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Extra Fundrive Episode
5:00pm - 5:49pm
Not exactly Deliberate Noise, but not not Deliberate Noise. it s an extra episode I made to help out for Fundrive. This playlist is all about pop, electronic, good times music. Featuring new stuff from Prado, Horsepowar, Yu Su, Cartel Madras, Pierre Kwenders, TOBi, ExMiranda. I think you ll like it. NSFW though! Thanks to all who have donated to Fundrive, and thanks for listening.
Cartel Madras: Meet the music duo turning up the heat
To mark the release of their new single Drift, band member Eboshi talks female South Asian representation in music and future plans.
Words by Reeta Loi
14th January 2021
When I first heard Eboshi and Contra spitting rhymes to some seriously addictive beats my thoughts were “who the fuck are these badass bitches, I need to talk to them!” Their latest track Drift – out today – has them looking banging while smoking truckloads of ganja.
“Drift is about BIPOC women enjoying themselves and the fruits of their labor,” they said of the track. “In our music video we wanted to show a beautiful group of creatives and artists from various backgrounds dabbling in marijuana. We also wanted to show a group of women owning the means of production. Lyrically, this song exists in the Cartel Madras Universe and follows us doing what we do best; self-referentially discussing high powered, risky, good times. Drift opens 2021 for Ca
Country singer Orville Peck released his
Show Pony EP in August, showcasing his innate sense of story as well as his desire to challenge the traditional country narrative and to push for an industry that s both inclusive and boundary-breaking. And while tracks like Summertime and Kids are excellent originals, it s his cover of Bobbie Gentry s 1969 classic, Fancy, that really stands out. Peck first heard Reba McEntire s cover of the song in the 1990s, and he s incorporated elements of both versions to create his unique spin, altering gender pronouns for a song that s lyrically from more of a queer perspective, as