On Saturday night, Thundercat played Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and brought out a whole crew in support: Haim, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Louis Cole, and Ty Dolla $ign. Oh, and Este Haim twerked on Thundercat and then fell down. Relatable!

Two Septembers ago, in what became my last music festival experience before the pandemic, the Stereogum staff descended upon Raleigh to cover the 10th edition of Hopscotch, the city’s aptly named multi-venue music showcase. (We made a mini-documentary about it too.) It was a great experience, one I recommend checking out for yourself n...

Back in 2018, Netflix announced a new show anime show called Yasuke, created by LeSean Thomas (of The Boondocks, Legend Of Korra, and other projects), and inspired by the real-life story of an African samurai in 16th century Japan. From the start, we knew LaKeith Stanfield would voice Yasuke and that Flying Lotus would score the series. Earlier ...

Next month, the space-funk bass virtuoso and former Suicidal Tendencies member Thundercat will release It Is What It Is, a new album that features the input of some of Thundercat's best friends. Last night, many of those friends were on hand when Thundercat served as musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Thundercat performed "Black Qualls,"