NME — Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon have performed onstage together for the first time in nearly a decade at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 25). more info

JamBase — AMADOU & MARIAM TO HEADLINE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN JUNE BEFORE SUPPORTING COLDPLAY IN JULY Because Music/Nonesuch Records Will Release Welcome to Mali March 24 Amadou & Mariam Since meeting at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, Mali, ... more info

All About Jazz — Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, internationally praised and hailing from Chicago, gives a special free performance on Sunday, February 22 at 4:00 at the York College/CUNY Performing Arts Center. All seven band members are sons of the esteemed trumpeter Kela... more info

Pitchfork — -- My man MCA's got a movie company like a billygoat: Oscilloscope Pictures, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film production and distribution company, has been on a pretty great roll lately. First the basketball documentary Gunnin' for That #... more info

Pitchfork — -- My man MCA's got a movie company like a billygoat: Oscilloscope Pictures, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film production and distribution company, has been on a pretty great roll lately. First the basketball documentary Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, which Y... more info

Guardian Music — The first music that greets every visitor to northern Ethiopia is called Tigrinya. It's a mix of James Brown-style horn riffs, loud vocal trilling, and the same beat - da-DUM (pause), da-DUM (pause) - on every single song. Tigrinya is an acquired tas... more info

Pop Matters — Spoon ripoffs? DFA-styled dancefloor excurions? Putting Damon Albarn in his place? Whatever is going on with Franz Ferdinand, it's a welcome, if not completely memorable, change of pace. more info

Pop Matters — Spoon ripoffs? DFA-styled dancefloor excurions? Putting Damon Albarn in his place? Whatever is going on with Franz Ferdinand, it's a welcome, if not completely memorable, change of pace. more info

Pop Matters — Spoon ripoffs? DFA-styled dancefloor excurions? Putting Damon Albarn in his place? Whatever is going on with Franz Ferdinand, it's a welcome, if not completely memorable, change of pace. more info

Abeano — As previously blogged, Theophilus London is an incredible new artist from Brooklyn, New York. He excites me in the same way Kanye did when he first came out – really fresh, loads of ideas, an incredible aesthetic and work ethic. On ... more info