411 Mania — Life on Shuffle returns with a look at songs from Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z and Foo Fighters. Plus tons of reader feedback, thoughts on Katy Perry being named the hottest woman in the world and The Top Ten Female MC's ever! more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The man had an astounding 2009 with the return to form Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. II, and now Wu-Tang Clan lifer Raekwon is getting ready to drop a mixtape following last month's release of his collaborative full-length with Method Man and Ghostfa... more info

Pitchfork — This year's Øya Festival crashes down in Oslo, Norway August 10-14. And here's another list of bands that'll make you want to book a flight to Europe ASAP: M.I.A., Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, the Stooges, Big Boi, the xx, Air, Jón... more info

XLR8R — Oslo's Øya Festival might not only be the greenest of its kind, but quite possibly also the largest. read more more info

Guardian Music — Hip-hop heavyweight recording follow-up to seminal solo album. Fingers crossed it won't include Devendra BanhartOne of the most legendary albums in hip-hop is about to get a sequel. Wu-Tang Clan's GZA has announced that he is working on Liquid Swords... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Jazzanova (7 albums) The Temptations John Legend Monty Alexander Alela Diane Charles Bukowski http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com ...and: V.A. - The Very Best of Jazz Funk [2CD] music499 said... Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the C... more info

Pitchfork — Last year, Raekwon roared back into relevance with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II, an instant-classic piece of tangled, bloody-minded throwback rap and the best long-player in years from the extended Wu-Tang Clan family. And it looks like Rae's Wu... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon are among the newest artists added to the lineup for Camp Bisco, a three-day music and arts festival held July 15-17 in Mariaville, NY. The newly announced artist list also includes Break Scien... more info

411 Mania — Method, Ghostface and Raekwon set to join LCD Soundsystem, Thievery Corporation and more for three-day fest... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about shoes, real and metaphorical. This week, we want you to suggest songs that affront and derideI think my fave comment of last week was from Williamsbach who made this observation about (another) Carl Perkins song:"Pointed Toe S... more info