Just announced: Gnarls Barkley will perform live for the 49th Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In addition to garnering 5 nominations this year as Gnarls Barkley, the two members as solo artists are no strangers to this prestigious event: Danger Mouse won a Grammy for his productions while vocalist Cee-Lo Green has received 5 nominations in past years. The event will be...

Finnish-born New York resident and long time favorite of ours, Janita just released a new video for the second track off of her widely acclaimed Seasons Of Life . Shot in classic faded black and white, bossa-tinged "I Miss You" ’s visuals can be enjoyed below. Janita - "I Miss You" Video

Original Organized Konfusion member, Pharoahe Monch has a new LP ready to fire early this year entitled Desire ( Rifkind records). After recording an unreleased sophomore album and battling his way out of a contract with Geffen , eight years after his debut Internal Affairs Monche has finally finished his 2nd proper full-length. "On a creative and business level, I've never been this excited," Monche exclaimed. "I've had the time to work...

“We want to reinvent the phone,” Steve Jobs stated. We won’t know if Apple will accomplish its goal until the iPhone’s release in June, but a momentary perusal of its list of features will blind you to every other phone on the market. It does everything you might expect from a normal mobile phone: it calls, it texts, it takes pictures and it checks voicemail. However, these basic features operate in a fundamentally different fashion. The user controls the phone...

Sublabel of Blue Note , Narada Jazz has created a media player for two of their artists' newly released albums, Bees + Things + Flowers by Incognito and The Best Of Down To The Bone . Both LPs come highly recommended from us, so be sure and check out their player here .

Tracey Thorn's artistic rebirth is eminent. Following her filial hiatus, she's finally releasing an album of her own called Out Of The Woods (released in the US March 20th through Astralwerks and the UK in February via Virgin ). And instead of repeating Everything But the Girl records with her husband Ben Watt , she's branching out and working with other artists including Metro Area, The Rapture and electro-house power-producer Ewan...

Lily Allen's recently voiced an array of smileys (talking smiley icons) that can be cleverly inserted into emails and IMs. Available exclusively at Smiley Central , the application's already being heavily downloaded and if you’re friends are in-the-know, you might have already received one. Allen's Smile digital EP through iTunes accompanies the phenomenon and can be found here:

The South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) , which takes place March 9-18 this year in Austin, Texas, announced a series of distinguished speakers to present on crucial issues concerning the music industry. The event will commence with an interview and performance by keynote speaker, The Who’s Pete Townshend . Other confirmed interviews include vocalist Emmylou Harris , Tropicalia revolutionary Gilberto Gil , CEO/Co-founder of Nettwerk Terry...

Last week, Gilles Peterson counted down the Top 30 tracks of 2006 as voted by Worldwide listeners around the globe. As can be surmised from a glance at the tracklist, it was an overwhelming show chocked full of the best tunes aired in 2006. There was a general sigh of relief amongst the show's core followers that Nicole Willis , a not-quite mainstream artist filled the number one spot this year. Surprisingly, the body of the list struck a palatable balance...

Since 2006 ended, you might be wondering what to celebrate in 2007. Well, perhaps a full free album from Talib Kweli and Madlib entitled Liberation will suffice. A Blacksmith & Madlib Invazion production, the project bridges the final gap between CD and digital download, providing full artwork and additional media links. Progressive to say the least, the indie hip hop scene just got larger. Click