Gordon Voidwell

Some may say 2014 was a slow year for rap, but it doesn't look like anyone's gonna be saying that about 2015. We already got recent announcements of a new Action Bronson album (hear a new song) and a new Joey Bada$$ album (hear a new song ft...

After weeks of will-he-or-won't-he speculation, enigmatic R&B recluse D'Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on Sunday night...

Bad Brains at DeLuna Fest 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As discussed, the free 2014 AfroPunk Festival is going down in Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park from August 23...

D'Angelo at Brooklyn Bowl in 2013 (more by PSquared) We already know Shabazz Palaces and clipping. would be playing Brooklyn's free AfroPunk Festival in Commodore Barry Park (8/23-24) and now many more artists have been announced...

Mykki Blanco at Afro-Punk Fest 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The next NYC installment of Red Bull Sound Select will headlined by local rapper Mykki Blanco and happens on March 31 at Glassla...

LA rapper Nocando, who hosts the Low End Theory hip hop night and founded the Hellfyre Club label, is releasing a new album, Jimmy the Burnout, on March 18 via his own label, and he's just released a single from it, "Lucid Dream...

Hardcore punk rockers Cerebal Ballsy performed Saturday with a ferocity that commanded the seemingly peaceful crowd into a mosh pit. Later in the evening, the atmosphere switched into a groovy hipster paradise for all to enjoy as Erykah Badu jammed...

Slamming together categories -- and, when appropriate, bodies -- is the ever-expanding mission of the annual Afro-Punk Festival, which returned last weekend to Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn...

Rain Machine at BAM in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli) As mentioned, the free Afropunk Festival returns to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park on August 25-26...

TV on the Radio at Catalpa 2012 (more by Toby Tenebaum) As mentioned, the free Afro-Punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park on August 25-26...