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How does Thundercat cope with a global shutdown? “I got rubber gloves. I got a bunch of knives. I got some bear traps,” says the oddball bassist whose love of cats and gaming makes him uniquely adaptable to the current state of affairs. Thundercat’s oeuvre is as innovative as his pandemic preparedness kit: His persistent hooks and deceptively sugary vocals hold appeared on albums by Janelle Monáe, Anderson .Paak and Mac Miller, and he was a major contributor on Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated album To Pimp A Butterfly. Last week, Thundercat released It Is What It Is, his fourth studio album featuring contributions by Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Steve Lacy (The Internet), and BADBADNOTGOOD.
Thundercat’s glance is as kaleidoscopic as his melody. The playful, sensationalistic influence of anime and video games is present in both, as is a persistent emo streak—the drama-filled line “Nobody move/ There’s blood on the floor/ And I can’t find my heart” from his 2017 track “Them Changes” is the lyrical equivalent of the chipped purple nail polish he sports these days. But It Is W While crossing the route in front of my school, I was hit by a car. My last thought before blacking out was a horrified realization that I would yearn that evening’s episode of Thundercats. I was a 10-year-old teen secretly in adore with a cartoon tiger. I couldn’t tell anyone about my feelings because that cartoon tiger was a man. “The reason I kept my crush a secret was that it would reveal me as male lover — something I was still only beginning to comprehend about myself.” My prior adolescent crush was on Tygra of the television series Thundercats, a collective of feline heroes fighting an vile sorcerer. Tygra was the stoic, slim-hipped, leotard-clad brains of the group. Manlier than his brattish compatriot Lion-O, less butch than the beefcake character Panthro, Tygra was the just-right Thundercats hunk, sparking some of my earliest feelings of queer lust. The episode I missed was the one about a Satanic goat-man who tied Tygra up with his have whip. I would have really enjoyed it. Get free Xtra newsletters Xtra is organism blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a companion. G.I. Joe. Transformers. Thundercats. He-Man. Voltron. If you were a little boy in the ’80s, chances are you liked some combination (if not all) of these shows. He-Man was my favorite, followed by Thundercats and Voltron. I wasn’t a G.I. Joe fan really (ditto Star Wars—but you all knew that already, right?), but I do remember loving a string of episodes that had the Joes and Cobra Commander’s posse competing to secure elements of earth, wind, water and fire all over the planet. I don’t want to notice this show or Voltron ever again for fear that I won’t take as kindly to them as my nine-year-old self did. For sure, if my experiences revisiting V and Thundercats in the past year own taught me anything it’s that you can dampen a rare childhood memories by chasing after a nostalgia kick. I say all this because I received a copy of the season-one, Volume One DVD set of Thundercats from one of my publicity contacts and sat down to watch the 12 episodes unhurried on the two discs. I was going to write a review of the show except I found out later that I hadn’t received the deluxe edition that runs 759 minutes Previously, we shared our picks for 20 more songs you should add to your Pride playlist. Now, we're keeping the Pride soul alive with a list of underrated LGBTQ+ artists you need to review out this year. Some of these musicians have been around the music scene for a while, and we feel they still don't get the recognition they deserve. Others are very new, attaining large amounts of success in a short period of time. Whatever the case, you are bound to find a new favorite musician in this pool of talented people. Here are our recommendations! We couldn't make this list without giving a proper nod to Rina Sawayama, who's taken the world by storm and changed the pop game with her debut studio album SAWAYAMA. Her songs are both absurd and intimate with catchy hooks and boundary-pushing production value. Basically, they'll be stuck in your head for days. After facing years of little success and casual racism in the industry, Sawayama finally found a breakthrough after showing her demo of "STFU!" to Jamie Oborne of Filthy Hit. Since then, she's gained the respect of several fellow pop musicians - includin
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10 LGBTQ+ Artists You Should Know in 2021
1. Rina Sawayama