Mdou Moctar have announced a new album, but it will sound fairly familiar to fans of the band’s 2024 release, Funeral for Justice. The new album, Tears of Injustice, is a re-recorded version of Funeral […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]
Nigerien and Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar has shared “Imouhar,” the latest single off Moctar’s forthcoming album Funeral for Justice. With kaleidoscopic guitar work, soaring vocals, and rapid-fire drumming, Mdou Moctar and his band build to a […]
Mdou Moctar have announced the new album Funeral for Justice. The band’s follow-up to 2021’s Afrique Victime is out May 3 via Matador. Watch the music video for the new LP’s title song below. Formally, […]
Celebrated Nigerien psych-rock guitarist Mdou Moctar has launched a GoFundMe in order to cover his and his two Nigerien bandmates’ expenses while they are stranded in the United States amid political instability in their home […]
In the wake of the violent military coup in his home country of Niger, guitarist Mdou Moctar and two of his Nigerien bandmates have asked fans for help as they remain in the United States […]
Since issuing Afrique Victime, Moctar has released a documentary about the making of the album and the Live at the Niger River performance video. In February, Moctar shared nine previously unreleased tracks—including the new “Nakanegh […]
Mdou Moctar have announced Afrique Refait, a remix album featuring only African artists creating new versions of songs from Afrique Victime. MC Yallah, Duma, Jay Mitta, DJ Diaki, and others contributed to the new album, […]
On Friday evening, two bona fide headliners, Niger’s breakthrough Afro-psych outfit, Mdou Moctar and New York City’s Parquet Courts made an appearance at Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom for a sold-out show. Both bands brought palpable […]