Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore Big In Japan play another Sunday at the Wind Up Space while a bit further south The Duke Spirit are randomly paired with Incubus at Merriweather Post Pavilion.  Down in DC Awesome New Republic and Lights Resolve play DC9 while... more info

A Walking Disast3r — The Rock The Bells Tour made its stop in Denver on Thursday to a sizeable crowd at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater. I would say I was skeptical about the finalized lineup for the Denver stop; it was missing some of the heavyweights such as Co... more info

Nialler9 — Oh No (that’s Madlib’s brother) follows up 2007’s brilliant instrumental album Dr. No’s Oxperiment with an album of all Ethiopian samples. With the hip-hop album of the year Mos Def’s The Ecstatic littered with Eastern samples, is 2009 ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Mos Def's concert at a sold-out House of Blues on Sunday perfectly encapsulated the Brooklyn-born rapper's solo career: a blazing start followed by indeterminate stretches of waning focus. more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Dead Weather - Horehound 2.) Various Artists - Soundtrack (500) Days of Summer 3.) Maxwell - BLACKsummers’night 4.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 5.) Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 6.) Michael Jackson - Off the Wall 7... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Black Bubblegum, photos by Joseph Xu DOWNLOAD: Pharoah Monch vs the Black Lips - "Drop I Mayor" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Lips - Drop I Hold featuring GZA (MP3) Pharoahe Monch @ the 2009 Pitchfork Fest Though APW's addition... more info

Rolling Stone — Christian Hoard’s “Christian Rock” pick in this week’s New Music Report is the latest album from rapper Mos Def, The Ecstatic. Mos Def has been making rap records for more than a decade, but his latest is definitely his best since 2004’s Ne... more info

411 Mania — Hip-hop star will be supporting The Ecstatic... more info

Rolling Stone — Be Kind Rewind star Mos Def announces a tour in support of his new album The Ecstatic, the Mars Volta make sure you get a healthy dose of prog this September and the lo-fi punk warrior known as Wavves impresses audiences with his ability to play guit... more info

Live Daily — Actor and hip-hop star Mos Def [ tickets ] will hit the road next month in support of his latest studio album, "The Ecstatic," which surfaced in June. The performer will kick things off Aug. 1 in Minneapolis, the first of 18 cities the trek will h... more info