Pitchfork — Photos by Colin Kerrigan. For all of our SXSW coverage, head here. The crowd watching Earl Sweatshirt waited to go nuts. While he rapped a series of new songs standing next to Flying Lotus, the audience stood quietly and paid attention, for the mo... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-21 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Ballroom *#04-23 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Heaven Stage) *#04-24 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *#04-25 Washington, DC - 930 Club *#04-26 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *#05-05 New York, NY - Terminal 5 #$05-12 Bost... more info

XLR8R — Flying Lotus, the high priest of Los Angeles' beat scene, has shared the full list of dates for his upcoming spring tour. read more more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring dates with Ultraísta and Thundercat. more info

XLR8R — The 2013 edition of the Red Bull Music Academy is set to begin soon, with the festivities officially getting underway on April 28 and running all the way until the end of May. Whilst the Academy and its class of budding music makers will be enveloped... more info

XLR8R — UK producer Lapalux (a.k.a. Stuart Howard) will soon be releasing his debut full-length, Nostalchic, via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint. Anticipation is already running high for the album, and Lapalux elected to stoke those fires further this... more info

XLR8R — Red Bull Music Academy continues with its H∆SHTAG$ web series today, dropping a video which finds beatmakers like Flying Lotus, Shlohmo, TNGHT, and The Gaslamp Killer talking about their craft and the "beat scene" at large. read more more info

XLR8R — Today, Red Bull Music Academy launched Modern MIDI Classics, a quirky website which indulges in a bit of electronic music nostalgia by offering up General MIDI versions of recent tracks from a host of notable production outfits. read more more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Among the many stylistic traits of Southern California cultural offerings is a certain easiness, a smooth, groove-centered vibe found both in Dr. Dre’s G-funk sound two decades ago and the dubbed out sounds of Flying Lotus, Teebs and the Gaslamp Ki... more info

XLR8R — The 2013 edition of Germany's Melt! Festival is still a few months off, but that hasn't stopped its organizers from giving us a peek at what is already shaping up to be an impressive roster for the upcoming three-day event. read more more info