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

New York Times — The host of the Soul Train Awards settles in for six hours of conversation, music and hair rejuvenation. more info