The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Kerri Chandler's DJ sets are a sight to behold.
24.02.2023 - 02:53 / thefader.com
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist.
When you envision a phoenix rising from the ashes, do you imagine a creature letting out a triumphant bellow or simply brushing the dirt off its shoulder? Madison McFerrin takes the latter tack on "(Please Don't) Leave Me Now," the second single from the soul-pop artist's upcoming debut album I Hope You Can Forgive Me. After emerging physically unscathed from a serious car injury, McFerrin threw herself into songwriting and reckoned with her incinerated views on life's flimsy guarantees.
Read Next: Madison McFerrin’s jazzy soul music is good for you Crucially, McFerrin doesn't lose any of the unforced feel-goodness that helped her breakthrough with 2019's You + I EP, though her focus has shifted. That project was Brainfeeder-adjacent with beat scene loops undergirding McFerrin's commanding presence ("Know You Better," an almost-acapella track that became one of her best-known songs, is the exception).
With her new song, McFerrin sounds more determined than ever to transition from the moody clubs and onto a grander stage. "(Please Don't)" boasts a disco heart beneath its plush soul exterior, a burst of warmth as McFerrin wraps icily existential questions in the package of a decaying relationship.
Still, as McFerrin coos the song's title in the hook, she never gives anything less than the impression of an artist who can handle whatever's thrown at her. She may even make it into a great song.
.The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Kerri Chandler's DJ sets are a sight to behold.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag admitted that he was pleased with Jadon Sancho's contributions from the attacking-midfield position during Sunday's goalless draw with Southampton at Old Trafford.
Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Sunday, March 12.
If you needed another reason not to get on Karin Dreijer’s bad side, look no further than “Even It Out.” The deliciously venomous cut from Radical Romantics, their brand new third studio album as Fever Ray, comes with a music video that ups the ante considerably. “This is for Zacharias / Who bullied my kid in high school,” Dreijer sings, their voice pulsing with an anger that’s crossed over into deranged ecstasy. “There’s no room for you / And we know where you live.” The song’s disturbing nature is belied by its ultra-catchiness, its anthemic and arena-ready instrumental, and the woo-hoos Dreijer injects into the track at key points (often after an especially maniacal lyric).
Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos are high fashion. The couple enjoyed the Versace fashion show on Thursday, where they sat in the front row.Versace held its fall 2023 fashion show at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, and it was a star-studded affair.
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Let’s get this out of the way: there will likely not be a harder project title this year than Songs For Women, Free Game for N*****.
The FADER is returning to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest this weekend after three years away. We’re teaming up with Porsche for three consecutive nights of music at their Porsche X venue at 400 Congress Avenue, starting Friday, March 10, and running through the weekend.
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. NOIA’s music occupies a space somewhere between comfort and horror, like a leather glove that slides easily onto the hand but renders the fingers slippery and unnatural.
yeule’s music comes from a distinctly posthumanist perspective. So it’s only fitting that the remixes they’re so often tapped to make end up sounding more like full-on recreations, stripped for parts and rebuilt in the Singapore-born, London-based artist’s own cyborgian image. Premiering on The FADER today (March 1) is yeule’s take on “EASY PREY” — a track from Moderat’s 2022 album MORE D4TA — reimagined in collaboration with Kin Leonn (a fellow Singapore-born, London-based electronic experimentalist).
Diane Warren and Sofia Carson will perform Warren’s nominated song “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.” Fresh off her Super Bowl Halftime Show appearance, Rihanna will perform her own Original Song nominee “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” And most recently, the organization shared that David Byrne and Son Lux would perform nominated song “This Is a Life,” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” with Best Supporting Actress nominee Stephanie Hsu.While it remains unclear if each Best Original Song nominee will be featured with a live version during the Academy Awards ceremony, a person with knowledge of the situation recently told TheWrap that it was likely all the songs would be performed on the show.
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. It’s always tricky to traffic in tropes.
Leicester City midfielder James Maddison reaggravated an ongoing knee issue during the 3-0 defeat against Manchester United and need to assess the player's fitness ahead of the weekend's match against Arsenal.
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Happy Mardi Gras! If you’re lucky enough to be in New Orleans today, stop reading this and head down to Claiborne and Esplanade, where Juvenile will be performing his quadruple-platinum classic 1998 album 400 Degreez in full starting at 4 p.m.
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. William Richard Guy grew up in Kansas, where he was plagued by run-ins with the law before marrying at 18 and enlisting in the Vietnam War.