Brooklyn Vegan — Saul Williams at Afro Punk Fest 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Saul Williams will be going on a spoken word tour later this summer and into fall, which he's dubbing the CHORUS tour. The tour hasn't been announced in full... more info

Core News — “Gilles’ final retrospective show focuses on the hip hop and soul he’s supported on his Radio 1 show over the years, with session tracks from Sa Ra Creative Partners, Amp Fiddla and Kindred featuring Roy Ayers, as well as snippets of interviews... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to leaplings: Rapper Ja Rule (1976) Rapper Saul Williams (1972) Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. (1972) Law & Order actor Dennis Farina (1944) Actor Joss Ackland (1928) Singer Dinah Sh... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Renaissance heiress Paris Hilton is back on the scene with a new single, and oh, what a single it is. It's like Bret Easton Ellis and Saul Williams had a baby together, dropped it on its head, then raised it on a steady diet of champagne, diamonds an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — George Washington & Saul Williams (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Hot Tub @ Littlefield * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Butch Morris @ The Stone * Commercial Interruption... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Saul Williams at Afro Punk Fest in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Saul Williams released his most recent LP, Volcanic Sunlight, earlier this year and will tour in support of it this February and March. The tour kicks off in... more info

Guardian Music — Pair are among first signatories of Occupy Musicians, a campaign supporting movement against income inequalityLou Reed and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello are among the first signatories of Occupy Musicians, a campaign supporting Occupy Wall S... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in the more info

DrownedInSound — It’s been three years since the last time I met Saul Williams, soaked through with sweat and rain on Brighton’s seafront shortly after his 2008 Great Escape performance at the tiny Volks. On that occasion I barely lasted a minute before my though... more info

Guardian Music — Take a breath of that brisk fresh air and inhale your top songs of autumnal wistfulness – and its oppositeSeptember marks the end of the summer, the start of the school term, and a definite return to "normality" after the craziness of the summer. F... more info