Denai Moore | Elsewhere | Stream Debut Album

The 22-year-old singer/songwriter first emerged about two years ago, and has worked on a series of EPs while she explored her sound. Elsewhere is an album about growing up, miniature traumas arranged with the simplicity of someone encountering them for the first time. These are songs about falling apart and gluing yourself back together, no matter how dark they get a hint of light always lurks at the edges.



Elsewhere is out 4/6 via Because Music. Pre-order it here.

Coultrain | Side Effex Of Make-Believe’ EP | Stream | Video

St. Louis storyteller and soulman, Coultrain releases his 4th full(-ish) length album today. Entitled Side Effex Of Make-Believe; divided for love’s sake – the six song project continues the ongoing Seymour Liberty story he’s been unraveling throughout all of his solo releases to date. This newest chapter takes the tale to some of its darkest depths, thanks in part to some pretty hauntingly beautiful production from Train’s partner, Stoney Rock.

You can stream the album in full below and support it here, via Fresh Selects.



Conceptualized & directed by Coultrain himself, the video is an abstract expression of the song’s message, which Train further hints at with the artist statement he’s provided:

Stream D’Angelo And The Vanguard’s ‘Black Messiah’ Album

The year 2000 feels like a lifetime ago. The world was much different from how it is today. There were no iPhones, no Twitter, no Facebook, and AIM was the way to communicate with your friends. The year 2000 was also the last time D’Angelo dropped an album. Until today. D’Angelo is back with his latest album, entitled Black Messiah. The album, which was first heard at an exclusive listening party in New York yesterday (Dec. 15), features heavy collaboration from fellow Soulquarians Q-Tip and ?uestlove.

The 12-track album features the neo-soul sound that so many artist strive for, but not many can replicate. D’Angelo is back. We predict a spike in the amount of babies born in September 2015. Check out the album stream below, and purchase the album on iTunes here.

The Black Opera | Beginning Of The End | Starring Georgia Anne Muldrow

produced by Tall Black Guy
from The Black Opera's new album "The Great Year"



Stream or purchase The Black Opera’s “The Great Year” via Bandcamp:



Trusted with a culture kept under the concrete, the warning has been spread for years. Many assumed their operations were limited to underground societies or secret networks. But, The Black Opera have been among us all along. The time to hide is behind them. There will be no riot; the revolution has already taken place. The Great Year has come.

The newest movement from The Black Opera is truth. After the telling of the three part epic, The Black Op: Era I, TBO has returned without allegory or allusion. The Great Year is a modern story of emergence and art- a resistance to assimilation. It is a story of triumph and camaraderie and a renaissance of new thinking.

The new album’s influences musically are as diverse as they are aesthetically. From tribal rhythms to overdriven synths and from pulsing drums to intimate vocals, The Great Year’s sound is distinctly its own. Taking on a modern day palette, TBO has envisioned a new world, musically. With orchestration from creative minds like Tall Black Guy, Waajeed, yU and Arjun Singh, The Black Opera have assembled a team to help them communicate their message to the world.

Across the world, people put on the mask to reveal their faces. We are The Black Opera.
credits
released 30 September 2014

Producers: Tall Black Guy, Waajeed, yU, Arjun Singh, Jansport J, Slot-A, The Black Opera,
Featuring: Georgia Anne Muldrow

Executive Produced by Michael Tolle
Mello Music Group Copyright 2014