One of my favorite songs of the year, a slice of soulful Soft-Rock called “Show You the Way” by experimental Jazz bassist Thundercat featuring vocals from Yacht-Rock legends Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, finally has a video! In the clip the bedreaded double amputee samurai who appeared in the video[…]
It’s been eight long months since Monday Magick graced this space with its wondrous presence. A combination of factors, including lack of time & energy, changes to my work schedule, big upheavals at home, and a fluctuation in passions, contributed to the hiatus. There have been moments along the way[…]
When veteran Hip-Hop trio De La Soul dropped their ninth full length album ‘and the Anonymous Nobody… ‘ last Summer I wasn’t trying to hear it. It was just too much of a departure from the sampladelic production aesthetic that put them on the map for me me and I[…]
Peep the surprisingly dark and horrific new video clip for my hands down favorite song at the moment, Argentine popstress Tei Shi’s sexily sadomasochistic slow-flow Electro-Funk jam “How Far”. “How Far” is from her forthcoming LP ‘Crawl Space’ which is set to hit retailers on March 31st via Downtown/Interscope. Tei[…]
A video featuring a giant space structure and a super sci-fi flavored alien witch-cult for a new millennium take on early ’90s House music is exactly the sort of weirdness I needed from Swedish Synth-Funk outfit Little Dragon right about now. “Safe” is from Little Dragon’s forthcoming fifth LP ‘Season[…]
‘the basic human need to be watched was once satisfied by god.’ So says Iranian born/Rotterdam based singer, songwriter, and visual artist Sevdaliza about the strikingly sensuous and slightly spooky visuals she’s provided to go with the slinky sonics of her single “Human”. “Human” is available now from the digital[…]
After a detour into bubbly Rhythm & Quad inspired Pop on “Superlove” Tinashe is back on her introspective psychedelic Trap & B shit with her new record “Nightride”. It’s bass-heavy, more than a little weird, and the video features some of the warped but sexy imagery that have become a[…]
Top Dawg Entertainment’s resident weirdo crooner Lance Skiiwalker continues to make what can only be described as “R&B for creeps” with his newest single and video “Lover’s Lane”. “Lover’s Lane” is from Skiiwalker’s debut release ‘Introverted Intuition’, which is out on all the usual digital platform as of this morning.[…]
When I instituted the annual month-long celebration of “Season of Witch” here on Monday Magick a few years back it was intended to unearth radical re-imaginings of the Donovan tune. Covers that turn the classic on its head, or bring something new and different to the composition. And while some of the covers[…]
Another Monday in October means another Monday Magick and another cover of Donovan’s psuedo-occult Psych-Folk chestnut “Season of the Witch” by another largely forgotten band. This week the honor falls to an outstanding take recorded by ’60s “supergroup” The Masked Marauders for their self-titled Warner Brothers Records debut. I put[…]
Worshipers at an Afro-Futurist revival kiss an Illuminati space-pyramid and then dance a ‘Soul Train’ line in the funky new video clip for LA-based beatsmith Mndsgn’s jazzy Electro-Funk single “Cosmic Perspective”. “Cosmic Perspective” is from Mndsgn’s new album ‘Body Wash’, out September 16th on Stones Throw. Mndsgn
I love it when Electronic Dance Music transcends both electronics and its focus on moving butts and exists simply as beautiful music. “Dear Ennui”, a Jazzy, piano-inflected Broken Beat/Garage tune from Hamilton, Ontario-based producer Benjamin Muñoz does both of those things well. And I absolutely love it! The Summery jam[…]
