Brooklyn Vegan — Check out her take on "Born Under Punches" that spins the original on its head, complete with a heavily synthetic groove and additional backing vocals. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Angélique Kidjo covered Talking Heads' 1980 album Remain In Light in full. She tapped Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, bassist Pino Palladino, and more to work on the LP. It's due out this summer, and in an interview with Ro... more info

Chorus.fm — The lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival has been announced. 7/20 Tame Impala Courtney Barnett Mount Kimbie Big Thief Earl Sweatshirt Syd Julien Baker Saba Open Mike Eagle Julie Byrne Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Lucy Dacus Melkbell... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Montreal festival also includes James Blake, Anderson .Paak, Lykke Li, The National, Blondie, Tyler the Creator, Brockhampton, Julien Baker, Jenny Lewis, Blood Orange, and still tons more. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — The War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Chaka Khan, Noname, Earl Sweatshirt, Saba, Blood Orange, and Japandroids are also set to play the Chicago festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lauryn Hill, Tame Impala and Fleet Foxes were revealed as headliners, and other new additions include Blood Orange, Japanese Breakfast, Saba, Open Mike Eagle, Noname, Alex Cameron, Kelly Lee Owens, and more. Continue reading… more info

Nialler9 — Follow the Nialler9 new album Spotify playlist featuring two songs each from each recommended recent album. 1. David Byrne – American Utopia Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne’s first solo album release in 14 years sees him collaborating... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include the Tibet House US Benefit (with Blood Orange, Angel Olsen, Stephin Merritt, and more), Bob Weir & Phil Lesh, Shopping, Andrew Bird, The Men, Frigs, the debut show of David Byrne's ambitious new stage show, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The lineup includes musical director Philip Glass, plus Angel Olsen, Carly Simon, Blood Orange, Stephin Merritt, Patti Smith, and more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — With his Blood Orange project, Dev Hynes released Freetown Sound , his last album, in 2016. He's been working on a follow-up lately. But last night, he shared two new tracks that will not appear on this new album. "Christopher & 6th" and "June 12" a... more info