Chorus.fm — The lineup for the Pitchfork Music Festival has been announced. 7/20 Tame Impala Courtney Barnett Mount Kimbie Big Thief Earl Sweatshirt Syd Julien Baker Saba Open Mike Eagle Julie Byrne Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Lucy Dacus Melkbell... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The names of the artists were revealed Tuesday via a mural painted in real time on the facade of a Wicker Park venue. more info

Chicago Tribune — Tame Impala, Raphael Saadiq and DRAM will be among the acts playing July 20-22 at the 13th annual Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. The festival announced part of the lineup Tuesday, with additional artists and bands to be unveiled in two more ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Musical equipment of all kinds fills Raphael Saadiq’s sprawling, carefully appointed studio complex on a nondescript industrial street in North Hollywood. But in addition to the racks of keyboards and the leopard-print bass — just some ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Musical equipment of all kinds fills Raphael Saadiq’s sprawling, carefully appointed studio complex on a nondescript industrial street in North Hollywood. But in addition to the racks of keyboards and the leopard-print bass — just some ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It also features Raphael Saadiq, Moonchild, production by 9th Wonder and more, but really Rapsody is the star. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — After killing a slew of features and one-offs for a couple years since 2014’s Beauty And The Beast EP, North Carolina MC Rapsody is back with a surprise EP called Crown. At 10 tracks it plays more like a mixtape or full-length, and it certainly boa... more info

AllHipHop — RAPHAEL SAADIQ AND AB-SOUL ASSIST RAPSODY ON NEW SINGLE more info

Guardian Music — (Mind of a Genius)In a post-Frank Ocean world in which his new album seems stuck in musical purgatory, fans of contemporary R&B have plenty of other options. Ty Dolla $ign offers a rugged masculinity tempered by hip-hop, while Bryson Tiller is a sult... more info

Guardian Music — (Warner Bros)Now released in the UK following US success, including two Grammy R&B nominations, Andra Day’s debut also comes armed with classy backing from the likes of Questlove, the Dap-Kings and Raphael Saadiq: all varnished-walnut producti... more info