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Skrillex associate Mija curated the unique “FK A GENRE Tour,” which, as you may guess, has her joined by various artists across several genres. Among the artists is Compton rapper Boogie, who has a new mixtape on the way…

There’s always a good amount of hip hop shows happening in and around NYC, but we don’t get a chance to post about all of it. Here’s a roundup of some cool stuff coming up that we haven’t talked about yet, new music, and more: Hot 97 is throwing a holiday show at Newark’s Prudential Center on December 5 that’s pretty stacked with both the old and the new: Busta Rhymes, Mar…

After a long wait, it’s finally Freshman season again and today, XXL is proud to reveal our highly-anticipated 2015 XXL Freshman Class. This year, we’re presenting 10 up-and-coming rappers who we feel, collectively and individually, are defining the new wave of hip-hop…

Prurient (aka Dominick Fernow) recently announced a tour opening for Godflesh for late summer/early fall, but Dominick will be playing shows sooner than that under his Vatican Shadow moni…

Chicago rapper Lil Durk is releasing his new album, Remember My Name, on June 2 via Def Jam, and he’ll play a release show at NYC’s Irving Plaza (6/2) the day it com…

Jessica Pratt‘s new bare-bones folk album On Your Own Love Again (out now on Drag City) is one of the best of its kind in a while, and she’s finally expanded her tour to include her first NYC show here since its release…

The 2015 edition of Toronto’s NXNE Festival happens June 17 – 21 at venues all over the Ontario capital. The initial lineup has just been announced and includes Action Bronson, The New Pornographers, Angel Olsen, Zola Jesus, Om, Rae Sremmurd, Deafheaven, Best Coast, Blonde Redhead, Iceage, Real Estate, Lower Dens, A Place To Bury Strangers, Pentagram, White Lung and more…

Back in 2013, electronic producers Fatima Al Qadiri, Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda of Nguzunguzu and Lit City Trax’s J-Cush formed the collaborative project Future Brown, and now they’re set to release their self-titled debut album on February 24 via Warp…

The FADER always has some year-end coverage, but for the past 15 years they didn’t publish a ranked year-end list. This year however, they ranked their 116 favorite songs of 2014 (find out why) and it’s a diverse list that manages to sing the praises of iLoveMakonnen, Tinashe, Alex G, Florida Georgia Line, Enrique Iglesias, Bleachers, Ricky Eat Acid, YG, Toni Braxton & Babyface, Nothing, Grimes, Parquet Courts, Run the Jewels and Grouper all in the same damn list…

The Downtown Music Festival is back, and will stage events in five cities this year. The dates and locations are:Downtown Cleveland – September 19 & 20 Downtown Minneapolis – September 26 & 27 Downtown New York – October 2-4 Downtown Los Angeles – November 7 & 8 Downtown Houston – November 14 & 15Lineups are mostly still TBA, but NYC, as you can see in the flyer above, will feature rising 90s throwback pop star Kiesza along with Animal Collective sideproject Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter’s Atlas Sound, Autre Ne Veut, Tobacco, Jungle, Vacationer, IAMSU…