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The venerable underground rap label Rhymesayers have been throwing the Soundset Festival (with Rose Presents) in their home city of Minneapolis for a decade now. The 10th annual edition of the fest happens Sunday, May 28... Continue reading…

One of most surreal hip hop albums of the '90s, Dr. Octagon's seminal 1996 record Dr. Octagonecologyst brought together the talents of Kool Keith, Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert. It blew some minds, and caused others to scratch their heads... Continue reading…

The tour hits NYC next week. Continue reading…

The first single is ”Octagon Octagon,” which has that same surreal, psychedelic sound that they had in the '90s, and Kool Keith remains an unparalleled MC three decades into his career. Continue reading…

Kool Keith, Dan the Automator, and DJ Qbert recently announced that they'll release the first Dr. Octagon album since their classic 1996 debut this April. Continue reading…

Plus: stream the new Dr. Octagon album. Continue reading…

This week's Notable Releases include noticeable steps forward from Philly indie/punk bands Hop Along and The Wonder Years, Chicago rapper Saba's soulful yet chilling new project, and more. Continue reading…

Kool Keith, Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert, aka rap supergroup Dr. Octagon, celebrated the release of the terrific Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation -- their first record in 20 years -- at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday night. It was a bit of a bumpy birth Continue reading…

Music nostalgia tends to move in 20-year cycles, so early 2000s rap is unsurprisingly leaving a mark on today's new rap music. Here are 25 albums from that era that hold up especially well today... Continue reading…

Handsome Boy Modeling School will celebrate Record Store Day and the vinyl reissue of ’So... How's Your GIrl?’ with a show at NYC's Brooklyn Bowl on Friday Continue reading…

Manu Chao is returning to the United States a few times this year. His visits include performances at Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, and a return to Brooklyn's Prospect Park on June 26th... Continue reading…

Laughing Squid writes:Dan The Automator fans should get goosebumps while watching this preview for his new Pillowfight project with singer Emily Wells... Continue reading…

DOWNLOAD: Emily Wells - "Passenger" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Emily Wells - "Passenger (Kid Koala remix)" (MP3) It may only be an opening DJ set, but it will still be interesting to see what happens tonight, 4/9, at Bowery Ballroom when Dan the Automator shares a bill with Emily Wells who he's also collaborating with for a new project called Pillowfight which performed live at SXSW... Continue reading…

Love note to New York: Dear NY, Last night was incredible. You have made me very happy. It was an honor to play for you and the love you gave me will sit with me forever... Continue reading…

Nas @ Rock the Bells (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) That didn't take long. We just announced the intitial lineup. Check out the almost-full thing below... Continue reading…

DOWNLOAD: Emily Wells - Mama Remixed (ZIP) Emily Wells at Bowery Ballroom, April 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Emily Wells released Mama Remixed, which takes her entire album, Mama, from earlier this year and gives it a new spin... Continue reading…

Mostly-hip hop producer Dan the Automator has some pretty great work under his belt with Dr. Octagon, Deltron 3030, Gorillaz Handsome Boy Modeling School, and others, and now he's announced the debut album for his new collaborative project, Pillowfight, for which he's joined forces with singer/instrumentalist Emily Wells, who's dipped her feet in the hip hop world a few times herself, having collaborated with Buck 65 and Count Bas... Continue reading…

Deltron 3030 (the collaborative hip hop project of Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala), who released their excellent self titled LP in 2000 and have been delaying a followup for years, have just revealed their first official single from the new album, "Pay The Price," on their facebook p... Continue reading…

DOWNLOAD: Deltron 3030 - "City Rising From the Ashes" (MP3) Earlier this year, alternative hip hop group Deltron 3030 (aka Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala) revealed "Pay the Price," the first single off of Event II, the long-awaited followup to their 2000 debut LP, and now they're back with a second single, "City Rising From the Ashes... Continue reading…

Deltron 3030 (aka Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala) have been talking about their long-awaited second album, Event II, for some time now, and after revealing two of its singles, "Pay the Price" and "City Rising from the Ashes", they've finally officially announced the full album details... Continue reading…

Alternative hip hop greats Deltron 3030 (aka Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan The Automator, and Kid Koala) are releasing their long-awaited second album, Event II, on October 1, and after announcing appearances at the California Rock the Bells stops, they've finally begun announcing a full tour... Continue reading…

"It's not there like it used to be. I'm not mad at that. You've got lots of new movements happening, like the trap movement, and I enjoy that quite a bit... Continue reading…

Damon Albarn @ NPR SXSW (more by Tim Griffin) Damon Albarn played the Fader Fort at SXSW last night (3/14), where he brought out some special guests to help him perform a pair of Gorillaz tunes... Continue reading…

Deltron 3030 in Chicago in 2013 (more by James Richards IV) Alternative rap supergroup Deltron 3030 made their long-awaited return in 2013 with a new album and a tour with a full orchestra, and it looks like they're not done yet... Continue reading…

Killer Mike and El-P's new Run the Jewels album RTJ2 comes out next week (10/28) via Mass Appeal, but apparently it leaked ahead of time. El-P and Killer Mike found about it, but instead of being bad sports, they each tweeted links to a free download of the album themselves... Continue reading…

Actress/singer Mary Elizabeth Winstead was one of the many guests on Deltron 3030's long-awaited second album Event II, and after working on that, she and Deltron member Dan the Automator (who also produ... Continue reading…

Meow The Jewels, Run The Jewels' remixed version of RTJ2 "using nothing but cat sounds for music," is out now. (It started as a joke on Kickstar... Continue reading…

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