Ab-Soul

Thanks to TDE’s recent success, Q found himself as the most established performer at the Freshman show. With no one to accompany him on stage, he fared better in the larger crowd as a solo artist, breezing through tracks from and throwback collaborations with A$AP Rocky…

The Downtown Music Festival, which is coming to multiple North American cities this year, kicked off its first one in NYC on Friday (5/10) across various LES venues…

It’s not too out of the ordinary when rappers we don’t like collaborate or tour with rappers we do like. We’ve already seen some of our favorite rappers tour with Childish Gambino and collaborate with Asher Roth, and now a handful of guys we’re currently invested in are doing stuff with another non-fave, Mac Miller…

Clutch in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Surfer Blood @ Ace Hotel * The Blue Vipers @ Barbes * Rachelle Garniez @ Barbes * Pagode Roots @ The Stone * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Viceroy, Alex English @ WIP * El Vez, Corn Mo @ Maxwell’s * Johnny Marr, Alamar @ Irving Plaza * Gun Outfit, Piano Movers @ Cake Shop * Clutch, The Sword, Lionize @ Terminal 5 * Amy Helm, Connor Kennedy @ City Winery * Fear Factory, Hate Eternal @ Gramercy Theatre * Marriage, Zula, LODRO, Bueno @ Shea Stadium * Cyro Baptista & Banquet Of the Spirits @ The Stone * Tom Odell, Jeremy Messersmith @ Bowery Ballroom * Tera Melos, TTNG, Infinity Shred @ The Knitting Factory * Ghost Beach, Magic Man, Wardell @ Santos Party House * Oberhofer, Celestial Shore, Life Size Maps @ Glasslands * Volbeat, All That Remains, Eye Empire @ The Wellmont Theatre * Fred Falke, Foals (DJ), Chrome Sparks, Jorge Bonjour @ Output * Belle Mare, Cherokee Red, Adam Rubenstein @ Mercury Lounge * Marques Toliver & the Sometimes, Sophie Auster @ Mercury Lounge * Cosmic Boogieman, Sioux Lion, Sheare, Ariana & The Rose @ Pianos * Los Jamones, The Stags, The Mess Around, Runny @ The Grand Victory * Starlight Girls, Dangeous Ponies, Slutever, The Suzan @ Death By Audio * Janeane Garofalo, Christian Finnegan, MadDog @ Eastville Comedy Club * TKTTSM, Bright Future, The Veda Rays, Eastern Hollows @ Bowery Electric * Blood Red Shoes, Portmanteaux, Cosmonaut @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Young Mothers, Instrument Thieves, Cowboy Indian Bear, Medals @ Cameo Gallery * SWIMM, The Ludlow Thieves, Vandaveer, Rachel Brown, Ben Lovett @ Rockwood Music Hall * VJ Lady Firefly, Paul Amitai, VisualHornHonkinG, The Driver, Nimbostratus, Firefly Moon @ Big Snow * Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell M…

Cold Specks in Chicago earlier this month (more by James Richards IV) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Leslie Kritzer @ Joe’s Pub * Lizz Winstead @ The Bell House * Jim James, Cold Specks @ Webster Hall * Liam Finn, Rohypnotize @ Knitting Factory * Opeth, Katatonia @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * How to destroy angels_, DIIV @ Apollo Theater * Frank Londons Shekhina Big Band @ The Stone * The Neighbourhood, Wardell @ Bowery Ballroom * Wyatt Cenac, Dan St…

Autre Ne Veut at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Downtown Records are taking their Downtown Music Festivals to different North American cities this year, including NYC from May 10 to 11 across various LES venues, including Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, Angel Orensanz Center, Pianos, Cake Shop, Tammany Hall, Element, Capitale, Rockwood Music Hall and m…

Phoenix at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 4/5/2013 (more by PSquared Photography) Two days after announcing the existence of the second edition of Jay-Z’s of Made in America festival, here comes the initial line-up…

Angel Haze at SPIN House at SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, XXL’s 2013 Freshman Class includes Schoolboy Q, Trinidad Jame$, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Logic, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travi$ Scott, Dizzy Wright, and Angel Haze, and as usual, XXL will celebrate with a concert in NYC that features all ten rappers…

Palma Violets at BV SXSW 2013 day party (more by Amanda Hatfield) Downtown Records are taking their Downtown Music Festivals to different North American cities this year with a lineup that includes Black Hippy (aka Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul, and Jay Rock all playing together), Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Trash Talk, Beach Fossils, Teengirl Fantasy, …

“XXL has revealed their Freshman Class cover for 2013. The cover features ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Action Bronson, among others. They join a list of emcees to be on the Freshman Class list over the years that includes Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller and more…