The Brownswood Bubblers compilation (released in the UK 10/16) is an amazing selection of underground grooves handpicked by Gilles Peterson for his up-and-coming Brownswood label. The tunes presented are definitely "bubbling under” the surface. Only about half the artists are recognizable from other projects, which is exactly what makes this CD so fresh. There's a cosmic vibe on most of these tracks, a sparkling mix of 21st century soul, club, and funk often...

Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte is ending her mini-US tour next week in NY and while she is in town for her Beacon Theater performance, our good friend DJ Andrea is throwing a listening party at Brazilian hotspot Samba-Le, where you can listen to both of ther most recent albums Infinito Particular and Universo Ao Meu Redor . There will also be promotional goodies giveaways and a small live Brazilian samba group will start performing for everyone's amusement.

DJ Premier’s No Talent Required mixtape is released today on his own independent record label, Year Round Incorporated . Given the title, the sticker, the CD decks, and the Serato Scratch equipment on the cover, Premo’s obviously making a statement about the ease with which today’s DJ can mix songs with current technology. DJ Premier still hauls around cases of records when he rocks a party though, and on No Talent Required he shows all of the CD and...

DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince have decided to dust off their microphones and turntables for a tour called Boom! Shake The Land next year. The twosome first hit the scene in 1985, throwing original hip hop parties, The Fresh Prince hyping and rapping on the mic with DJ Jazzy Jeff spinning and scratching on the wheels of steel. Their productions began with ”Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble” and since then have gone on to create international hits such as...

If you are a big Jamiroquai fan like I am you will be delighted to hear that there is a podcast of Jay Kay that is now available free for download on iTunes. Jay briefly discusses the process of making videos with snippets of earlier work dispersed in between the interview. The band's greates hits CD hits shelves November 21.

DFA record label head, James Murphy and crew unveiled European dates for March 2007 after a year-long hiatus. The electro outfit will play 16 dates in spring, kicking off in Birmingham on March 7. The series of European shows will coincide with the release of LCD Soundsystem’s new as-yet-untitled album. LCD Soundsystem March 2007 European Tour Schedule: Wed 7th Birmingham: Birmingham Academy Thu 8th Leeds : Metropolitan University Fri 9th Glasgow : Barrowlands Sat...

Underworld have recorded an original soundtrack with Academy Award-winning composer Gabriel Yared . Breaking and Entering is the dance act’s first foray into feature length film composition, the soundtrack to director Anthony Minghella’s new film of the same name. While the film premiered October 27th in the UK, starring Jude Law and Juliette Binoche, the album will be released sometime in December. Minghella said of the three composers, “Witnessing...

Norah Jones’ third studio album, Not Too Late on Blue Note will see her long-awaited return Jan. 30. All 13 tracks have been written or co-written by Jones with production by her songwriting partner and bassist, Lee Alexander. Indie singer/songwriter M. Ward, Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Ziegler and organist Larry Goldings will make guest appearances. Jones kept a lower than usual profile in 2006, guesting on the self-titled Ipecac album from Mike Patton's Peeping...

UK soul/jazz singer Amy Winehouse is being tipped to record the theme song for the next installment of the James Bond franchise. "We've been in contact with the James Bond people and hopefully that'll come off in the future," Winehouse says. With Chris Cornell of Audioslave (and formerly Soundgarden) having delivered his effort for the latest film, Casino Royale , starring Daniel Craig as the first new Bond in a decade, interest is high in the revamped spy thriller. Cornell's...

The original D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains' currently untitled album will be produced by MCA aka Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. "The lawyers are finishing up the last little tidbits of it," Dr. Know told Billboard.com. "There's a lot of dubs, and there's some old school-meets-new school Brains. Not moderate tempo, but fast tempo. Yauch said, 'Man, I want y'all to do some old school-type sh**,' so we did it like that. I want to start working on the next one, because we did that one two years...