Last summer the New York lo-fi rap mainstay MIKE continued his tradition of releasing new albums on June 21 with Disco! Today he's back with another woozy, loop-driven meditation called "Makeda" and a suitably dark and minimal dockside music video. The track has an enveloping warmth despite lasting barely more than a minute, and MIKE is right at home within it, moving from loose boasts and hater dismissals to contemplations on his family that pack a lot into just a few lines: "Check on how my brother is/ Saw violence/ Never saw my mother rich/ Flawed guidance."
Below, check out "Makeda" and MIKE's tour dates, including some shows with Freddie Gibbs.
TOUR DATES:
04/14 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom *
04/17 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's $
04/18 - Portland, OR @ Polaris $
04/20 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Pressroom *
04/20 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress $
04/22 -San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar $
04/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy $
04/26 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Space $
04/27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex *
04/29 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater *
04/30 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece *
05/04 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre *
05/05 - Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge *
05/07 - Atlanta, GA @ Heaven Stage *
05/08 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre *
05/11 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *
05/12 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore *
05/13 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *
05/14 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
05/15 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place *
06/05 - Madrid, Spain @ Siroco
06/06 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
06/08 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ BIRD
06/09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
06/10 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
06/11 - Paris, France @ La Place
06/12 - Zürich, Switzerland @ Exil
06/14 - Budapest, Hungary @ Akvarium
06/15 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Chapeau Rouge
06/16 - Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia
06/18 - Warsaw, Poland @ Pardon, To Tu
06/21 - London, UK @ Scala
08/04 - Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival
* with Freddie Gibbs
$ with Na-Kel Smith & Mercury
