LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming Alejandro Escovedo's new album, Street Songs of Love (out June 29th). At the band's MySpace page, stream the new Roots album, How I Got Over (out June 21st). BBC News profiles Harper Lee and her novel, To... more info

Pop Candy — Good morning! The weekend flew by way too quickly, didn't it? Highlights from mine included seeing the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island and watching ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — tonight in NYC * Make Music NY * Mike Birbiglia @ UCB * Jim Campilongo @ the Living Room * Frog Eyes @ Sound Fix Records * Ben Perowsky Quartet @ Barbes * The Roots present The Jam @... more info

DrownedInSound — You may have noticed a little less news than usual this week. There is very good reason for this and that's because our news editor was off drinking Viking lager on a press junket in Iceland. Here's a little round-up of the bits of 'news' from the we... more info

Stereogum — Over the past year, the Roots have stretched mightily on Late Night, home of late night TV’s most adventurous music programming. It was hardly a surprise to learn folky folks like MMJ, Joanna Newsom, and (especially) the gals from Dirty Projectors ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Damien Jurado @ Union Hall in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * Pestilence @ Gramercy * The Lee Boys (late) @ Brooklyn Bowl * John Legend, The Roots (early) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Ted Leo (acoustic)... more info

Pitchfork — Last night, the Toronto guitar armada Broken Social Scene rolled through "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". They played "Texico Bitches", a song from their BNM'ed Forgiveness Rock Record that's suddenly become topical, even if the title goes after the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Beach Fossils @ Market Hotel in March (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) tonight in NYC Dan Deacon & Lower Dens @ Red Hook Park The Roots @ Highline Ballroom Fred Eaglesmith @ The Rodeo Bar Peter Wolf Crier, Joemca @ Pianos... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on presale for Rock the Bells at Governors Island (password = CLASSIC) Tickets are on sale now for a show John Legend and The Roots are playing at Brooklyn Bowl on June 17th (6 days from now).... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There are a number of aspects of the above clip of the Roots, Ice-T and MC Ren covering N.W.A.'s epochal "Straight Outta Compton" that make it an instant classic. They did it as a warmup on Jimmy Fallon's show the... more info