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Other Music documentary coming to theaters this spring (watch a new trailer)

The Other Music documentary features in-store performances by Neutral Milk Hotel, Vampire Weekend, The National, Mogwai, The Rapture, and more.

hip hop roundup: Desiigner, Kool Keith, EPMD, milo, Danny Brown & more

Desiigner, whose “Panda” dominated last year, just dropped a new single, “Outlet.” He also announced The Outlet Tour, which hits NYC on May 15 at Playstation Theater. Tickets for that show are on AmEx presale now and they go on sale to the general public on Friday (2/10) at noon. All dates are listed below. […]

Joell Ortiz, Aston Matthews, Rakim, Common, Heems, Cypress Hill & more NYC rap shows +++ new Georgia Anne Muldrow

Plenty of great hip hop shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: Joell Ortiz and Illmind celebrated their very good new collaborative album Human in NYC a few weeks ago, and they’ll play another show here on August 26 at Santos Pa…

Vince Staples streaming debut LP, featured on new Ghostface Killah / Adrian Younge song (listen)

Vince Staples‘ Hell Can Wait EP was one of the most promising releases from a young rapper we heard last year, so needless to say we’ve been highly anticipating his debut album…

NYC hip hop roundup: Mobb Deep, Bodega Bamz, Joey Fatts, Smoke DZA, eMC, Kool G Rap, Cakes Da Killa & more

As always, NYC has a good amount of upcoming local hip hop shows and tours passing through. Here’s a rundown of some of the cool stuff coming up…

Talib Kweli, A$AP Ferg, Fat Trel, Ratking, Nitty Scott, & more upcoming hip hop shows

A$AP Ferg at Brooklyn Bowl in December (more by Brook Bobbins) Talib Kweli, who just played SOB’s earlier this week, is playing two nights at Brooklyn Bowl (3/17-18) with a live band this March with Cory Mo…