Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Flying Lotus at Lollapalooza 2015 (more by James Richards IV) Flying Lotus didn't release an album in 2015, but he was still a wildly prevalent figure in music all year. He formed the supergroup WOKE with Thundercat and Shabazz... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Austin's Levitation Festival already announced a few of its 2016 performers, including Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, plus Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sleep, Lee Scratch Perry, Ty Segall, Black Mountain, and Un... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher A couple weeks ago, prolific glitch hop producer Daedelus and NYC-via-Santa Monica jazz group Kneebody (who also recently collaborated with Kimbra) released their collaborative album as Kneedelus on Flying Lotus' label Brainfeeder. D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 58th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been announced. Album of the Year nominees include Alabama Shakes for Sound & Color, Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly, Chris Stapleton for Traveller, Taylor Swift for 1989 and The Weeknd... more info

Stereogum — Berlin producer DJ Paypal is the most recent addition to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, though he’s been around for a while. A few months back, he shared “Awakening,” the first cut from his new EP, Sold Out, and today he gives us another tr... more info

Stereogum — Kamasi Washington is having a huge 2015. The young LA saxophonist’s work on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly earned a spotlight for The Epic, the rightly titled 3xLP experimental jazz opus he released on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label back... more info

Stereogum — Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label is one of the most fascinating indies out there these days; its roster is less about a centered aesthetic than about FlyLo’s own bugged-out tastes. (Word to Kamasi Washington’s stunning astral jazz triple-LP The ... more info

Core News — Here is a the latest show from Lefto. Lefto – Show #634 2015-10-04 new Flying Lotus, Swindle, Mono/Poly, Pearson Sound, Shlomo, Teebs [Uploaded.net download] [Uploadrocket.net download] [Get Premium for unlimited downloads] Tracklist: Not yet avail... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: P-Funk at The Paramount in July (more by Greg Cristman) The legendary George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic are about to begin a new tour this Friday (10/2), with dates extending through early December. The tour includes a NYC show on... more info

Stereogum — Levitation Fest will return to Austin in the spring of 2016 (4/29-5/1 to be exact) with a beyond impressive lineup. Headlining the bill is Brian Wilson performing all of Pet Sounds alongside Al Jardine, as well as Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, the... more info