Eva Walker

New track from Death Valley Girls from their split EP by with Le Butcherettes. deathvalleygirls.bandcamp.com

The Funkees were a rock band from east Nigeria and all the members were veterans of the Biafran War. They recorded a bunch of singles in the 70's before moving to London to record their debut album called "The Point of No Return". - www.last.fm

During the band's Woodstock '94 Music Festival performance, Primus were pelted with mud while they performed the song. About a minute into "My Name Is Mud" the band stopped playing, and Primus frontman Les Claypool said, "Well I opened a big-ass can of worms with that one, didn't I? The song is called 'My Name Is Mud', but keep the mud to yourselves, you s.o.b.": www.youtube.com

"I Confess" was a mix of Dave Wakeling's personal experiences and sensationalized stories he read in magazines. "I had a bit of an obsession with what was called 'Photo Love' in England. They were those teen magazines where they had photographs with bubbles coming out of their mouths. Broken hearts and redemption, that sort of thing. I loved the cloying, hyper-driven emotion of them, and I'd had my photograph as a pin-up in a couple of them". Wakeling then connected his "own tawdry tales of young love" with a tabloid story about a man who "had been caught having sex with his new bride's sister on their wedding day."

Happy Birthday to Roger Charlery, known professionally as Ranking Roger, and was a vocalist in the Beat (or The English Beat) and later General Public. Died: March 26, 2019, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Spiritualized are playing The Neptune on April 7th, 2022; get tickets for this all-ages show: bit.ly J. Spaceman (aka Jason Pierce) plays 16 different instruments on this upcoming album -- recorded at 11 different studios, including his home! This track was inspired by J. Spaceman’s (aka Jason Pierce) experiences in lockdown, with the frontman saying: “I felt like I’d been in training for this my whole life.” www.spiritualized.com

Going out to Ron! This track comes from their second album released in 1993 on Sub Pop! www.subpop.com

This is the first time that The Weeknd and Tyler, the Creator have collaborated on a song. “I got mad love for Tyler, the Creator, and what he’s doing right now. Tyler is funny, man,” The Weeknd said during an interview. The singer added, “He’s somebody that I really admire because he wears his feelings on his sleeve.”

Arlo Parks will perform with Clairo on The Sling Tour on Wednesday, March 23 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. tinyurl.com Parks shares, "'Softly' is a song about yearning, about how fragile you feel in the dying days of a relationship when you’re still desperately in love," shares Arlo Parks. "The song is about how it feels to brace yourself before the blow of a break up and reminisce about the days where it all felt luminous." bit.ly

A video wasn't made for this song until 1997 when it was re-released as a single. The video was directed by Carter B. Smith and recorded during the band's Relapse tour that year. Smith was working on a documentary of the tour called Three Days, but took time off to edit the new "Jane Says" video once they had enough footage. www.youtube.com

Happy Birthday to Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933. She was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who died in April 21, 2003.

Here's a link to the article that Eva discussed--"Touring While Black": americansongwriter.com --- Watch the incredible Nina Simone perform "Mississippi Goddam" live in Belgium: www.youtube.com --- Learn the story behind this powerful protest song: to.pbs.org

The soundtrack to Questlove's celebrated 2021 documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival was released today! It includes live recordings of performances from the concert series held at Marcus Garvey Park including Nina Simone, B.B. King, the 5th Dimension, the Staple Singers, Sly and the Family Stone and more. Read Pitchfork's 2021 interview with Questlove about the historical concerts and the making of this beautiful film: pitchfork.com

The latest from the Atlanta duo, their sophomore release is titled 'Ghetto God'. Check out a 2019 Pitchfork feature on the duo: pitchfork.com

saxophonist/bandleader Washington’s first new original music in nearly a year, features some of Washington’s regular collaborators, such as Brandon Coleman, Allakoi Peete, Cameron Graves, Ronald Bruner Jr., Miles Mosley, and others. -- Washington said of his new song in a press release: “The world feels turned upside down. There’s so much push and pull in every direction, from everyone you meet—no one knows what to think, who to believe, or how to approach life right now. No matter how smart you are, it’s hard not to feel blind.” kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com See Kamasi's 2016 KEXP in-studio performance here: bit.ly

STG, PDX Jazz, and KEXP present Robert Glasper (with KEXP's Vitamin D) at The Moore Theatre on Sunday, February 27th, 2022: www.stgpresents.org Robert Glasper has officially announced "Black Radio III" — it’ll arrive on February 25, almost exactly 10 years after Glasper released the first album in his Black Radio series. --

New Music from Seattle artist Claudine Magbag.

David Byrne recruited students from the Detroit School of Arts, for the singer’s celebratory “Everybody’s Coming to My House” video, a track off Byrne’s LP 'American Utopia'. Speaking about the video, Byrne said: “When I saw what the DSA students did with my song, it completely changed the way I thought of the song. In fact, it changed the meaning of the song — I realized it was about inclusion, welcoming and not being alone.' The students directed the video as well: youtu.be

New Music! 'The Alien Coast' dropped last week. The history of Birmingham Alabama forms a pivotal backbone for the new album according to frontman Paul Janeway: "The title actually came from reading about the history of the Gulf of Mexico, which is home for us. When the settlers—or invaders, really—first came to the Gulf Coast they couldn’t figure out what it was, and started referring to it as the Alien Coast. That term really stuck with me, partly because it feels almost apocalyptic." bit.ly St Paul and the Broken Bones will perform for The Alien Coast Tour in an all-ages show at The Neptune -- May 3! More tour dates: stpaulandthebrokenbones.com stpaulandthebrokenbones.bandcamp.com

Chuck D told Melody Maker in 1991: “’Can’t Truss It’ is about how the corporate world of today is just a different kind of slavery. We don’t control what we create. And because of the media, we don’t control the way we think or run our lives. We’ve got to limit working for a situation that’s other than ours. We have no ownership of anything. If you don’t own business, then you don’t have jobs. White people have jobs because they have business. They have institutions that teach them how to live in America. Black people don’t have institutions that teach them how to deal with s–t. The Number One institution that teaches you how to deal is the family, but slavery f–ked that up. So the song is about the ongoing cost of the holocaust. There was a Jewish holocaust, but there’s a black holocaust that people still choose to ignore.”

'Keep On Keepin' On' is a track from the new album 'Cold as Weiss' which is their third full-length album. Support DLO3 through their bandcamp - delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com

The first music in four years from Bellingham's own ODESZA, including the original vocal from Betty LaVette's 1965 track "Let Me Down Easy" “This song was born out of the concept of trying to bring these lasting, defining musical pieces like the 1965 release of ‘Let Me Down Easy’ by Bettye LaVette into a modern and contemporary electronic setting,” Odesza explained. “The idea of bringing two worlds together, that at first seem distant, has always been something we’ve been drawn to. It was an absolute honor to be able to work with Bettye’s voice over the course of writing the track. " odesza.bandcamp.com

Watch the official music video for Radiant Children's song "Life's a Bitch" - www.youtube.com

'Burning Down the House' was written by David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz. - www.wsj.com

Orville Peck has announced his sophomore studio album, "Bronco," out on April 8th. “This is my most impassioned and authentic album to date,” Orville remarked in a statement. “I was inspired by country rock, ’60s & ’70s psychedelic, California, and even bluegrass with everything being anchored in country. Bronco is all about being unrestrained and the culmination of a year of touring, writing in isolation and going through and ultimately emerging from a challenging personal time.” "C'mon Baby, Cry" is the lead single. Here's the video: www.youtube.com

New from illuminati hotties! This is the title track released on 2/2! illuminatihotties.bandcamp.com

“Fireworks is about resisting the race to extinction. The way life is depicted in media pits us against each other in an archaic battle over resources. If you ingest enough of the age-old tactic divide and conquer, you start thinking singularly when the reality is we are stronger together. You can be part of the race and hope for a good result for yourself or you can remove yourself from it and work together to find ways of living that are sustainable for everyone” tresleches.bandcamp.com

Before hitting the studio, Idles had brought in prolific hip-hop producer Kenny Beats (Rico Nasty, Vince Staples), looking for a collaborator to support them in their push beyond their own boundaries. Kenny is an Idles fan himself — he calls them the greatest band in the world — and he went on to co-produce Crawler with Idles guitarist Mark Bowen. What came out of their collaborations was an eclectic mix of more familiar heavy rock songs, along with electronic-tinged tracks like intro “MTT 420 RR,” and the beautiful Motown-style soul of single “The Beachland Ballroom.” “We’re not some flatline band that plays the same song over and over again. We explore our passion for different genres all the time,” frontman Joe Talbot says. “But with this one, with Kenny and because of the grace of time and an allowance to reflect on things, this was a more playful and indulgent album where we got to really get into what we truly love, which is not just rock & roll.” Kenny got to the studio 10 days ahead of the band to quarantine; that same week, he found out his father was diagnosed with cancer. Spending those isolated days in Bath with a 27-hour playlist the band gave him featuring music that was inspiring them, while also fielding calls with his family and doctors, he ended up finding the two weeks of recording with the band that followed to be a cathartic escap. “I decided that soon as they got there, I wasn’t going to do anything other than make this a classic fucking record,” Kenny says. “If I were anywhere else in the world except making this record with this band, I might have had a breakdown.” bit.ly

Half Asian / half Latinx. Two sisters, a cousin, and their close friend. The Linda Lindas channel the spirit of original punk, power pop, and new wave through today's ears, eyes, and minds. thelindalindas.bandcamp.com

Fantastic Negrito has returned with details of his forthcoming album and companion film 'White Jesus Black Problems,' and has unveiled "Highest Bidder" as the first single. He says of the new release, "That song’s as true today as it’s ever been. The Egyptians, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Americans, everything goes to the highest bidder. It’s human nature. People always want to have the best. It’s all predicated on extracting the most out of other people for the least. In this country, we worship billionaires while parts of some cities look like what we’d call the third world. I’m trying to convey what I see when I walk down the street here in Oakland." bit.ly youtu.be

Bass guitarist Bootsy Collins recalled: "One night in D.C. some guys start shouting, 'One nation! One nation! One Nation Under a Groove!' When you've got fresh musicians around you, you can take that hook line and really make something. George's thing was, 'It don't matter how many hooks you put in. Don't matter! Put them all in there.' So, on that song, you've got 'One Nation Under a Groove... Feet don't fail me now,' all that." -- Here are 25 wonderful (but grainy) video minutes of a live performance of "One Nation Under a Groove," recorded in 1978:

The title for Curtis Harding's 2021 third album comes from something his mother once told him: “Give me flowers while I’m still here.” “Nina Simone said that it’s an artist’s job to reflect the times,” he says of his new material. “I think it’s important to live in the moment. If you do that and you’re honest and vulnerable, you can reach the people that need to be reached.” curtisharding.com curtisharding.bandcamp.com

New Superchunk record features Norman Blake & Raymond McGinley of Teenage Fanclub on this cut as well as Owen Pallett, Sharon Van Etten, Tracyanne Campbell and more! “‘Endless Summer’ was written on New Year’s Day 2020 which was unseasonably warm here in North Carolina. Of course, by the time we recorded it, ‘endless summer’ had other meanings,” bandleader Mac McCaughan explained in a statement about the single. bit.ly superchunk.bandcamp.com

Lead single for his new album "Melt My Eyez, See Your Future". Denzel Curry is playing at the Showbox on Monday. April 4. denzelcurry.com

"Interestingly enough, this song is the b-side to the Black Widow Spider single, which was released only in Japan via Big Love Records," says A. Savage. "The music was recorded during the sessions for 'Sympathy for Life,' but it was left unfinished. I recorded the vocals on my own to sort of keep from going stir crazy that first lockdown summer. Apologies to my neighbors for the long afternoon spent screaming these vocals in my bedroom." bit.ly parquetcourts.bandcamp.com Parquet Courts will perform live at Showbox at the Market on April 22 - tinyurl.com