Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Pixies second show at Beacon Theatre are on fanclub presale now (password: SNAKES) and go on MGSE Insider and Bowery presales tomorrow (3/25) at 10 AM. Toadies, who have been revisiting their past in cool ways... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Shabazz Palaces in Chicago in 2014 (more by Kari Terzino) Earlier this month, Shabazz Palaces announced a tour, and the closest those dates were set to come to NYC is a Newark, NJ show on August 4. Now they've... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Shabazz Palaces at Afro-Punk 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Avant-rappers Shabazz Palaces are heading out on an extensive international tour this spring and summer in continued support of last year's great Lese Majesty. The tour includes stops... more info

Stereogum — It wouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that bleeding edge rap duo THEESatisfaction hail from Seattle. They share a similar cosmic aesthetic with labelmates and occasional collaborators Shabazz Palaces, and are fellow members of the avant-garde collec... more info

Stereogum — Seattle art-rappers Shabazz Palaces only ever make great videos, and their new clip for the Lese Majesty track “Forerunner Foray” is a fine entry into a growing body of work. The singer-songwriter and animator Chad VanGaalen put together the vide... more info

Stereogum — Seattle avant-rap duo THEESatisfaction’s video for “Recognition,” the half-chanted first single from their forthcoming EarthEE album, places the group within a historical black-bohemian continuum. The song was already a community affair, with c... more info

Stereogum — Shabazz Palaces has shared a new track called “Ham Sandwich” to round out the end of the year in style. Featuring the duo’s characteristic vaporous production and pointed lyricism, it serves as a good reminder to revisit this year’s great Les... more info

Core News — “Join Gilles as he celebrates the past 12 months of music and plays three hours of the best tunes from 2014; including Jarrod Lawson, Clap! Clap!, Kadhja Bonet, Shabazz Palaces, Melanie de Biasio and Raury.” Check out other Gilles Peterson shows ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Shabazz Palaces collaborators and Sub Pop labelmates THEESatisfaction have announced their new album, EarthEE, which will be out on February 24. Like its predecessor, awE naturalE, it features Shabazz on multiple tracks, including le... more info

Stereogum — Listening to Shabazz Palaces’ “#CAKE” is already a weird enough experience, so leave it to perennial freaks Animal Collective to make it even weirder. Their remix of the Lese Majesty song devolves what was already a pretty deconstructed track i... more info