JamBase — Mountainside Mardi Gras Adds New Artists Dumpstaphunk As the first annual Mountainside Mardi Gras quickly approaches, anticipation is growing and so is the all star lineup. Straight from the streets of New Orleans, New Era Brass Band is schedul... more info

Twangville — Chicago musician Joe Pug has spent the better part of the past year with a guitar over his shoulder. Since releasing his debut ep Nation of Heat in spring of 2008, Pug has followed in the figurative footsteps of Woody Guthrie by performing his music... more info

Rolling Stone — Lawmakers came out in force against the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger yesterday as politicians asked the Justice Department to review the potential merger with “great skepticism,” Billboard reports. New Jersey Rep. William Pascrell argued that ... more info

Stereogum — After crunching some numbers, David realizes there's no way Live Nation could be making money on his undersized European shows. And further realizes that their cost is likely being subsidized by the gate of U2's monstrous 360º tour, a $40MM produc... more info

USA Today Music — A key senator is warning that the proposed merger of ticketing company Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and concert promoter Live ... more info

All About Jazz — Growth may have slowed for MySpace, but the same can't be said for its music.myspace.com subdomain. New Nielson figures show a 190% increase at MySpace Music since its launch in September 2008 and year-over-year traffic to the URL has increased a who... more info

MTV.com News — Kanye West, Rihanna featured on latest Blueprint 3 track.By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z and Kanye West Photo: Matthew Peyton/ Getty Images Jay-Z has hip-hop fans listening to the radio the way whole families tuned in to fireside chats decades ago. ... more info

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New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — VNV Nation has never been content with simply making dance music. Yes, the duo's dense discography is laced with an innate electronic groove, but Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson don't create sounds just to entertain the body. Since banding together in ... more info

JamBase — JamBase Internships: Spring/Summer 2009 IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU LIVE OR WILL BE LIVING IN THE BAY AREA About JamBase JamBase is the world's leading source of live music and concert information. Our convenient search engine i... more info