Thundercat: "Bowzer's Ballad" + North American Tour

Bass-guru Thundercat returned earlier this year with his album, Apocalypse, which put him back at the forefront of experimental music. Today he gives us his latest, "Bowzer's Ballad", an ode to Nintendo owner Hiroshi Yamauchi who passed away last week. Along with the track, Thundercat announced his North American tour which will begin November 13 in San Francisco. Tonight he will be playing onstage with The Roots for a performance at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Check it all out below.

Thundercat - "Bowzer's Ballad"

Tour Dates

Nov 13 San Francisco, CA - The Independent

Nov 14 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar

Nov 16 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club

Nov 17 Seattle, WA - Barboza

Nov 19 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge

Nov 21 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern

Nov 22 Toronto, ON – Wrong Bar

Nov 23 Montreal, QC – Le Belmont

Nov 24 Boston, MA – The Sinclair

Nov 25 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

Nov 26 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall

Dec 05 Los Angeles, CA – The Echoplex


[Video] Kanye West: "Bound 2" on Jimmy Fallon

Right on the heels of his announcement of a Yeezus tour, Ye' unexpectedly stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform "Bound 2" live for the first time. In his now-signature kilt over leather pants, Kanye, as usual went big with Charlie Wilson singing the hook live and backing from a children's choir, and The Roots. Of course, where there's Kanye, there's usually controversy and the Fallon set was no exception as West changed the opening lines of the song to apparently poke fun at beau Kim Kardashian's ex, Ray-J, rhyming: "Brandy's little sister lame, man, he know it now/When a real brother hold you down you supposed to drown." Interesting.  For his part, Fallon has made himself a pop-culture icon from his late night desk by connecting with viewers through music, without The Roots as his house band it's not totally certain he would have made it out of his first season, and this Kanye performance adds to the growing list of great acts to grace the late night stage with electrifying live sets. Video below.

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The Clipse: "Popular Demand" and "Grindin'" On Jimmy Fallon

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The Clipse performed on Jimmy Fallon last night.  And being the clever duo that they are, they hit the audience with something classic and something new.  Pusha T and Malice performed "Popular Demand" and "Grindin'" with The Roots, who serve as the House Band for Fallon, for those unfamiliar.  See the videos below.
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