Jordan Mackampa announced his first headline North American tour in addition to performing during SXSW 2020. He will be touring in support of his recently announced debut full length album Foreigner, out March 13 via AWAL. The album sees Jordan scaling fresh heights, adding sumptuous strings, gospel backing vocals and grime influences to his contemporary soul fused with his Congolese roots. His live show is not-to-be-missed, as seen during his recently-wrapped first North American tour supporting Amber Run. Tickets for the 2020 tour are available now and can be purchase here: https://www.jordanmackampa.com/live. Like the soul greats he grew up with,…
Author: Elicit Magazine
The indie / alternative band from El Monte, The Red Pears released “Alicia” (EP) on Cosmica Artists (LISTEN) last week. “Alicia” is an offering to the women that raised them. “We always had the idea of dedicating something to our moms, so we just thought we would dedicate this EP to them. It just felt like the right time to do it because of all of the opportunities that we have been getting and are now getting, and with all of our accomplishments to this point,” Jose Corona (drums/cofounder) says on the project title. This year those opportunities included hitting the Liberty Stage at Echo Park Rising, playing two…
On Sunday, December 22nd, Kanye West will bring his original opera Mary to New York City’s famed David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Directed by Vanessa Beecroft, Mary was first staged at Art Basel Miami, and follows Nebuchadnezzar, West’s first opera, which premiered last month at the Hollywood Bowl. Mary is an original opera, based on the biblical story of the miraculous events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. The Books of Matthew and Luke recount the story of Mary, who was divinely chosen by God to bring forth the Messiah. West’s Mary brings together elements from different worlds – including opera, fine art, modern dance, and gospel music – to create a new visual interpretation and innovative performance structure. Mary is performed by the Sunday Service collective,…
New York’s RASPBERRY BULBS — featuring members of Bone Awl and Rorschach — makes their Relapse Records debut with their highly anticipated new album, Before The Age Of Mirrors. LISTEN HERE RASPBERRY BULBS emphasizes the volatile, confrontational attitudes of punk with the discordant sounds of lo-fi black metal and inspirational fever dreams found only in weird fiction. In the band’s own words, “Equal parts paranoia, anger, and insane humor to satisfy the most cynical minds, Before The Age Of Mirrors was crafted for the times where we desperately look for a way forward and we seem, at this dazzling stage, almost prepared to step through the…
Salt Cathedral are ending the year by sharing another taste of their forthcoming debut album which will be released by Ultra Music in April 2020. “CAVIAR” is an impassioned rejection of materialism in relationships and a celebration of the liberation that comes with it. Salt Cathedral’s frontwoman Juli says, “CAVIAR is a song where I’m grateful to take emotional safety and simple pleasures over luxuries and fears in a relationship. It’s the contrast between being with someone that showers you with fancy things but is subtly emotionally abusive vs. someone who explores the simple pleasures and gives you safety. Because of personal experience, I really do have this…