WHOA Mag Online — Words | Mitchell Davis BATTLES: 4:35, GREEN STAGE The weekend’s schedule contained a glaring conflict early on with Battles and tUnE-yArDs playing simultaneously on Friday evening. Adding insult to injury, Chicago traffic led to our group arrivin... more info
Said the Gramophone — Railcars - "The Big Sky" Kate Bush - "The Big Sky" The Organic Compound. All manner of pipe, reed, steam, and synth came here to find themselves, came here because for one reason or another, they were lost. Led... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Colin Kerrigan Earth, Wind & Fire help Philly celebrate Independence Day A little after 1 p.m., the Parkway was already jammed with people who had come from near and far for the Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia... more info
USA Today Music — History-rich Philadelphia is a perfect place to be on the 4th of July. Philly natives The Roots, who spend their week as the late-night house ...
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Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots at Prospect Park in 2010 (more by David Andrako) Although musical options in NYC are limited on the 4th of July, you could head to Philly for the Philly Fourth of July Jam. This year's show, which is... more info
Stereogum — Thurston Moore brought two Demolished Thoughts tracks to Jimmy Fallon last night: He played “Circulation” on-air and “Blood Never Lies” as a web exclusive. The solo album’s out now via Matador. Bob Mould also showed up, performing a brief c... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Would you call it Weird Roots? Madlib and Doom aligned in 2004 to form Madvillain. Their debut LP Madvillainy for Stones Throw included the song "Accordian". Now The Roots have banded together with Weird Al (!) to record... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Jill Scott's great new album, "The Light of the Sun", is out June 21st. If you have any doubts, stream the whole thing now at NPR.Scott has come a long way since she was working as The Roots' hook... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Brian Wilson played the Highline Ballroom [Sunday] night as part of its sister club's month-long Blue Note Jazz Festival, and though the two-set show featured his entire current Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin album of Gershwin standards, it wasn't ... more info
ContactMusic — Members of The Roots rapper Black Thought's side project have been arrested for drug possession. Hip-hop stars DICe Raw and Truck North, members of Black Thought's Money Making Jam Boys, were apprehended by police in New Jersey on Sunday night (12Jun... more info