Undercover, Australia — Jimmy Fallon had a bit of fun with Susan Boyle this week but at the same time did a pretty good job of summarizing the Boyle effect on the planet last week. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Saturday, April 18, 2009 @ 12:00pm Sayre Field April 18th (tomorrow), gates open at 12pm, Sayre Field House, FREE ADMISSION Featuring: The Roots, The Thermals, Divine Rhyme, and The Lars Danko Sundaze takes place at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA... more info

The Culture Of Me — If you were ever to venture into the realm of recreating the vibes of the live band tightness of The Roots with the session bands from any neo soul record from the mid-to-late 90s, yet doing all of it with synths--analog synths--and computer-aid... more info

JamBase — 311 UPLIFTER SET TO HIT JUNE 2 Spring and Summer Tour Dates Announced 311 311 is pleased to announce that their highly anticipated new album, Uplifter, will be released on June 2. Uplifter is the band's first studio record in three years and was ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Nunez/WireImage As if they weren’t busy enough on Jimmy Fallon’s show and prepping for Rock the Bells, the Roots are also expected to release a new album on June 23rd, ?uestlove’s Twitter reveals: “label heads are amped about (us?)…... more info

Topix — The Rock The Bells hip-hop festival is returning to Canada this summer. The line-up announced includes Common, Nas, The Roots, Big Boi, Canadian act K'Naan and a long list of others. more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) The traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells [ tickets ] will return this summer with headliners Nas [ tickets ], Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley [ tickets ], The Roots [ tickets ] and Common [ tickets ] set to appear.... continued more info

JamBase — ROCK THE BELLS 2009 RETURNS THIS SUMMER WITH OVER 25 OF HIP-HOP'S BEST ACTS CONFIRMED INCLUDING NAS & DAMIAN "JR GONG" MARLEY, THE ROOTS, BIG BOI AND COMMON The Roots Guerilla Union has announced initial details for the 2009 installment of th... more info

Idolator — The Roots, Nas, Damian Marley, Big Boi, and Common are headlining this year's installment of the Rock The Bells tour, which will set up shop in 10 cities across North America this summer. Nas and Marley are also putting out an album in June, so presu... more info

NME — Hip hop festival returns this summer more info