Stereogum — Last night, Erykah Badu sat in with the Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. During the episode, she performed a number of songs going into and coming out of commercial breaks — as Pitchfork points out, she performed “Phone Down” fr... more info

Stereogum — John Lennon would have been 75 this year, and in honor of that anniversary, the Theater At Madison Square Garden will host an all-star tribute concert next month. Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert goes down 12/5 and will be filmed for a TV s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's always a good amount of hip hop shows happening in and around NYC, but we don't get a chance to post about all of it. Here's a roundup of some cool stuff coming up that we haven't talked... more info

Nialler9 — Metropolis Festival is happening this Saturday and Sunday in the RDS in Dublin and the Saturday will feature the likes of Hot Chip, The Roots, Todd Terje, Flight Facilities Vic Mensa, Vince Staples and Le Galaxie along with some talks and panels and ... more info

Stereogum — Less than two weeks ago, we saw Jimmy Fallon induct longtime friend and collaborator Justin Timberlake into the Memphis Music Hall Of Fame. Now, as Rolling Stone reports, Fallon performed a similar service for perhaps the only musical act he’s more... more info

Stereogum — Because the Roots are the house band, The Tonight Show is always going to be a safe space for graduates of the late-’90s underground-rap wave. Just by going to Roots shows in New York, I’ve seen Talib Kweli show up as an unannounced guest with th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Last night (9/30) on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Questlove and Kirk Douglas of house band The Roots reprised their role as "Black Simon & Garfunkel" to sing The Weeknd's huge hit "Can't Feel My Face." It would've... more info

Stereogum — Big Grams is the supergroup formed by ATLien Big Boi and electropop duo Phantogram, and their debut self-titled EP is out today. Earlier this week they shared a new song off it, “Goldmine Junkie,” which follows the previously released “Lights O... more info

Perez Hilton — Oh what could have been! A few weeks ago, Justin Bieber had a pretty EPIC and memorable appearance on The Tonight Show. Not only did he sit down and explain to Jimmy Fallon why he broke down at the VMAs, but he also had a drum-off with the The Roots ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots have announced they'll be playing Central Park Summerstage on October 8 which will be the last show of the 2015 season. It's with Marsha Ambrosius (of the recently reunited Floetry), Bilal and also Talib Kweli on DJ... more info