance will also be released as a CD/DVD set, titled Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There – An All-Star Concert Celebration, due out June 2 (via Blackbird Presents Records). Below, watch Staples and the guest performers cover the Band’s “The Weight.” Scroll down for the album’s tracklist.
Mavis Staples recently featured on Arcade Fire’s new single “I Give You Power.” She is also set to appear on Gorillaz’s new record, Humanz.
Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There – An All-Star Concert Celebration:
01 Joan Osborne: “You’re Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)”
02 Keb’ Mo’: “Heavy Makes You Happy”
03 Otis Clay: “I Ain’t Raisin’ No Sand”
04 Buddy Miller: Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus)”
05 Patty Griffin: “Waiting for My Child”
06 Emmylou Harris: “Far Celestial Shore”
07 Michael McDonald: “Freedom Highway”
08 Glen Hansard: “People Get Ready”
09 Mavis Staples & Aaron Neville: “Respect Yourself”
10 Ryan Bingham: “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)”
11 Widespread Panic: “Hope in a Hopeless World”
12 Grace Potter: “Grandma’s Hands”
13 Eric Church: “Eyes on the Prize”
14 Taj Mahal: “Wade in the Water”
15 Gregg Allman: “Have a Little Faith”
16 Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt: “Turn Me Around”
17 Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Majal & Greg Allman: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
18 Mavis Staples, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne: “Slippery People”
19 Mavis Staples & Tweedy: “You Are Not Alone”
20 Mavis Staples: “I’ll Take You There”
21 Mavis Staples & Everybody: “The Weight”
Sampha was the guest on BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” this morning, where he covered Drake’s “Controlla.” He also played his Process track “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano.” Listen here, starting at the two-hour mark. The “Controlla” cover begins at 2:14:17. Sampha recently appeared on Drake’s More Life track “4422.”
Revisit Sampha’s Rising interview and, below, the trailer for his Process companion film.
M.I.A. is curating the lineup for this year’s Meltdown festival in London. Today, she’s announced the first batch of artists. In addition to her festival-closing set, performers include Crystal Castles, Mykki Blanco, Young M.A, Young Fathers, Yung Lean, Tommy Genesis, JD Samson, Afrikan Boy, MHD, Mr Eazi, I Wayne, and Dexta Daps. The fest runs from June 9-18. Last month, M.I.A. publicly askedRadiohead to perform, while admitting that it’s “a long shot, but I live for long shots.” See full festival details here.
The soundtrack for the HBO drama series “Big Little Lies” has been announced. Out this Friday, Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series features music played throughout the season, including songs by Alabama Shakes (“This Feeling”), Charles Bradley (“Victim of Love,” “Changes”), Leon Bridges (“River”), Agnes Obel (“September Song”), Villagers (“Nothing Arrived”), and more. The show, about a tranquil seaside town that dramatically unravels, premiered last month. Talking about show director Jean-Marc Vallée, music supervisor Susan Jacobs said in a press release, “Jean-Marc uses music like Jackson Pollock used paint. There is a lot of truth in the music of Big Little Lies.”
Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series:
01 Michael Kiwanuka: “Cold Little Heart” 02 Charles Bradley: “Victim of Love” 03 Martha Wainwright: “Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole” 04 Leon Bridges: “River” 05 Kinny: “Queen of Boredness” [ft. Diesler] 06 Agnes Obel: “September Song” 07 Alabama Shakes: “This Feeling” 08 Charles Bradley: “Changes” 09 Irma Thomas: “Straight From the Heart” 10 Villagers: “Nothing Arrived” (Live From Spotify London) 11 Zoë Kravitz: “Don’t” 12 Conor O’Brien: “The Wonder of You” 13 Daniel Agee: “How’s the World Treating You” 14 Ituana: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
Earlier this year, Slowdivereturned with their first new song in 22 years, “Star Roving.” Today, they’ve announced their new album. Slowdive, the follow-up to 1995’s Pygmalion, is out May 5 via Dead Oceans. They have also shared a video for a new song, “Sugar for the Pill.” The clip, produced by in/out, is inspired by the Slowdive album art, which is a still from Harry Smith’s avant-garde 1957 film Heaven and Earth Magic. Find the video, album art, and tracklist below, along with the band’s upcoming tour dates. Additionally, Slowdive have announced a surprise performance at The Garage in London. They will will live stream the show on Facebook tomorrow (March 29) at 4 p.m. Eastern time.
Slowdive was recorded at the Courtyard in Oxfordshire and mixed at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound by Chris Coady. In a press statement, the band’s principal songwriter, Neil Halstead, says, “When you’re in a band and you do three records, there’s a continuous flow and a development. For us, that flow re-started with us playing live again and that has continued into the record.”
Slowdive reunited for a 2014 tour (which including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival), and have been working on new material since. Speculation arose about a possible return for the band when they posted a mysterious teaser video early this year. When they released “Star Roving,” Halstead teased that it was “part of a bunch of new tracks.”
Slowdive:
01 Slomo
02 Star Roving
03 Don’t Know Why
04 Sugar for the Pill
05 Everyone Knows
06 No Longer Making Times
07 Go Get It
08 Falling Ashes
Slowdive:
03-28 Liverpool, England - Art Club
03-29 London, England - The Garage
03-30 Bristol, England - The Fleece
03-31 The Hague, Netherlands - Rewire Festival
04-02 Paris, France - Trabendo
04-03 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal
04-30 Fort Worth, TX - Fortress Festival
05-02 St. Paul, MN - Palace Theater * 05-03 Chicago, IL - Vic Theater * 05-05 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall * 05-07 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club * 05-08 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
05-09 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
05-10 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
05-11 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
05-13 Santiago, Chile - Fauna Otono
05-14 São Paulo, Brazil - Balaclava Fest
06-02 London, England - O2 Academy
06-03 London, England - Field Day 2017 @ Victoria Park
06-16-18 Mannheim, Germany - Maifeld Derby
07-07 Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool Festival
07-21-23 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
08-31 Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
The handwritten journals of Jeff Buckley will be published for the first time in a new book titled Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice, as Rolling Stone reports. It’s due out in spring 2019 and will feature letters, lyrics, and photographs from Buckley. His Own Words will be compiled and edited by Buckley’s mother Mary Guibert and writer David Fricke. “In choosing these pages to share with the world, I’m giving him the chance to speak with his own voice, for the record... and for his fans to see what a sweet, funny, amazing human being he was,” Guibert said in a statement. An audiobook edition of His Own Voice will feature unreleased recordings, including Buckley’s outgoing voicemail message and his list of “100 things to do.” According to Rolling Stone, another set of archival studio material, following last year’s You & I, is also due for release from the Buckley estate.
Drake cancellation his tour stop in the Netherlands at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam tonight, with the announcement coming after doors had already opened and the arena was full of concertgoers. According to the promoter who came on stage to announce Drake’s cancellation, he fell ill and was under doctor’s orders not to performance. The show has been moved to Wednesday, March 29. Drake had performances in Amsterdam originally scheduled for January 20 and 21, and then moved to January 26 and 27 before being postponed another time to March 27 and 28. (Two other shows in Amsterdam, rescheduled to January 28 and February 26, went on as planned.) Drake’s most recent project, More Life, recently topped the Billboard chart and set a new streaming record. Pitchfork has reached out to his representatives for comment.
crowds reaction after we waited 75 mins without announcement and then drake cancelled his show for the third time because he's "sick" http://pic.twitter.com/3DNarG7M4X
Whitney has announced a new 12” covering ’70s Dutch band Lion’s “You’ve Got a Woman” and Dolly Parton’s “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can).” The new release follows the band’s 2016 LP Light Upon the Lake. It’s available digitally now and on vinyl June 2 via Secretly Canadian. Listen to both tracks below. The band has also announced new tour dates, including shows with Phoenix. Find their itinerary below as well.
04-01 Iowa City, IA - The Mill
04-02 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
04-03 Fargo, ND - Aquarium
04-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba - WECC
04-06 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos
04-07 Edmonton, Alberta - Needle
04-08 Calgary, Alberta - Commonwealth
04-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret
04-11 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-12 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
04-13 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
04-14 Sonoma, CA - Gundlach Bundschu Winery
04-16 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-17-19 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
04-20 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
04-22 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
04-23 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-25 Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
04-27 Houston, TX - Secret Group
04-28 New Orleans, LA - Tulane University
04-29 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
04-29-30 Ft. Worth, TX - Fortress Fest
05-01 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
05-06 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College
05-07 Bloomington, IL - The Castle Theater
05-08 Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird
05-09 St Louis, MO - Delmar Hall Wed.
05-10 Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's
05-12 Miami, FL - Fillmore*
05-13 Orlando, FL - House of Blues*
05-14 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival
05-15 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium*
05-16 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle Main
05-20 Washington, DC - 930
05-22 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
05-24 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
05-26-May 28 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling
05-27 Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios - Midnight Ramble
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06-03 London, England - Field Day
06-04 Manchester, England - The Ritz
06-05 Milan, Italy - Magnolia
06-06 Turin, Italy - Astoria
06-07 Rome, Italy - Monk
06-08 Bologna, Italy - Biografilm
06-09 Porto, Portugal - Optimus Primavera Sound Porto
06-11 Nimes, France - This Is Not A Love Song Festival
06-14 Bergen, Norway - Bergenfest
06-15 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
06-17 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret Festival
06-18 Mannheim, Germany - Maifeld Derby
06-22 Oslo, Norway - Piknik I Parken
06-27 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
06-28 Paris, France - Café De La Dance
06-29 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-14-16 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07-21-23 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival
07-21-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-28 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
08-03-06 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza Music Festival
08-04-06 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music And Arts Festival
08-19-20 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
