NME — The sale of the Dutch fan-funding engine 'expected to be completed soon' more info

ContactMusic — Rap legends PUBLIC ENEMY are struggling to raise funds from fans to pay for their upcoming album after donations stalled at $71,000 (44,375) - leaving them thousands short... more info

The Telegraph — Jean-Francois Richet; Cecile De France, Gerard Depardieu. Rating: * * * more info

Guardian Music — This 'gifted MC' is touted as the future of hip-hop, but he fails to move the music on in any significant way, let alone move usHometown: Washington DC.The lineup: Olubowale Folarin (vocals, music).The background: There has been quite a lot of talk l... more info

Rolling Stone — My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem and the previously announced Pavement will take the stage at this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival, invading Washington State’s Gorge on Memorial Day weekend, May 29th to 31st. The Nationa... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Not only did the Sasquatch Festival folks avoid annoying the world by not unveiling acts in their lineup every six minutes, their bill even beats a somewhat lackluster Bonnaroo. Perhaps 'Roo set their bar too high with past festival lineups or swung... more info

AllHipHop — Public Enemy hypeman turned reality TV star Flavor Flav (William Drayton, Jr.) will soon answer charges that he owes $63,458.00 in back child support to the mother of three of his children. According to the Albany County Child Support Collection Div... more info

AllHipHop — Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is coming to the aid of the people of Haiti via the power of music and the Internet.   The rapper/activist assembled artists on his SLAMjamz record label for Kombit pou Haiti, a new album featuring material created to ... more info

Guardian Music — It's the sound effect that went too far - a technique first developed for use in oil exploration, which spread like a slick across pop music in the last decadeAuto-Tune, the contentious vocal-­modifying recording-studio software, was developed by ... more info

PUBLIC ENEMY are to record with London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra more info