Brooklyn Vegan — Quebec-via-Congo musician Pierre Kwenders, who won us over at M For Montreal last year, completely defies genre or easy categorization. He sings in four different languages, and he takes influence from hip hop, African pop, Congolese rumba... Continu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The album features Open Mike Eagle, Laraaji, Shabazz Palaces' Tendai Maraire, Ava Luna's Felicia Douglass, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kelela played a sold-out GovBall-presented NYC show ahead of her upcoming appearance at Governors Ball, and likeminded opener Oyinda soon plays NYC again with Shabazz Palaces. Continue reading… more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Sub Pop shares a bouncy and bright new song/video from Yuno's forthcoming debut for the label. Yuno was signed to Sub Pop by Shabazz Palaces' Ish Butler, who had this to say about the young Florida artist: Continue reading… more info

Core News — “The Don continues his look back at some of his favourite releases of 2017. Including: the Souljazz Orchestra, the xx, Kendrick Lamar, Little Dragon, Thundercat, Horace Andy, Shabazz Palaces and Jeb Loy Nichols.” Don Letts 2018-01-07 2017 favouri... more info

KEXP Seattle — Every Shabazz Palaces record feels like a transmission from a far-off planet. In 2017, the Seattle hip-hop duo took this aesthetic a step further with two records — Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines. The album... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Before we even have time to second guess our our albums of the year list, here are our favorite songs of 2017. While plenty of our old favorites are well repped -- including TOPS, Burial, Shabazz Palaces, SZA, Sufjan, Laurel Halo, et al. -- it was an... more info

Core News — “The Seattle hip hop duo are this week’s Resident, and Ryan Keeling, editor of the Resident Advisor site shares their favourite electronic albums of the year.” Check out other Nemone’s Electric Ladyland shows in the archive and subscribe to t... more info

Core News — “Stuart talks to Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire of Shabazz Palaces about their recent UK tour, and the making of their companion albums ‘Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star’ and ‘Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines’. At the other end of the mu... more info

KEXP Seattle — Seattle art-rap duo Shabazz Palaces released two albums, Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star and Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines, on the same day earlier this year. Today they’ve shared the video for “Since C.A.Y.A.,” the Thundercat-f... more info