Wu-Tang's first album since Iron Flag in 2001, 8 Diagrams has been pushed back a week to December 11 on SRC. If you just can't wait until then, the RZA, Mathematics, and Easy Mo Bee produced LP is up for grabs in various incomplete forms, as a mixtape , a leak (poor quality), and

Out of Diplo's Mad Decent stable, DJ Blaqstarr films a video for the B-marvelous "Shake It To The Ground" feat. Rye Rye . The remix EP was just released last Thursday via iTunes, and it's possible that some of them may go down well in a club. "Shake It To The Ground"

In a two segment interview with SOHH.com, Erykah Badu reveals collaborations with " J Dilla, Madlib, Sa-Ra, 9th Wonder, Kareem Riggins [and] Rashad Smith " for her new album out on her birthday, Feb 26th, 2008. If you're a DJ, a 12" of Madlib produced "Real Thing" and "Hip-Hop the Healer" will give you a taster of the direction she's headed. Read more at the links below.

New British sensation Kate Nash will be releasing her Made of Bricks album stateside January 8, 2008. Why might you like her? For starters, her album debuted at number 1 in the UK and her preliminary Foundations EP (out in September) was quite a smash too. Powerhouse Paul Epworth (aka Phones) produced the full-length, so who knows how many of us will be "singing uh-oh on a Friday night" next year.

R&B star John Legend spoke about his third album to follow Once Again , the double platinum record with forthcoming single "Show Me." In an interview he told Billboard, "We're really just starting. I'm usually pretty prolific and pretty quick with my output, so I'm guessing I'll be done with it by the end of the spring and put it out either late summer or early fall. That's what I'm headed towards." Guest collaborations are said to include Pharrell,...

Indie bands Of Montreal, Battles, Arcade Fire and electro-house outfit Justice garnered the most nominations for the 2008 Plug Awards . Thankfully, the annual independent awards site did nominate Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings for album of the year (for 100 Days, 100 Nights ), female artist of the year, and live act of the year. A brief perusal of the myriad categories may leave you in a state of disbelief at the lack of diversity being championed...

Seminal punk icon, Siouxsie - of Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees fame - is scheduled to cross the Atlantic for a series of dates in 2008. In promotion of the first solo album in her career Mantaray , Siouxsie's tour will be bitterly short, but oh-so-sweet. Click here for a taste of her new material. 2008 N. American Tour Dates Feb 8 & 9 - New York, NY Fillmore @ Irving Plaza Feb 12 & 13 -...

As a result of legal troubles regarding his fans use of illegal content on the web, Prince has written a new song for the recently published Prince Fams United or PFUnk site, which is an obvious play on Prince Fans United , an organization of webmasters who pay tribute to him. The song's lyrics seem to drive home his message: "I love all y'all, but don't you ever mess with me no more."

NYC resident Moby opened up a special section of his back catalogue to filmmakers last week. 44 tracks in total, his gracious offering includes instrumentals from Hotel and B sides from Play and 18 with more to come. "The biggest complaint I hear from my friends who are indie filmmakers is that they can't get calls returned from record companies or that licensing quotes are outlandish," said the vegan musician. At mobygratis.com ,...

Radiohead experimented with the market by openly announcing and allowing fans to download their latest album In Rainbows for free. The results of the download scheme remain unknown at the moment, but the juicy conclusion will come when In Rainbows is officially released New Year's eve in Europe (via XL Records). Radiohead's distributor in the US, ATO Records, has yet to fix a date for the album.