L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — BitTorrent, the massively popular file sharing service, may be the last place music executives would go to generate profit for their artists. But the San Francisco company is looking to change that -- and the future of music distribution. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — I put this mixtape together for my own entertainment towards the end of the last Beady Eye tour. It got a few plays backstage after gigs on the last UK dates, (I remember it being on after a fantastic gig in Blackpool with Hippy Mafia) and then I pas... more info

411 Mania — News and thoughts on Nicki Minaj's Twitter drama, 50 Cent getting sued for copyright infringement, the latest on Robin Gibb's health, DJ Shadow releasing old material, President Obama doing slow jams on Jimmy Fallon and more! more info

Guardian Music — The French filter house pioneer and Daft Punk compadre empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I'll be opening my next DJ set with Lindstrom: Quiet Place To Live (Todd Rundgren Remix) Amazing, epic psychedelic house track with three m... more info

Impose Magazine — In 2005 Warp records gave Prefuse 73 a substantial budget to make a high-art mixtape called Surrounded By Silence. It was an awkward, but necessary phase that also included DJ Shadow's The Outsider ('06), in which he tried his hand at collabo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DJ Shadow @ Pitchfork Fest 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Aside from performing at both weekends of Coachella, DJ Shadow has a 2012 tour which kicks off Tuesday at the Fillmore in Silver Springs, MD. All dates are listed below.... more info

Core News — “This week Gilles kicks off the first of four retrospectives with an all-vinyl Brownswood Basement show. As well as dropping some priceless records from Celia, Isley Brothers and Ebo Taylor, Gilles also revisits the classic Madlib mix from 2005, DJ... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts confirmed for California desert event include Pulp, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsRadiohead, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg are to headline this year's Coachella festival in California. The event takes place in the de... more info

Guardian Music — Introducing Take On Mr Scruff, ManchesterMr Scruff's appeal has always been the consistent high quality of his DJing, with as much attention paid to sound quality and the environment of those dancing as to his selections and the way he strings them t... more info

Guardian Music — For more than 30 years, Thomas Boddie and his wife manufactured vinyl records of Ohio's local gospel, funk and soul bands in their front room. Now they're available againThomas Boddie – who, between the years of 1959 and 1993, ran an entirely self-... more info