How To Dress Well: Words I Don’t Remember

Emoji Beyoncé, How To Dress Well, Shit Robot and more in the music we tweeted this week

It’s been a year and a half since Tom Krell released Total Loss, his second studio album under the moniker How To Dress Well. With his sensual, falsetto-style vocals set to simple beats, Krell lures listeners in track after track, and anyone who caught his intimate live act would only fall more entranced by his utterly passionate delivery. This week Krell dropped “Words I Don’t …

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This week focuses on artists we discovered while in South Africa during Design Indaba 2014

Bongeziwe Mabandla: Bendisiti Seamlessly blending lyrics in Xhosa and English, Bongeziwe Mabandla’s heartfelt folk music explores his journey from a rural town in the Eastern Cape province to a prestigious film school in Johannesburg—all in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. “Bendisiti” puts Mabandla’s richly textured voice and penchant for infectious rhythms on full display—drawing on influences like Lauryn Hill and South African Xhosa vocalist …

Bongeziwe Mabandla: Bendisiti

This week focuses on artists we discovered while in South Africa during Design Indaba 2014

Seamlessly blending lyrics in Xhosa and English, Bongeziwe Mabandla’s heartfelt folk music explores his journey from a rural town in the Eastern Cape province to a prestigious film school in Johannesburg—all in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. “Bendisiti” puts Mabandla’s richly textured voice and penchant for infectious rhythms on full display—drawing on influences like Lauryn Hill and South African Xhosa vocalist Simphiwe Dana. A …