Stereogum — As Rolling Stone points out, backpack-rep veteran Talib Kweli has just surprise-released his new album Fuck The Money for free (I mean, I guess you can’t really make an album called Fuck The Money and then charge people for it). Miguel, Patrick Stu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: George Clinton @ Beekman Beer Garden, 2011 (more by Chris La Putt) It's Independence Day Weekend and we've got a guide to holiday events/concerts, and you can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Meanwhile,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Veteran hip hop producer Statik Selektah is following last year's What Goes Around with another solo album, Lucky 7, on Tuesday (7/7) via Showoff/Duck Down. Like its predecessor, it's insanely stacked with impressive guests. Action B... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Pity Sex @ SXSW 2015 (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Talib Kweli, Rapsody, NIKO IS, K Valentine @ Brooklyn Bowl NYC hip... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus, listen to Pete Rock's new Panda Bear remix by Andrew Sacher photo: Talib Kweli at Brooklyn Bowl - 6/24/15 (via BrooklynVegan Instagram) On Thursday (6/24), hip hop legend Pete Rock celebrated his new Petestrumentals 2 album with a star-studded.... more info

Stereogum — Veteran DJ/producer Statik Selektah is gearing up for the release of his seventh studio album, appropriately entitled Lucky 7 and even more appropriately being released on 7/7. It’s got a pretty stacked cast of features, including Talib Kweli, Ab-S... more info

Mercury News, California — Mary Chapin Carpenter, Morris Day and The Time, San Francisco Symphony and many others set to perform at the 78th Stern Grove Festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Menzingers, Crazy & the Brains, Big Eyes @ Baby's All Right (BrooklynVegan Presents) The next BrooklynVegan-curated installment of Red Bull... more info

Stereogum — Last year, someone at HBO had the frankly absurd idea to put together Catch The Throne, a mixtape compilation built around Game Of Thrones. This year, they’ve made another one, and they’ve gone ahead and made it even weirder. Suffice to say: You ... more info

Stereogum — It didn’t make any sense last year when HBO released a mixtape of rappers referencing Game Of Thrones, and it doesn’t make any more sense this year. But it’s happening again anyway! And the forthcoming Catch The Throne Vol. 2 won’t just featu... more info