
Since moving to Los Angeles Mac Miller has grown close to two of most influential cliques, Odd Future and TDE / Black Hippy. We've gotten previews of his work with Earl Sweatshirt through online videos featuring Mac dropping in during Earl's Coachella performance and a spontaneous show at Low End Theory with Flying Lotus and Earl. Now The Fader has premiered the track in full for your listening pleasure. It's great to see Mac evolve into a respected emcee, who may have always had the chops, [...]

We still don't know when Earl Sweatshirt's proper debut, Doris , will be released, but hey, that's perfectly fine. Why? Because dude's been slowly rolling out tracks from the album and creating a ridiculous amount of anticipation for the project. Just today he shared his collaboration with Mac Miller, "Guild", that the two performed together in Los Angeles this past March. It's a superbly blunted, codeine-laced journey through the minds of Mac and Earl, the latter of whom also produced the cut. You can listen to "Guild" below. [ via ]
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This weekend ScoreMore shows is having their first ever Jamabalaya Festival featuring an eclectic blend of rappers and electronic producer DJ's including Tyler, The Creator & Earl Sweatshirt the Canadaian bass duo Zeds Dead , the man from Outkat Big Boi , everyone's favorite rising trap star RL Grime , and the doo-wop inspired rapper G-Eazy . Read below on how to enter the contest to win a VIP package to each of the dates. May 23 at Bayou Music Center in Houston | Tickets [...]
The Jet Age of Tomorrow , the awesomely named project from Odd Future comrades Matt Martians ( The Internet ) and Hal Williams ( Pyramid Vritra ), has a new mixtape coming out on Friday, May 24th, called The JellyFish Mentality . The tape will be distributed freely through Oddfuture.com . Its tracklist, while formidable and lengthy, features some exciting names like Earl Sweatshirt , SBTRKT and the Stepkids . Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Mac Miller and others are set [...]
The Jet Age of Tomorrow, the "N.E.R.D. to Odd Future's Clipse" comprised of The Internet producer Matt Martians and Pyramid Vritra’s Hal Williams, will release their third free album this Friday, May 24th via Odd ... read more

Jungle Gym. Santiago, Chile We handed the boys in Toro y Moi an old camera + some film from our friends at the Impossible Project and asked them to document their tour for us, and they came through in pretty spectacular fashion. Check out their photos from TX, South America, and elsewhere around the world; all captions/images by the band: Chaz and Earl. Austin, Texas Family. [...]

Do you live in Austin, TX and want to catch some rappers rapping raps, including Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt performing a set together under EarlWolf, Zeds Dead, Big Boi, RL Grime, and G-Eazy? Of course you do. But wait, you say you don't have any money for the show? It's all good, because we're giving away three pairs of tickets to Jambalaya Fest Austin happening this Friday, May 24th at the Austin Music Hall. Interested in winning? The contest details are below. We're going to be choosing names Thursday afternoon, so make sure you enter early! [...]

Jambalaya Fest, a three date, three city festival in Texas, is featuring a stellar lineup including EarlWolf (Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt's collaboration), Zeds Dead, Big Boi, RL Grime, and G-Eazy. The festival originally featured AraabMUZIK, but he had to back out due to unforeseen circumstances. Bigger news, however, involve a venue change in Austin, TX from The Backyard to Austin Music Hall. So for Austin readers interested in attended Jambalaya Fest next week, schedule your plans accordingly. The official press release is below. "Our lineup for [...]

Le prochain film de Sofia Coppola , The Bling Ring , fait déjà beaucoup parlé de lui. Outre sa présentation en ouverture du Festival de Cannes qui se déroule ces jours-ci, le film marque également par sa bande originale qui frappera nos disquaires quelques jours avant la sortie officielle du film dans les salles obscures le 12 Juin. On retrouve sur cette compilation un excellent panel d'artistes qui ont marqué nos derniers mois d'actu à l'image de M.I.A. , Kanye West , Sleigh Bells , Azealia Banks , Phoenix , [...]

Surprise, surprise: director Sofia Coppola ( Lost in Translation , The Virgin Suicides ) has put together another hip-as-hell soundtrack for tweens, teens, and shattered twentysomethings. This time around, she's snagged the likes of Kanye West , Frank Ocean , deadmau5 , M.I.A. , Sleigh Bells , Azealia Banks, Can (!), and her hubby's band, Phoenix , whose tunes will sugarcoat her latest picture, The Bling Ring . What's more, she's recruited Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin to score the film. For this project, Lopatin's again working [...]

Young & Lost Club is a London-based independent record label and club night, run by Sara and Nadine . * Playlist | Hottest new songs to DJ by Young & Lost Club * Sara: Mariah Carey and Miguel | #beautiful Try to ignore the hashtag in the title, this is old school Mariah summertime! Sara: TNGHT | Acrylics [...]
Sometimes I get exhausted just putting this list together, let alone trying to figure out how I can be in 20 places at once... Thursday, May 16th Janelle Monae with San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall Janelle Monae is the single most exciting thing happening in R&B right now. Actually, she could be the [...] The post Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/16/13-5/22/13 appeared first on Spinning Platters .
Being the 10th anniversary of the widely recognized Rock The Bells Music Festival, we had an idea that organizers would go big to mark the [...]

Happy 10th anniversary to Rock the Bells , who have announced their rotating 2013 lineup featuring hosts Peter Rosenberg & MURS 3:16 , as well as names like Bone Thugs N Harmony , Danny Brown , Black Hippy (who just played NYC ), Common , E40 & Too Short , Earl Sweatshirt ( ditto ), Flatbush Zombies , Juicy J (who played a Fader show on Monday and Irving Plaza last night), Rakim , Wu-Tang Clan (who play [...]

Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russel Tyrone Jones). Como parte del décimo aniversario de este festival ambulante d e hip hop , dos de sus exponentes más importantes ya fallecidos tendrán apariciones virtuales. Ol' Dirty Bastard ( Wu-Tnag Clan ) e Eazy-E debutarán como hologramas al lado de Tyler, the Creator, Wu-Tang Clan, Big K.R.I.T., Black Hippy (Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, and Schoolboy Q), Brother Ali, Common, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Jurassic 5, Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli y más. Este año, el Rock the Bells tendrá cuatro paradas: Septiembre 07-09 en [...]
This year's Rock The Bells music festival marks its 10th anniversary with a jam-packed lineup, including "virtual performances" by two deceased artists, Ol' Dirty Bastard from the Wu Tang Clan and Eazy-E, who will be performing with the ongoing reunion of Bone Thugs N Harmony. The MC Supernatural actually freestyled the all-star line-up earlier this evening. In full, here's what the lineup looks like: Big K.R.I.T., Black Hippy (Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, and Schoolboy Q), Bodega Bamz Bone Thugs N Harmony, Brother Ali, Chase and Status, Common, Curren$y, Danny Brown, Dilated Peoples, Dizzy Wright, Dom Kennedy, E-40 and Too Short, [...]

by Andrew Sacher Black Hippy at Downtown Music Festival in NYC (via @me_acosta ) The Downtown Music Festival , which is coming to multiple North American cities this year, kicked off its first one in NYC on Friday (5/10) across various LES venues. The biggest highlight of the artists I saw was the Black Hippy crew, who went on at Capitale at around 1:30 AM. All four guys, [...]

Today and tomorrow, Downtown Festival will overtake the small venues of the Lower East Side, giving you the chance to see some of the biggest rising stars of the indie scene in an intimate setting. Over 50 artists will appear on the stages of Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Rockwood Music Hall, Pianos, Cake Shop, Tammany Hall, Element and Capitale. Be sure to get there early to see the opening bands, too, as you’ll be sure to discover some great upcoming talent! This year, the festival is also expanding to six other metropolitan downtown areas, including Philadelphia, Toronto, [...]

Festival Acts Include: Black Hippy, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Nguzunguzu, Trash Talk, Andrew Wyatt (of Miike Snow), Autre Ne Veut, Antwon, Cities Aviv, SZA, 9Kilo Kish, Ratking, Kingdom feat. Kelela, TEEN, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Vashtie, Fat Tony, and More Listen to Kilo Kish's Downtown Mixtape HERE Super-Fan Tickets On-Sale Now With The Downtown NYC Festival happening this Friday and Saturday in New York, Downtown Events has released the final schedule for the two-day Lower East Side takeover. Over two days, festival acts like Earl Sweatshirt, [...]

Is it still appropriate to call Harry Fraud an up-and-coming producer? He's been a fixture in Hip-Hop for almost a full year now, and his latest project, High Tide , is made in collaboration with Scion AV . Clearly, Harry's getting more and more prolific with each impending release. Not only are his dark, haunting beats sounding fuller and more dynamic, but due to his many collaborations and far-reaching relationships, his music is being heard by a larger audience every time. Having an auto brand backing you never hurts, and with appearances [...]