Butterflies and giddiness ensue with news of Björk’s Volta tour beginning next month (just 12 days!). With her latest album of the same name coming out May 7th in Europe and May 8th in the US on One Little Indian/Atlantic , attendance of her early dates is essential. America will get its first crack at her album, which features a collaboration with Konono N°1 and three tracks co-produced with Timbaland and Mark Bell of LFO , at the...

On Monday (3/12), one of the warmer nights this week, LA's singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles graced Hiro Ballroom, NYC with a special opening performance for Aqualung . On a nationwide tour to promote her sophomore album Little Voice , which will be released this summer by Epic Records , Sara admitted her love for the Big Apple, openly regretting the length of her short stay in the city – and it wasn't hard to understand why either. For a relatively...

The French band Air will return to the US for the first time since 2004 with a pair of gigs in Canada and 11 in the US spread over late April and early May. Parting with the tradition held on previous tours where featured musicians like Beth Hirsch and Beck traveled along with the band to play their role in their respective collaborations, guest performers on their latest album Pocket Symphony will be noticeably absent in the upcoming tour - which means no...

Just when you thought your thirst for French/German electro-house had been quenched, the original instigators Daft Punk are back to tour North America this summer. Joining the duo are their manager, Pedro Winter’s own signings to Ed Bangers records, Kavinsky and SebastiAn , as well as Brooklyn’s The Rapture - the openers alone would no doubt slaughter a crowd with razor sharp synth chords and stomping robot-rock beats. Summer is nigh and looking...

Mutya Buena (formerly of the Sugababes ) has been given Amy Winehouse’s blessing at a recent music industry party to work on a track together. Buena, who left the British girl-pop group back in 2005 to raise her daughter Tahlia Maya , is now set to collaborate with Amy on a song to be released in the months to come. This is in preparation of Mutya’s premier solo release Real Girl (out in June), featuring production work by Groove Armada ....

Canadian turned French indie artist, Feist's first single "My Moon, My Man" was released Tuesday (3/6) on digital and 10” vinyl media. If the rockabilly-influenced track is any indicator of her album The Reminder (out April 23rd in Europe, May 1st in America and Canada), be prepared for another LP of quality and catchiness. Feist, whose first high school band as a teenager opened for...

Starting April 27th on the back of Joss Stone's latest album on Virgin, Introducing Joss Stone (out March 20th), the talented teenage UK vocalist will tour 16 North American cities. It will be her first proper tour in 3 years. "When I say, Introducing Joss Stone , it's like, finally, now they've given me the chance to actually create a piece of art, to create an album that has a start, a middle and a finish," Stone told Billboard. It's quite extraordinary to be...

XLR8R magazine has opened its multimedia channels to internet TV recently with XLR8R TV . The show, which is uploaded in semi-monthly episodes, premiered last week with its host, XLR8R editor Vivian Host . From the off, the program is providing the same keen insight the publication has brought you, and already France’s DAT Politics and The Bay’s Zion I have been featured . Episode 1.5, which...

Los Angeles' Stones Throw records have put together a nice little giveaway package especially for fans who make it to their Hella International night at the Miami Winter Music Conference on the 23rd of this month. The prize? How about an exclusive 3x12" boxset of unreleased material from all the cats you might expect: M.E.D., Percee P, J Rocc, J Dilla, Dabrye, Koushik and more. Also, Madlib’s partnered up with drummer/producer of The Roots, Slum Village, and...

Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" entered MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) today. In addition to local coverage , the premier signifies the commencement of her nationwide exposure via the giant media factory that is music television and playlisted radio. In other words, we can all heave a sigh of relief knowing that her voice will be reaching the masses, who will hopefully, in turn, come to love her as much as we do. Indeed...