The annual festival will be taking place in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park on August 27th & 28th. Not only are the dates and location perfect but the line-up is amazing! The headliners include Kendrick Lamar, Tame Impala, Grace Jones and LCD Soundsystem. But let’s not stop there! The rest of the line-up includes Grimes, Beach House, Rae Sremmurd, Diiv, Denzel Curry and so many more.

Tickets for FYF Fest will be available on their site starting April 1st. You can also read their festival guide and some info on each artist on the site. We’ll be at FYF Fest. Will you?

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The Divergent movie soundtrack has recruited some pretty great features, but perhaps none more anticipated than Kendrick Lamar’s collaboration with psychedelic rock band Tame Impala. Kendrick kicks off the record in similar aggressive fashion of his “Radioactive” remix and contrasts his high-energy verses with the laid-back, dreamy vocals of Impala’s original version of the song. Stream the record below.

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Mashups are a tricky thing to create. More often that not, they flat-out suck because the songs aren’t right together. Other times, they suck because they’re half-assed Garage Band clippings of Eminem and Tupac verses stuck together for YouTube views. However, sometimes songs are blended and fit so well that it feels like kismet.

Kanye West’s Yeezus has drawn plenty of extreme praise, as well as extreme hate. One thing everyone can agree on, though, is that it’s unconventional. And when songs are unconventional, like “Black Skinhead” is, they allow for a certain degree of experimentation. Enter: Dan Chamberlain and Nate Belasco. Both men took the jarring and abrasive Yeezus single and gave it an extra layer of depth. Check them out now.

Tame Impala’s “Elephant”  shares similar sounds as “Black Skinhead,” which is always a plus in a mashup. Washington, D.C.-based producer Nate Belasco built on those similarities and created a mashup worthy of your attention. Stream it below.

Now, if ever there were two songs meant to be together, it’s “Black Skinhead” and Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus.” David Gahan’s “reach out and touch me” vocals sound perfectly at home next to Kanye’s screams. Stream what can only now be referred to as “Personal Yeezus,” courtesy of Dan Chamberlain.

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