Stereogum — Devonté Hynes, the man behind the Blood Orange alias, likes to direct his own music video, and he proved himself to be a master director long ago. Hynes films marginalized people, and he does it in ways that draw out their beauty, making them almost... more info

Stereogum — A$AP Rocky has been busy since releasing his latest album Testing in May, collaborating with the likes of Tyler, The Creator, YG and Blood Orange. But today, A$AP took a break to revisit an old favorite. He covered Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The ... more info

New York Times — The British R&B artist Dev Hynes comes to New York, and Glenn Close plays Joan of Arc’s mother. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The stacked Miami festival also includes Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Herbie Hancock, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah (playing 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and still much more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Central Park SummerStage hosted the awesome double bill of Blood Orange and Yves Tumor on Wednesday night. Both acts had razor-sharp backing bands, and each put on a truly terrific set... Continue reading… more info

Kings of A&R — Brighton UK 4 piece Drip Gloss dropped their debut  track Fame and a video. Drawing influences from Mavi Phoenix, MØ/Diplo, and Blood Orange, the latest track delves into the topic of self absorption.  Born Music notes, “some of the electronics ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We're giving away tickets to a bunch of upcoming shows in NYC, including Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Pig Destroyer, Lykke Li, Joyce Manor, Oh Sees, Violent Femmes, and more. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer-songwriter previously covered Talking Heads' Remain in Light in full. more info

DrownedInSound — The introversion and the melancholia is only half the story more info

Nialler9 — The best of August with Boygenius, Robyn, Blood Orange, Shakedown, Ailbhe Reddy, Clairo, Soulé & more. The post The 25 best songs of the last month appeared first on Nialler9. more info