After over 20 years, HOT 97's iconic hip-hop music festival is back in New York at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY boasting a star-studded lineup with headliner Cardi B and some of the hottest names in hip-hop. Joining Cardi B on stage will be The LOX, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Coi Leray, Fivio Foreign, French Montana, Lil TJay, and more.

Rising North Carolina-based emcee Shame Gang, formerly known as simply Shame, prepares to release his third full-length album “Better Late Than Never” (due on April 7th), and announces a string of upcoming show dates.

Monstercat is pleased to celebrate the upcoming 700th episode of its weekly radio show & podcast, Monstercat Silk Showcase. To mark the occasion, Monstercat will bring Silk Showcase to Seattle for two nights of live performances from label greats Shingo Nakamura, BT, and Jacob Henry.

The coveted Pitchfork Music Festival returns to Chicago’s Union Park this summer, Friday, July 21 through Sunday, July 23. The Pitchfork Music Festival has announced its full 2023 lineup, including headliners The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver.

On April 21st, The Mars Volta will release ‘Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon’ via Clouds Hill. Much more than a simple “un-plugged” version of ‘The Mars Volta’ - the bands self titled seventh album and return as a band - this acoustic rendition furthers the mission of the source music, which drew into sharper focus the traditional Latin influences that have always inspired Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

Cape Crush is a power-pop/emo band hailing from the North Shore of Massachusetts; the band will release its debut EP 'San Souci' on April 14th via Ancient Injury Records.

Joanie will release her stunning debut EP - Neurotica - on March 10th via Permanent Creeps Records. Produced by the fast-rising Jessica Winter, it follows the success of previous singles ‘Schadenfreude’ and 'Kerosene' as well as the most-recent 'Your Kind Of Freak'.

Little Brother’s March 3rd tour stop will feature a special opening DJ set by Soulection's AbJo, while comedian Hannibal Buress (aka rapper and instrumentalist Eshu Tune) will open in Santa Ana on March 4th. Brooklyn's own Skyzoo will join the March 16th and March 17th shows in New York and Boston, respectively.

The Athens, Greece based Dimitris Kakavoulis Quartet will release their afro, funk, Latin, Brazilian and spiritual jazz infused debut album “Curves”, on March 3rd.