AllHipHop — One month out from the release of a new album, Black Sheep’s Dres surprised fans this week with a Native Tongues reunion single entitled “Birds of a Feather.” The song was released yesterday and features founding Native Tongues members Dave (Tr... more info

Pitchfork — MP3:> Black Sheep: "Birds of a Feather [ft. Q-Tip, Dave & Mike Gee]" In the late 80s and early 90s, the loosely affiliated Native Tongues crew brought a playful bohemian warmth to hip-hop, helping to expand the genre's boundaries. And now Black Shee... more info

Guardian Music — The replacement headline act for U2 are hugely popular – but they know how to keep their fans hungryPerhaps the question isn't "are Gorillaz the right band to replace U2?", but "why weren't they there in the first place?" Having been around for thr... more info

Pitchfork — Due to Bono's emergency back surgery, U2 have been forced to cancel their headlining appearance at England's gigantic Glastonbury Festival (not to mention a string of North American dates.) So instead of the world's biggest rock band, Glasto will g... more info

Pitchfork — Front page photo by Steve Gullick MP3/Stream:> Yo La Tengo: "Here to Fall" (Pete Rock remix) Yo La Tengo's forthcoming Here to Fall Remixes EP has remakes from hip-hop producers RJD2, Pete Rock and Maseo of De La Soul. As of right this moment, you ca... more info

3hive — My problem with a lot of so-called "avant-hop" music, even some of that released on our beloved Anticon label, is that it's just not funky enough. To quote that great skit from De La Soul Is Dead: "Maybe if you flipped it on 45, so I could dance to i... more info

Altsounds — NXNE announces 14 incredible concerts in Toronto this summer. The festival kicks off on June 14 and runs until June 20, 2010. Tickets are now available online at NXNE 2010 | June 14 – 20 | TORONTO CANADA (http://www.nxne.com). Presented by Virg... more info

Culture Bully — Video coverage from the May 1 LiveStyle event at Calgary's Olympic Plaza featuring De La Soul, Dragon Fli Empire & a $2000 winner-takes-all 2-on-2 B-boy competition. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG De La Soul at Coachella (more by Rachel Carr) Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest 2009 was a blast (with one notable exception) and so far 2010 is turning out to be similarly interesting with the addition of the great... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonWith a minimum of 15 hominid players onstage tonight, Gorillaz have miraculously de-evolved from a virtual pop concept into a monster live band. The last time Gorillaz played out in Manchester five years ago it was as a much smaller... more info