The inaugural Ohio festival Sonic Temple (which replaces Rock on the Range) also includes Refused, The Prodigy, Joan Jett, The Cult, Mark Lanegan, Lamb of God, Gojira, Meshuggah, Tom Morello, Pussy Riot, and more...
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...
This month's Red Bull Sound Select show in NYC is curated by AfroPunk and features TDE-signed R&B singer SZA, NYC queer rapper Cakes Da Killa, pop duo Denitia and Sene, Mykki Blanco collaborator Princess Nokia (aka Wavy Spice) and H09909 (who opened the recent Body Count show)...