it's getting to the stage where it's a real shame she's just dropping tracks of this quality randomly and individually, "empty room" and "movie" in particular are pretty stunning, could've made for a pretty great stopgap mixtape/EP
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it'll be interesting to see if these get collected in any official/retail form, i wonder if this is like Whiteout where it's stuff all done after the album that she's impatient to let people hear.
― some dude, Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
i've only been paying cursory attention but i think some of them have been old old stuff, from the a telltale heart era or before, and maybe others are just stuff she's been doing recently that she feels won't fit on to blackheart...
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
i think it was insinuated on her tumblr that some of these are actually *old* tracks
― 乒乓, Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, people are commenting along the lines of "oh man, i'm glad to hear this cleaned up finally!"
― H-E-double-s1ockisticks (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 April 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
playing nyc on the 28 - anybody else going?
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 11:51 (eleven years ago) link
Where? With who?
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
gramercy something, check the tumblr
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
ah gramercy theater. it's a live nation venue but a reasonable price. yeah, i'm gonna want to get in on that.
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
and another one : http://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/dawn-richard-army
― rusty_allen, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/drewscotty/skywalker
first track from Druski's debut EP out in July w/ featured vocals from Dawn.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
think my goodwill has run out with these two. get your shit together u dolorous drips
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
Dawn needs some baby dragons.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 March 2013 11:43 (3 months ago) Bookmark
srsly
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
mmm this is not what i was really expecting or wanting
the danity kane reunion rumours floating around are odd, it really doesn't seem to fit in with dawn's uh ~branding~ and she's still talking about the trilogy?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
honestly if they just want to do something together without diddy telling them whether they're a group or not just because they want to i think that's kind of sweet.
― treeship journey to stars hollow (some dude), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
oh don't get me wrong i'd be very pro a DK reunion, i was a fan! i just don't really see how it would fit in with dawn's solo career unless it was just, like, a one-off single?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
that seems like a weird question given how much music she's released in the space of a year recently
― treeship journey to stars hollow (some dude), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
BlackHeart is out October 7, 2013. Apparently she's working with an entirely new team and according to her Twitter, there are no collaborations with Druski on the album at all...
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
The Riot/Northern Lights video is also cancelled due to a change in team... Not sure what's up. But things seem to still be moving forward.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
are the stray tracks that have come out in the last few months Druski productions? it'd be such a shame if those never end up on an album or EP.
― ramona & yeezus (some dude), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Didn't she say before that she's been saving tracks for BlackHeart and uh... RedemptionHeart or whatever the hell it was?
― The Reverend, Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
And seems odd to hear this news just days after Druski released a new song with her vocals.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
Looking forward to her detective-themed EP HeartToHeart.
― high inerja (seandalai), Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
hmm, it looks like she's going the kickstarter route for blackheart...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1802273713/the-blackheart-experience
hope this doesn't mean we won't get it if it isn't funded :/
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 08:47 (ten years ago) link
wait, all rewards are limited and the total she can possibly get from them is 11k when the target is 25k?
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
i mean it's arguably smart to have the possible total of rewards exceed the goal but it's by no means a necessity
― what rhymes with Gukbe? (some dude), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
I get that people can donate without getting a reward or you can just send out extra rewards anyway, but I'd guess that having some reward (even a free album download) would be a better incentive when you have a pretty ambitious goal?
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
idk what happened but she canceled the show she had scheduled here a couple months ago
― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
well, "meteors", the lead single from blackheart, is out on monday. fairly unrevealing snippet: http://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/meteors-snippet
mostly of interest is that it's produced by someone called hakan özkan, who appears to be a turkish tech house producer. this is the only vocal track on his soundcloud - it's pretty good http://soundcloud.com/hakan-ozkan/running_to_the_sea
― lex pretend, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
druski's thing is out, can someone listen for me cos i cba
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:56 (ten years ago) link
all moody piano ballads except for one reverby one iirc, on one slightly disappointed listen
apparently they had a falling out :(
― lex pretend, Friday, 12 July 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
sleek, stripped-down house! her head voice! yes!
http://www.thisisrnb.com/2013/07/new-music-dawn-richard-meteors/
― lex pretend, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
This is awesome
― Evan R, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
So I guess I'm not gonna miss Druski much after all. This blows away almost everything on Goldenheart
― Evan R, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
killing shit in the pompadour arms race too:
http://www.thisisrnb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dawn-Richard-Meteors.jpg
― king of steens (some dude), Monday, 15 July 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
Kaleidoscope Dawn
― Evan R, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
this is sharp, though perhaps a smidge linear. maybe next time get a new bridge for your song too ;)
― r|t|c, Monday, 15 July 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
the druski solo joint "places i've ever been" (lol) is alright, took me a minute to find since he released it under his government
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/159/7518159.jpg
― Tavis Emoji (some dude), Saturday, 20 July 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
might have to downgrade from 'alright' to 'ok' after hearing the accordion on "Sex In Paris"
― Tavis Emoji (some dude), Saturday, 20 July 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
two new singles on itunes this week.
"judith"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHMq7zqjNb4
"valkyrie"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvLbltgft0o
i like both but i do hope she hasn't totally moved beyond writing hooks
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 August 2013 08:42 (ten years ago) link
also do we know anything substantial about this mdma production outfit? they seem to be a...production crew signed to...polow da don's zone4 label?!
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 August 2013 08:44 (ten years ago) link
"Valkyrie" is dope but ugh guest rapper get thee gone
― some dude, Monday, 19 August 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
Those are both really good. Wish Goldenheart had included some of these newer tracks; it could have used the variety
― Evan R, Monday, 19 August 2013 13:14 (ten years ago) link
"Judith" is incredible, I am really digging the dialing down of the intentional autotune overdrive to allow the real colors of her voice through
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Monday, 19 August 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
the polish is impressive (and a change was probably undeniably necessary) but idk i'm still yet to quite be convinced by these new ones - kinda feel like well-meaning but slightly off novel/tv adaptations of a beloved messy pulp comic book
― r|t|c, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
"Judith" is gorgeous
― s. cloverlandthug (The Reverend), Monday, 19 August 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
they're both impressive in their own ways but i can understand people's reservations. i remain optimistic.
― dyl, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
these songs don't pop like the non-album tracks that came out earlier this year, but that just makes me feel like i'll need to hear it all in album context to appreciate it. still a little annoyed that some really good songs will probably remain forever uncollected, though.
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 09:30 (ten years ago) link
yeah going back to cuts like "empty room" and "love on the rocks" and "movie" it's apparent that the lack of immediacy with these is totally deliberate rather than she's forgotten how to write a hook (although i have my suspicions that she might have dredged "empty room" in particular up from the danity kane era - it's that sort of song)
apparently "judith" was inspired by the klimt painting!!!
Dawn teams with producer Cronos on “Judith,” which was inspired by the Gustav Klimt painting “Judith.” “It’s the story of a painting that is priceless and quite iconic being forgotten after being hung in a home too long,” she said.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 09:45 (ten years ago) link
like...does she actually sing from the perspective of the painting? because that is amazing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_and_the_Head_of_Holofernes
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 09:46 (ten years ago) link