It's the collaboration one had to expect would happen eventually. As part of the BRAINFEEDER 10th anniversary collection, BRAINFEEDER X, celebrating a decade of releasing their particular brand of melding genres, producer Flying Lotus, bassist/vocalist Thundercat, and Canadian quartet BADBADNOTGOOD have released a song together, "King of the Hill". It'll all be part of the … [Read more...]
Thundercat – “Show You The Way” (Video)
Bassist Thundercat's Drunk, released earlier this year on Brainfeeder, is still very much a dope album. To remind you of its dopeness, that wacko has released yet another music video, this time for the yacht rock single, "Show You the Way" featuring Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald. On top of that, the video concept is a sequel to the "Them Changes" video. Altogether, it's … [Read more...]
Thundercat – ‘Drunk’
Early on his latest album, Drunk, on the song "Bus in These Streets" (written alongside Louis Cole), bassist/singer/personality Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner notes that he's "out here doing the most". Thundercat's third album on the Brainfeeder label does a lot of things, and "the most" is the best descriptor. In the DVD audio commentary of Martin Scorsese's Casino, editor … [Read more...]
Thundercat – “Show You The Way” feat. Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (Stream)
Two of the brothers Bruner are both soon to release new albums. While drummer/Grammy winner Ronald Bruner Jr. will be releasing his debut album, Triumph on March 3rd, the talk of the town is, of course, bassist Thundercat who is set to release his third album, Drunk, on February 24 on Brainfeeder. It's an album featuring Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Kamasi Washington, and, of course … [Read more...]
Thundercat Performs “Them Changes” on ‘Why? With Hannibal Buress’
It was sort of a foregone conclusion that Thundercat would play Hannibal Buress' Comedy Central show. I mean, Flying Lotus is the house DJ (though, as he notes in the first segment of last night's episode, he doesn't get to play much), he's right there. Thundercat was just on a couple of weeks ago backing up Open Mike Eagle. This time the bassist performed his own song, "Them … [Read more...]