Perez Hilton — Madonna isn't the only musician standing up for jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot. Peaches and over 85,000 other people are too! The Berlin-based pop artist just premiered her latest music video (above) for the appropriately-titled song, Free Puss... more info

Guardian Music — Baaba Maal, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle are among the lineup of musicians who will tour the UK by train in SeptemberReading this on mobile? Click her to view videoThe collective of African and western musicians known as Africa Express has reveale... more info

Consequence of Sound — Australian festival also features Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, and Pretty Lights. more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, "little synth" projects and a collaboration with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. more info

Spinner.com — Aya Sato Earlier this year, Deep Sea Diver -- the songwriting alias of the Shins' touring guitarist Jessica Dobson turned full-fledged band -- released their debut LP, History Speaks. While Dobson may have cultivated her guitar jamming with oth... more info

Guardian Music — The former pop princess has become a Garbage pale kid, teaming up with Shirley Manson and Toby the tarantulaRed Lips is a welcome return for Sky Ferreira. Back in 2010, I interviewed her for the release of One, her debut single for Parlophone and the... more info

melophobe — Santigold filters rap, dancehall and R&B through a militaristic sound. Like the military, individuality (songs) gives way to communal ideals (the album). The mechanized whole gradually reveals a glistening, organic voice. Santigold perhaps plagiarize... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Master of My Make-Believe is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Santigold aka Santi White, to be released on April 24, 2012 in the UK, and May 1, 2012 in the US, by Downtown/Atlantic Records. The cover art representing three incar... more info

Guardian Music — (Because)The husband-and-wife team have blazed a charmed trail out of Mali to conquer the world, but Folila, packed with western friends, mixes the inspired and mundane. A blazing opener, "Dougou Badia", has Amadou's sinewy guitar trading licks with ... more info

Stereogum — Vice & Intel’s Creators Project — you’ll recall NYC incarnation from late last year — made its way out to the Bay this weekend for a West Coast version of the festival held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center. Wilson Lee was there to docum... more info