Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Salem - King Night (MP3) Vice Creators Project Announcement party (more by Erez Avissar) Between the whole Northside Festival, the BrooklynVegan showcase @ MHOW, two BV-BBG heavy showcases, the Afro-Punk Fest, the final Voxtrot shows, Apple... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Mark Ronson has revealed to MTV News that Lady GaGa inspired him to sing on his new album Record Collection.     Ronson sings on two songs for the LP- which will also feature Q-Tip, MNDR... more info

Unreality Music — It's a busy day for music videos today. The first one here is the new music video for Mark Ronson's new single with his band The Business Intl, Bang Bang Bang which features American alternative rapper Q-Tip. Ronson has ditched the 2006 trend of ... more info

Stereogum — Warren Fu’s clip for Mark Ronson’s latest all-star jam was filmed at a cool discotheque on Neptune. “The Business Intl” crew also includes D’Angelo, Boy George, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Alex Greenwald, Miike Snow, Ghostface, the Dap Kin... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — In last week's Playlist review of Brooklyn electro-pop singer MNDR's BNM'd "I Go Away", it was mentioned that she was working with producer Mark Ronson. Almost as if on cue, here's the space-age-meets-European-TV-show video for the fruits of their la... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Bad Brains @ Vice Halloween 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Bad Brains will be one of the bands headlining Afro-Punk 2010 happening in Fort Greene's Commodore Barry Park (a new location) from June 25-27 (Flushing Ave & N Elliot, Brooklyn).... more info

AllHipHop — One month out from the release of a new album, Black Sheep’s Dres surprised fans this week with a Native Tongues reunion single entitled “Birds of a Feather.” The song was released yesterday and features founding Native Tongues members Dave (Tr... more info

MTV.com News — 'They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation,' West raps on new single.By Shaheem Reid Kanye West Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage While many were sleeping Thursday night, Kanye West was declaring that his hiatus is over as his new singl... more info

Stereogum — Kanye’s been doing his Good Ass Job for a bit down on The Island — it was originally announced as the follow-up to Graduation, until he ran into an 808 and a heartbreak. So ostensibly the next step in Ye’s educational/corporate-evolution titula... more info