The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I will never understand Apple.  They really have no ability except to repeat the same mistakes over and over and over.  First off, I can't figure out how to turn off Genius from constantly connecting and using up the internet bandwith.  But what's... more info

USA Today Music — From world music and electronica to modern pop and smooth R&B, there's a new album for every music fan this week. more info

Guardian Music — (Rubyworks)The rise of Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela still feels like a happy anomaly. Who knew you could take over the world with heavy metal-influenced flamenco rock? By 2009's 11:11, the pair were looking to enrich their palette, and thi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for Andrew W.K.'s entire upcoming tour are now on presale. Tickets go on sale at noon for Rodrigo y Gabriela's Radio City Music Hall show. Emily Wells is moving up in the world and headlining Bowery Ballroom on... more info

Guardian Music — (Rubyworks)The Mexican guitar heroes have moved on, in style. On the last couple of occasions I've seen Rodrigo y Gabriela, they were technically brilliant but repetitive, relying too much on rapid-fire riffs and guitar noodling. Their last studio al... more info

Guardian Music — Organisers blame lack of artist availability and scheduling problems with London 2012 OlympicsThe Big Chill festival has been cancelled this summer with organisers blaming a lack of suitable artists for the event.Melvin Benn, managing director of Fes... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Staples Center Nickelback, June 15 (Sat.) Los Angeles State Historic Park HARD Summer, Aug. 3-4 (Sat.) Hollywood Palladium Rodrigo y Gabriela, April 7 (Fri.) Mayan S... more info

Totally Fuzzy — With the aid of a relentlessly proficient 13-piece Cuban orchestra, the duo reinvents its sound on Area 52. It utterly reconstructs the Rodrigo y Gabriela template, and morphs it into something worldlier, bigger, less formulaic and more surprising. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Rodrigo y Gabriela at Terminal 5 in 2009 (more by Paul Bachman) Rodrigo y Gabriela are set to release their new album, Area 52, on January 24 via ATO Records. The album will mark the duo's first collaborative recording, as... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Rodrigo y Gabriela's label, ATO Records have announced a spring 2012 concert tour dates to support their soon to be released album Area 52 album ( out January 24). Area 52 contains nine of Rod and Gab's... more info