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Utrecht's Le Guess Who? fest: initial 2018 lineup (Breeders, Vashti Bunyan, more)

Devendra Banhart, Asia Argento, Moor Mother and Sons of Kemet’s Shabaka Hutchings are guest curators for this unique festival that takes place in November in picturesque Netherlands city of Utrecht.

Roots Picnic 2015 lineup (Erykah Badu, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Phantogram, Rae Sremmurd, DJ Windows 98, more)

The annual Roots Picnic will return to Philly’s Festival Pier on May 30 and this year’s lineup was announced today, via Billboard. In addition to The Roots’ own set, they’ll back Erykah Badu for her set, and it also includes The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Phantogram, Rae Sremmurd, Afrika Bambaataa, Hudson Mohawke, DJ Windows 98 (aka Arcade Fire’s Win Butler), Bishop Nehru, Raury, DJ Mustard…

Afropunk Festival 2014 in pics & videos (D'Angelo, Bad Brains w/ guests, Body Count, Fishbone, Shabazz Palaces, more)

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…

AfroPunk 2014 expands lineup: Bad Brains (but no HR), Sharon Jones, Cro-Mags, King Britt, DJ Rashad tribute & more

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…

dance roundup: Moon Boots, Martyn, Nosaj Thing, Maya Jane Coles, Medlar, King Britt, UNOversary, Girl Unit, more

There’s never a lack of good electronic shows coming up in NYC. Here’s a few highlights… To start, here’s some at new-ish Williamsburg dance club Verboten…

J. Cole played Warm Up (video) w/ King Britt, Saul Williams, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire & more

The already packed crowd somehow found room to move even closer to the stage as Jermaine came on for the shortest set of the concert. While his DJ and keyboardist were having a blast with “Can’t Get Enough,” “It In The Morning,” and “Nobody’s Perfect,” girls mindlessly screamed and guys shouted the lyrics along with Cole…

Darq E Freaker produced a new Danny Brown track, playing Warm Up & a True Panther party this weekend

Danny Brown, who has a tour with Action Bronson on the way, is saying he’ll release his new album, Old, at some point this October, and he just released a new song (that may or may not appear on the album) produced by London’s Darq E Freaker…

Mr. MFN eXquire added to El-P/Killer Mike show (win tix!)

Killer Mike at Pitchfork Fest 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As discussed, Killer Mike and collaborator El-P have teamed up as the duo Run the Jewels, the name under which they released a free album back in J…

J. Cole releasing 'Born Sinner' (stream it), announces tour

J. Cole was a pretty exciting rapper around the time of his Friday Night Lights mixtape, but that excitement died down a bit when his debut album for Roc Nation, Cole World proved to be mostly mediocre…
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