So, in a nice twist of fate, Wampire’s debut Curiosity, just got a release from Polyvinyl and STRFKR stepped in to create this remix for “Orchards”.

As if Jay-Z needed more money, he’s working with Samsung on the release, which means his big payday is probably a lot bigger than normal.

The first single “Tall Boogie” is a scorching rocker with a riff that echoes bits of ZZ Top and harmonica parts that sound like a fast rollin’ fire. The tune is smokin’ and we can’t wait for the full album.

It took David Kato some time to discover his calling, his identity as a gay man in Uganda and, beyond that, as a courageous fighter for gay civil rights. As he recalls in Call Me Kuchu, he came to his self-understanding when he left Uganda, briefly, in 1992. On arriving in South Africa, he remembers, he stayed at a YMCA. “I saw these men on the street,” he says, and when he asked what they were selling, wondering whether it was “gold or diamonds,” he was told they were selling themselves. He was further surprised when he learned that these men sold themselves to other men. “I said, ‘For what?’” Here David exaggerates his response, cocking his head to the side. “I said, ‘Ahh.’ And I’ve always wanted men, so I went to the street.” Returning to Uganda, he cofounded SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda), and took up a series of public and legal campaigns against various sorts of homophobia, particularly concerning newspapers outing and targeting individuals. The filmmakers, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall, spend a year with Kato, tracking and commending his efforts and confidence, his infectious good humor and his terrific charisma.

On this new video, “A Weekend in Glasgow”, the band records “Bullet"in the studio and plays at a Glasgow cafe.

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