Known for his production work and label owner of one of the best selling record labels in Europe, MB Elektronics, as well as MB Selektions (acts include Adam Beyer, David Carreta, Claude Young, Umek, Mark Broom and Ben Sims), Belgium artist Marco Bailey will make his way to the US starting in mid October to play a handful of dates. TOUR DATES 10/19 - Seattle, WA @ Last Supper Club 10/21 - New York, NY @ LOVE 10/25...

Everybody from BMW and Coke have used film shorts to get both young emerging film talent involved in the company's product as well as give film makers a platform to showcase their artistry. Hoping to do the same, more so for the latter reason, musician Robbie Williams, recently announced that for his new album, 'Rudebox,' he will ask a handful of new young guerilla film-makers to make seven short films to compliment the album. Told that they could use as much or as little from the different...

Enchanting, weird, *ADJECTIVE* (you know you love madlibs), here is the latest video for the track J Dilla contributed to the Stone Throw/Adult Swim Chrome Children release. Directed by Daniel Garcia and Mixtape Club, it's worth a watch. http://www.adultswim.com/williams/music/chrome/videos.html

Out this week, two of Cali's most respected hip-hop acts come together to deliver 'Heroes in the City of Dope.' Released via OM:Hip-Hop, which brought us Strange Fruit Project, 'Heroes in the City of Dope' is already being called an album that "proves that Zion I and The Grouch will continue to shine by delivering powerful messages and thought provoking subject matter through their diverse sound" (The Source). Produced by Amp Live with guest producers Headnodic (Crown City Rockers), Eligh...

UNKLE member, DJ, and label owner, James Lavelle is set to launch a new record label, Surrender All. Not sure what that means for his current label, Mo 'Wax, but the first release will be the third UNKLE album, which is produced by Chris Goss (Queens of The Stone Age). The "Surrender All" name will also be a fashion house and a series of club nights.

Heading back out on tour, continuing to support her latest album 'Impeach My Bush,' Peaches (Merrill Nisker)) will land in North America beginning late November, that sees her making a stop in Mexico for several shows. TOUR DATES 11/24 New York, NY - Irving Plaza 11/25 Philadelphia, PA - tba 11/26 Washington DC - 9:30 Club 11/27 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom 11/28 Atlanta, GA - Variety 11/30 Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater 12/01 Austin, TX - The Fest 12/02 New...

The Zune, Microsoft's answer to the iPod, will be released during the holiday season and is receiving its fair share of buzz for many reasons, not the least of which is an innovative emerging artists feature. The Zune will come preloaded with music of a number of "emerging" artists, and in exchange, these artists will receive the promotion/distribution benefits of having their music available for immediate listen on every Zune. Bitter:Sweet, one of the bands signed to this deal, has its...

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,...