Blu DeTiger Wants the Funk

Listen to Blu DeTiger for 30 seconds and you’ll know exactly what defines the young artist’s music. It’s the bass. Not those thumping samples found on any modern pop track, but slinking lines plucked and slapped from a real bass guitar — sounds of a bygone, much funkier era. For 22-year-old DeTiger (her real name), the bass has been an obsession since she was 7 years old. “I remember thinking ‘So many girls play guitar and sing,’” DeTiger tells SPIN, taking a break from working on new music to call in from Los Angeles. “I was like, ‘I want to be different. I want to do something unique.’ And I’ve never looked back.” DeTiger’s commitment to the bass as the centerpiece in her songwriting has launched the Manhattan native as one of the most exciting — and genuinely singular — new artists to ascend during the pandemic. Her debut EP, last March’s How Did We Get Here? has notched more than 80 million well-deserved streams. The pop-funk project oozed a cool, sexy confidence, providing a disco-rific soundtrack for getting lost in the city (or as lost as you can get in 18 minutes, anyway). Last month, DeTiger hit “some bucket list stuff” when she performed on Saturday Night Live

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Jack Antonoffs Bleachers Make Saturday Night Live Debut

When Roddy Ricch was forced to cancel his Saturday Night Live performance after getting exposed to COVID-19, Bleachers were more than happy to jump in and take his spot as musical guest. It was Jack Antonoff‘s band’s first time playing SNL (it

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Betty Davis, Funk Icon, Dies at 77

 has died at the age of 77. A statement on Davis’ website confirmed the news of her death. She died of natural causes “At 4:40 a.m. EST on February 9, 2022, visionary singer, songwriter, producer, and fashion icon Betty Mabry Davis began

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Hollyland Lark Max Funkmikrofone im Praxistest

Die Hollyland Lark Max Funkmikrofone sind angetreten, um meine lange im Einsatz befindlichen Sennheiser Funkstrecken zu ersetzen. Ob sie tatsächlich die Plug-and-Play Lösung sind, die sie versprechen zu sein und eine Weiterentwicklung zu den anderen Funk-

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Eels – ‘Extreme Witchcraft’ album review: dispatches for current times

This time, the whole world is living the new Eels album. Generally, dispatches from LA’s most careworn alt-pop outfit have acted as windows on the turbulent, nose to the romantic grindstone life of Mark ‘E’ Everett – 2020’s &

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22 Artists to Watch in 2022

Calendar years have never felt more meaningless. It’s 2022? Hooray. This will be the year I…stay inside a lot. But we can still count on music lists to help us organize our calendars. So here’s our latest: 22 Artists to Watch in 2022. (

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