All the new hip hop we posted on BV this week, including Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Wiki, Buddy, Miguel, Kamaiyah, Junglepussy, Griselda, dvsn/Future, AJ Tracey/Skepta, and more.
Day 2 of the 2016 Afropunk (Sunday, 8/28) featured three legendary boundary-pushing bands: Bad Brains, Fishbone and Living Colour. Some attendees may not have known that they'd be getting all three at once.
The annual Afropunk festival in Brooklyn's Commodore Park happens this year on August 27 & 28, and since we last spoke, the lineup has been expanded. Among the additions is British singer Laura Mvula, whose great new album The Dreaming Room is out now...
NYC R&B duo Lion Babe, who recently appeared on stage at Coachella with Disclosure, now have their own tour announced. One date is their free show on The Fourth of July at The Surf Lodge in Montauk, NY, and they also play a hometown show on July 7 at Gramercy Theatre. Ti...
Also: Angel Haze, Downtown Boys, Skunk Anansie, Skye & Ross of Morcheeba, Young Fathers, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, a superjam featuring members of Bad Brains, Fishbone and Living Colour, and more.
Angel Haze celebrated her new hard-edged mixtape Back To The Woods with a Baby's show back in September, and right now she's on a proper tour in support of...