Dr Octagon

Listen to the album's first single ”Hallucinations” here.

Our metal sister site Invisible Oranges ran down the best albums of the year. Plus, see new lists from Thou, Outer Heaven, Evoken, The Obsessed, Khemmis, CHRCH, and other metal bands.

The 2018 edition of Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival happens Labor Day Weekend (August 31 - September 2) at the Seattle Center. The lineup has just been announced and includes Fleet Foxes, SZA, J. Cole, Portugal. The Man, Phoenix T-Pain, Rhye, Kelela, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Dr. Octagon, Moses Sumney, The Revolution, Cherry Glazerr, Nothing, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Maxo Kream, Let's Eat Grandma and more.

Kool Keith, Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert, aka rap supergroup Dr. Octagon, celebrated the release of the terrific Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation -- their first record in 20 years -- at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday night. It was a bit of a bumpy birth

This week's Notable Releases include noticeable steps forward from Philly indie/punk bands Hop Along and The Wonder Years, Chicago rapper Saba's soulful yet chilling new project, and more.

Plus: stream the new Dr. Octagon album.

U.S. Girls, Pussy Riot, Princess Nokia, Special Explosion, Say Anything, Integrity, Haley Heynderickx, Soccer Mommy, SOB x RBE, Maxo Kream, and more artists we're excited to see at SXSW.

Kool Keith, Dan the Automator, and DJ Qbert recently announced that they'll release the first Dr. Octagon album since their classic 1996 debut this April.

The first single is ”Octagon Octagon,” which has that same surreal, psychedelic sound that they had in the '90s, and Kool Keith remains an unparalleled MC three decades into his career.

Outside Lands kicked off in San Francisco on Friday (8/11) without A Tribe Called Quest, but with Gorillaz, Fleet Foxes, Alt-J, Future Island, Belle & Sebastian, Sleigh Bells, Little Dragon, Noname, Tove Lo, Henry Rollins, Dr. Octagon, Hamilton Leithauser, Hundred Waters, and more.