Stereogum — There’s a new Earl Sweatshirt album. Or: We think there’s a new Earl Sweatshirt album. It could be an elaborate prank, but pranks don’t usually get this elaborate. This new Earl Sweatshirt album is called Live Laugh Love, which is an extreme... more info

Stereogum — A few months ago North Carolina rapper MAVI reunited with Earl Sweatshirt for their succinct, soul-sampling collab “Landgrab.” Last month, he followed up with the buoyant “Potluck” alongside Smino. Today, he’s shared another great dispar... more info

Stereogum — Hopscotch Music Festival has announced its 2025 lineup, which has headliners My Morning Jacket, Earl Sweatshirt, and Sparks. Other notable performers include Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Geese, Unwound, Geordie Greep, and Superchunk. It’ll take ... more info

Stereogum — Last month the North Carolina rapper MAVI released “Landgrab,” which we named one of the Best Songs Of The Week. It boasts a feature with Earl Sweatshirt, marking the first time MAVI officially collaborated with another rapper on his own song.... more info

Stereogum — The thoughtful, insular North Carolina rapper MAVI released his debut album Let The Sun Talk in 2019. That same year, MAVI appeared on Earl Sweatshirt’s “El Toro Combo Meal,” a track from Earl’s Feet Of Clay EP. Last year, MAVI released ... more info

Stereogum — Indie rap musicians love getting together and making entire collaborative projects. Consider the case of MIKE, the prolific New York MC, and Tony Seltzer, the Brooklyn producer. Last year, MIKE and Seltzer got together to release Pinball , a loos... more info

Stereogum — The Florida-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper Niontay has made a name for himself in part through his work with groggy underground favorites like MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt. He’ll be dropping his next album a month from now, a largely self-produced of... more info

Stereogum — The first time many of us heard about MIKE, we were listening to Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs in 2018. On “Nowhere2go,” Earl raps, “I be with MIKE and Med, nowadays I be with Sage and sixpress?” At first I thought this was a throwawa... more info

Antimusic Rock — The Bay Area's iconic indie music fest - Noise Pop Festival - has just unveiled the Phase 3 lineup marking its most star-studded billing in recent memory more info

Stereogum — The New York producer Evilgiane, founder of the Surf Gang collective, has cultivated a reputation as one of the most inventive, energetic sonic experimenters working in rap. In the recent past, Evilgiane produced tracks like Kendrick Lamar and Bab... more info