NME — Horrors, Sonic Youth, De La Soul confirmed to play at the bash more info

NME — De La Soul, Sheryl Crow also set for Seattle summer festival more info

JamBase — Initial Lineup for Bumbershoot '09 Announced September 5-7 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, WA The initial artists for Bumbershoot 2009 have been announced, with many more to come in the following weeks. With three-day passes for only $80, it's... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo:Gordon/WireImage Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, De La Soul and Katy Perry will invade Seattle for the Bumbershoot Festival Labor Day weekend, September 5-7th. According to a press release, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Raphael Saddiq, No Age, Ho... more info

Get Weird — So De La Soul are dropping two albums on us this year and some purists are probably going to hate this future funk reworking of ‘Oooh’ by Los Angeles producers Tatelarock and Troublemaker that uses some familiar samples but itâ€... more info

Kraftwerk,Elbow,Mystery Jets, De La Soul and Antony And The Johnsons confirm The Manchester International Festival.Kraftwerk will be performing at the Velodrome on July 2 ... more info

XFM.co.uk — Plus Mystery Jets, De La Soul, Antony And The Johnsons... more info

Guardian Music — Biennial event highlights electro pioneers, Lou Reed and new Wainwright operaThey're both as Manchester as you can get and both immensely respected for their artistic excellence, so there was a sense of appropriateness when yesterday it was announced... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonA man who tours even less frequently than he records, Q-Tip is as enigmatic as he is influential. When he emerged in 1988 as the lead rapper of A Tribe Called Quest, he was merely part of a larger movement: Tribe followed the Jungle... more info

Pitchfork — Last week marked the third anniversary of space-rap visionary J Dilla's death, and his influence over younger beatmakers like Kanye West and Black Milk probably looms larger now than it ever has. So it makes sense for Rapster Records, the company res... more info