Rooted deep in American songwriting tradition, Amos Lee's new album Supply And Demand was released recently to critical acclaim. The singer/songwriter talks about life on the road and performs songs ("Shout Out Loud," "Sympathize" and "Careless") from his latest CD on NPR's Talk of the Nation, which you can listen now by clicking here .

One of our favorite nu-groove/soul artists, the wonderful Malena Perez , is performing at downtown hotspot Nublu this Sunday, Oct 29th . Word has it that she'll be doing two live sets of material from her debut album, 'STARS,' and some new vibes too. Sole Channel's Alix Alvarez will be spinning throughout the night and the show starts at 11 PM. Considering how rare Ms. Perez performs, this is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to hear the songstress play live at...

Since 2004 Waxploitation, home to Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse among other artists, has been active raising money and awareness for the victims of the Genocide taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan. They are now putting together their 3rd charity auction, with the money raised going to Oxfam and Human Rights Watch. In the last 2 years they have auctioned off items from System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Kanye West, Gorillaz, Beastie Boys and more. The date for the auction has...

Our good friends over at The Brooklyn Bodega have teamed up with The Brooklyn Brewery to host a fundraiser/celebration for Jay Dee and the recently formed Dilla Foundation. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 1st at The Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, and attendees will be able to request Dilla produced tracks all night long. Check the links to the right and below for more info. Suggested donation is 10 beans, so show your respect and love to one of hip-hop's...

Famed photographer Janette Beckman, who started her career working for UK music bibles Melody Makers and Face and shot seminal bands like Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Specials and The Police, have published some of the photos she took at Giant Step's fundraising event for Tom Terrell on 9/11 on the glossy online magazine Zoom Zoom. Great stuff indeed - view pictures here . If you would like to donate money to Tom...

October/November means CMJ Week in NYC. Every year our good friends at CMJ are putting on this mammoth festival of talented and up-and-coming local and national talent with a few big names thrown in for good measure. Now in its 26th year, this year's line up includes bands like the The Knife, The Black Keys, Madlib, Hot Chip, MMW, The Decemberists, The Cardigans, Gang Gang Dance among dozens of others. With advance screenings of movies like "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for...

In anticipation of Robbie William's brand new album 'Rudebox,' iTunes is now offering a free download of Robbie's dead-on remake of Tin Tin's '85 hit "Kiss Me." Tin Tin is the work of Stephen Duffy, who was one of the founding members of Duran Duran. Duffy has been co-writing songs with Robbie Williams lately and seems to have inspired this choice cover taken from Williams' newest album, Rudebox, out in the US next week on Oct 24th. You can now download the song by going to iTunes.

As many of you know by now, Mayday! racked up record breaking views when their song “Groundhog Day” featuring Cee-Lo and DJ Craze was posted on YouTube this summer. The duo continue their success on the college radio front. Mayday! reached the zenith this week on rapattacklives.com , "hip-hop's true voice for college rap radio, Internet rap shows and mixtape DJs." You can now listen to “Groundhog Day” by clicking on the links to the right...

As we approach the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, here's a good cause to add onto your list of things to do. Heroes of the Dancefloor are releasing a digital album to support the homeless whereby ALL monies collected (including royalties and mechanicals publishing) will go to the homeless. The album, which will be released on www.ingrooves.com digitally and non-exclusively on October 30th, features jazz sampels from the 1920s to the 50s with hip-hop and garage beats...

As is usually the case with artists, after winning over the masses in their home territory, they try their hand in other markets. But what you don't always see, is the reverse. With powerful urban poetics, which effortlessly combines soul, hip-hop, funk and rock, Bronx, NY native Stephanie McKay has managed to garner the praise from the UK. Known through worldwide touring with the Brooklyn Funk Essentials and having performed with the likes of Kelis, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Tricky, in...