Stereogum — At Seattle's biggest music festival, rain is not unexpected; still, the downpours at Bumbershoot '09 were scary even for this neck of the Pacific Northwest. No bands got electrocuted, but the sound cut out during Black Eyed Peas' set, so that's so... more info

411 Mania — One of the largest music and arts festivals in the world opens with music performances by De La Soul, OTEP, and Os Mutantes along with big name comedians David Cross, Sarah Silverman, and Aziz Ansari! more info

Rolling Stone — “I gotta say, I’m really excited about Katy Perry,” Sheryl Crow gushed briefly about Perry’s Bumbershoot-opening set last night, slyly insinuating the chorus from “I Kissed a Girl” into her own opening number, “A Change Will Do You Good... more info

Guardian Music — Damon Albarn has enlisted the Shoreditch coffin dodgers to work on a song for the forthcoming Gorillaz albumThe Horrors have been enlisted by Damon Albarn to contribute to the forthcoming Gorillaz album after he heard their "exciting" new record."He ... more info

Culture Bully — De La Soul will be performing tonight (Aug. 27) at Minneapolis' First Avenue. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Zakk said...Day 55 (one week to go) of our summerseries on sixties music with all the UK No. 1 hits from 1968. Plus an extensive flashback to the first great three day festival tha took place two years before Woodstock, The Monterey event. We have a ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin As Buckshot reminded the Nokia Theatre crowd at the end of his solo appearance opening for De La Soul on Thursday night (8/14), he has an album coming out with KRS-One called Survival Skills. That album... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — De La DMC @ Nokia Theatre, NYC - 8/13/09 (by Tim Griffin) As Del La Soul told the crowd when they took the stage at Nokia Theatre in NYC last night (8/13), their show was not going to be all... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum Rakim Allah, blessin the stage! Time Out New York: You were 19 years old when you made 3 Feet High--and seemed so unself-conscious about the sorts of things teenage boys are normally self conscious about. Rapping about... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight is fairly light on entertainment, but if I had to choose I head over to Rams Head Live here in Baltimore to see the legendary De La Soul take the stage.  Besides the whole Bionix deal De La are one of my faves of all time when hip hop is c... more info