“Wildcat” is a short film by Kahlil Joseph exploring (in a very meditative way) the little known African-American cowboy and rodeo culture in Grayson, Oklahoma. It was shot during the annual rodeo in the town, which attracts contestants from all over the Midwest and southern USA. Joseph (who is part of the What Matters Most [...]
Category: Remote Viewing
Tags: Flying Lotus, Grayson, Kahlil Joseph, Short Film
Thundercat has a new record “Apocalypse” due out July 9th on Brainfeeder and he has been kind enough to drop the first single Heartbreaks + Setbacks for our listening pleasure. Lots of spacey keyboards and funky bass licks roll behind Thundercat’s vocals to give us a little taste of what to expect from the full-length [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: Brainfeeder, Flying Lotus, Thundercat
LISTEN: The Underachievers – Land Of Lords The Underachievers are a hip-hop duo (Ak & Issa Dash) out of New York who hit the jackpot last summer and signed to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. They have just released their first project with the label, the “Indigoism“ mixtape, and it doesn’t disappoint. The project features great [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: Ak, Brainfeeder, Flying Lotus, Issa Dash, Mixtape, The Underachievers, Underground Hip-Hop
Anyone who regularly visits this site knows our tastes run far and wide and the same is true for our year end list. The criteria for making this list is pretty darn simple: these are our ten favorite records from the past year. #10: The Sugarman 3 – “What The World Needs Now” (Daptone) [...]
Category: Listening Room, New Music, News & Views
Tags: Antibalas, Flying Lotus, Frank Ocean, Karriem Riggins, Kendrick Lamar, Lee Fields, Public Enemy, Robert Glasper, RZA, The Sugarman 3
LISTEN: Flylo x Mr. Dibia$e – U Never Give (from Soundcloud) Hold up a minute, is that an unreleased Flying Lotus and Mr. Dibia$e track? Damn straight it is, and it’s exactly what you would expect from these two fellas getting together with some “records from France” as Dibia$e puts it on his Soundcloud page [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: Beats, Flying Lotus, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Mr. Dibia$e
LISTEN: Flying Lotus – All The Secrets (from Soundcloud) Flying Lotus just released his much anticipated new album “Until The Quiet Comes” and it easily lives up to the hype. His last effort “Cosmogramma” contained some awe-inspiring moments, but as an album it was not the easiest listen as FlyLo was exploring the farthest limits [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: Experimental, Flying Lotus, Hip-Hop, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Warp Records
Mini-documentary from Pitchfork.tv and YouTube following Flying Lotus as he travels and performs at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago and the Forecastle Festival in Louisville. This shows what a cool (and normal) guy Flying Lotus is as he connects with his fans, talks about touring and goes on quests for good weed. Killer stuff. LISTEN: [...]
Category: Remote Viewing
Tags: Flying Lotus, Hip-Hop
LISTEN: Flying Lotus – See Thru To U [feat. Erykah Badu] (From YouTube) See Thru To U is from the upcoming Flying Lotus release “Until The Quiet Comes” (out October 2, 2012) and it is a short mellow blast of the mighty Erykah Badu singing and scatting over some chill FlyLo sounds. If this is indicative [...]
Category: New Music
Tags: Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, Warp Records
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