Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin and Vladislav Grach Beck / Chance the Rapper / the 'Beek @ Firefly 2014 Foo Fighters set the bar high Friday night with its impromptu five-song set of covers, but they weren't the only ones... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Virginia rapper GoldLink (not to be confused with metal band Gridlink) released his free debut mixtape, The God Complex, earlier this year. It's fast-paced sing-songy rap that fans of Chance the Rapper should dig, and the production.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield & Dana (distortion) Yavin The Strokes / Spoon / Jack White / crowd Such was not the case for the Strokes, the hometown boys who drew what looked like the biggest crowd of Governors Ball so... more info

Time — You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat, listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street. Then once you're done with that, listen to this song more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham and Rae Graham Outkast / Foals / Chance the Rapper / crowd Playing essentially the same set they've begun taking across America, the version with "Hey Ya!" in the middle instead of left for desert, there... more info

KEXP Seattle — Sasquatch! 2014 started off so great on Friday. Everyone arrived on the grounds happy and smiling in their festival best - a range of fringe, platforms, sports sandals, sailor hats, Pokemon costumes, and crop tops with a stacked line-up from the get ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The XXL Freshmen 2014 Class was recently announced and includes Chance the Rapper (who hardly feels like a "freshman" in 2014), Rich Homie Quan, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk, Kevin Gates, Troy Ave, Vic Mensa, Lil Bibby,... more info

NME — The rapper celebrates the first anniversary of his 'Acid Rap' mixtape more info

Nialler9 — DJ Dahi produces a smooth R&B collaboration.The Songs From Scratch series has given us collaborations between Jacques Greene and Tinashe, Lunice and Angel Haze, Jeremih and Shlohmo and Chance the Rapper and Nosaj Thing. For the latest installment, K... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Days after being hospitalized and forced to pull out of his Coachella performance last weekend, Chance the Rapper will miss additional shows in order to recover from “a combination of the flu virus and tonsillitis.” more info