Stereogum — Braids’ Raphaelle Standell and Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast are among the musicians who have openly criticized Danish company TC Electronic for the use of sexist language surrounding their "Pussy Melter" guitar products. The guitar ped... more info

Perez Hilton — We guess cultural appropriation is OK if your kid tells you to do it! LOLz! As you may have seen, Kim Kardashian West got a lot of heat (once again) for wearing Fulani braids to the MTV Movie & TV Awards over the weekend. While speaking at her KKW Be... more info

Stereogum — Thankfully, the excellent Canadian trio Braids never go too long between releases. Their most recent full-length was 2015's Deep In The Iris , and they followed it up the next year with the equally great Companion EP. The band is about to embark on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: David Byrne, Braids, Julien Baker, Dear Nora, Monks of Doom, Willie Nelson, and more newly-announced tours. Continue reading… more info

Discobelle.net — Toronto’s French Braids is a melodic force to be reckoned with. He’s also gone and brought Frankmusik back into the spotlight courtesy of ‘Wildfire,’ a beautiful set-piece of docile vocal club work from this next generation dream team. This c... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Blue Hawaii -- the synth-pop project made up of Raphaelle ‘Ra’ Standell of Braids and Alexander ‘Agor’ Kerby -- announced that they were releasing their first album since 2013's Untogether. It's called Tenderness and it's out in a... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Blue Hawaii are a great band from Montreal composed of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, who also plays in Braids, and Alex Cowan. After a four-year hiatus they are finally coming back to release Tenderness on Arbutus later this year. I've loved this ... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2013, Raphaelle ‘Ra’ Standell of Braids and Alexander ‘Agor’ Kerby released their first album with each other as Blue Hawaii, Untogether -- the follow-up to a 2010 EP -- and today they've announced that, after spending a couple year... more info

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MTV.co.uk News — Basic braiding tips. more info