Indie Music News — New World/Folk/Roots group The Bethany and Rufus Roots Quartet will be performing songs from their live 12 track CD "Live À Fip" on December 8th at Paris' most reputable jazz-club, the New Morning. The quartet was invited to perform live on Radio Fr... more info

Pitchfork — The Roots brought Vampire Weekend (above), Clipse, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Method Man, the Very Best, tUnE-yArDs and more to the Roots Picnic this weekend at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Photographer Maria Tessa Sciarrino was there to take ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... THE DAVE CLARK FIVE The History Of The Dave Clark Five (1993) All of the DC5's albums are out of print, including this essential compilation of Brit Invasion magic. Read about it and hear some before you download. NEVER GET OUT OF THE... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Another song from The Roots upcoming new album How I Got Over has leaked online. This time it’s “Doin It Again”. It features a sample of John Legend’s “Again”. It sounds smooth. Gotta hand it to The Roots. They gave us another great offer... more info

NME — 'How I Got Over' will be released on June 22 more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... BRAND NEW MOODS presents: - Karlheinz Stockausen "Spiral - Zyklus - Pole - Japan - Wach - Tierkreis - In Freundschaft" These are fantastic, mystical, otherworldly musical soundscapes, beautifully performed. Some performances make... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots Picnic 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) The Roots will be hosting two night of "The Jam" back at Highline Ballroom on June 15th (tickets) and June 21st (tickets). If the shows are anything like their residency shows at... more info

Silent Uproar — It's almost comical now: The Roots new album, How I Got Over, got pushed back again, but only by two weeks. The record drops on June 22nd and features performances from Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Joanna Newsom, Dirty Projectors, Patty Crash, John... more info

Pitchfork — Monsters of Folk photo by Jennifer Tzar MP3:> The Roots: "Dear God 2.0" [ft. Monsters of Folk] "Dear God" was a slow-burning highlight from the self-titled 2009 LP from Monsters of Folk (aka Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, M... more info

Stereogum — “Dear God 2.0″ obviously remakes Monsters Of Folk’s “Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)” and is maybe referencing “The Seed (2.0),” Internet 2.0, and (by default) XTC, but once Black Thought gets going, it reminds me of Common’s “Retrospec... more info