Brooklyn Vegan — Erik Blood these days is best known as a producer, having long worked with Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction, and recently twiddled knobs for Tacocat's new album. He makes music himself, too, however, having fronted '00s-era Seattle shoe... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Angel Haze, Downtown Boys, Skunk Anansie, Skye & Ross of Morcheeba, Young Fathers, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, a superjam featuring members of Bad Brains, Fishbone and Living Colour, and more.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Nineties era hip hop group Digable Planets are reforming for their first show in four years, playing Seattle's Neptune Theatre on December 30, as noted by Consequence of Sound and confirmed by fellow member Ladybug. Shabazz Palaces, which features... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Flying Lotus is no stranger to Shabazz Palaces and of course no stranger to frequent collaborator Thundercat, but it's exciting to learn that all three artists have teamed up for a supergroup of sorts called WOKE. All... more info
Stereogum — Today, the Adult Swim Singles series was supposed to give us a new track from Flying Lotus. Instead, it’s given us something that may be better. FlyLo has a new project, an all-star team-up that includes a couple of other vital future-music entitie... more info
Stereogum — The astral hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces just released a new song titled “The Mystery Of Lonny The Døn” as part of the Adult Swim Singles Series. The last we heard from Shabazz Palaces was back in February, when they were featured on their fellow ... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield tUnE-yArDs / Shabazz Palaces @ Prospect Park 8/8/2015 Grooving through "Wait for a Minute," "Powa," "Es-so," "Sink-O," "Real Thing," "Look Around," and "Stop That Man," tUnE-yArDs never ended up quite where they started. Som... more info
Stereogum — THEESatisfaction, Shabazz Palaces, and Porter Ray are all unique stars in the Seattle-based collective Black Constellation, a group of musicians and artists who are responsible for some of the most enlightening, genre-bending sounds of the past few y... more info