Time Out, London — Conscious rapper Dante Smith (aka Mos Def), who learned his trade working with De La Soul and Talib Kweli hits Kentish Town to promote terrific new album, 'The Ecstatic' more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Eli Paperboy Reed @ The Bell House (more by Jacob Blickenstaff) Tickets are on sale for the recently-added Neon Indian show at Brooklyn Bowl. Soul man Eli "Paperboy" Reed is playing a show at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday night (11/21).... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Idle Warship - Party Robot (Usershare link to ZIP) Talib Kweli and his Blacksmith Music imprint are scheduled to celebrate the holidays the right way, with two turntables and a microphone! "The Night Before The Night Before... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Cast Spells and Good Old War. Images via: Dave Clifford, Us/Them Lots of good stuff on sale today, including all of the shows for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, which will host Marianne Faithfull, St. Vincent, Dirty Projectors, and many... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Image: Newscom From this year’s Thompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, October 26, 2009. Still figuring out what to do for Halloween? Aside from lots of dog-costume parades, there are a ton of concerts, of course. Listed below are the shows happeni... more info

Guardian Music — Chauffeur – Soles On Fire(From Blind for the Kids)One man, one sole. A giant step into the future of product-pimping songcraft. Your perp this time around is one Mark Ronson, on loan from the 1960s to produce this glitchy electro advert for th... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Image: Newscom The inimitable Talib Kweli will be at Williamsburg’s bowling alley/concert venue, Brooklyn Bowl. I finally got a chance to see Brooklyn Bowl when I stopped by the DFA party during CMJ and let me tell you that place is way cool. It ha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (Dam-Funk Remix) MP3 DOWNLOAD: Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (MP3) Stones Throw's Dam-Funk will be headlining a free show tonight (10/27) at Brooklyn Bowl presented by Fader to celebrate h... more info

Culture Bully — Madlib & Strong Arm Steady will be putting out a project called Stoney Jackson sometime in the near future... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — In addition to these CMJ shows that I recommended last week, and these in-store performances, here are a few more CMJ shows worth checking out if you’ve got the time: Wednesday, October 21 This is not part of CMJ, but Talib Kweli will be talking t... more info