Stereogum — When Your Old Droog's family moved from Ukraine to Brooklyn, they were broke and homesick, and they would spread caviar thinly across plain, regular bread. That's the inspiration for Droog's upcoming album Bread & Butter, the latest solo LP in an ext... more info

Stereogum — Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey just crossed a billion dollars at the global box office. Tom Holland, the permanently fresh-faced young actor who played Telemachus in The Odyssey, might hit double that number with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. If only f... more info

Stereogum — Look who’s back! Well, no, that’s not quite right. Captain Murphy can’t really be “back” because he’s not a real person. He’s the rap alter-ego for Flying Lotus, the visionary producer who has continued making music while transitioning ... more info

Stereogum — Elijah Wood is a music guy. We know this. Way back in 2005, Wood used some of his Lord Of The Rings money to launch an indie label and put out an Apples In Stereo record. (He was in their "Dance Floor" video, too.) He starred in a Flying Lotus clip. ... more info

Stereogum — In a few weeks, bass-noodling funkateer Thundercat will release his collab-heavy new album Distracted. The LP features contributions from friends like A$AP Rocky, Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, Channel Tres, Kenneth Blume, and the Lemon Twigs. We’ve al... more info

Stereogum — Last year saw the release of Ash, a sci-fi film Flying Lotus directed and scored in isolation in New Zealand. Afterward, he went straight to work on Big Mama, his first full Flying Lotus release issued solely through Brainfeeder, the label he founded... more info

Stereogum — Flying Lotus is now an auteur in every sense of the word. 2025 saw the release of Ash , the sci-fi movie that FlyLo directed. (Naturally, he also scored his own movie.) It takes a whole lot of work to put a movie together. When he finished with Ash,... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from Henry Laufer, the LA-based producer known as Shlohmo. Shlohmo came out of the same beat-music scene as guys like Flying Lotus. His 2011 debut album Bad Vibes was heavy on ominous murk, but it also h... more info

Stereogum — Every year, the giants of tons of different experimental and avant-garde music worlds descend upon Knoxville for the Big Ears Festival. The people behind Big Ears just unveiled the lineup for next year’s edition, which includes a ton of legends,... more info

Stereogum — Would I be as devoted to left-of-center sounds as I am today without Brainfeeder? While it’s impossible to say for sure, I doubt it. Flying Lotus’ skunky, grotesque label spent the 2010s emphasizing the gray area between jazz, hip-hop, and ele... more info