Stereogum — St. Vincent recently performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and while backstage she participated in an "Internet Pop Quiz" where she answered questions about her favorite person to follow on Twitter and Instagram, her favorite subreddit... more info

Obscure Sound — Faraway by Hayéli London trio Hayéli impress on new EP Faraway, meshing ethereal vocals with synth flourishes and the occasional touch of strings. Citing influences like SBTRKT, Bonobo, Erykah Badu and Alice Coltrane, Hayéli also remind fondly of ... more info

Dlisted — Only Erykah Badu could take the corpses of three dead poodles, the Jolly Green Giant’s cotton ball, a pimp’s winter coat, one of Prince’s old blouses, a lighting fixture from West Elm and one of her signature dildo hats (in a virginal shade of ... more info

The Quietus — A number of Fela Kuti's classic LPs will be reissued and remastered with the help of Erykah Badu more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Following an eventful first day of the 2017 edition of The Meadows, we returned nice and early on Saturday to catch a set from the experimental group BadBadNotGood. (Big Boi) The rest of the day was heavy on hip-hop, as we caught sets from Big Boi, L... more info

Stereogum — We all have one go-to karaoke song, and for comedy legend Dave Chappelle, it's apparently Radiohead's falsetto-laden 1993 breakout "Creep." Chappelle has sung the song in public a bunch of times over the years, including at a Portland strip club and ... more info

XLR8R — Bob Power is a producer, engineer, and mixer with award-winning, critically acclaimed records under his belt from A Tribe Called Quest, D’Angelo, Miles Davis (posthumously), Chaka Khan, and Erykah Badu, among many others. As part of t... more info

KEXP Seattle — review by Charlie Zaillian Saturday sold out far quicker than the other two days of FYF ’17, with much of the credit going to Frank Ocean. The L.A. festival was abuzz all afternoon with excitement about the reclusive R&B heartthrob’s headlin... more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles' FYF Fest has a particularly stacked lineup this year: Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, Missy Elliott, Björk, Solange, Slowdive, Perfume Genius, Mitski, Iggy Pop, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, Run The Jewels, Flying Lotus, etc. So it's... more info

New York Times — The August shows will feature guests including the Roots, Erykah Badu, Chris Rock, Trevor Noah, Childish Gambino and Ali Wong. more info