Pasta Primavera — Tonight down in DC Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains rolls into town at DC9 with Josh Reichman and We Were Pirates.  Also in DC is Q-Tip at the 9:30 Club with The Cool Kids and Pacific Division.  Up north in Philly don’t miss out on the be... more info

Altsounds — Legendary hip-hop artist *Q-Tip *(of A Tribe Called Quest) and popular up-and-coming duo *The Cool Kids* will join forces onstage for the 4th Annual 2K Sports Bounce Tour. The tour supports the release of *NBA 2K9*, now available in stores. In addi... more info

Altsounds — Legendary hip-hop artist *Q-Tip *(of A Tribe Called Quest) and popular up-and-coming duo *The Cool Kids* will join forces onstage for the 4th Annual 2K Sports Bounce Tour. The tour supports the release of *NBA 2K9*, now available in stores. In addi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Q-Tip @ the Woodies (more by Tim Griffin) Q-Tip's December 2nd show at Nokia Theater with the Cool Kids has been moved to the smaller Highline Ballroom. Tickets are still on sale. Other hip hop shows coming up at the... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Our weekly GvsB SiriusXM radio show airs today at noon and again at midnight EST on the newly christened Sirius XMU. As I mentioned last week, the Sirius-XM content merger recently went into effect; if you're an XM subscriber, you can listen to the ... more info

Radio Exile — Check out this list of the great moustaches of rock [YahooMusic] Stream Chinese Democracy at the GNR Myspace page [Myspace] Lykke Li teams up with Q-Tip at the MTVU Woodies [Music Slut] Sample the Cat Power Black Session recorded on France’s Inter ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Photos by David. More shots of Q-Tip + the Cool Kids :: Live in Dallas after the jump...**********************************Q-TIP: more info

Stereogum — The Woodies happened, I was there, you didn't miss too much. This year's performance roster was interesting though, particularly for a couple of onstage collaborations. Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" with Chromeo was previously an... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Photos coming soon from last night's A Tribe Called Quest-heavy Q-Tip show, but in the meantime, here's a clip of the Abstract joining Lykke Li for a performance of a Tribe classic:*************************** more info

Culture Bully — Q-Tip: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia) Subscribe to Culture Bully Here Also: (Q-Tip on the Late Show with David Letterman) (Four Takes on Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance”) (“Move” Video) (“Getting Up” Video) more info