Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Body Count / Bad Brains / hula hoopers After weeks of will-he-or-won't-he speculation, enigmatic R&B recluse D'Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on Sunday night. But not witho... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Shabazz Palaces @ Williamsburg Park 2012 (more by David Andrako) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... AfroPunk Fest @ Commodore Barry Park The free annual two-day AfroPunk Festival... more info

Stereogum — Seattle art-rap darlings Shabazz Palaces just released Lese Majesty, their blunted and fractitious new album. It’s only right that “#CAKE,” the album’s single, sounds like it’s exploding and gluing itself back together at the same time. The... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — This week’s show was extra long, given that I filled in for the DJ with the show after me. Four hours in a radio station is a long time! Thus this week is cut into two different blocks, as one four hour mp3 is a bit insane. I played a bit m... more info