Here's another new one from Shabazz Palaces' forthcoming LP Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star, out July 14th via Sub Pop. The Palaceer says about "Since C.A.Y.A.", which features Thundercat on bass:
According to Sub Pop, the group will release the previously announced Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and its "monozygotic twin" Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines, on the same day (July 14th). Check the video for “30 Clip Extension”, directed by Cristina T. Bercovitz + Jonathan Snipes of Clipping, below, and catch Shabazz Palaces live this summer in TX:
As we mentioned this morning, the legends Shabazz Palaces are back, and they'll make their triumphant return to Texas this August. We're presenting both of the group's TX summer shows with the homies at Margin Walker: catch them at the Mohawk in Austin on August 23rd + at Dada in Dallas on August 24th...
KENZO drops their spring/summer 2017 short film Music is my Mistress, written + directed by Kahlil Joseph, and starring Kelsey Lu and Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces, and featuring Shabazz Palaces' "...down 155th in the MCM Snorkel" + Kelsey Lu's "Morning After Coffee". Check it below:
Shabazz Palaces + Third Man Records team up for the Shabazz Palaces 1979 Live at Third Man Records 12", out next Friday. Pre-order here, and listen to the eerie live version of "Youlogy" + check the tracklist below:
Lese Majesty's celestial, tone-setting opening track gets some suitably majestic visuals from director Stephan Gray, who calls the "Dawn in Luxor" vid a "daydream on a nightwalk". Images courtesy of NASA's Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit. Watch below + catch your boys Shabazz Palaces opening for Radiohead in LA this summer:
We're teaming up again with our TX homies at LEVITATION to offer one more chance to win deluxe weekend passes for this year's fest, which takes place in just a few weeks down in Austin. Much has been made about this year's incredible lineup: Brian Wilson doing Pet Sounds, Slowdive, Animal Collective, Caribou, Shabazz Palaces/Oneohtrix Point Never/Nicolas Jaar/Flying Lotus all back-to-back-to-back-