Brooklyn Vegan — The Psychic Paramount at Cake Shop (more by BBG) Brooklyn prog-kraut-acid rock trio The Psychic Paramount have already announced appearances at Pitchfork and Capitol Hill Block Party. Before that they'll head out for a string of dates on the East... more info

Pop Justice — Well yes, but how do you fancy going to see BEYONCÉ LIVE IN LONDON instead? The 'Run The World (Girls)' hitmaker is performing a surprise show at the Shepherds Bush Empire and we've got 20 (TWENTY) pairs of tickets to give away. She'll have had... more info

Mercury News, California — News alert: This weekend, violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is finishing up her third season as music director and concert master of the New Century Chamber Orchestra, a fine ensemble that's becoming ever finer under her leadership. It is a shocking... more info

Guardian Music — But Nadja Benaissa didn't tell the men she slept with. And in Germany – where she was a member of the country's most successful girl band – that is a crime. Hannah Booth on a very public downfallNadja Benaissa's story has all the improbable dram... more info

Here Comes The Flood — German neo-psychedelic duo xrFarflight will release their new album under the spell of the cyclops' view! on March 4. A current free EP has three outtakes and one track of the album. Multi-instrumentalists Karsten Genz and Daniel Gädicke joined ... more info

ContactMusic — German pop star NADJA BENAISSA has risked further scandal by suggesting a former lover who she infected with HIV is responsible for catching the virus.In August (10), the... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... Brand New Moods presents: - Bojan Z Tetraband "Humus" Apart from prestigious guest appearances, not to mention a lengthy tenure in Henry Texier’s superb Azur Quintet, one of the best small groups in jazz of the 90s, monsieur Z ... more info

Mercury News, California — Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg gripped her violin and bounded onto the stage with her band, the energetic New Century Chamber Orchestra, which excels because all its players think and feel together. more info

The Music Fix — Abley supported by Simon Scott (Slowdive) and The Resonance Association more info

Pop Crunch — An HIV-positive German pop star has been sentenced two years of suspended prison term for infecting a former partner with the deadly virus, The BBC said Thursday.Nadja Benaissa, 28, admitted that she had unprotected sexual intercourse with three peop... more info