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Written + directed by NEP SIDHU:

Directed by Nep Sidhu. Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star + Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines are out tomorrow on Sub Pop.

Shabazz Palaces share another one from Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star, one of two LPs they'll drop via Sub Pop on July 14th. Listen below + catch the group when they roll through TX this summer with Porter Ray.

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:

Shabazz Palaces are back to shine a light on the fake. Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star is out July 14th on Sub Pop.

Shout out to Chaz Bundick for the heads up on the latest signee to his label Company Records, Oakland's Madeline Kenney, and her forthcoming new EP, recorded with Chaz in his Berkeley studio. Madeline's bandcamp bio says of her self-described "twang-hazy dream pop": "It's like if Loretta Lynn had a secret shoegaze project and an obsession with a looper pedal"...

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:

An animated short documentary/interview with the legend Ish Butler of Shabazz Palaces. Directed + edited by Andrew Franks:

Tendai Maraire of the mighty Shabazz Palaces debuts the shadowy and very dope visual accompaniment for the incendiary but often poignant and beautiful new record from his revolution rap project Chimurenga Renaissance. "Otherworldly sonics, Zimbabwean beats, Congolese guitar ambiance, political heat…" Girlz With Gunz is out now on Glitterbeat...

Chastity Belt star as the coolest, most jaded band in the world as they wander around Seattle's Capitol Hill in search of a meaningful night, in this Bobby McHugh-directed video for the group's new single and one of our favorite jams of the year so far, "Time to Go Home...