Brooklyn Vegan — Yeasayer @ MHOW 12/06 (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Ben Perowsky Quartet @ Barbes * Drug Rug, Your Nature @ Union Pool * Ida Maria, Franz Nicolay @ Maxwell's * Tracy Bonham, Tony Scherr @... more info

Live Daily — Sugarland's Wal-Mart exclusive CD/DVD set, "Live on the Inside," tops the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart, but Michael Jackson's "Number Ones" compilation remains the best-selling album in the country. With first-week sales of 76,000 copies,... more info

MTV.com News — Kings of Leon keep marching up charts on otherwise slow sales week.By Gil Kaufman Sugarland's Live on the Inside Photo: Mercury Records It was a good week for country music, though not necessarily for music sales as a whole, as duo Sugarl... more info

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USA Today Music — Phoenix's addictive '1901, Maxwell's passionate 'Tears' and Mos Def's psycho-synth 'Life' join this week's worthy-music crowd. more info

Rolling Stone — Maxwell brings his chart-topping neo-soul classic BLACKsummers’night to select North American cities, Say Anything carve out an autumn outing in support of their new self-titled album and Built to Spill are built to tour with a massive continent-cr... more info

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Detroit Free Press — R&B comeback king Maxwell will play Joe Louis Arena on Sept. 26, the artist announced today. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Marnie Stern @ NYU (more by Chris La Putt) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Jon B @ Marcus Garvey Park * Cursive, The Love Language @ Maxwell's * Tyshawn Sorey's Oblique @ The Stone * Daryl Hall & John... more info

JamBase — Portugal. The Man Announce Headlining Tour In Support Of The Satanic Satanist Portugal. The Man With the release of their most recent album, The Satanic Satanist, experimental rock band Portugal. The Man has been busy on the road, appearing a... more info