Guardian Music — The hip-hop heavyweight promises his next album will be his most experimental ever. So expect contributions from Laurie Anderson, Scott Walker and Aphex Twin ...Jay-Z's next album will be his "most experimental ever", he said this week. Only he doesn... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — “While You Wait For The Others” is appropriately the 2nd single off of Veckatimest. It is a stellar song, one that gets better and better everytime. The scary thing is that it already sounded mindblowing from the first live version we ever heard ... more info

Nialler9 — Letterman is the place to be these days. It’s where all the cool kids play: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Mos Def, St. Vincent. And now, Dirty Projectors. Related Posts Video: Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move Nialler9 Weekly Char... more info

NME — Grizzly Bear also release new single featuring Michael McDonald more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir At what can only be described as one of the worst live shows I've ever seen, Das Racist took the stage of Public Assembly Sunday night (8/30) (around 11:30pm) (four hours after the Grizzly Bear show... more info

Stereogum — Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on Real Time (where Bill Maher presented him wit... more info

Stereogum — Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on Real Time (where Bill Maher presented him wit... more info

Stereogum — Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on Real Time (where Bill Maher presented him with a bo... more info

Stereogum — Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on Real Time (where Bill Maher presented him wit... more info

VH1 News — Jay-Z explains that he was at Sunday's Grizzly Bear show in Brooklyn because he's a fan, and he hopes indie rock will inspire hip-hop to evolve the way rap once did for rock. more info