Stephen Lee “Thundercat” Bruner, 35, will release a new album titled “It Is What It Is” on Brainfeeder Records on April 3, 2020. He recently revealed the track listing of the album and the dates and venues of his 2020 tour.
In 2019, Thundercat was invited by the legendary jazz institute Blue Note in New York City, United States to perform a sold-out 14 show residency over the space of six days. Special guests for the residency included Reggie Watts, Zach Fox and Hannibal Buress.
Other live highlights for Thundercat in 2019 have included a U.S. tour alongside his friend Anderson .Paak, an appearance at the Nile Rodgers curated Meltdown Festival held at the Southbank Centre, London, England and Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, the brainchild of Tyler The Creator). Previous festival highlights for Thundercat include Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera, Sónar, Field Day, Fuji Rock, Dekmantel, Newport Jazz Festival, Primavera Sound, SXSW, Governor’s Ball and all three Brainfeeder X label showcases in Tokyo, Japan (SONICMANIA), Los Angeles, California, USA (Adult Swim Festival) and London (Brixton Academy) to celebrate the label’s 10th anniversary in 2018.
One memorable sold out show of Thundercat at New York’s Irving Plaza in 2017 featured Dave Chappelle making an impromptu appearance as his hype man. Thundercat even found time to guest on “New Yorker Radio Hour.”
Here is the list of “It Is What It Is” tracks:
- Lost In Space / Great Scott / 22-26
- Innerstellar Love
- I Love Louis Cole (feat. Louis Cole)
- Black Qualls (featuring Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, Childish Gambino)
- Miguel’s Happy Dance
- How Sway
- Funny Thing
- Overseas (featuring Zack Fox)
- Dragonball Durag
- How I Feel
- King Of The Hill
- Unrequited Love
- Fair Chance (featuring Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B)
- Existential Dread
- It Is What It Is
Thundercat is scheduled to perform in the following venues:
February 2020
- February 28, 2020: Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- February 29, 2020: PDX Jazz Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA
March 2020
- March 2, 2020: Showbox SoDo, Seattle, Washington, USA
- March 3, 2020: Van Duzer Theatre, Arcata, California, USA
- March 4, 2020: Senator Theatre, Chico, California, USA
- March 6, 2020: Fox Theater, Oakland, California, USA
- March 7, 2020: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California, USA
- March 8, 2020: The Observatory North Park, Santa Ana, California, USA
- March 10, 2020: The Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- March 12, 2020: Ogden Theatre, Denver, Colorado,USA
- March 13, 2020: Slowdown, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- March 14, 2020: The Fillmore, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- March 15, 2020: Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- March 17, 2020: Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- March 18, 2020: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- March 19, 2020: Corona Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- March 21, 2020: House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- March 22, 2020: The Fillmore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- March 24, 2020: Webster Hall, New York, New York, USA
- March 28, 2020: The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
- March 29, 2020: Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- March 31, 2020: Marathon Music Works, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
April 2020
- April 1, 2020: The Orange Peel, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
- April 2, 2020: Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- April 9, 2020: Roundhouse, London, England, United Kingdom
- April 11, 2020: Academy, Manchester, England, UK
- April 14, 2020: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- April 15, 2020: Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France
- April 17, 2020: Astra, Berlin, Germany
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