New York Times — Hear the new songs that caught our critics' attention this week from Nine Inch Nails, Shabazz Palaces and more. more info

Nialler9 — A roundup of show announcements today: Shabazz Palaces are releasing not one but two “sci-fi Afrofuturist concept albums” tomorrow on Sub Pop and they’ll play Dublin’s Sugar Club on November 3rd. Animal Collective’s Avey Tare is to pl... more info

Stereogum — At the end of the week, Shabazz Palaces are releasing two new albums -- Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star and Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines (both are streaming now -- and today they've shared a video for "Welcome To Quazarz," the introductory track... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Directed by Nep Sidhu. Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star + Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines are out tomorrow on Sub Pop. Continue reading… more info

DrownedInSound — There remains to be no one else like Butler and Maraire more info

Stereogum — Next week, Seattle art-rap greats Shabazz Palaces will release two new albums, both of them thematically linked, on the same day. The first of the two albums is Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star, and it's a sci-fi concept album about an alien being wh... more info

Stereogum — Next month, Seattle art-rap greats Shabazz Palaces will release two albums -- Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star and Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines -- in a single day. And after sharing the Gangster Star track "When Cats Claw" last week, they've now ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Shabazz Palaces share one of the prettiest and dreamiest tracks from their new record Quazarz vs. the Jealous Machines -- one of two stellar LPs the group will drop on July 14th via Sub Pop -- with art from Nep Sidhu: Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — We're a little less than a month out from the release of Shabazz Palaces' dual new albums Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star and Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines, and the Seattle art-rap group has been liberally sharing tracks from it, a luxury you can... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Shabazz Palaces share another one from Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star, one of two LPs they'll drop via Sub Pop on July 14th. Listen below + catch the group when they roll through TX this summer with Porter Ray. Continue reading… more info