MTV.com News — 'Y'all must've copped the bootleg,' Q jokes to hyped NYC crowd rapped along to songs from his upcoming Oxymoron LP. By Rob Markman more info

NME — Australian band will play London and Manchester dates following Field Day performance more info

Discobelle.net — Hamburg based house producer/dj Doctor Dru is one of favorite producers with a remarkable track record of original tracks and remixes that nestles their way into your brain but also to the dancefloor, his latest mix done in Bogotá when on tour is pu... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Superman Revenge Squad BandFrom: Croydon, London, United KingdomLong time readers of the blog with good memories may remember me banging on about a band called Nosferatu D2 (see review of their debut and only album, A Symphony of Terror) and band mem... more info

Impose Magazine — Basics: Dropping Gems started out as a group of likeminded friends who attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA around 2007-2009. The label name comes from a lyric in Gang Starr's 'Code Of The Streets,' one of the lines from Guru's third... more info

Impose Magazine — On tour to support The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living, Mike Skinner, the force behind defunct British rap output The Streets, performed in Manhattan and spent an unlikely amount of stage time talking about how he'd be running the New York Maratho... more info

Discobelle.net — Up and coming UK producer Copy Paste Soul makes wicked house tunes, end of story. With a trade mark sound incorporating heavy swung garage flavors, squelchy low ends and the occasional Amen break, CPS drops his third release for one of my favorite Be... more info

Consequence of Sound — We almost got Reignwolf arrested. It was worth it. more info

Impose Magazine — One of my all-time favorite King Krule songs is called "Rock Bottom" and at its very end, KK sings a touching tribute to companion Brit rapper The Streets by reworking lyrics from his "Empty Cans." Similarly, there is a Brand New song that reworks Th... more info

Said the Gramophone — Jai Nitai Lotus - "Mingus Clap". The Streets - "Turn the Page". I have a thing for the opening tracks on hip-hop tapes. Intros, overtures, songs like the Streets' "Turn the Page", or "Mingus Clap", by Montreal MC Jai... more info