[Video] Charles Bradley Announces Tour
The "Screaming Eagle of Soul Music" himself, Charles Bradley is one of the my favorite, and most refreshing stories of making it against the world's forces. The 65-year-old crooner has found success late in his life, garnering attention at 2011 SXSW on the strength of his debut project, No Time For Dreaming and a rousing string of performances. Last year he followed that up with the critically-acclaimed Victim of Love, continuing to show a lost generation the ways of soul. Yesterday Bradley announced his touring plans for 2014 alongside a video of him performing his song, "Confusion" live on Soundcheck. Tour dates can be found after the video.
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Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires Tour Dates
Feb 05 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
Feb 06 Providence, RI - The Columbus Theatre
Feb 07 Boston, MA - House of Blues (with Galactic)
Feb 08 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory (with Galactic)
Feb 22 Wellington, New Zealand - NZ Festival (James Cabaret)
Feb 23 Wellington, New Zealand - NZ Festival (James Cabaret)
Feb 25 Perth, Australia - Perth Festival
Feb 28 Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Festival (Free Opening Night Festival)
Mar 01 Canberra, Australia - National Portrait Gallery (Enlighten Canberra - FREE)
Mar 02 Sydney, Australia - The Basement
Mar 03 Sydney, Australia - The Basement
Mar 04 Brisbane, Australia - The HiFi
Mar 06 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
Mar 07 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Zoo Twilights
Mar 08 Meredith, VIC, Australia - The Golden Plains Festival
Mar 09 North East Tasmania, Australia - Panama Fest
Mar 12 Singapore - Mosaic Music Festival
Apr 22 Cleveland, OH - The Beachland Ballroom
Apr 23 Ann Arbor, MI - The Blind Pig
Apr 24 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
Apr 25 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
Apr 30 Austin, TX - Stubb’s
May 01 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
May 02 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 03 Houston, TX - Houston International Festival
May 09 - May 11 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Music Festival
May 15 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
May 17 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
May 18 Dana Point, CA - Doheny Blues Festival
May 29 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
[Video] Tree: "Like Whoa"
Chicago's own MC Tree has been busy as hell lately. The creator of the sub-genre known as "Soul Trap" teamed up with Scion last month to drop the seven song @MCTREEG EP, yesterday dropped, "More Than You Know" a gem that he'd been sitting on for a minute via Closed Sessions and today, the raspy-voiced producer/rapper returns with a fresh visual for his track, "Like Whoa" off the @MCTREEG EP. The video is shot in Tree's hometown and follows him as he crisscrosses the city in the dark days of winter as he continues a smart relationship with Scion AV. Check out the full video for "Like Whoa" below.
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[RH First Glance] DENA: "Bad Timing"
DENA is described as a "Berlin-via-Bulgaria heartthrob" with a "post-ironic take on R&B." Those are big words for an artist still finding her lane, but the eclectic, sultry songstress isn't so much a breath of fresh air as it is an easy illustration of a feeling; essentially what every artist should be striving for. "Bad Timing", with DENA's dry, literal vocals accented by well-timed harmonies, takes the listener through exactly what it's like to meet someone that seems so right, except for the situation in which the rendezvous took place.
Everyone's been there, not everyone can ruminate on the emotion the way she does here. The accented black and white visual accompaniment plays on the themes of the writing wonderfully, adding an appropriate medium from which to further understand both the artist and her message. The video is her first from her upcoming album, Flash, due out March 12 on K7. Check out the video for "Bad Timing" below.
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[Video] Big Sean: "Ashley"
Big Sean has a well-d0cumented love affair with his current beau, Glee star Naya Rivera, whom he is currently engaged to be married. But, before Naya, there was Ashley. Allegedly the name of his former longtime girlfriend back in his hometown of Detroit, the song and the video detail a love lost, a relationship gone, a tell-tale heart of a track that examines feelings still held for another. Featuring Miguel and shot by directorial outfit Verluxe, both the visual and audio components of the working comes together flawlessly to create a world Sean seemingly existed in before meeting the current woman of his dream. Watch it all, streaming here below.
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[Video] Justin Bieber: "Confident" (Feat. Chance The Rapper)
Welp, it's here. Chance and the Biebs got together on "Confident" at the beginning of December and it was just a matter of time before the collaboration got a visual component. Shot in Los Angeles while Chance The Rapper was in the midst of a move, Justin Bieber does his best impression of Michael Jackson in the somewhat-theatrical music video that tails Bieber as he lusts after a girl buying Takis. "Takis? I'd like to Takis to you on the phone." Smooth Justin. He then dances after her and she jumps on a motorcycle, but then gets out of a car. I don't know. Anyway, great timing for Chance to link his name with Bieber, now that the Canadian heartthrob has found himself on the front of every website and news outlet for his egg-tossing and speeding that has led him to hideout in Panama with Usher. Crazy. Anyway, check out the video below.
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[Video] Roman Flowrs: "More Than Enough"
Roman Flowrs made a name for himself this past summer with the mixtape, #OneHellofaPromo, which caught listeners' ears with his silky flow and careful lyricism that has come to be a mark of a certain side of the Chicago scene not labeled "Drill". Tomorrow, he plays at Subterranean in his hometown, but last night the young artist dropped the video for his track "More Than Enough," which operated as a hidden track on Roman's last release. Check out the latest from Roman Flowrs, streaming below.
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[Video] ShowYouSuck: "80s Boobs"
Chicago's own ShowYouSuck meant business in 2013, and followed that up by releasing a gang of projects, the last of which, Dude Bro may be his most polished to date. The Closed Sessions' release dropped its latest video in support of the project, this one for the highly-anticipated "80s Boobs". The J. Arthur-produced track appropriately calls to mind the decade with the high synth use and the black and white visual is a simple affair, with translation subtitles rolling across the bottom while bras seem to be stocked in front of Show. The neon camera flares add a subtle 80s aesthetic to the video, shot by Addison Wright and J. Frank. In the end, the only nipples in the video are Show's, and he burns a bra. See it all for yourself, streaming below.
[Video] Polica: "I Need $ / So Leave"
Polica made a name for itself over the course of the past calendar on the strength of their 2013 release, Shulamith, which lead off with the memorable single, "Tiff" featuring Bon Iver himself, Justin Vernon. The album vaulted the synth pop act from Minneapolis, Minn., to national recognition seemingly overnight. Today, the pair of Ryan Olson and Channy Leaneagh decided to start the new year off right with a visual offering for a pair of tracks, unabashedly titled "I Need $" & "So Leave". Leaneagh straddles two roles in the video, as a hotel maid and herself, check out the full video streaming here below.