On Friday, James Murphy dedicated “Losing My Edge” to Gil Scott-Heron. For the rest of the weekend, everyone should be covering “Communication Breakdown” and dedicating it to AT&T. Not being able to meet up with your friends because of long delayed texts does cultivate a certain independent spirit,...

As we mentioned, Flying Lotus’s ambitious 17-track LP has some cool guest powers: Thundercat, Laura Darlington, Ravi Coltrane, and Thom Yorke, who sings the vocal hook on “… And The World Laughs With You.” You have to go about halfway through to hear it, but you should stick around for the million other te...

Flying Lotus, aka Californian Steven Ellison, is following 2008's Los Angeles with the 17-song Cosmogramma, an album that features both a track called "Dance Of the Pseudo Nymph," the previously enjoyed "Satelllliiiiiteee," and, as mentioned, a Thom Yorke guest spot. Yorke shows up on "...And The World Laughs With You." Other guests include Thun...

The new Flying Lotus feels like Quasimoto (Madlib, not hunchback) getting high with a pack of soulful, clattering aliens. See for yourself at MySpace, where a girl vs. worm .gif provides apt visual accompaniment.

-- Rap biopic alert! The former music writer Cheo Hodari Coker, who adapted the script for the Biggie biopic Notorious from his own surprisingly great Biggie book of the same title, has signed on to write a Run-DMC biopic. According to the Hollywood Reporter, he'll adapt Bill Adler's book Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC for the horri...