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Plus: The Fugees, Little Simz, Vanjess, She & Him, Cassandra Jenkins, Mustard Plug, Illuminati Hotties/Fenne Lily, LIl Tecca, Activity, and more tour and festival news.

The Orb, De La Soul, Billy Bragg, The Mountain Goats, Jenny Lewis, Steve Albini, Mark Stewart, Subatomic Sound System, Geoff Barrow, Ryley Walker have also paid tribute to the pioneering artist.

Kaytranada hits the road in North America starting in September.

It’s Tinashe’s second album since leaving her major label and going independent, and it’s another fine offering of the alt-R&B sound that she helped pioneer on her early mixtapes…

Despite concerns of rising COVID cases, Lollapalooza kicked off as planned on Thursday

You can also read tribute from Questlove, El-P, Public Enemy, Roxanne Shanté, LL Cool J, Magic Johnson, Timbaland, Tom Morello, Michael Rapaport, Kaytranada, Wyclef Jean, 50 Cent, A-Trak, Questlove, and more.

This week’s playlist includes new music by Vince Staples, Tyler, the Creator, Yves Tumor, Wet Leg, Gang of Youths, Kings of Convenience ft. Feist, Aldous Harding, and more

This week’s Notable Releases include Afrobeat legend Angélique Kidjo’s first album of original music in 7 years, Mykki Blanco’s first project in 5 years, UK post-metallers Bossk’s sophomore LP (ft. Cult of Luna and Palm Reader vocalists), and more…

The lineup also includes Jamie xx, Pooh Shiesty, Kaytranada, EarthGang, Ghostemane, Ashnikko, Arlo Parks, Flo Milli, Remi Wolf, slowthai, $not, Yung Baby Tate, Dua Saleh, and more

Lollapalooza returns on July 29-August 1 in Chicago’s Grant Park