MTV.com News — Shakira, John Legend, Amadou & Mariam will also help open tournament in South Africa.By Nick Neofitidis Alicia Keys Photo: Matt Harper/ MTV News Kicking off one of the world's biggest sporting events should be the job of some equally big s... more info

All About Jazz — The second edition of URB ALT Media's free music compilation, "URB ALT Sampler-Dos," offers more genre blurring sounds from around the globe. The compilation collects songs by various eclectic artists including Gil Scott-Heron, Grizzly Bear, MuthaWit... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I might be shifting TVV away quite soon. From The Guardian newspaper today.....Google shuts down music blogs without warningBloggers told they have violated terms without further explanation, as years of archives are wiped off the internetIn what cr... more info

Guardian Music — Bloggers told they have violated terms without further explanation, as years of archives are wiped off the internetIn what critics are calling "musicblogocide 2010", Google has deleted at least six popular music blogs that it claims violated copyrigh... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Molalatladi" by BLK JKS from the album "After Robots." more info

Radio Exile — A while back, I subscribed to the Vimeo feed for director Jamie-James Medina and today, I consider it among my best decisions of 2009. Like my accidental discovery of Pharaoh Sanders in 2001, I was alerted today to a release from a new artist he’s... more info

Rolling Stone — This summer, Rolling Stone featured South African psych-rockers BLK JKS in our Artists to Watch special, and now we’re happy to bring you the premiere of the band’s new video for “Molalatladi,” the opening track on their excellent debut After... more info

8/1 — 50. Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir OST49. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II48. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid47. Bruce Springsteen – Working On a Dream46. The Black Crowes – Before the Frost…45. Cate... more info

Guardian Music — Monotonix, On tourGarage rock is a truly international language, spoken in the UK and Scandinavia, as well as the USA. To that list, we can now add Israel: with Monotonix, the country brings its own spin on this most basic way of making yourself unde... more info

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