Brooklyn Vegan — Kamasi Washington @ Blue Note (photo by Ryan Fitch) For his New York debut as a bandleader, Washington brought along some of the friends. "I met Terrace when I was 13," Washington told the crowd when introducing Terrace Martin, alto... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Thundercat in Philly, 2014 (more by Ryan Muir) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Afropunk Festival @ Commodore Barry Park It's the second day of the awesome... more info

Stereogum — Adult Swim’s gross-out, absurdist cartoon series Aqua Teen Hunger Force will wrap up its 11 season run this Sunday, and they’ve gotten Patti Smith to sing a farewell ode to the show that will play during the finale. Over the years, Aqua Teen has ... more info

Stereogum — Hannibal Buress hasn’t been hosting his Comedy Central show Why? With Hannibal Buress for long, but he’s already made it a vital place to hear adventurous Low End Theory-style rap and bass music. The psychedelic soul-jazz bass virtuoso Thundercat... more info

Stereogum — Along with Thundercat and Flying Lotus, Earl Sweatshirt headlined this Saturday’s second annual Low End Theory Festival In Los Angeles. Earl took the opportunity to debut a couple of new songs, dark and booming things that reflect the angry, insula... more info

Stereogum — This week was a stacked one, and plenty of great videos didn’t make the cut for this list, including Thundercat’s existential samurai joke and Carly Rae Jepsen’s joyous travelogue. But I only want to talk about one of them, and that’s the Bla... more info

Stereogum — Flying Lotus performed on the second episode of the great comedian Hannibal Buress’ new Comedy Central show Why? With Hannibal Buress, and he recently announced that he’d become the show’s new in-house DJ. I’m pretty sure that makes Buress th... more info

Stereogum — Thundercat has shared a video for “Them Changes,” the squelching, lovesick track from his recently released mini-album The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam. It uses samurai sword fights as a form of escapism for a man who feels trapped in his own lif... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Thundercat, "The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam" (Brainfeeder). "Them Changes," the searing funk track from Los Angeles bassist Thundercat, features a crawling rhythm and a freaky bass line both dirty and distorted. At just more than three minutes, t... more info

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