Altsounds — The Dandy Warhols ARE Sound comes out on July 14, on the band’s own Beat The World Records. The album was mixed by Russell Elavedo, a GRAMMY-award winning soul mixing engineer whose credits include D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar, T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bowerbirds @ Mercury Lounge 4/27 (more by Chris La Putt) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Todd Barry @ Caroline's * Tanya Morgan @ Southpaw * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Forro in the Dark @ Music on the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bowerbirds @ Mercury Lounge 4/27 (more by Chris La Putt) tonight in NYC * DANCE * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Forro in the Dark @ Music on the Oval * Bowerbirds, Megafaun @ Bowery Ballroom * Mahavishnu Project... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jay Reatard Harlem Shakes @ Southpaw in February (more by Jonny Leather) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Vanilla Ice @ Iving Plaza * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Jay Reatard @ Music on the Oval * Amateur Night... more info

Panormx — Don Diablo revisits The Roots classic ''The Seed 2.0'' with added beats, synths, violins and percussion to get yo bodymovin' on till the break of dawn!Don Diablo vs The Roots - The Seed 3.0 more info

Rollo & Grady — Mason Proper Mason Proper, Stellastarr & Wild Light are playing the Troubadour on Friday, July 31st (tix) MP3: Deer Tick - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) MP3: Mason Proper - Lock Lovedown Gets Innocuous (Kanye West/LCD Soundsystem) MP3: The Roots fea... more info

411 Mania — Paul McCartney, John Mayer, Slash, Pete Wentz, Ne-Yo, Usher, Steven Spielberg, The Roots, blink-182, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, the Recording Academy, Al Sharpton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Miley Cyrus, Hanson and Solange Knowles all comment on the death o... more info

Chicago Tribune — The prominent, legendary and underground masters of hip-hop are doing their thing again. We don't ask how the Rock the Bells festival is able to put together a cream-of-the-crop lineup for this all-day rap affair; we're just glad they have. Lookin... more info

Culture Bully — The Roots perform a new track entitled "How I Got Over" on the June 24 episode of Late Night. more info