XLR8R — Set to drop via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label in June, a new cut from Taylor McFerrin's Early Riser LP is now available to stream in full. read more more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Ye olde mailbag gets heavy whenever I play this one on the radio show…so, for those asking, this funky mess is the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation doing “Watch n’ Chain” – Liberty Records, 1968. Trivia: Flying Lotus sampled this one on “Camel�... more info

Nialler9 — Forbidden Fruit announced six additions today to the festival taking place on June Bank Holiday weekend. acts added today: Wild Beasts, Captain Murphy (Fly Lo’s rap alterego), Thundercat, Kid Karate, The Range and To Kill A King. Saturday: The Fla... more info

Nialler9 — Brooklyn musical polymath (producer, composer, pianist, DJ and live musician) Taylor McFerrin (son of Bobby – ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’) will release his debut LP Early Riser on Brainfeeder in June and much like Flying Lotus, his influences are... more info

Nialler9 — ‘Don’t Wait’, the debut single from American/Swedish singer Mapei which came out last year was supported by remixes featuring Chance The Rapper, Giraffage and Kingdom. The lady also appeared on Flying Lotus’ recent Ideas + Drafts + Loops mix... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Following a few releases on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label, Chicago rapper Jeremiah Jae signed to Warp Records for the Bad Jokes mixtape, and now he's set to release another mixtape via Warp, Good Times. So far, Jeremiah's... more info

Nialler9 — Forbidden Fruit today announced their first lineup for the first day of the festival Saturday May 31st with more names announced for Sunday June 1st tomorrow. Hitting The Royal Hospital grounds of Kilmainham this Saturday will be: The Flaming Lips, ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — These days it gets so crowded at the Low End Theory in Lincoln Heights that by 11 p.m. the door guys stop letting people in. The long-running weekly beat music club, which helped propel the careers of Flying Lotus, DJ Nobody, Nosaj Thing, Tokimonsta,... more info

Stereogum — Thundercat is a bass virtuoso and a frequent Flying Lotus collaborator who made a beautifully spacey soul album called Apocalypse last year. But in his new video for “Evangelion” and “We’ll Die,” two songs from Apocalypse, he’s something ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis MIA at T5, November 2014 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) We just posted that Pet Shop Boys would be touring around Coachella and one of these dates they've added is at Moogfest which goes down April 23... more info