Brooklyn Vegan — Indiana University has announced it will be hosting Granfalloon, a new festival celebrating the life and work of author Kurt Vonnegut, which runs from May 10-12 in Bloomington, Indiana. The fest takes its name from a word Vonnegut coined in 'Cat'... more info

Stereogum — Indiana University Bloomington's Arts & Humanities Council is hosting something called Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Convergence, a conference celebrating the work of Vonnegut, in May. And, for some reason, that conference will feature musical perform... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stella Donnelly, Four Tet, Australian bands RVG and Totally Mild, Shabazz Palaces, Weedeater, and more Monday show options. Continue reading… more info

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