Recovering from Hurricane Wilma's damage last year, according to Billboard.com, Miami's Bang! Festival is seeking to establish itself as a festival with broad appeal through its innovative programming. Carefully choosing acts according to their fanbase, the program will include Duran Duran (35 and over) and Modest Mouse (college crowd). Tiësto, Daft Punk, Common, and Kinky round out the picture. Gnarls Barkley was chosen to highlight the festival, not only for their Miami roots and...

"Make Way For the SOVVVVV"....hasn't she used that line before? Regardless, here is the latest video for Lady Sovereign's "Love Me Or Hate Me" featuring a pretty cool Tetris sequence and just plain weird monkey-esque creatures. Windows Media Player Real Media

I usually don't like to compare bands with other bands, for someone out there always seems to disagree or the comparison isn't quite perfect, but I'll go out on a limb on this one. Beck meets Jamie Lidell meets The Rapture, British producer multi-instrumentalist and beat maker Whitey , is set to tour North America in support of the US debut of ''The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train' via Dim Mak. Beginning in mid-October,...

Adding to the firm's already weighty line-up, including Sean "Diddy" Combs, Eminem, 50 Cent and others, Kanye West is the newest addition to the William Morris Agency. As his agency, they will oversee and negotiate all aspects of the rapper's recordings, production, publishing, touring, and endorsements. Additionally, Kanye recently formed company West Brands LLC., that will allow him to pursue other business ventures. Perhaps an Apple Bottom Jeans rival?

After closing its doors in 2002, just two years after the label entered into a joint venture with Warner Music, the iconic dance label that that begain in 1989, Strictly Rhythm, is set to relaunch via a strategic alliance with Simon Dunmore of Defected Records. Rising to fame with underground tracks by the likes of Roger Sanchez, Todd Terry, Danny Tenaglia, Armand Van Helden and Masters At Work and later with crossover records by Reel 2 Real, Ultra Naté, Barbara Tucker, Josh Wink and...

The first contribution from Chico Hamilton and Joyous Shout's "By Invitation Only" MySpace Event featuring surprise celebrity remixes, head over to Chico Hamilton's MySpace page for a free fownload of Fertile Ground's "Simple Timeless." As posted on his blog, Of "Simple Timeless", James Collins says "Back in '93, when Dizzy died I wasn't sad because I realized that artists create eternal intimate relationships with...

Hopefully you aren't getting sick of the recent Beck news postings, but if you are, here's a link to a TV On The Radio remix of Beck's "Dark Star" for good measure. MAC users may have a bit trouble playing this, but this can be solved by downloading Flip4Mac.

Apparently Stone Throw's 'Chrome Children' release was featured on the Korean Home Shopping Network. Based on the video below, it seems like a spoof, but the fact that it isn't makes it all that much funnier. Prepare to laugh.

Even after the lovely Nielsen soundscan shorted Lupe Fiasco almost 30,000 units sold of his debut 'Food and Liquor' last week, the Chicago MC put on a happy face when he kicked it in the studio with Gilles Peterson. Lupe stopped by Gilles's weekly radio show on BBC to talk a bit about the album, fame, and even did a few impromptu live sessions. You can listen to the show over at the BBC Radio 1 website here , and also check out the...

Currently on tour promoting their latest album, 'Talk To La Bomb,' the Brazilian Girls will make an apperance tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman, two days before their show at Webster Hall in New York City.