Pitchfork — The follow-up to expert DJ A-Trak's 2007 mix Dirty South Dance-- which combined Southern rhymes with dance-friendly beats-- is reasonably called Dirty South Dance 2 and you can download it at A-Trak's site right now. It boasts artwork by Shepard Fair... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — First stop this Sun 16th May Students Union, SHEFFIELD then BRISTOL, WEST BROMWICH, SUNDERLAND, PORTSMOUTH, NOTTINGHAM, FORDHAMFEST, SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, EDINBURGH and many more dates to come.Sun 16th May - Students Union - SheffieldSat 22nd May - Tu... more info

Pitchfork — Back in 2007, A-Trak released Dirty South Dance, a mixtape full of rap tracks mashed up with dance-music bangers: Rick Ross's "Hustlin'" combined with Simian Mobile Disco's "Hustler" into "Hustlin' Hustler", that sort of thing. And on May 17, the seq... more info

XLR8R — Earlier today, Austin-based DJ/producer Bird Peterson posted a new mixtape, Drankenstein, on the Mad Decent blog. Purportedly inspired by his love of "the Dirty South and the use of trance synths in current rap," Drankenstein features 15 tracks layer... more info

MTV.com News — 'The States have woken up to house music,' DJ/producer Axwell says.By Akshay Bhansali Swedish House Mafia Photo: Michael Caracozza It's been nearly three years since Swedish DJ/producers Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso first pe... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — London rapper Giggs has been blowing up as of late, evidenced by being signed to XL and winnning the BET Music Award for Best U.K. Rapper. He recently debuted the video for one of his tracks, "Don't Go There", featuring Atlanta's B.O.B. on hook duty,... more info

Guardian Music — (Asylum)Gucci Mane is the most talked about rapper in the US, despite it often being impossible to make out a single word he's saying. His mumbling drawl is both obstacle and point of fascination; you're left cupping your ear trying to decipher his f... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Way back in 2007, A-Trak and Shepard Fairey (the Obama poster dude) collaborated on a pretty tight dance mix called Dirty South Dance, and in March A-Trak's Fool's Gold label will be releasing the follow-up. On it is this track, "Loonies to Blow", wh... more info

Live Daily — Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz top the roster of acts for the 11th annual Coachella [ tickets ] Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field April 16-18. As tipped by LiveDaily's Backline earlier this month, Pave... more info

MTV.com News — Pavement, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend also on the bill.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festival... more info