LargeHeartedBoy — The year's last major music release week brings two albums that will surely make many year-end lists, The Black Keys' El Camino and The Roots' undun. Lucero's Mi Secreto De Amor and Tender Forever's Where Are We From EP... more info

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Guardian Music — (Def Jam)The house band on Jimmy Fallon's US talk show, the Roots recently accompanied a Republican politician's guest spot with the Fishbone song, Lyin' Ass Bitch. That kind of mischief isn't among the ingredients of the Philiadelphia collective's ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — When The Roots' Questlove first started getting serious backlash for calling Michele Bachmann a "lyin' ass bitch" via her walk on music, he was faced with a few different choices: dig his heels in, possibly putting his job in jeopardy, or issue the k... more info

411 Mania — This week's MBML has news on Sufjan Stevens and The Roots, Broadcast, and Lana Del Rey. Also, read an exclusive interview with Leah Siegel from Firehorse, chatting about all sorts of things. And of course, I've got new recommended listening picks. ... more info

Stereogum — The Roots have been building toward undun for a little over a month now, supplying weekly videos for undun tracks as well as sharing three parts of the album’s four-part “Redford” suite with us. Now, the Roots entire concept record has hit the ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — On their 13th album, Philadelphia's rap maestros reach new narrative and compositional heights. The Roots' undun comes out Dec. 6. Read more » more info

411 Mania — They've been working hard... more info

Stereogum — The Roots’ new album undun is a concept album about a man named Redford Stephens, and as it turns out, that particular concept comes from another concept album — a very celebrated one at that. To hear Roots drummer/bandleader ?uestlove tell it, t... more info

Perez Hilton — Seriously, Glenn?!?!?!? To recap, Jimmy Fallon's Late Night band The Roots gave an impromptu performance of Fishbone's Lyin' A*s B*tch as Michele Bachmann's intro song during her appearance on Monday's show. After hearing about it, Glenn Beck opened ... more info