Continuing from last summer’s successful Beach Parties in Long Island City (NYC) , the Water Taxi Beach establishment has put together a diverse lineup for its 2007 Saturday night schedule (June 30 – Sept 1) with hosts Justin Carter, Probus , and the Brothers’ Brothers . The list of guests includes neo-disco prince Prins Thomas (partner of Hans-Peter Lindstrom), post-punkfunk master Sasha Crnobrnja of In Flagranti , luscious French house DJ...

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have announced their third LP 100 Days, 100 Nights (out Sept. 25th on their very own Daptone records ). Since Naturally , you’ve probably caught various members lending their talents to live shows and productions of artists Ghostface Killah, Lou Reed, Lily Allen, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Winehouse and They Might Be Giants . Finally, they will be recording and performing as a unit this summer and fall....

Mark Ronson’s album of covers entitled Version features everyone from Lily Allen to Kenna and Amy Winehouse . And on his latest "Stop Me" - another "drawn animation over real life" music video - Ronson and Daniel Merriweather retouch The Smith's "Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before" in bars and across city landscapes gushing with unsettling green goo. The song, like the new album (out on Allido Records / RCA July...

Daft Punk have shot a movie! The plot? Does the journey of two robots across the U.S. in the pursuit of becoming human sound about right? Rumor has it that the film called Electroma (out on Vice in the fall) is slow-moving but visually intriguing. And while the music is sans an original soundtrack by the duo, audio for the film comes courtesy of Brian Eno, Sébastien Tellier, Curtis Mayfield, Mathieu Tonetti, Linda Perhacs , and Jackson C. Frank ....

M.I.A.'s highly anticipated follow up to Arular , Kala , doesn’t come out until August 21st in the UK (XL records) and the 22nd in the US (Interscope) . But as long as singles like the new "Boyz" track keep finding their way to the internet, we should be able to stave off the hunger. Co-produced by Timbaland and Bangladesh (who also thought up the diddy for Kelis' Bossy), "Boyz" deftly switches between stomping tribal...

Commencing tonight are a trio of Tools Of War NYC summer series events, spanning the months of June, July, and August. On Thursdays in June is the Turntablist Sessions at the Queensbridge Park in Queens . A few DJ’s you might have heard of before will be playing (see below). The hip hop and-you-don’t-stop on Thursdays in July continue in the Bronx with the Crotona Park Jams and a special one-off Digger’s Delight ...

Having released his self-titled debut CD at the beginning of ’07, Vieux Farka Touré embarks on a 4 month journey across America in July to promote his remix compilation Vieux Remixed (out in August on Modiba ). The son of the great Malian musician Ali Farka Touré has been reworked by several top-shelf artists including Nickodemus, 3rd Bass, DJ Center , and Chris Annibell among others. 10% of the proceeds from the compilation sales will go to...

A staple and sign of the strength of New York City’s underground music scene, Nublu turns 5 this month, celebrating with eleven special shows from June 13th to the 23rd. Performing with label talent Forro In The Dark, Kudu, Love Trio, Brazilian Girls (DJ set), Nublu Orchestra conducted by Butch Morris and Our Theory will be favorites U-Roy, Eddie Henderson , and Moby . And if that isn’t enough, founder Ilhan Ersahin’s Wax Poetic will be...

7 Grand Records artists Superproducer Solar and Guru recently collaborated on a remix of the #1 Billboard chart hit "Cupid's Chokehold" by the Gym Class Heroes . The track is still officially unreleased, but we’ve got it free to download on our Free Downloads page. "My man Solar put me up on the Gym...

Ever since recovering from a near fatal spinal cord injury (SCI) in 1982, the famed black male solo singer Teddy Pendergrass ( "Come On And Go With Me", "Turn Off The Lights," and "Close The Door" ) founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance (TPA) , a non-profit organization aiding those affected by SCIs. Teddy has organized a regal black tie gala called Teddy 25: A Celebration of Life, Hope and Possibilities on June 10th 4pm at the Verizon...