Guardian Music — (Polydor)Crucially, Maximum Balloon – the latest project from producer Dave Sitek – was recorded in the sun-drenched environs of LA rather than the dingy, windowless New York studio where Sitek produced albums by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars and his ow... more info

Altsounds — Featured Artists, De La Soul and Bobby Womack have confirmed they are set to join Gorillaz onstage for their upcoming tour of the UK and Ireland. Also confirmed to appear at the November dates are Hypnotic Brass, Kano, Bashy, Little Dragon, Roses Ga... more info

MTV.com News — 'To me, the live show is almost the most important component within my career,' she tells MTV News.By Joel Hanek VV Brown Photo: MTV News VV Brown has started her career by defying expectations. As a musician, the Brit has toured the world ... more info

Nialler9 — New gigs announced recently for Dublin. Tracks for listening below. State vs Popical Island: So Cow, Tierranniesaur, Biggus Diccus @ The Mercantile – August 13th (Free) Skinny Wolves presents Telepathe, Patrick Kelleher & Meljoann – Whelan’s, 1... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — If your memory needs to refreshed, Maximum Balloon is the solo project of TV On The Radio’s guitarist, Dave Sitek. Our first taste of his debut solo effort was “Tiger”. One Thiry BPM found an mp3 of his new single. “If You Return”. It featu... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's been a while since IGIF saw any hip-hop above the fold, and I'm out to change that with the following two songs from Providence rapper Theo. Theo, if y'all remember, picked up the #10 spot on IGIF's favorite hip-hop albums of 2008 for his debut... more info

XLR8R — Off the coast of San Francisco, Treasure Island Music Festival is set to take over the naval base for a congregation of music performers and fans this October 16 and 17. Among the artists performing this year are Four Tet (pictured above), LCD Sounds... more info

Nialler9 — Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio’s new project Maximum Balloon will have appearances from Little Dragon, Theophilus London, David Byrne, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Karen O, Holly Miranda and Ambrosia Parsley (Kill Bill’s Shivaree – ‘Goodnight M... more info

Nialler9 — Someone has uploaded the whole BBC stream from Gorillaz’ Glasto performance on Friday night to Megaupload. At 97 minutes long, the set took in 17 songs with guest appearances from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon’s... more info

Guardian Music — Brooklyn art-rock boffin announces album featuring contributions from Karen O, Holly Miranda and, hopefully, a Talking HeadTV On the Radio's Dave Sitek is to make his solo debut, releasing an album under the name Maximum Balloon. Although Sitek's in ... more info