Adult Swim Singles Series Announces Massive Year-Long Lineup
Every summer since 2010, the people at Adult Swim have been offering up a new free-download song every week as part of their Adult Swim Singles program. That program is coming back today, but this time, things are different. Instead of a new song every week for the summer, we’ll be getting a new song every week for the entire year. They’re also getting rid of the MP3-download component; the Singles series is now streaming-only.
Talking to the Verge, Adult Swim creative director Jason DeMarco says that they’re doing it this way this year “just to see if we could”:
We’re doing something no one else does. I don’t know why they don’t do it. Maybe they don’t want to, or maybe no one is motivated enough to do it. But it’s been seven years, no one else is doing it, and I get the feeling that no one else is going to.
This year, the series will include music from people like Migos, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, Brian Eno, DOOM with Jay Electronica, Zola Jesus, Wavves, Thundercat, Sleep, Shabazz Palaces, Pallbearer, and regular contributors Run The Jewels and Flying Lotus. Below, you can see the full lineup of contributors, and you can also hear the first single in this year’s series. It’s “Pose To,” a new track from the veteran Atlanta rap producer, and it’s got appearances from Chicago speed-rap king Twista, Atlanta chirper Yung LA, and the late Bankroll Fresh.
And here’s the full list of contributors for the year, in alphabetical rather than chronological order:
Abra
Anna Meredith
Big Freedia
BOSCO
Brian Eno
Code Orange
Colin Stetson
DAWN
Dinosaur Jr.
DOOM ft. Jay Electronica
Downtown Boys
Ducky
Father
Flying Lotus
G Perico
Helado Negro
HXLT
Jacques Greene
Jay IDK
Jlin
JonWayne
Julia Holter
Julian Casablancas + The Voidz
Juliana Barwick
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kitty
Knxwledge
Lord RAJA
Low End Theory (Daddy Kev, Nobody, The Gaslamp Killer & D-Styles)
Maxo Kream
Migos
Mija
Moor Mother
Nef the Pharaoh
Nick Hook
Oddisee
Pallbearer
Run The Jewels
SAD13 [Sadie Dupuis]
Sevdaliza
Shabazz Palaces
Sleep
Sophie
Spark Master Tape
SuperUnison
Tanya Tagaq
The JuJu Exchange
Thundercat
Tim Hecker
Venetian Snares
Waka Flocka Flame
Washed Out
Wavves
Witch Mountain
Wolves in the Throne Room
YFN Lucci
Your Old Droog
Zaytoven ft. Yung La, Bankroll Fresh, and Twista
Zeal & Ardor
Zola Jesus
Keep up with the series here.