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May 13, 2015

Tech N9ne Tops Charts With Special Effects

Tech N9ne’s Special Effects album debuted as the #1 Rap Album, the #2 Independent Album and the #4 Album overall on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. This marks the fourth time one of the Kansas City rapper’s albums has earned that distinction. Special Effects sold 66,087units during the sales week ending May 10, making this his greatest first week of sales in his career.

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May 13, 2015

Mbongwana Star’s “Malukayi” Debuts

Noisey premieres newly formed Congolese seven-piece band Mbongwana Star’s debut full-length album, From Kinshasa—out May 19 on World Circuit and distributed in North America by Nonesuch Records—calling it “eclectically awesome” and praising its “gleeful mish-mash of genres,” and referring to the band as “the Congolese septet who stitch together bombastic African rhythms with lithe guitars and sinuous basslines to make your body bang.” Listen to the album in its entirety HERE. The album is also available for pre-order on iTunes and at nonesuch.com with an instant download of the debut single, “Malukayi (feat. Konono No.1).” Check out the video for the track, which underground music site Boiler Room praises for its “…eerie postpunk-sounding guitar work, and an altogether unique vibe” on YouTube here. The band is on tour now in Europe—see below for full tour itinerary.

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May 13, 2015

Chappo Introduces Future Former Self

Votiv Music and New York City-based indie rock band CHAPPO are proud to announce the release of the band’s new album, Future Former Self (on iTunes). Out now, Future Former Self is the band’s sophomore LP and a cosmic body of work where the members of CHAPPO explore the abstract nature of time and the experience it has on the perception of reality. In CHAPPO’s world, the concept of time is twisted hopelessly out of focus. Like Rene, the character at the center of this interstellar journey that is Future Former Self, the band seems to have recently traveled back from a distant black hole, bringing with them a kaleidoscope of new and mesmerizing sounds. Check out a full stream of Future Former Self via Baeble Music HERE.

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May 13, 2015

The Glitch Mob Bows X Games Anthem

June 4th through 7th, electronic/rock trio The Glitch Mob will be headlining at X Games Austin 2015 alongside Nicki Minaj and recently-announced headliners Metallica. To prepare the masses for this titanic clash of music and action sports, The Glitch Mob have just released a fiery remix of Metallica’s “Lords of Summer,” which is being used as X Games Austin 2015’s official anthem and is featured in the ad campaign for the event that launched this week. It will also be integrated into the ABC and ESPN telecasts and The Glitch Mob’s Sunday performance at Circuit of The Americas.

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May 13, 2015

Jenn Grant’s Compostela Streams

Award-winning artist Jenn Grant’s forthcoming studio album, Compostela, is set for independent release on JGM in the U.S. on May 19 and is now streaming in its entirety at PopMatters. Grant’s U.S. tour in support of the album kicks off on June 2—see below for confirmed dates. The Canadian artist recently unveiled a brand new music video for “Wild Animal.” “The song is a perfect representation of Grant’s inherent talents,” Diffuser.FM says of the track, “her pristine vocals are built on top of beautiful musical arrangements, making for a song that will no doubt find you hitting ‘repeat’ multiple times.”

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