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“Real quick,” Mk.gee said to the crowd at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, kicking off a rare bit of stage banter. Mk.gee, real name Mike Gordon, is a man of few words — he doesn’t do many interviews, and can usually be seen onstage showing off his unique style of guitar-playing beneath a fog machine and strobe lights, his wavy brown locks covering his face. So when the 28-year-old does speak, listen up. It’s about to get real.

“This is an amazing night,” he said. “This is a celebration.

Hopscotch Music Festival returns to Raleigh, North Carolina for its 15th edition on September 4th-6th, 2025. Earl Sweatshirt, My Morning Jacket, and Sparks will headline the multi-venue indie festival, which takes place throughout Raleigh’s City Plaza, Moore Square, and various clubs.

Also set to play Hopscotch 2025 are Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Geese, Built to Spill, Crumb, Nilüfer Yanya, Yeule, Unwound, Geordie Greep, Les Savy Fav, Yhwh Nailgun, Superchunk, Kyle Mooney, Pachyman, Greg Mendez, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Claire Rousay, Merce Lemon, Triathalon, Wombo, Scarlet House, and many more.

Tickets for Hopscotch 2025 are on-sale now via the festival’s official website. Hopscotch offers two different types of 3-day passes: Ga, which goes for $160.39, and VIP, which is currently priced at $340.20, allows for fast-tracked entry to Hopscotch’s club shows, and includes VIP-only amenities. Prices for 3-day passes will eventually increase; get more information on Hopscotch tickets here.

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Ovrkast is an accomplished producer and rapper who has laced tracks for everyone from Drake to Earl Sweatshirt. But his calm demeanor belies his place in an indie rap scene that’s currently holding hip-hop on its back. When I speak with him at the Rolling Stone office, he’s getting ready to hit the road with Saba on The Big Picture tour, which is currently stretching across the country. The Bay Area-born, New York-based artist is also on the heels of releasing his latest album, While The Iron Is Hot.

In his review of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne’s Welcome 2 Collegrove, Slant’s Charles Lyons-Burt noted that the album’s main flaw was one “endemic to many sequels: It tries to be bigger and better but just ends up feeling lumbering and belabored.” Pinball II, the second collaborative album from Brooklyn rapper Mike and producer Tony Seltzer, manages to sidestep that pitfall. It’s both bigger and, if not outright better, about as good as its predecessor, without sacrificing any of the breezy charm that made that album so captivating.

Pinball is one of Mike’s most laidback albums, as well as one of his boldest, tightest, and most cohesive to date. It swaps out his usual hazy, sample-heavy loops for Seltzer’s crisp trap beats, which carry subtle touches of plugg and cloud rap. Pinball II follows suit, consisting of 17 straight-to-the-point jams, packed with sharp production and carefree flows.

"You think you're some sort of hero? I hate to break it to you, kid, there's no such thing as a hero! Vertical has revealed an official trailer for a crime comedy film titled California King, arriving to watch later this month. It just premiered at the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival in Belgium - and will be out soon on VOD for anyone who is ready to dive in. Perry, a mattress store manager, hatches a wild plan to impress the girl of his dreams, but his efforts go off the rails when his fake kidnapping of her brother gets more complicated than he expected. Their plan? Step 1: Kidnap her teenage brother. They don't get to Step 2... It's a "black-comedy gem with a cunning script, a funky soundtrack and a great cast, including rapper Travis Bennett." This stars Jimmy Tatro, Travis Bennett, Victoria Justice, Cooper Sutton, and Joel McHale.

Erykah Badu hasn’t released a new album since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), but that could all change soon. In a recent Billboard interview, the neo soul pioneer revealed she is working on her first studio album in 15 years.

Adding to the intrigue, it’s being solely produced by The Alchemist, better known for working with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Earl Sweatshirt, and Boldy James.

According to journalist Damien Scott, the currently untitled project is a primary focus in Badu’s life. “The album has been taking up most of her time; she says she can’t wait until she’s done,” Scott wrote.

Elsewhere in the interview, Badu explained why it’s been so long between albums. “I tour eight months out of the year for the past 25 years,” she said. “That’s what I do. I am a performance artist. I am not a recording artist.

From his 2009 self-produced debut LP Bastard to his 2024 genre-blending neo-industrial concept album Chromakopia, LA-based rapper Tyler, the Creator has become one of the most unique voices in modern hip-hop. Tyler's sound has certainly evolved from the provocative shock value of "Yonkers" off 2010's Goblin – which skyrocketed the rapper to internet fame – to the heartfelt pleading of "Earfquake" featuring a baby-voiced Playboi Carti on the most unexpected pop breakup album of 2019, Igor. Tyler's come a long way from the early days of his rap collective Odd Future, which also introduced the talents of Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean.

Tyler, the Creator is one of hip-hop's great and few auteurs who bring cinematic elements into his track lists and production themes. His latest, Chromakopia, has a distinct artistic vision that adds another compelling chapter to his already versatile discography yet is still quintessentially Tyler at its core. While his lyrical focus has...

Tyler, the Creator is staging Camp Flog Gnaw 2024 in Los Angeles this weekend on Saturday, November 16th, and Sunday, November 17th. If you can’t make it in person, Amazon Music is hosting a livestream with select performances from the stacked lineup.

The schedule hasn’t been posted yet, but performers slated for the 10th anniversary event include Tyler himself and fellow Odd Future members Earl Sweatshirt, Syd, Mike G, and Domo Genesis, as well as André 3000, Erykah Badu, DJ Mustard, Vince Staples, Playboi Carti, Denzel Curry, Schoolboy Q, and Doechii.

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Other notable acts include ScHoolboy Q, Faye Webster, Daniel Caesar, Raye, Sampha, The Marías, Kaytranada, Blood Orange, Omar Apollo, Jean Dawson, Sexxy Red, The Alchemist, Yves Tumor, Ma$e, Action Bronson, Kenny Mason, Mike, and Wisp, plus a tribute to Mf Doom.

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A24 has a knack for scooping up talent. The production company is also famous for taking risks and leading many firsts in the film industry. Their bold behavior doesn't seem to be changing, with projects like the second film by the divisive director of the analog horror film Skinamarink in the works. Now, the powerhouse production company is back at it again and this time they're following the lead of a filmmaking master. According to Deadline, Los Angeles-based filmmaker, Hiro Murai is set to direct his first feature, an original samurai film that will be financed by A24 in partnership with producers and long-time collaborators Square Peg and 2Am.

Although he is making his feature debut, Murai has had an extensive career in producing and directing, with many awards under his belt. The Japanese-born filmmaker scored Emmy nominations for his work on FX's show Atlanta, starring Donald Glover, who...

The producer and director behind many classic episodes of “Atlanta,” “The Bear,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Station Eleven,” and more is finally making a movie.

Hiro Murai, the Emmy-winning producer and director, is set to make his feature directorial debut on “Bushido,” a samurai film and epic that will be set up at A24, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire. A24 is financing and producing.

“Bushido” is said to be an action film set during Feudal Japan, but specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

Murai is directing the film from a script by Henry Dunham (“The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”), and he and Dunham will also produce along with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen for their Square Peg banner and Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb, and David Hinojosa for their 2Am banner.

While it’s unclear about the budget on the film, a period film...

Over the past few years, Hiro Murai has quietly become one of the most prolific creators of modern pop culture. The director and executive producer has worked extensively with Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) on Atlanta and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, as well as music videos like "This Is America,...

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The 10th iteration of Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw is almost here. Happening Nov. 16 and 17 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the music festival-slash-carnival is stacked with big names including André 3000, Kaytranada, Playboi Carti, Sexyy Red, Vince Staples, Omar Apollo, Faye Webster, Doechii, and Raye, in addition to Tyler.

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Tyler, the Creator has announced a 2025 world tour in support of his new album, Chromakopia.

Kicking off on February 4th, 2025, the extensive outing consists of more than 80 arena shows across the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. Lil Yachty and Paris Texas will provide support for the duration of the tour.

Update: Tyler has added additional shows in Los Angeles, Seattle (3/3), San Diego (3/10), Austin (3/16), Chicago (7/1), Philadelphia (7/6), Boston (7/9), New York (7/15), and Toronto (7/25).

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Tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, November 1st at 10:00 a.m. local time via 2025 world tour. A number of pre-sales will take place in the days leading up to the public on-sale, including an American Express cardmembers pre-sale beginning on Tuesday, October 29th. There will also be a Ticketmaster pre-sale on Thursday, October 31st (use code Tempo).

The tour comes in support of Tyler’s new album, Chromakopia,...

Tyler, the Creator has released his new album, Chromakopia.

First announced with a teaser video earlier this month, Chromakopia is Tyler’s first full-length release since 2021’s Call Me If You Get Lost. Released via Columbia, the new album was preceded by the single “Noid,” which dropped alongside an Ayo Edebiri-starring music video earlier this week.

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Now, Chromakopia has arrived in its entirety — and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, at that, being released at 6:00 a.m. Et on Monday morning. Spanning 14 tracks, the album contains collaborations with ScHoolboy Q, GloRilla, Doechii, Childish Gambino, Lil Wayne, Teezo Touchdown, and more. Stream the album below.

Up next, Tyler’s annual festival, Camp Flog Gnaw, is set to go down in Los Angeles on November 16th and 17th, with performances by himself, André 3000, Erykah Badu, Mustard, Playboi Carti, Earl Sweatshirt, and more (get tickets).

Then, in February,...

Tyler, the Creator is back again with “Noid,” a new song off his upcoming album Chromakopia.

“Noid” arrives just days after Tyler, the Creator teased the new project with “St. Chroma,” a short-but-intriguing offering that we named as one of our Songs of the Week. Chromakopia serves as Tyler, the Creator’s seventh album and the follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 LP Call Me If You Get Lost.

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While “St. Chroma,” with its 85 second runtime, was a bit of a feint as a lead single, “Noid” is a more meaty offering from the hip-hop auteur. With a crawling, snare-driven beat, Sabbath-esque guitars, and bubbling synths and piano, “Noid” builds more momentum with each musical phrase. Tyler raps about experiencing some major paranoia: “I can’t even buy a home in private,” he says, before muttering in a panic, “Notice every car that’s driving by...

Tyler, the Creator has revealed the complete lineup for Camp Flog Gnaw 2024, the 10th iteration of his annual music festival hosted on the Dodger Stadium grounds in Los Angeles. The rapper will take the stage at the two-day event with additional performances from André 3000, Kaytranada, Playboi Carti, Sexyy Red, Vince Staples, Omar Apollo, Faye Webster, Doechii, Raye, and more.

Camp Flog Gnaw will return on Nov. 16 and 17. Tickets for the festival were put on sale in June with no prior announcement of who would be performing. Passes sold out...

Tyler, the Creator has revealed the lineup for Camp Flog Gnaw 2024 via a crossword puzzle on the festival’s website.

Alongside Tyler himself, the 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw lineup includes former Odd Future running mates Earl Sweatshirt, Syd, Mike G, and Domo Genesis, André 3000, Erykah Badu, DJ Mustard, Vince Staples, Playboi Carti, Faye Webster, Denzel Curry, Daniel Caesar, Raye, Sampha, The Marías, Kaytranada, ScHoolboy Q, Blood Orange, Omar Apollo, Jean Dawson, Sexxy Red, The Alchemist, Yves Tumor, Doechii, Ma$e, Action Bronson, Kenny Mason, Mike, and Wisp, plus a tribute to Mf Doom.

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of Tyler’s hip-hop festival, which will go down November 16th and 17th at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Tickets to Camp Flog Gnaw are sold out, however, fans can join a ticket waitlist via the festival’s website. Alternatively, fans can look for tickets via StubHub,...

FKA Twigs made a special appearance at a charity concert in London in support of relief efforts in Gaza and Sudan. The singer took the stage at the Troxy to perform her song “Cellophane,” which she released in 2019.

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The concert was organized by Mustafa as part of collective Artists For Aid, with the proceeds benefiting War Child UK’s response plan in Gaza and Sudan, which focuses on food, water and hygiene-based aid.

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Normani delivers her highly-anticipated debut album and proves good things take time, Khalid shares a dreamy tune about falling in love, and This Is Lorelei serves up an indie-pop masterclass. Plus, new music from NxWorries, Earl Sweatshirt, Rae Khalil, Victoria Monét, Tove Lo, and Sg Lewis.

Normani, “Insomnia” (YouTube)

Khalid, “Adore U” (YouTube)

This is Lorelei, “An Extra Beat for You and Me” (YouTube)

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Coachella 2024 headliner Tyler, the Creator teamed up with his former Odd Future group mate Earl Sweatshirt at Coachella on Saturday, April 20, to deliver a couple of songs.

The pair performed “AssMilk,” their collaboration from Tyler, the Creator’s 2009 mixtape, Bastard, and “Rusty” from 2013’s Wolf. Following their “Rusty” performance, they hugged each other and Earl Sweatshirt said, “Look at the biggest show on Earth” complimenting his friend and the grand landscape-themed stage setup. Tyler, the Creator called Earl Sweatshirt his brother and said, “I love this guy so fucking much.

Tyler, The Creator headlined the second day of Coachella on Saturday night — a momentous occasion for one of rap’s biggest stars, coming 13 years after his Coachella debut as a member of Odd Future in 2011.

Tyler pulled out all the stops for his show, bringing out a star-studded guest list that included Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis and soul singer Charlie Wilson, the famed lead vocalist of The Gap Band.

“These are Epstein hours!” exclaimed the 33-year-old rapper at the start of his set, which he began at 11:40 p.

I speak to Brooklyn’s Mike while he’s lounging in the Netherlands before another show on his ongoing Somebody Fine Me Trouble Tour, on which he’ll traverse Europe and then the United States through May. He tells me that he’s enjoying his time overseas so far.

“We hit a lot of places I never performed at,” he says. “It’s always cool going to different places and [seeing] what the younger crowd looks like in certain countries.” But he tells me it hasn’t been completely smooth sailing.

Thing Festival has revealed its 2024 lineup, led by St. Vincent, Toro y Moi, Black Pumas, and Spoon. Making its debut at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington, the all-ages festival will go down from August 9th through 11th.

Other notable acts include Killer Mike, Earl Sweatshirt, Ethel Cain, and Stephen Sanchez. CoSign alums Arlo Parks and McKinley Dixon will also play the festival alongside Shakey Graves, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Militarie Gun, Ratboys, and more. See the full lineup below.

A ticket pre-sale (sign up for a code here) begins on Tuesday, March 12th, with the general on-sale slated for Friday, March 15th via Ticketmaster. Single-day and three-day passes will be available for both the General Admission and VIP tiers.

“Music discovery continues to be at the core of Thing,” Adam Zacks, curator of Thing and Seattle Theatre Group’s chief programming officer, said in a statement. “We’ll always aim to...

Celine Song's debut feature "Past Lives" showcases her potential as a major director of the modern era. Hiro Murai's unique vision and atmospheric storytelling make him a director to watch. Bo Burnham's insightful work in Eighth Grade and his Netflix special Inside mark him as a director with a unique voice.

With so many of the greatest directors of contemporary cinema currently in the latest stages of their careers, it begs the question of what millennial directors have what it takes to still be remembered 50 years from. With David Lynch and Steven Spielberg in their late 70s, Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott in their 80s, and Clint Eastwood in his 90s, many of the biggest names in Hollywood won’t be around five decades from now. However, there are those in the millennial generation, born from 1981 to 1996, who have now had enough time in the limelight to...

A small room at the top of Hollywood’s historic Paramount Recording Studios is serving as a salon for Victoria Monét as she and a stylist put the finishing touches on her hair. She’s preparing to sit down with Kelly Rowland, and she’s pretty nervous. Meeting a role model can do that to a person.

When Destiny’s Child released The Writing’s on the Wall in 1997, Monét was about 10 years old, and Rowland about 18. Like many Black girls at the turn of the century (and today), Victoria loved Destiny’s Child.

There’s a popular adage floating around the social media site formerly known as Twitter: “I miss the old Doja.”

With the release of her album Scarlet this fall, pop star Doja Cat debuted a new look. She dropped her colorful lacefronts for a shaved head. She eschewed skin-baring costumes for brutalist demon-inspired imagery. Oh, and she told her fans — repeatedly, aggressively — to fuck off.

The Planet Her singer built her career on being a pop star who enjoyed the finest things the internet had to offer, just like regular people.

Doja Cat’s latest troll has once again pushed fans to the limit as the singer posted and then deleted a photo of herself wearing a shirt featuring a notorious alt-right comic.

On Friday, Doja Cat uploaded the selfie donning a shirt with the image of Sam Hyde, an internet-infamous edgelord with ties to both the alt-right and neo-Nazi movements.

Hyde was previously a co-writer on Adult Swim’s Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace before the series was canceled after one season for featuring racist and sexist messaging, Buzzfeed reports.

Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have brought their long-awaited joint album, Voir Dire, to major streaming services after initially only making it available on the Nft platform Gala Music. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.

In the days leading up to its original release, The Alchemist drummed up anticipation for the project on his Instagram account. After sharing a brief audio clip, he teased the tracklist and announced a joint show at the Jazz Cafe in London taking place on August 25th.

Besides the album’s sole single, “Sentry” featuring Mike, the only place to hear the full project at first was Gala, a streaming platform that utilizes blockchain technology and offers NFTs connected to releases. Earl and The Alchemist later released the video for another track, “The Caliphate” featuring Vince Staples, before bringing the full album to streaming on October 6th.

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Devotees of Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have been scouring YouTube to find their “mystery album” for years to no avail. Luckily for the scavengers, the beloved artists released their collaboration album Voir Dire last month, and they dropped the Dsp version today, with three new tracks in tow — including two with close collaborator Vince Staples.

In 2019, The Alchemist tweeted that he and Earl dropped an album under a fake name and put it on YouTube. In 2021, he doubled down, noting “We hid a whole album on YouTube under a fake name and YouTube page.

Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have announced a US tour in support of their new collaborative album, Voir Dire.

Beginning November 6th in Seattle, the trek will take the rapper and producer down the West Coast to Portland and San Francisco before they head to Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, DC, and more. The tour wraps up on November 27th in Detroit. As for support, Black Noi$e will open all of the dates, while Mike will also perform in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco.

Pre-sale tickets for the “Voir Dire Tour” are available now through Ticketmaster. Once the shows sell out, you can also find deals over at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Despite guesting on each other’s releases for years, Voir Dire marks the...

Earl Sweatshirt is marking the 10th anniversary of his solo debut album Doris with a series of shows and last night a special guest arrived to help him celebrate. Tyler, the Creator surprised the audience when he joined Earl on stage at Saturday’s concert at Novo in Los Angeles to perform their collaboration “Whoa.” Watch fan-shot footage of their performance:

The Odd Future alumni could potentially team up again this fall when Earl Sweatshirt performs at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, which takes place Nov. 11 and...

Chef Alisa Reynolds was on the brink of losing her prized My 2 Cents restaurant when she was struck with an idea that would take her career worldwide.

On her eight-episode unscripted Hulu series “Searching for Soul Food,” which dropped on June 2, the Los Angeles-based Reynolds travels the world, shining a light on marginalized cultures as she dines on native cuisines. Hailing from Onyx Collective, the series pushes Reynolds — whose food has been enjoyed by renowned figures such as Barack Obama, Lena Waithe, A$AP Rocky, among others — into the TV space as one of the few Black women to host their own show in the travel and food genres.

Her international journey takes Reynolds through Mississippi, Oklahoma, Appalachia, South Africa, Italy, Jamaica, Peru and Los Angeles, as she connects people from all walks of life and varied backgrounds through one commonality: good meals.

As viewers gather from its first episode,...

The Alchemist has returned with Flying High, an eight-song EP featuring Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, Boldy James, and more. Listen to the EP and check out the music video for the opening track “Rip Tracy” below.

With soulful samples galore, Flying High shows off The Alchemist’s ability to craft velvety, lyric-centric hip-hop. “Rip Tracy,” which features Earl and woods, places the rappers’ calculated flows in the spotlight, while tracks like “Bless” boast melodic, jazzy arrangements. T.F, Mike, Sideshow, Larry June, and Jay Worthy all appear on the EP as well.

Like previous Alchemist releases — such as Lunch Meat, Bread, and This Thing of Ours 2 — Flying High begins with four tracks featuring lyrics, followed by instrumental versions of the same four tracks. Splitting it up this way, it makes it all the more easy to appreciate the balance between lyricism and sheer musical prowess that The Alchemist has perfected.

Earl Sweatshirt is back with his first new music of 2023, a Jersey club-influenced tribute to 2000s reality TV titled “Making the Band (Danity Kane).”

Surf Gang founder Evilgiane, who recently produced Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar’s fun collaboration “The Hillbillies,” handled the beat for the track, which is named after Danity Kane, the R&b group formed on Diddy’s MTV series Making the Band.

After making references to stacking money and “feeling like Diddy standing in a bank,” Earl also name-drops Bruce Banner (aka The Hulk) while rapping over the skittering instrumental. In the accompany music video, directed by Hidji world and Yga, Earl has a chill night out. Watch it below.

“Making the Band (Danity Kane)” is Earl’s first solo release since his January 2022 album, Sick!, which featured the singles “Tabula Rasa,” “Titanic.” and “2010.” Following the LP’s release, he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring...

Seated among plaques of Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Lil Wayne at Noble Studios in Harlem, the Charlotte-raised rapper Mavi tells me about how a chance encounter with Zora Neale Hurston’s You Don’t Know Us Negroes helped change the direction of his life. Earlier this year, he read her essay about High John de Conquerer, often depicted in folklore as a prince turned enslaved person with a glass-half-full sense of humor on his plantation. “He was the personification of laughter on the plantation and amusement at the expense of the slave master,...

Burna Boy, the Roots, Isaiah Rashad, Freddie Gibs, Tierra Whack, and more have been tapped for the 2022 Afropunk Festival, returning to the live music sector for the first time since 2019.

Having taken place virtually for the past two years, Afropunk will return to Brooklyn, New York’s Commodore Barry Park, on Sept. 10 and 11.

The Roots will headline Afropunk on the first night in celebration of their 30-year anniversary as a band. Burna Boy will take the stage for night two, marking his first U.S. festival headlining slot. The performance...

Odd Future member Hodgy has released a new single, “We Never Knew,” co-produced by the rapper’s frequent collaborator and fellow Odd Future member Left Brain, a.k.a. Vyron Turner.

“We Never Knew” will appear on Hodgy’s upcoming project, Entitled, out May 20 via SoundCloud’s artist services division, Poortrait Records/Repost. The rapper has previously unveiled several songs from the EP, including “Into Someone” and “Everyday,” which was produced by Gorillaz’s Jeff Wootton.

The five-song EP is Hodgy’s first release since his 2016 debut solo LP, Fireplace.

“I’m still takin’ my shit/Parking my whip/Now I’m adjusting my fit,” raps Richmond, Virginia’s Fly Anakin on “No Dough,” a breakneck 90-second tour through everything that makes him a deeply exciting Mc. Pitted with an adventurous, funk-pumped Madlib beat, Anakin raps in a high-pitched cadence, sort of like Az if he’d won a science contest in fifth grade. Madlib described Anakin as “one of the illest MCs,” and on “No Dough,” you hear what he means. Anakin’s commanding without ever raising his voice.

The Roots, Mitski, and the National will headline the 2022 Pitchfork Music Festival, set to take place at Union Park in Chicago, July 15 through 17.

The National will top the bill on the festival’s first day, along with Spiritualized and Parquet Courts. Other acts set to perform include Tierra Whack, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, Spirit of the Beehive, Camp Cope, and CupcakKe. Mitski will headline day two with additional top-billed sets from Japanese Breakfast and Lucy Dacus, as well as performances from Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Iceage, Arooj Aftab,...

The Smoker’s Club Fest has announced its 2022 lineup, with strong headliners in Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti. The festival will take place on April 30, at the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernadino, California. Other great performers who will be at the festival include Danny Brown, Yung Lean, Rico Nasty, Earl Sweatshirt and Joey Badass. A few performers will be […]

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Earl Sweatshirt will release a new album, Sick, on Jan. 14, 2022 via Tan Cressida/Warner Records. The rapper has previewed the release with “Tabula Rasa,” a single featuring rap duo Armand Hammer.

The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Joseph, which was filmed during the recording process in one shot.

“Sick is my humble offering of 10 songs recorded in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns,” Earl Sweatshirt said in a statement. “Before the virus I had been working on an album I named...

Earl Sweatshirt has debuted a new single, “2010,” the rapper’s first solo release since 2019. The track, produced by Black Noi$e, is accompanied by an intimate music video directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa.

The single sees the rapper hitting lyrics about his humble beginnings and reflecting on his trajectory of success to date. “Threw me loose changе/Look at what I made of it,” Sweatshirt boasts on the song.

Fans had been speculating about the song’s release after Sweatshirt revealed coordinates that lead fans to cryptic billboards with an augmented reality filter.

Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, and Tyler, the Creator are set to headline the 2021 Day N Vegas festival, which will take place November 12th through 14th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.

Lamar’s set was billed in a press release as his only live performance of 2021. The billing on the festival poster also suggests Lamar’s performance will be a retrospective of sorts, rather than a chance to debut or tease any long-awaited new music (“From Section.80 to Damn,” the poster reads, referencing Lamar’s first and latest album).

Along with the headliners,...

At his leisure, the musician Mavi plays with space and time. The 21-year-old rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina sees storytelling as a way to speak his truth while he’s alive. His latest EP End of the Earth was released to critical praise and marked a significant step towards what could be a major sophomore album from the rising star. The EP’s cover art takes after Shel Silverstein’s Where The Sidewalk Ends, and the metaphor tracks. End of the Earth features Mavi’s sharpest lyrical skill melded seamlessly with shapeshifting lo-fi sonics.

Lorde, Megan Thee Stallion, Beck, Dua Lipa, Pavement, Massive Attack, and Gorillaz are among the artists set to play Primavera Sound when it returns in 2022.

The festival, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, will be held over two weekends next year — June 2nd and June 4th, and June 9th through 11th — with slightly different lineups each time. The two weekends will take place at the Parc del Fòrum, while in the intervening week, June 5th through 8th, there will be an array of shows at venues around Barcelona. Primavera Sound...

The 20-year-old poet and singer Arlo Parks started releasing music as a teenager, courting blog interviews in between her final exams. Parks, who was raised in London by Nigerian and Chadian-French parents (her full name is Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho), went on to release a pair of acclaimed EPs, Super Sad Generation and Sophie, in 2019; just before the pandemic hit, she was set to go on her first tour. Instead, she’s been stuck at home, waiting out this nightmare like the rest of us. “It’s given me some...

Ten years ago, the members of Odd Future wore balaclavas with sharpied inverted crosses on them for an appearance on network television. Tyler, the Creator was 19 years old, Hodgy Beats about 16 months older, and Earl Sweatshirt was still sequestered in Samoa. They took the soundstage of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on February 16th, 2011 — backed by three members of the Roots and a girl dressed in full Ring make-up — and begrudgingly censored the many indecencies that appear in their early deep-cut “Sandwitches.” (“Not Dom, but if I was a Dahm...

Earl Sweatshirt dropped the expanded edition of his 2019 EP Feet of Clay Friday, and with it new song “Ghost” featuring Navy Blue.

Built around a soul sample, the Black Noi$e-produced track finds the enigmatic Sweatshirt bookending the two-minute song with a potent chorus while his guest Navy Blue delivers the central verse; Black Noi$e is also the first signee to Sweatshirt’s imprint Tan Cressida.

The expanded version of Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay — out physically Friday on CD and limited edition vinyl following its predecessor’s digital-only...

Earl Sweatshirt shared a new song this week, “Whole World,” featuring production from the Alchemist and a verse from Los Angeles Mc Maxo. The cut will appear on the upcoming vinyl deluxe edition of Earl’s 2019 Ep Feet of Clay.

“Whole World” boasts a brooding and hypnotic Alchemist beat that provides the perfect canvas for Earl and Maxo to get existential with their bars and wordplay. “Angels sitting on my dome, had to recognize,” Maxo spits, “All the feelings I disguise, it’s there when I bleed/Eyes to my feet,...

So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the people, places and things that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.

Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...