Guardian Music — (Def Jam)Their ninth album finds the Philadelphia veterans a unique voice in hip-hop. Becoming house band on Jimmy Fallon's US chatshow has led them to embrace indie culture, sculpting hard-hitting rap from a Joanna Newsom sample (Right On) and a Mon... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Roots released their latest album, How I Got Over, this week. The disc features the band collaborating with several interesting musicians, including Joanna Newsom, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, John Legend, and others. To enter the contest, leav... more info

Pitchfork — Earlier this year, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold took a break from his band to play a few solo dates, opening for fellow celestial folker Joanna Newsom throughout the South and Midwest. (You can watch a video of him playing a new song at one o... more info

Pitchfork - Tours —   07-29 San Diego, CA - San Diego Women's Club *07-30 Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre *07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre *08-02 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater *08-04 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre * 08-05 Vancouver, British Columbia- The Vogue The... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe auditorium is pock-marked with empty seats, but then there's something oddly fitting about Van Dyke Parks performing a rare solo show when most of London is looking the other way – their gazed fixed on the football. ... more info

Stereogum — On Friday, the Roots posted up a full album stream of their 11th LP, How I Got Over. The LP credits ought to have a special mention of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’s music booker: many of its Stereogum-friendly collaborators/sample sources (Amber ... more info

Guardian Music — A new generation of harpists is taking the pop charts and indie rock stages by stormThe harp, that orchestral instrument once most closely associated with angelic behaviour, is now in danger of becoming seriously hip thanks to the success of popular ... more info

Stereogum — Over the past year, the Roots have stretched mightily on Late Night, home of late night TV’s most adventurous music programming. It was hardly a surprise to learn folky folks like MMJ, Joanna Newsom, and (especially) the gals from Dirty Projectors ... more info

Perez Hilton — Oh, poor Nate Archibald! All he wanted to do was smoke a joint, listen to Joanna Newsom, and eat some cheetos! Chace Crawford has been charged with a misdemeanor possession of marijuana for his June 4th arrest ater the Plano, Texas fuzz caught him ... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by the traditional folk, country and Appalachian stylings of Gillian Welch, this trio are the female Fleet FoxesHometown: Bennington, Vermont.The lineup: Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath.The background: See ... more info