TMZ — 2008 was a rough year for DJ AM and Travis Barker -- but the duo kicked 2009 off right with a joint New Year's Eve performance at the Wiltern in L.A., their first show together since surviving a horrific plane crash back in September. See Also .... more info

Culture Bully — Tonight’s Hootenanny will be taking place at The Beat Coffeehouse in Minneapolis (Hennepin & 28th), and the free event will include The Mad Ripple (Jim Walsh), Jason Shannon and Suzanne Vallie. As always, expect the unexpected with these things, br... more info

The Lemur Blog — Straight from Australian nu-disco party crew of musicians and DJ's called Fromage, who's affection for the genre once again is rejuvenated and right-in-time, comes three lovely disco edits of oldies but goldies in form of their Fromage Edits Vol 3. I... more info

Perez Hilton — viewNode("84bfa8e149d7d", { player_profile:'vega4', width: 410, height: 315 }); CLICK HERE for a great live and unplugged rendition of their song Go Go by our fave Danes, Alphabeat. more info

Dlisted — Shane Mercado and Beyonce have both been dethroned as the reigning Sasha Fierce! Cubby from 96.1 The Beat in Charlotte has shown them both exactly how it's done. Just keep your eyes up while watching. Don't look down. Trust me. Don'... more info

AllHipHop — Less than 48 hours since his abrupt dismissal from WBLS’s The Wendy Williams Experience, Charlamagne Tha God is preparing for his return to South Carolina radio, he revealed to AllHipHop.com exclusively today (November 8).   Charlamagne, who... more info

AllHipHop — Less than 48 hours since his abrupt dismissal from WBLS’s The Wendy Williams Experience, Charlamagne Tha God is preparing for his return to South Carolina radio, he revealed to AllHipHop.com exclusively today (November 8).   Charlamagne, who... more info

My Old Kentucky — We've been preaching at you about the goodness in Mason Proper's new album Olly Oxen Free. We even got lead singer Jon Visger to breakdown every song on the new album for us and give us all free listen.When the band came in for an MOKB/SIRIUS sessio... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Chris Woodcock Madlib just keeps on pummeling us with more releases than we can handle, and yet, we try to handle them anyway. In his latest blast of tunes, Madlib has put together an even newer Beat Konducta album than the one that comes ou... more info

Music for Robots — Hey kids, if you're in the Minneapolis area tonight, please stop by the Beat Coffeehouse for my CD release show. I just put out a record called Flyover State, and I'll be celebrating tonight with opening bands Anthony Newes and Jayber Crow ... more info