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

MTV.com News — List of 100 nominees also includes Mixmaster Mike, Diplo, Moby, Girl Talk and other big names.By Gil Kaufman Pauly D Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images After the triumphant sneak peek of the second season of "Jersey Shore" at Sunday night's ... more info

VH1 News — "Jersey Shore" castmember Pauly D was named among the 100 nominees for America's Best DJ, who also include such big names as Mixmaster Mike, Diplo, Moby and Girl Talk. more info

XLR8R — Thanks to the party-starting peeps over at Mad Decent, it's likely our ears will never be void of free music. The label's latest contribution premiered this morning on its blog, Mad Decent Worldwide Radio #60 - Major Lazer Mix. The DJ set i... more info

Stereogum — And now for something having to do with M.I.A. that is less controversial than Diplo, truffle fries, and redheads. The image above is the cover to ///Y/, M.I.A.’s pushed back third album. The cover actually looks pretty close to the image that acc... more info

BBC 6 Music — Diplo talks about his screen debut, MIA and Thom Yorke more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. Hot pop & rock music is all about the riffs we can remember in our sleep. From The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction to Van Halen's Jump to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit - we can all immediately name that tune in about th... more info