Pitchfork - Tours — 04-14 Tempe, AZ - Vine Tavern / ASU04-21 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress04-22 Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door04-23 Bakersfield, CA - Fishlips04-24 Riverside, CA - UC Riverside 04-25 Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones04-26 San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brew04... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Murs & 9th Wonder - "3:16 Part 2" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: One Be Lo - "The Pigs" featuring Mike Posner (MP3) Some great upcoming hip hop shows in the coming weeks, starting with Murs who is back with... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Rapper Murs [ tickets ] is heading out for a run of headlining dates in support of "ForNever," his forthcoming collaborative album with hip-hop producer 9th Wonder. more info

Pitchfork — For the past couple of years, the Minneapolis rap indie Rhymesayers Entertainment has been throwing a big all-day summer rap festival called Soundset. On May 30, Soundset will return to Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota. The fest's lineup comes ... more info

Pitchfork — -- Szampler, the new cassette-only release from Fennesz, collects samples from Christian Fennesz's old samplers, which he used in his work from 1989 to 1996. Szampler is out now on the new cassette-only label the Tapeworm, and it's limited to 500 cop... more info

411 Mania — This week, 50 Cent talks about his new album, Akon is banned from Sri Lanka, an update on Guru's health, Suge Knight in trouble once more, XXL's Class of 2010, new albums from Pharoahe Monch, Bizarre and Murs whilst Joell Ortiz is intentionally holdi... more info

The Mirror — Twilight star Ashley Greene checking out a Miss Bye-Bye bag in Dolce & Gabbana, Old Bond St, London.. X Factor pals Joe McElderry and Olly Murs ordering chicken ramen noodles in Wagamama, Cardiff... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — The X Factor runner-up says he's looking to "get over" the show and release his debut album as quickly as possible. more info

I Like Music — 18th, 19th & 20th June 2010. Calvin Harris, JLS, Lemar, Olly Murs, The Saturdays more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Tom Breihan; Above: Fucked Up Ryan Dombal's SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri | SatAmy Phillips' SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri |Sat Fucked Up [Red 7 Patio; 1:15 a.m.] Things you don't want to hear when you're waiting for D... more info