Odd Future

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Full Clip: November’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

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A Quietus Interview

What Real Looks Like: They Hate Change Interviewed

Tampa Bay duo They Hate Change are just about to release the most dazzling hip hop LP of the year so far. Stevie Chick talks to Vonne and Dre about their magpie reach

Black Sky Thinking

It’s A Sin? Frank Ocean & Prejudice Against Male Bisexuality

As Frank Ocean writes a beautiful statement about his first love, Luke Turner argues that the reaction to it suggests a society and culture that still finds it difficult to comprehend male bisexuality

A Quietus Interview

‘Imagery, And A Little Bit Of Satire’: An Interview With Frank Ocean

This year, Frank Ocean's Nostalgia, Ultra mixtape has swiftly propelled the Odd Future member to international fame. Melissa Bradshaw meets him to talk about the restrictions of genre and songwriting as storytelling

Black Sky Thinking

Bum Rush The Show: Why Reality TV Has More To Do With Violence Than Rap

Luke Turner refutes the Daily Mirror's assertion that hip hop was to blame for this week's unrest. But there's another popular cultural form that reflects the kind of society that caused it

Strange World Of...

Odd Future: Youth and Young Manhood

After Tyler The Creator signed to XL recently, John Calvert decided to sift through hundreds and hundreds of tracks to bring you the best - and most distressing - music from the Odd Future collective

News 10

Tyler, The Creator “Banned” From Aus — Blames Feminists

In a series of tweets the rapper (wrongly) claims to have been banned from Australia citing an ongoing campaign by feminist group Collective Shout

LISTEN: The Internet Remix Charli XCX

Odd Future member Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martian's production duo release a version of new Charli XCX single

Lindstrøm, Terje & More For Øya Festival

Todd Terje and Lindstrøm perform one-off shared set, alongside Odd Future, Friends and others added to the bill

LIVE REPORT: Odd Future, Manchester

One of the most anticipated (and very sold out) tours of the year so far arrived in Manchester at the end of March. Tom O'Boyle was there, surveying the scene

WATCH: Odd Future – ‘NY (Ned Flander)’

New video taken from the OFWGKTA collective's upcoming album OF Tape Vol. 2

LISTEN: New Earl Sweatshirt

Missing Odd Future member makes an apparent return with 'Home'

Odd Future To Tour UK In March

Tyler and his merry men arrive on UK shores in March 2012 for three shows

Odd Future Booted Off Festival

Collective no longer playing Big Day Out NZ after complaints over lyrics

Tyler Hits Back At Steve Albini

Refers to Shellac guitarist as 'Steve Albino'

LISTEN: New Hodgy Beats

Odd Future chap's new track

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Brexit-Is-Iccumen-In: The Wicker Man And Britain Today

With Brexit looming on the horizon like a, well, a massive wicker man, writer Adam Scovell, author of the forthcoming book Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange, looks back at Robin Hardy's 1973 cult classic and finds surprising parallels between it and our current political predicament

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Reviews 4

Full Clip: November’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Maus In The House! Oslo’s Oya Festival Reviewed

The Future’s Bright: Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange Track-by-Track

‘Cos Everybody Hates A Tourist: Pulp, Politics & Power At Primavera 2011

Articles 5

What Real Looks Like: They Hate Change Interviewed

It’s A Sin? Frank Ocean & Prejudice Against Male Bisexuality

‘Imagery, And A Little Bit Of Satire’: An Interview With Frank Ocean

Bum Rush The Show: Why Reality TV Has More To Do With Violence Than Rap

Odd Future: Youth and Young Manhood

News 10

Tyler, The Creator “Banned” From Aus — Blames Feminists

LISTEN: The Internet Remix Charli XCX

Lindstrøm, Terje & More For Øya Festival

LIVE REPORT: Odd Future, Manchester

WATCH: Odd Future – ‘NY (Ned Flander)’

LISTEN: New Earl Sweatshirt

Odd Future To Tour UK In March

Odd Future Booted Off Festival

Tyler Hits Back At Steve Albini

LISTEN: New Hodgy Beats

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