Let There Be Night — Another weekend of madness is upon us, and though some of us are unable to attend (namely me) others are lucky enough to experience one of California's premier music festivals. Sweat in tents tho they might, if you love music, then you love Coachella... more info

XLR8R — Amidst collaborations with LA's Flying Lotus and Georgia Anne Muldrow, avant-hip-hop/soul singer Declaime (a.k.a. Dudley Perkins) found time to work on his latest full-length album, FONK. The prolific artist enlisted the help of the otherworldly... more info

Pitchfork — Other than a wicked sunburn, heat stroke, and getting tangled in some hippie's dreadlocks, the most troubling thing about Coachella can be the constant feeling that you're missing the best set of the festival. There are a lot of great acts playing ac... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Atoms for Peace (jrlevine) Thom Yorke's new band Atoms for Peace (complete with Flea) kicked off their tour last night (4/5) at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. They play the same venue again tonight (4/6). Flying Lotus opens both nights. The... more info

Rolling Stone — When Radiohead’s Thom Yorke kicks off his U.S. tour with solo band Atoms for Peace tonight in New York, he’ll have a very star-crossed opening act: Los Angeles electronic music producer Flying Lotus, who makes textured beat-scapes that skitter an... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Futuristic hip-hop maestro Flying Lotus DJ'd an after-party for the Ann Arbor Film Festival last Friday, and a decent quality video from the event has emerged, showing him doing his high-velocity breakbeat thing all over Radiohead's "Idioteque". This... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Elisabeth Vitale; Above: Flying Lotus Flying Lotus, Kode9, and Nosaj Thing played at New York's Le Poisson Rouge last night, and our photographer Elisabeth Vitale was on the scene. Check out a selection of her shots after the jump, then hea... more info

Altsounds — My answer to that," explains Lorn, having quoted the words of Satan to his lieutenant Beelzebub, "is 'Nothing Else.'" Which is one way to explain that this 23 year old "from the middle of nowhere in Illinois" is not keen on compromise. The seco... more info

Pitchfork — The next two artists lined up for the venerable DJ-Kicks mix series are an exciting 1-2: Hot shit newish British producer and remixer James Holden and Hyperdub founder Kode9. The Holden mix is out May 24 (tracklist and cover below), the Kode9 d... more info

KEXP Seattle — by Curt Busch Gonjasufi first oozed onto wax as a guest singer on “Testament”, a standout track from Flying Lotus’s game-changing Los Angeles album. His low, coarse vocals crooned over FlyLo’s terrestrial jazz beat with inspired wisdom. The L... more info