For every mega-hyped show like Netflix's excellent ‘The Queen‘s Gambit' there are many more that deserve your attention. Here are a dozen new series from this year worth binging...
Featuring Katalyst and Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Quakers’ first album in 8 years includes appearances from Guilty Simpson, Sampa the Great, Jonwayne, Jeremiah Jae, Chester Watson, Boog Brown, Jeru the Damaja, and many more.
Production collective Quakers -- Katalyst (Ashley Anderson), Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow of Portishead & Beak>), and 7-Stu-7 (Invada Studios engineer Stuart Matthews) -- are back after eight years with this 50-track, 50-minute beat tape...with more on the way soon.
Many artists have criticized Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for saying "you can’t record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough."
You can also read tributes to Morricone from Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Edgar Wright, Steven Van Zandt, Chance the Rapper, New Order, Duran Duran, Biz Markie, The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd, Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, Jean Michel Jarre, and more.
British artist Billy Nomates makes post-punk-inspired minimal pop that is both down-to-earth and very catchy. She's signed to Invada, the label started by Portishead's Geoff Barrow...
Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.