Brooklyn Vegan — Modest Mouse @ MHOW (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * DANCE * comedy @ Union Hall * Public Enemy @ BB King's * Heavy Trash, Powersolo @ Mercury Lounge * Takka Takka, Sister Suvi, Secret Life of Sofia... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Modest Mouse @ MHOW (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * DANCE * comedy @ Union Hall * Public Enemy @ BB King's * Heavy Trash, Powersolo @ Mercury Lounge * Takka Takka, Sister Suvi, Secret Life of Sofia... more info

NME — TV On The Radio, Public Enemy, The Black Keys and Santigold are set to headline this year's Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in June. more info

Rolling Stone — The Roots will take a time out from serving as Jimmy Fallon’s house band when the hip-hop collective stage the second annual Roots’ Picnic on June 6th at their Philadelphia hometown’s Liberty Pier. Joining the Roots, who will play both the dayâ... more info

Idolator — The Roots just announced the line-up for the Philly "Roots Picnic" in June 6, and it's so fucking good. If this is what they do with their post-Fallon free time, these guys could back those Tim and Eric dipshits and I would give it a thumbs up. Get r... more info

All About Jazz — Bill Frisell Interview Cuong Vu Interview These interviews are part of the book project “under your skin" which includes Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Skip Mcd... more info

JamBase — THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEVENDRA BANHART, ETIENNE DE CRECY THE ORB, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUSY P AND PLUMP DJs ADDED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 Coachella 2008 by Dave Vann The Chemical Brothers (DJ ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes [ tickets ], as the story goes, was given his memorable nickname by Chuck D of Public Enemy, who--after seeing him perform was reminded of the NFL wide-receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. A former school mate... more info

JamBase — PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FRIDAY'S LINEUP PLUS SELECT ACTS PERFORMING SATURDAY & SUNDAY Built To Spill The 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival - to be held in Chicago's Union Park Friday, July 17 - Sunday, July 19 - is announcing the first rou... more info

Pitchfork — Last week, we announced that the fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival would jump off at Chicago's lovely Union Park July 17-19. If the mere fact that our festival is happening again wasn't enough to convince you to save the date and book any nece... more info