Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Bao Nguyen Karen & Santi Santigold, who is releasing her new album, Master of My Make-Believe, this spring on Downtown/Atlantic, performed material from it at her two sold out MHOW shows which happened last night (1/17) and Monday... more info

Altsounds — After the release of his new album 'Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar' in October, *Spank* *Rock* aka *Naeem* *Juwan *returns to the UK to play London & Manchester amidst a full European tour of his sophomore release. Spank first ... more info

I Think You're Swell — It’s always nice to run into people that you actually like at festivals and shit — it’s why I was so stoked to run into Naeem, I mean, Spank Rock during Day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest. Naeem has always been a nice dude and is also pretty fuckin’... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pictureplane @ PS1 over the summer (more by Erez Avissar) Pictureplane heads out on the Check Yo Ponytail tour with Spank Rock, Big Freedia, The Death Set, and Franki Chan later this month (it hits Brooklyn Bowl), but first you... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Colin Stetson - ‘Those Who Didn’t Run’ (Ltd 10” on Constellation) I was always told the saxophone was the hardest instrument, which may be true. But I think it is more likely that this was said to we young, eager mu... more info

Said the Gramophone — Spank Rock - "Baby" My hands are sparkling. My skin is separating from the bone, puffing out slightly, a gasp inhaled and held. My head is an arrow, my brain a direction, my mind a map and I can... more info

DrownedInSound — Spank Rock probably couldn’t make a boring record if they tried. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Totally Fuzzy — Spank Rock's second album, Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar, finds the Baltimore rapper exploring fresh new sounds and beats while retaining the rowdy, sexy party-rap vibe of his 2006 debut. The new disc, which features collab... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams in A-Z form. Plenty more in the Streams category. Boom Bip – Zig Zaj DRC Music – Kinshasa One Two (Damon Albarn and more) DJ Shadow – The Less You Know, The Better (alt link) Dum Dum Girls more info

Altsounds — *#1 Hit *is the second single to come from the new *Spank Rock* album 'Everything is Boring and Everyone Is A Fucking Liar'. The sometime controversial Portland resident releases this as a follow up to 'Energy'. His new album is released on Boys N... more info