Stereogum — The Roots took a couple of undun tracks to their day job — or night job, depending how you look at it — including the “Redford” medley inspired by Sufjan Stevens’ song of the same name. Check out the videos, which include a somewhat inexpli... more info

Time — Famous musicians rarely offer to cook me food, much less serenade me while it’s being served (what’s the hold-up, Paul McCartney?). But Questlove, the significantly Afro-ed drummer for The Roots (real name Amir Thompson), wasn’t just taking pit... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Recently, the Roots got in trouble for playing Fishbone's "Lying Ass Bitch" as the entrance song for Michelle Bachman when she appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show.  Was is it a dick move?  Sure.  Did she deserve it?  Probably not.  Was it kinda fu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — G-Side @ a FFF Fest afterparty (* more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Gerald Cleaver @ The Stone * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Endless Boogie @ Boo-Hooray * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Dawes, Robert... more info

USA Today Music — Also new this week: Guitarist Nils Lofgren reflects on his career on 'Old School.' more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Roots’ latest studio album is an artful melding of experimental jazz, ’70s R&B, guitar rock flourishes, wall-shattering beats and rhymes that take a scalpel to the existential angst of the hip-hop generation. It’s both bleak and unexpectedl... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The year's last major music release week brings two albums that will surely make many year-end lists, The Black Keys' El Camino and The Roots' undun. Lucero's Mi Secreto De Amor and Tender Forever's Where Are We From EP... more info

Chicago Tribune — 4 stars (out of 4) more info

Guardian Music — (Def Jam)The house band on Jimmy Fallon's US talk show, the Roots recently accompanied a Republican politician's guest spot with the Fishbone song, Lyin' Ass Bitch. That kind of mischief isn't among the ingredients of the Philiadelphia collective's ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — When The Roots' Questlove first started getting serious backlash for calling Michele Bachmann a "lyin' ass bitch" via her walk on music, he was faced with a few different choices: dig his heels in, possibly putting his job in jeopardy, or issue the k... more info