The last couple decades have been lousy with bearded musical visionaries. Yet despite all that heavy traffic, Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker has easily carved own his own unique lane. He’s the Australian sonic explorer with the stretchy falsetto and plush, funky space-rock style whose studio scientist skills have landed him …
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As Tame Impala, Kevin Parker has spent the last ten years influencing musicians as seemingly disparate as Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty and British pop princess Dua Lipa. But now it’s time to focus on himself (and his band). With a new album on the way, Tame Impala has announced a …
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At a Barcelona club on Saturday night, Kevin Parker uttered the words fans had been hoping to hear for years: “Do you guys want to hear a new Tame Impala song?” With that, Parker gave clubgoers — and the world — an unexpected preview of Tame Impala’s impending return with …
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Dua Lipa‘s Radical Optimism tour is taking over down under. During her second night in Sydney, Australia, the singer surprised her audience with a cover of Tame Impala‘s “The Less I Know the Better” with an assist from Kevin Parker himself. “I made most of Radical Optimism with this person …
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Dua Lipa headlined the Glastonbury Festival on Friday night, and during her set she brought out Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker to join her on a pair of tracks. During her main set, Lipa first welcomed Parker for a rendition of Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better,” a track …
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Kevin Parker revealed Wednesday that he has sold his entire catalog — including his Tame Impala output as well as songs he has written for Dua Lipa, Rihanna, and more — to Sony Music Publishing. Terms of the acquisition were not announced, but the partnership also covers Parker’s future works, …
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Dua Lipa is here for a good time — and not a long time — on her anticipated new single “Houdini.” The track hints at the psychedelic approach the singer is taking on her upcoming third album. Lipa enlisted a stacked lineup of collaborators for the track, including Danny L …
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From the moment he first heard Tame Impala, Thundercat felt a profound sense of connection to Kevin Parker — which made his desire to work with the Australian psych whiz more of a need than a want. “There’s a part of me that felt like we’d be in a band …
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Tame Impala continue to grace soundtracks with new music as the band has dropped “Wings of Time” for the upcoming fantasy flick Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. “Being asked to do a track for theD&Dsoundtrack seemed like an unmissable opportunity to indulge in my long time love of fantasy …
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