Out June 6th
For a limited time, LP pre-orders through the City Slang Shop will included a 12x12” signed art print!
Today, the Richmond-born, Chicago-based rapper McKinley Dixon
announces his new album, Magic, Alive!, out June 6th, and
presents its lead single/visual, “Sugar Water” (ft. Quelle Chris &
Anjimile).
In many ways, the breathless and ebullient Magic, Alive! continues the work
of its predecessors: It is the story of three kids who lose their best friend and
wrestle with the subsequent turmoil. The essential twist, though, is that the
trio wonder what they can do to bring their pal back or, at the very least,
reconvene with him, so that their friendship does not end with mortality.
Indeed, the crux of Magic, Alive! is a broad contemplation of what constitutes
magic at all. Why can’t it be the guy who simply gets away with something
by ducking from authorities, or the slippery way the world starts to feel after
a long pull on a joint or a slow drink from a bottle? Can it merely be the belief
in something we cannot plainly see just as well as an abiding trust in
miracles, spells, and portals for something beyond our own experience?
On Magic, Alive!, Dixon—a son of the ghost-haunted South—says yes to all of
it.
Watch the Visual for “Sugar Water” (ft. Quelle Chris & Anjimile)
Live Dates
Thu. Oct. 16 - Dublin, IE @ The Workman’s Cellar
Fri. Oct. 17 - Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint
Sat. Oct. 18 - Manchester, UK @ YES
Sun. Oct. 19 - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
Tue. Oct. 21 - London, UK @ The Lexington
Wed. Oct. 22 - Paris, FR @ Le Pop-up du Label
Thu. Oct. 23 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix Cafe
Fri. Oct. 24 - Cologne, DE @ Veedel Club
Mon. Oct. 27 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Tue. Oct. 28 - Hamburg, DE @ Knust
Thu. Oct. 30 - Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
Fri. Oct. 31 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega (Ideal Bar)
Sat. Nov. 1 - Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain