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The latest installment of the Talk Memory visual album, "City of Mirrors" is a journey down the streets of Toronto.  It's directed, shot and produced by Tomas Morrison.

Talk Memory is out now on XL Recordings and Innovative Leisure. https://badbadnotgood.ffm.to/talk-memory

Back in 2019, we were on tour with Mapache in Europe, and they would occasionally ask us to put "Worship the Sun" in our set.  After a show in Barcelona, where we didn't play the song, they decided to serenade us backstage playing a grungy Eddie Veder-esq take on the tune.  As they were playing, we started to see lightning thru the sky light in the green room.  Shortly after, we tried to leave the Apollo theatre and realized we were in the middle of a monsoon.  The venue had locked concert goers inside as the street turned into a river.  Dumpsters started to float down the street as the water brimmed over the hoods of cars.  It only lasted for about 45 minutes, but it was one of the most intense weather experiences any of us had ever seen.  The next day we worshipped the sun. - The Allah-Las

Mapache's cover of the Allah-Las "Worship The Sun" is available on all DSP platforms: https://smarturl.it/mapacheworshipthesun

Latest video for "Timid, Intimidating" from BADBADNOTGOOD directed & edited by Winston Hacking.  Named one of Pitchfork's Best Music Videos of October 2021.

Taken from the album, Talk Memory. Out now on XL Recordings and Innovative Leisure. https://badbadnotgood.ffm.to/talk-memory

Arjuna Oakes & Serebii perform "Satellites," from the EP First Nights.

Rarelyalways released his brilliant ‘Baby Buffalo’ EP last October to critical acclaim, and equally impressive ‘Manic EP’ in June. Providing further evidence of his distinctive style and flavour, the Hanni El Khatib produced follow-up saw grime, trip hop & jazz effortlessly intermingle with his unique, skeletal flow. A year on from his debut and out today via Innovative Leisure, new single ‘Don’t Ask’ takes us on an enticing journey through British rap, funk and R’n’B. Representing the first in a series of new releases, the track sees the enigmatic Hackney rapper and jazz musician take an innovative approach, showcasing a heavy West Coast influence and grooving through different gears with his trademark snarl. “I can see James brown two-stepping to this,” he quips “’That’s as good as it comes’ is a line I always tell myself when I sometimes slip into a welfare mentality.”

Delving deep into a vast skillset developed from a dizzying array of musical education and practice, Rarelyalways has walked his own path, absorbing culture and music from even the most unlikely sources. Subtle hints of great British one-offs like Tricky, Roots Manuva or a more laid-back Dizzee Rascal are strewn across his tracks. He is a talent emerging fully formed, certain of who he is, and even at this young age, seems ready to share important life lessons with the biggest possible audience.