Stereogum — Seattle rapper Porter Ray is set to drop his label debut, Watercolor, for the storied Sub Pop in a couple months. Ray is Seattle to the bone, continuing the tradition of Sea-Town rappers with malleable flows and unorthodox sounds that bend along with... more info

KEXP Seattle — Erik Blood has been a vital figure within Seattle’s music community, emerging as a solo artist in 2009 to explore the cosmic intersections of shoegaze, dream-pop, and electro-pop, while frequently displaying his nuanced production talents with loca... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — The man responsible for imagining Magic Johnson surfing through outer space on a slice of pizza in Shabazz Palaces' epic "Forerunner Foray" video creates a whimsical and bittersweet animated vid for one of the most charming jams from Canadian An... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Doug will also play two other NYC shows while in town. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Wild Nothing, Shabazz Palaces, Still Corners, Fruit Bats, Kristin Hersh, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Rapper Finding Novyon is also flying in for this BrooklynVegan curated Red Bull Sound Select show. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Record label Brainfeeder hosted a show at the Hollywood Bowl last night featuring label-founder Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Shabazz Palaces, the Gaslamp Killer, and George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, who will put out his first album on Brainfeed... more info

KEXP Seattle — Producer and musician Erik Blood is a Seattle icon, working releases for a broad roster of local artists, including Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, The Moondoggies, and TacocaT. Released earlier this year, the influence of his diverse collab... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Radiohead + Shabazz Palaces // Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles // August 8, 2016. Photos by David: Continue reading… more info

KEXP Seattle — Closing out KEXP’s 2016 Hood to Hood was Seattle’s own Porter Ray, whose laidback flow at least kept things chill, y’know, musically. The wise-beyond-his-twenty-something-years rapper brought some romantic rhymes to the stage, combining some ol... more info