Thundercat: Song For The Dead

It’s been exactly one year since Thundercat’s six-track album The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam (featuring the poignant, sad-funk song “Them Changes”) was released, and with the anniversary comes a new music video. “Song For The Dead” was drawn by Ryan McShane—who met Thundercat via Twitter—and blends NASA footage with animations of the caped musician, a pack of wolves, and his trusty bass guitar. …

Thundercat: Them Changes

From Thundercat’s mini-album The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam (his first solo album since 2013’s Apocalypse, though he’s kept busy working on Kendrick Lamar’s last release and more) comes “Them Changes“—a track that blends an effortless groove with melancholy. While the story told through vocals is one of heartbreak, the squelching electric bass line and dark music video (which features a samurai battle inside …