Out today, Tears of Injustice is the acoustic version of Mdou Moctar’s Funeral for Justice. It is an evolution of the band’s critically-adored breakout – the meditative mirror image to the blistering original. The band has also shared a new live session ‘The Agadez Folders: Live at Mdou’s House’, premiering at 4pm today AEDT. The 20-minute performance features three songs – ‘Takoba,’ ‘Modern Slaves,’ and ‘Funeral For Justice’ – filmed...
Tears of Injustice, the acoustic version of Funeral for Justice, will be released on February 28th. Until then, Mdou Moctar share ‘Takoba (Injustice Version)’, out now accompanied with a translated lyric video. Watch below. In its original arrangement, the song gradually unspooled into an epic crescendo of interlocking guitar solos. On Tears the quartet delivers a more intimate and hypnotic read on the song, foregrounding traditional percussion and call-and-response vocals. ...
MTV Australia today confirmed Courtney Barnett will return home as the next act to perform in the critically acclaimed MTV Unplugged Melbourne concert series in 2019. The Melbourne-based singer/songwriter will become the next Australian artist to be featured on MTV Unplugged Melbourne, joining Gang of Youths, Amy Shark, DMA’S and The Rubens, who have all taken to the stage with stellar stripped-back performances. Barnett said, “I’m looking forward to coming...
Steve Gunn has shared the second single ‘Stonehurst Cowboy’ from his upcoming album The Unseen In Between, out January 18. The accompanying acoustic video was shot in London and directed by Craig McNeil. Watch below! The song is the emotional centrepiece of the album, a duet between Gunn’s raw acoustic guitar and spare basslines by Bob Dylan’s musical director Tony Garnier who is featured throughout the album. The lyrics distill the lessons Gunn...
Having left a trail of ecstatically exhausted fans in its wake from Niagara Falls to Australia, Queens Of The Stone Age’s world tour in support of their seventh album Villains has careened to a triumphant finish in Perth with its 129th show. As the tour came to a close, fans in Tasmania were treated to an intimate one-off acoustic set at MONA in Hobart – a benefit that generated $10,000 matched...
