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Tame Impala is the latest artist to perform a set from home for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, appearing on the program yesterday (August 24).The musician, real name Kevin Parker, played ‘Breathe Deeper’ and ‘Is It True’ from his latest album ‘The Slow Rush’, as well as 2019 single ‘Patience’.Joining Parker in his home studio were Jay Watson (aka GUM) and Dom Simper (aka bambi), who helped bring the tracks to life with the use of samplers and sequencers.

Four Tet has given his spin on a recent Tame Impala cut, remixing ‘Is It True’ from the band’s latest album ‘The Slow Rush’.On his rendition, Four Tet – real name Kieran Hebden – strips Kevin Parker’s psych-pop original of its blissed-out groove. Instead, Hebden’s take on ‘Is It True’ is an ambient, ethereal and somewhat discordant mix.

Kevin Parker wasn’t hurried on his fourth Tame Impala album The Slow Rush. Coming five years after the Brit Award-winning Currents, The Slow Rush was as meticulous and obsessively detailed as you’d hope from the Australian production maestro.

Tame Impala has given an assist to rapper 070 Shake with a remix of her track ‘Guilty Conscience.’The original track is the fourth single take from Shake’s debut album ‘Modus Vivendi,’ released in January this year.

Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker has revealed that Mark Ronson played a significant part in his pivot to pop music.Parker was speaking to NME about the making of his acclaimed third album ‘Currents’, which was released five years ago this week (July 17).During the chat, the musician also looked back on his contributions to Mark Ronson’s 2014 record ‘Uptown Special’, on which he provided vocals for ‘Daffodils’ among other cuts.“Mark’s a big reason why I had the confidence to do what I did with

Tame Impala shared the official acoustic version of ‘On Track’ overnight (July 8). The song appeared on ‘The Slow Rush’, which Kevin Parker’s project released in February 2020.Watch the video below:It’s not the first time Parker has performed a stripped-back version of ‘On Track’.

Lizzo, Tame Impala and The Strokes will trek out there as headliners for next year's festivities.Tame Impala is no stranger to the festival headliner life, as Kevin Parker's psychedelic rock project joined Ariana Grande and Childish Gambino at the top of Coachella's bill last year. But now it's time to give The Slow Rush, Tame Impala's best-performing album on the Billboard 200 with a No.

The Streets have unveiled another new track from their upcoming mixtape – listen to ‘Falling Down’ below.The third track to be released from ‘None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive’ follows on from the release of ‘I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him’ and Mike Skinner’s collaboration with Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker on the track ‘Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better’.‘Falling Down’, which features East London artist Hak Baker, is a piano-led number that hears Skinner

It's a team-up with Donae'o and Greentea Peng

Mike Skinner's new mixtape comes out in July

He has also shared some alternative artwork for the 2010 album

Kevin Parker plays bass, guitar and sings in the colourful multi-track performance

In a wide-ranging interview on Rick Rubin's podcast

He compared getting musical ideas to "flicking on the radio" and talked being inspired by Justin Timberlake

Kevin Parker's Tame Impala, Erykah Badu and Skrillex are among the scores of acts confirmed for NTS Radio’s 24-hour radio takeover, set for this Saturday (May 2).The broadcast, dubbed Remote Utopias, will feature upwards of 50 acts from across all genres, with money raised going to The Global Foodbanking Network.Other names on the lineup include Four Tet, Jonah Hill, Weyes Blood, and organizers are promising a “whirlwind of music,” with exclusive premieres, radio and live video streams.

Tame Impala should be completing a biggest-ever trans-Tasman arena tour this Tuesday night (April 28) in their hometown, Perth. That's not happening.

'Music From The Homefront' took place on Anzac Day

Tame Impala rocker Kevin Parker and Delta Goodrem are among the stars from Australia and New Zealand marking the countries’ Anzac Day memorial with a TV concert.

Tame Impala maestro Kevin Parker, Courtney Barnett, The Wiggles, Marlon Williams, Vance Joy and Tim Minchin lead a starry lineup for Music From The Home Front, a televised concert spectacular set for this Saturday.

He also spoke more broadly about his writing and recording process

It'll be live-streamed this weekend

The Streets' new mixtape arrives in July...

She also shares her love for MGMT, Rosalia and Caroline Polachek

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On Friday (March 20), the Weeknd dropped his new studio album After Hours. Now, he’s shared a deluxe edition of the LP, which offers four remixes and one live recording from his recent Saturday Night Live performance. Find the new versions, which feature Lil Uzi Vert, OPN, Chromatics, and more, below.

The Weeknd comes alive in the After Hours -- as evidenced by the title of his fourth studio album, released Friday (March 20). So which moody track brings you into the darkness?

Tame Impala maestro Kevin Parker has extended his exclusive songwriter agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing to cover global representation of his future works.The multihyphenate Western Australian artist originally signed with the music publishing giant for representation in Australia back in 2009, ahead of Tame Impala’s debut album release InnerSpeaker.Parker’s career has been on the rise ever since.

The 'Slow Rush' cuts were given their live TV debuts on the US chat show

Tame Impala maestro Kevin Parker has extended his exclusive songwriter agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing to cover global representation of his future works.

Parker did add that the Arctic Monkeys frontman "can't play drums as good as me"

Tame Impala nab a second No. 1 in Australia with The Slow Rush (Island/Universal), while The Weeknd enters a fifth week at the summit of the national singles chart with “Blinding Lights” (Republic/Universal) and Billie Eilish cuts another slice of chart history. Kevin Parker’s Tame Impala bowed at the top of the national albums survey in 2015

Inside of The Slow Rush, there are many different markers of time. Tame Impala principal Kevin Parker has often written about how time moves—its inexorable march, its nostalgic allure, the feeling of being inside and outside its current. But his project’s fourth album really digs into the idea, as its paradoxical title implies. Parker plays with tempo and duration to make an album that exists both in the past and the present, moving quickly and strolling along at the same time.

There’s a heavyweight battle brewing on the U.K. albums chart, where new sets from Tame Impala and Justin Bieber are slugging it out. 

Tame Impala and Justin Bieber are battling for the UK's Number 1 album this week with their new releases The Slow Rush and Changes.

Tame Impala just returned with The Slow Rush, and it finds the band’s architect Kevin Parker revisiting the theme of time’s passage with an evolving embrace of the future this time around. It’s a concept that bleeds into the finer details of the LP—and he just told triple j’s Lucy Smith that the mysterious voice at the end of “Tomorrow’s Dust” actually belongs to his wife.

In typical press release form, the press release for Tame Impala’s upcoming album, The Slow Rush, makes some lofty claims. “Continuing the expansion of a musical palette that started at psych rock and shattered from [debut album] Innerspeaker upwards, The Slow Rush explores new space and sounds,” it gushes.