There are 78 results

• 

  Hear Tyler, the Creator's Toro y Moi-Produced 'Hey You'

  July 18, 2012 – Tyler, the Creator and Chazwick Bundick of Toro y Moi have publicly documenting their bro-love for one another for a while (see here, here, and here). …
  Read on

• 

  Frank Ocean's 'Channel Orange' Won't Be Sold at Target

  July 12, 2012 – Whether Frank Ocean's expedited digital release of channelORANGE will perform well on the charts next week is more or less a no-brainer at this point, however there are still controversies surrounding its arrival. …
  Read on

• 

  Tyler, the Creator Goes to War: See Odd Future's 'Sam Is Dead' Video

  June 29, 2012 – Odd Future's new video for "Sam Is Dead" ventures into Vietnam-war-movie territory, and yes, they were in the shit. As with previous OF Tape Vol. 2 clips "Rella" and "NY (Ned Flander)," it's warped and a bit mystifying, but this time the results are elegantly shot and enjoyable to watch, whether or not you can make sense of any apparent connection to the American Revolution young-adult novel My Brother Sam Is Dead. …
  Read on

• 

  Odd Future Are to Blame for Nelly Furtado's 'Big Hoops'

  May 30, 2012 – If you watched the Billboard Music Awards two weekends ago, you might've been weirded out by Nelly Furtado's glow-in-the-dark, Native American rave-meets-Cirque du Soleil performance of her most recent single, "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)." The single, a far cry from "Maneater" and basically the psychotic evil twin of "I'm Like a Bird," may be an ear-stabbing (pun intended) homage to over-large earrings, but as Furtado has now told MT …
  Read on

• 

  Pearl Jam Will Headline Jay-Z's Made in America Festival

  May 21, 2012 – Jay-Z wasn't kidding when he said his two-day, self-curated festival, Philadelphia's Budweiser-sponsored Made in America fest, would feature an eclectic mashup of artists. Today, co-headliners Pearl Jam (Jay is the other) spilled the beans on their Labor Day weekend plans — as well as those of other left-field acts like Passion Pit and Dirty Projectors — on their website (via Brooklyn Vegan). …
  Read on

• 

  Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt Gets Sony Label Deal, Hopes to Record Solo Album

  May 3, 2012 – Earl Sweatshirt, who earlier this year marked his triumphant return from boarding school in Samoa, is one of the few genuine enigmas remaining in pop music. A couple of recent live appearances — alongside Flying Lotus at Coachella, or with his hip-hop wolfpack Odd Future in New York — and an acclaimed appearance on The OF Tape Vol. …
  Read on

• 

  Record Store Day's Top Five Rap Releases

  April 20, 2012 – As Phillip over at Control Voltage observed, Record Store Day doesn't tend to be too exciting for fans of stuff that doesn't have guitars. And Record Store Day has a particularly dicey relationship with rap music. …
  Read on

• 

  Who Charted? The 'Hunger Games' Soundtrack, Duh

  March 29, 2012 – First! As predicted, the Appalachialicious Hunger Games soundtrack arrived at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200, becoming the first film soundtrack to hit the top spot since Michael Jackson's This is It in November 2009. It gets even better, though, because if you get more specific, it's the first No. …
  Read on

• 

  Odd Future Lurk in Exclusive 'Loiter Squad' Clip

  March 22, 2012 – On Sunday, Adult Swim will premiere Loiter Squad, the long-awaited sketch comedy show starring Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator, Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, and Lionel Boyce. Below, check out an exclusive sneak peak entitled "Lurking," which, in the parlance of creepy, is exactly the stripe of Tom Green-indebted, personal space-invading candid camera punk jobbing we relish. Hopefully you feel the same way. …
  Read on

• 

  Earl Sweatshirt Makes Live Debut at NYC Odd Future Show

  March 21, 2012 – It's been a week of firsts for Odd Future's long-absent Earl Sweatshirt. Just hours after giving his first ever interview to Hot 97 and posing for his first Terry Richardson photo shoot, the 18-year-old MC found himself onstage in front of thousands of fans who had already committed his lyrics to memory. Last night Thebe Kgositsile made his live debut during Odd Future's gig at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. …
  Read on