WFMU's Beware of the Blog — It's 4:30am on a Friday night/Saturday morning in Barcelona, and the Primavera Sound concertgoers have been rocking, soaking up the sun, and drinking at Parc del Forum for over 12 hours straight. Are these conditions ripe for a dance party... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Diplo and Lil Jon hooked up and came up with this little diddy. Pretty sick joint. My man Jon stays busy, real busy. Would love to see what his live DJ sets are like. U Don’t Like Me – Diplo & Lil Jon download | mp3 more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Diplo himself just sent over this Major Lazer remix of dancehall singer Gyptian's "Hold Yuh". While the original had a piano-led melody and snare hits, Major Lazer swaps those out for a pulsing synth-house backing track, while keeping Gyptian's elast... more info

NME - Festivals — Download Festival went down this past weekend, and NME covered it all. We've got a gallery of the best bits of Download and a blog about what we learnt. NME also has some video interviews and backstage footage, so be sure to watch them below. First ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Diplo recently clocked in some studio time with Los Angeles electro-pop trio Hyper Crush. The half-dubstep, half-electroclash "Ayo", thrown up on the Mad Decent blog over the weekend, is the result. (via Mad Decent) MP3: Hyper Crush: "Ayo [pr... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Producer Diplo has told MTV News that M.I.A didn’t want any songs produced by him on her new album ///Y/. Last week he wrote on Twitter: “just listened to mastr of the MIA album..... more info

The Culture Of Me — You heard that right, sons and daughters. The venerable Philly eclectic label c/o Diplo, Mad Decent and the NYC mainstays of promoting excellence, Jelly NYC, are taking over a downtown space called the Puma Social Club this coming Tuesday for a “Ch... more info

MTV.com News — Promoter Cottontail embraces the Dutch house sound sweeping the clubs this year.By Akshay Bhansali Roxy Cottontail Photo: Getty Images After making a dramatic splash at this year's Winter Music Conference, Dutch electronic DJ/producer Afroj... more info

Guardian Music — From football to focus groups, a new wave of pop democracy is sweeping the web, says Chris SalmonEarlier this year, Irish web-based label Indiecater appealed for 32 artists to help make a compilation featuring an original song for each nation at the... more info

Pitchfork — "just listened to mastr of the MIA album.. WOW.. my 3 trax are slammin! dunno bout the rest-sounds like skinny puppy ☹ & gives me nightmares☹" -- Diplo, who is in for things much worse than industrial music-related nightmares if M.I.A. sees this... more info