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Porters don’t get enough respect. These dark, sweeter, slightly roasty cousins of the more popular stout are a perfect choice for cool fall days and colder evenings. Like stouts, porters have been around for a long time, with their genesis sometime in the 1700s. Which is to say: it’s high time the porter got its due.

Based on appearances alone, stouts and porters are quite similar. The main difference is in the flavor — specifically in the barley used to brew them. While stouts are frequently made with roasted, unmalted barley, porters are made with malted barley that’s (usually) not roasted. This is why stouts tend to have a drier, roasted flavor, while porters tend to be sweet, maltier, and sometimes creamy in flavor.

Hopefully we’ve established that fall 2022 is a great time to get to know the classic porter. In order to help get you started, I decided the best thing to do was to blindly taste and rank some of the best porters available on the market. I chose eight great beers, some from big-name breweries and some from smaller breweries, and nosed, tasted, and ranked them.

Today’s Lineup:

• Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
• Green Man Porter
• Wynwood Pop’s Porter
• Deschutes Black Butte
• Founders Porter
• Reuben’s Robust Porter
• Maui Brewing Coconut Hiwa Porter
• Anchor Porter

Part 1: The Taste

Taste 1

Tasting Notes:

A muted nose of roasted malts, slight smoke, and toffee greeted me before my first sip. The palate was a little more exciting with notes of lightly roasted malts, bitter chocolate, mild coffee, and some slightly bitter hops. Overall though, this is a fairly unexciting porter.

Taste 2

Tasting Notes:

The nose is a symphony of vanilla beans, dark chocolate, caramel, and light wintry spices. The palate is loaded with milk and dark chocolate flavors as well as licorice, dried fruits, roasted malts, lightly piney hops, and a kiss of gentle smoke. This is a sublimely well-balanced porter.

Taste 3

Tasting Notes:

The nose is surprisingly dull with some roasted malt flavor and bitter chocolate, but not much else. While smooth and creamy, the flavor is a bit lacking as well. There are more malts and chocolate, but really nothing else discernible. Overall, this is a pretty boring beer.

Taste 4

Tasting Notes:

The aroma is fairly mild, but there are notes of freshly brewed coffee, dark chocolate, and toffee. The palate follows suit with more caramel malts, espresso beans, roasted malts, bitter chocolate, and just a hint of smoke. It’s sweet, creamy, indulgent, and highly complex.

Taste 5

Tasting Notes:

Aromas of coffee, dried fruits, and some chocolate are noticeable on the nose. Drinking it revealed a little more, with roasted malts, bitter chocolate, more fruit, and even some coffee. The finish is roasty and sweet. A decent take on the style, but not overly exciting.

Taste 6

Tasting Notes:

Complex aromas of cocoa nibs, fresh brewed coffee, sticky toffee, roasted malts, and slight vanilla are highlighted on the nose. The taste follows accordingly with more toasted caramel, roasted malts, coffee beans, and decadent, dark chocolate. The finish is dry, sweet, and memorable.

Taste 7

Tasting Notes:

The nose is centered on the aromas of coffee, chocolate, and maybe some toffee. That’s all, but still fairly inviting. The palate is all coffee, chocolate, and some slightly bitter hops at the finish. The flavors aren’t bold enough and the ending is a little more bitter than I’d prefer.

Taste 8

Tasting Notes:

Notes of barley, bitter chocolate, coffee, and some floral hops are prevalent on the nose. The welcoming nose is only made better by the bold palate of toasted caramel, dark chocolate, espresso, toffee, and bready malts. The finish is a nice mix of bitterness and sweetness.

Part 2: The Rankings

8) Maui Brewing Coconut Hiwa Porter (Taste 3)

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

When I think of Maui, I don’t think much about dark, robust beers. But since I’m not in charge of the beer brewed there, the folks at Maui Brewing make a fairly popular Coconut Hiwa Porter. Almost pitch black in color, this is a sweet, rich beer with toasted coconut and mocha.

Bottom Line:

For something that listed toasted coconut as one of its main ingredients, I didn’t taste any. Maybe I need to sample it again. Or perhaps just drink something else instead.

7) Founders Porter (Taste 1)

ABV: 6.5%

Average Price: $9.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Founders is well-known for its prowess in crafting delicious, delectable dark beers. This is the case with its line of Breakfast Stouts as well as its sweet, warming Porter. This 6.5% ABV year-round offering is known for its creamy, sweet, chocolate flavor.

Bottom Line:

Honestly, I expected a little more from Founders. I’ve always been a big fan of their Kentucky Breakfast Stout. But this beer, while not remotely bad, was just fairly muted and didn’t excite my palate.

6) Anchor Porter (Taste 7)

ABV: 5.6%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Anchor has been crafting this porter since 1972. In that time, they’ve gotten pretty good at it. Brewed with roasted pale, caramel, chocolate, and black malts, as well as top-fermenting yeast, it’s known for its smooth chocolate and coffee flavor.

Bottom Line:

Anchor Brewing does a lot of things well. I’m not going to say their porter isn’t one of them. It’s just a little too bitter for my liking.

5) Green Man Porter (Taste 5)

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $12.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

If awards are a way to sway you to try a new beer, you might want to look into Green Man Porter. This 6% ABV, British-style porter won gold at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival. It’s known for its complex, smooth, robust flavor of chocolate and malts.

Bottom Line:

For an award-winning porter, I would have expected Green Man Porter to fall a little higher on the list. For me, it was lacking in complexity.

4) Wynwood Pop’s Porter (Taste 4)

ABV: 6.2%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This award-winning porter is named for Wynwood co-founder Luis “Pops” Brignoni Sr. It was created because “Pops” wanted a beer to drink while grilling. The result is a bold, robust, rich porter with notes of caramel malts and bitter chocolate.

Bottom Line:

Pops was right about this beer. Pop’s Porter is loaded with roasty, sweet, rich flavors, but it’s also surprisingly smooth and drinkable. Great for a cool fall evening.

3) Reuben’s Robust Porter (Taste 8)

ABV: 5.9%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This 5.9% “Robust” porter is brewed with eight malts including Caramel, ESB, Carapils, Pale Chocolate, Black, Munich, and Marris Otter as well as Cascade hops. This results in a well-balanced, chocolate, coffee, and caramel-filled porter.

Bottom Line:

This is a complex, well-balanced beer that deserves a place in your fridge this fall. It’s a great balanced of sweetness and bitterness.

2) Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (Taste 6)

ABV: 5.8%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

If you aren’t a fan of Gordon Lightfoot or you’re not up to date on your Great Lakes shipwrecks, you might not have ever heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald. That’s okay: you can still enjoy this roasted barley and chocolate-centric porter.

Bottom Line:

This chocolate, coffee, caramel-filled porter is balanced and dry. The perfect beer to sip while you crank up Gordon Lightfoot’s classic “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

1) Deschutes Black Butte (Taste 2)

ABV: 5.5%

Average Price: $11.99 for s six-pack

The Beer:

There are few American porters more well-known and acclaimed than Deschutes Black Butte Porter. It’s brewed with two-row, Chocolate, Crystal, and Carapils malts, as well as wheat and Cascade and Tettnang, hops.

Bottom Line:

There’s a reason Deschutes Black Butte is so widely beloved. It’s complex, bold, well-balanced, slightly hoppy, and finishes pleasantly dry.

Part 3: Final Thoughts

After looking over the beers that fared best in this tasting and ranking, one term stands out to me: balance. The porters that I enjoyed most weren’t overly sweet, overly bitter, or overly dry. They all had a little bit from each column. Balanced, sweet, smooth, and dry. These are the makings of a great porter.

Reunions have been a popular theme this year and Sheffield-based legends Pulp are joining in on the fun. The band will be playing their first shows in 11 years in 2023 after frontman Jarvis Cocker mentioned a comeback in a Guardian interview in July and then hinted at it with cryptic posts on Instagram, both of which excited fans and made them have to wait for more news about plans.

The tour will kick off in Bridlington, England in May and end in Suffolk, England in July. It’s a short run that doesn’t leave Europe and barely strays outside of England, but hopefully, more dates are on the horizon. Along with these performances, Cocker shared in a statement in the press release:

Three months ago, we asked, What exactly do you do for an encore?”

Well…

An encore happens when the crowd makes enough noise to bring the band back to the stage

So…

We are playing in the UK & Ireland in 2023

Therefore…

Come along & make some noise

See you there

Check out the Pulp tour dates below.

05/26 — Bridlington, England @ Bridlington Spa
05/05 — Warrington, England @ Neighbourhood Weekender
06/09 — Dublin, Ireland @ St Anne’s Park
07/01 — London, England @ Finsbury Park
07/07 — Glasgow, Scotland @ Trnsmt Festival
07/09 — Scarborough, England @ Open Air Theatre
07/12 — Cardiff, Wales @ International Arena
07/14 — Sheffield, England @ Utilita Arena
07/15 — Sheffield, England @ Utilita Arena
07/21 — Suffolk, England @ Latitude Festival

We’re less than 24 hours into Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter, and the social media platform is already faced with a fascinating conundrum: O.J. Simpson wants a blue check. On Friday morning, Simpson posted a video to his unverified Twitter account where he congratulated Musk on acquiring the platform. But it was clear that The Juice had an ulterior motive as he immediately pivoted to asking for his account to be “authenticated.” Turns out, Simpson keeps being accused of things he claims he didn’t do, which you’d think he’d be used to by now.

Via O.J. Simpson on Twitter:

Let me start off the day by congratulating Elon Musk taking over Twitter. Maybe I can get authenticated. Maybe I can get a blue check. I’ve tried for years to get that blue check because there are so many fake O.J. Simpson accounts. One of them is “TheRealOJSimpson.” Instead of an “O” they have a zero. In any event, there’s been a bunch of them and from time to time people would say, “Why did you say this?” And I say, “I didn’t say it. That was one of those fake accounts.”

Will Musk’s Twitter actually verify Simpson’s account? Honestly, who the hell knows? Musk is a well-known troll who just dropped billion of dollars to own a platform that has routinely mocked him despite his repeated efforts to convince people (and Nathan Fielder) that he’s funny. Verifying O.J. Simpson is entirely in Musk’s wheelhouse. It’s something we can easily see him doing for attention. Frankly, we’re surprised it hasn’t happened already.

(Via O.J. Simpson on Twitter)

Rauw Alejandro dances through New York City in his new music video for “Dime Quién???” that was released today (October 28). The Puerto Rican superstar also revealed the release date for his upcoming album Saturno.

Alejandro started teasing Saturno back in July with the lead single “Lokera.” His collaboration with Lyanno and Brray has amassed over 135 million streams on Spotify. Last month, he followed that up with “Punto 40 Año 2077” featuring Puerto Rican reggaeton pioneer Baby Rasta. Now Alejandro is eschewing reggaeton for synth-pop in “Dime Quién???”

Alejandro co-produced “Dime Quién???” with hit-maker Tainy. Proving that his success extends beyond the reggaeton genre, Alejandro embraces frenetic synth-pop beats while leaning into the futuristic sound of his Saturno album. He sings about letting an ex know that their new lover can’t put it down quite like him.

The “Dime Quién???” video was directed by Martin Seipel. Alejandro wanders the streets of New York City while reflecting on old memories with his ex. By the end of the video, he seemingly transforms into a fox. One of Alejandro’s nicknames is “El Zorro,” which translates to “The Fox” in English. Also, the Saturno album release date is revealed to be November 11.

Alejandro will be performing at the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards on November 17. He is up for eight nominations. Alejandro is tied with his girlfriend, Spanish pop star Rosalía, who also received eight nominations.

Steve Lacy might already be an industry veteran at just 24 years old, but he’s still new to all the attention having a viral hit can bring. Unfortunately, his newfound fame hasn’t been kind to him at all, as his Give You The World North American tour has been more eventful than he probably planned, to say the least.

After a video of fans at one tour stop not knowing the words to his biggest hit, “Bad Habit,” went viral, his New Orleans concert was cut short when a fan threw a disposable camera at him, just seconds after he asked the concertgoers to stop throwing things on stage. A video of him smashing that camera also went viral, but he didn’t think he needed to apologize for it.

And now, in another instance of historically bad luck, yet another video has emerged of something going wrong for him. This time, in the middle of a singalong for his 2017 track “Some,” an overenthusiastic smoke machine sent him into a coughing fit as he semi-joked, “They trying to kill me, y’all!” As one fan who shared the video quipped, “Steve Lacy should just cancel his tour at this point.”

While I’m sure no one really wants him to do that, let’s just hope that all the toughest breaks of his tour are behind him, so he can just focus on putting on a good show and enjoying all his recent success.

Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer, a 10-part crime drama that recounts the life and death of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, could end up being the biggest hit Netflix has ever produced thus far. Though millions of people are watching it, the limited series is also drowning in controversy, with critics claiming that we don’t need yet another retelling of Dahmer’s story, while friends and family members of the real-life victims have complained that bringing Dahmer back into the spotlight has re-traumatized them all over again.

In addition, as several of Dahmer’s victims were men of color, many contend that systemic racism is partly what allowed Dahmer to operate for so long without being detected. Nor did it help the series when Netflix classified it under LGBTQ content. But now, Murphy — who co-created the series with Ian Brennan — has spoken out to set the record straight.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy discussed the research process that he and his team went through over the course of nearly four years in order to bring Dahmer to the screen. And says that one part of that was attempting to speak with those closest to some of Dahmer’s victims, in order to create a show that could tell the story partly through their eyes. On Thursday, during an event for the series at Los Angeles’ DGA Theatre, Murphy explained:

It’s something that we researched for a very long time. And we — over the course of the three, three and a half years when we were really writing it, working on it — we reached out to 20, around 20, of the victims’ families and friends trying to get input, trying to talk to people. And not a single person responded to us in that process. So we relied very, very heavily on our incredible group of researchers who… I don’t even know how they found a lot of this stuff. But it was just like a night and day effort to us trying to uncover the truth of these people.

Murphy also stated that part of their purpose in making the series was to address the many isms that allowed Dahmer to get away with his crimes for so long: “Something that we talked a lot in the making of it is we weren’t so much interested in Jeffrey Dahmer, the person, but what made him the monster that he became,” Murphy said. “We talked a lot about that… and we talked about it all the time. It’s really about white privilege. It’s about systemic racism. It’s about homophobia.”

“We really want it to be about celebrating these victims,” added Paris Barclay, who co-directed two episodes of the series with Murphy.. “When Tony writes ‘I won’t disappear’ on that last card, that’s what this show is about. It’s about making sure these people are not erased by history and that they have a place and that they’re recognized and that they were important and that they lived full lives. And they came from all sorts of different places, but they were real people. They weren’t just numbers. They weren’t just pictures on billboards and telephone poles. They were real people with loving families, breathing, living, hoping. That’s what we wanted it to be about.”

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

In typical Marvel fashion, a fan-favorite actor has been added to the latest MCU movie, though nobody knows who (or what) they will be. We’ve seen it with John Krasinski, and it’s currently unfolding with Adam Scott. Those comic book fans really love surprises…except when they don’t. It’s hard to keep up.

William Jackson Harper, the breakout star of The Good Place, has been added to the upcoming Ant-Man installment, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The sequel already has an impressive cast that includes Paul Rudd, of course, plus Jonathan Majors as the uber-villain Kang, who is expected to be the next main bad guy of the Avengers universe ever since Thanos got the boot (or…gauntlet).

Harper’s role has yet to be disclosed, but considering that this movie is in its final stages of production, it’s not out of the question to assume he will be filming some post-credits sequence. Fans on Twitter seem to believe this is Marvel’s way of slowly introducing the new Fantastic Four cast before that movie begins filming next year. Or maybe he’s just going to play a regular guy. Who knows!

After earning an Emmy nom and finishing up on The Good Place in 2020, Harper has since starred with Cristin Milioti in Peacock’s little-known gem The Resort, which everybody should totally be watching.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is set to hit theaters on Feb. 17, 2023.

It sounds like a cliché, the kind of thing that you’ll find scrawled sarcastically on a mug at a novelty store, but I really can’t start my day until I’ve had at least one cup of coffee. Maybe it’s the caffeine boost, the flavor, or simply the smell, but I love everything about coffee. Add a little cream and sugar or a flavored, seasonal cream if you like. Or don’t! It’s all great.

The only thing that I like almost as much as the coffee itself is a beer with bold, roasty coffee flavors. Don’t worry, I’m not drinking that for breakfast (usually). I’m saving it at least for lunch.

It being autumn, I couldn’t think of a better time to talk about beers for coffee drinkers. We’re talking about beer that either has coffee in it or simply tastes like coffee. The details don’t matter so much — it’s the flavor I love, and one that works beautifully on a cool fall night.

To find these coffee-centric beers, we went to the professionals for help once again. We asked a few well-known craft beer experts and brewers to tell us the best beers for fans of a freshly-brewed cup of coffee. Keep reading to see them all.

Left Hand Milk Stout

Basil Lee, co-founder of Finback Brewery in Glendale, New York

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

I’m ashamed to say it. When I drink stouts nowadays, nine times out of 10 it’s usually a five-ounce pour, likely with more coconut, peanut butter, marshmallow, or candy bar than beer. Mind you, I’m not complaining; life is good. But I think if you want just a stout—a well-made dark beer built on malt, with notes of chocolate, light roast, coffee, no astringency, and round, smooth on the mouth—I’m going back to the days before taprooms and hype breweries ruled the scene, and what was a highly rated stout is now maybe less so: Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro.

Woods Boss Hisolda Irish Coffee Cream Stout

Ryan Pachmayer, head brewer at Yak & Yeti Brewpub and Restaurant in Arvada, Colorado

ABV: 6.5%

Average Price: $12.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Woods Boss Hisolda Irish Coffee Cream Stout is really well-executed and delicious. Who doesn’t love a little Irish cream in their coffee? This beer is made with roasted malts and Irish coffee beans as well as lactose. It was created to taste like an Irish coffee and it definitely does.

Alesmith Speedway Stout

Rob Day, vice principal of marketing for Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts

ABV: 12%

Average Price: $13.99 for a four-pack

Why This Beer?

AleSmith Speedway Stout is a big beer with massive flavor. But I drink my coffee strong and dark, so this monster delivers the biggest coffee and sweet roast flavors. There’s a reason it’s one of the most highly regarded stouts on the market.

Firestone Walker Mocha Merlin

Judy Neff, founder and brewer at Checkerspot Brewing Company in Baltimore

ABV: 5.5%

Average Price: $9.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Firestone Walker Mocha Merlin. I had this beer at our local beer bar, Max’s Taphouse, and even though I’m usually not a huge fan of coffee beers, the smooth coffee with the subtle sweetness of the milk stout in this beer won me over, and now it’s something I’m always on the lookout for.

Georgetown Brewing Gusto Crema

Dan Schmelzer, head brewer at the Lagunitas Brewing Company’s Seattle Taproom & Beer Sanctuary in Seattle

ABV: 4.2%

Average Price: Limited Availability

Why This Beer?

Georgetown Brewing’s Gusto Crema. The majority of coffee beers are dark and roasty, as the malts that produce those characteristics certainly complement the aroma and flavor that coffee imparts in a brew. Georgetown Brewing goes against the grain by utilizing the smooth-yet-bold profile of cold brewed coffee, and blending that with a cream ale — producing a brew that is smooth, creamy, and light in color (think blonde roast coffee beans) while bursting with coffee flavor and aroma.

Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers Extra Export Stout

Kyle Warren, lead brewer at Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Company in Framingham, Massachusetts

ABV: 9%

Average Price: $7.95 for an 11.2-ounce bottle

Why This Beer?

Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers Extra Export Stout. Roasty, rich and malty combined with deep complex fruit flavors and a light finish. At 9%, this American stout-inspired Belgian brew has always been a cold-weather favorite. The Mad Brewers have been making strange yet traditional beers for some time now, and as long as they do I’ll be drinking them.

Coal Mine Avenue Javaplex Coffee Cream Ale

Ty Nash, head brew master at Little Dry Creek Brewery in Greenwood Village, Colorado

ABV: 5.5%

Average Price: Limited Availability

Why This Beer?

Coal Mine Avenue Brewing has the Javaplex Coffee Cream Ale that is a great breakfast beer. Hints of vanilla round out the coffee flavor in this cream ale, and the coffee they use is from a local roaster.

Working Draft The Usual

Garth E. Beyer, certified Cicerone® and owner and founder of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin

ABV: 5.2%

Average Price: Limited Availability

Why This Beer?

Every year I’m excited by the tweaks Working Draft Beer Company makes to The Usual (an ironic name for a beer that sees its recipe altered each year). This year’s coffee cream ale is infused with Madagascar vanilla and Mexican Oaxaca coffee from a local roaster called Rusty Dog Coffee Roasters. Vanilla can oftentimes be overpowering, but in this beer it’s subtle, just enough to complement the light roast coffee flavors rather than cover them.

Cerveceria Colorado Café de Olla

Nico Cervantes, brewer at Resolute Brewing in Centennial, Colorado

ABV: 6.6%

Average Price: Limited Availability

Why This Beer?

Cafe de Olla – Cerveceria Colorado. Cerveceria Colorado’s collaboration with Cerveceria San Pascual Baylon that pays homage to traditional cafe de olla is a coffee-lover’s dream. The flavors are punchy and in your face, but the beer itself is addictive and leaves you with a wonderful lingering bitterness and complexity of flavors that coat your tongue. Cafe de Olla truly walks the line between beer and coffee in a way that I’ve hardly ever experienced from other coffee beers. It’s an absolute joy to drink.

Guinness Stout

Ian Brown, head brewer at Biggerstaff Brewing in Atlanta

ABV: 4.2%

Average Price: $9.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Probably sounds crazy but a great beer for fans of coffee is actually Guinness Stout. I feel like no one takes it seriously anymore, but it’s incredible. Insanely drinkable, with less alcohol than most American light lager, full of flavor, and that presentation with the nitro? Don’t get me started. A highly underrated beer.

Jerry Lee Lewis is dead at 87 years old. His death was prematurely reported earlier this week, but now Lewis representative Zach Farnum has confirmed his passing to Variety.

A statement from Farnum reads, “Judith, his seventh wife, was by his side when he passed away at his home in Desoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis. He told her, in his final days, that he welcomed the hereafter, and that he was not afraid.”

Lewis was born in Ferriday, Louisiana on September 29, 1935. His recording career began in the ’50s and two of his most enduring hits were released during this time: “Great Balls Of Fire” and “Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On,” both from 1957. He was also known for his flashy piano-playing style. The last album Lewis released during his lifetime was 2014’s Rock & Roll Time. Just a few days ago, on October 16, Lewis was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

Lewis remained a capable showman even towards the end of his life: He performed at Chicago’s Riot Fest in 2018 and in his Uproxx review, Corbin Reiff wrote, “If I’m being completely honest, I was prepared for the worst. I’ve seen my fair share of ‘classic’ artists far younger than Jerry Lee turn in abysmal performances live, but damn it if the man still can’t play the ever-loving sh*t out of the piano. His voice may not be what it used to be — a little flat, lacking some of the signature nuance — but just to hear him fervently wail away on the ivories, running his hands up and down the keys, tossing off riffs and counter-melodies was absolutely astounding.”

After dropping his Kaytranada-produced EP Simple earlier this year, IDK is currently on tour opening up for Pusha T ahead of his upcoming stint overseas. Today, he released a new single, “Monsieur Dior,” in which he details tour life in a black-and-white, French New Wave-style video that sees him rapping in hallways, admiring his new tour bus, boxing training in a Dallas parking lot, and giving away sneakers. He also pays tribute to the late MF DOOM, with whom he previously collaborated and whose song “One Beer” partly inspired “Monsieur Dior” (both songs sample Cortex’s “Huit Octobre 1971”).

Although IDK hasn’t released a full-length project since 2021’s USee4Yourself, he’s still been pretty busy this year. In addition to releasing Simple with Kaytranada, backed by the singles “Taco,” “Dog Food,” and “Breathe,” he also made his NPR Tiny Desk debut, performing songs from Simple and capped the summer with a dual single release consisting of “Drive” and “Free Slime.” He’s got two more stops on his US tour, including one tonight in Providence, Rhode Island and Sunday in Wallingford, Connecticut, then he’s off to Cologne in Germany to begin his European swing.

You can watch the “Monsieur Dior” video above.

IDK is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.