Coming together to produce an album that "satiates a lot of auditory cravings," (URB) Bay Area act Zion I and Living Legend’s front-man The Grouch are set to go on an extensive North American tour in support of their forthcoming album, 'Heros In The City Of Dope.' Beginning in early October, the tour sees the group visiting states not always touched upon, such as Montana and Arizona, as they span both the US and Canada. TOUR DATES On tour with Crown City Rockers & Visionaries,...

As posted in our forums here , thanks Deesha, a new Jamiroquai song and video titled "Runaway" has surfaced, from the forthcoming 'High Times: Singles 1992 - 2006.'

If only Conan would have joined them on stage while they were performing their latest single, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

No this isn't a spin-off of the documentary, 'My Date With Drew,' or the movie 'Win A Date With Tad Hamilton,' but apparently for 2,100 pounds (about 3,900 US Dollars), you can win a date with Ms. Lily Allen. Taking part in DatingDirect.com's fourth annual Celebrity Dream Date charity auction, Lily Allen has auctioned herself off, with so far the highest bid being in excess of 2,100 pounds. And if you do happen to be the highest bidder, well she is into "Designing trainers, writing music,...

On October 24th, Grammy Award winning John Legend will deliver his sophomore release, 'Once Again.' In speaking about his forthcoming album on his website , he noted, "I worked with a great list of producers and co-writers, including Kanye West, Will.I.Am, Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Sa-Ra, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen, Dave Tozer and Avenue...I also had a special guest appearance from Mary J. Blige..I'm really proud of what we did....

By now, die hard fans have probably already heard, and knew about, The Knife's first two records, despite having to pay import prices. However for those of you who have recently been introduced to the band with their third release, 'Silent Shout,' Mute North America is set to release on October 31st the first two albums, 'The Knife' (2001) and 'Deep Cuts' (2003), the latter which won the duo a Swedish Grammy for "Pop Group of the Year." This comes just one day before The Knife debuts their...

Debuting to critical acclaim with 2005's 'Arular,' London-born M.I.A has been hard at work working on her follow-up, which will be produced by herself. Spending the last six months recording in Tamil Nadu and Trinidad and Tobago, M.I.A. recently stated on her MySpace blog that she will return with new single called 'Bird Flu' with an accompanying video. "The video I did out there in a fishing village in south coast of India," writes M.I.A in a recent post to her website. "The village was...

While no prize is going to be given, DJ Shadow is allowing fellow DJs and remixers to download an editable version of "Enuff," which features A Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip and hip-hop artist Lateef. Available at Djshadow.com, the track can be recut using U-MYX, an interactive music software that lets users remix and recreate tracks. Sorry Pro-Tools users.

Set to be broadcast live on November 2nd from Madison Square Garden, the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were announced this morning, with Giant Step favorite Marisa Monte receiving 3 nominations (for Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album, Best Samba Album & Best Brazilian Song). Additional nominations include Gonzalo Rubalcaba for Best Latin Jazz Album, Shakira for Best Female Pop Vocal Album and Calle 13 for Best New Artist. For a complete listing, visit

Coming off the huge success of their debut album, 'St. Elsewhere,' Gnarls Barkley have already begun work on their follow-up. According to a statement Danger Mouse gave to NME, "We've started to throw some ideas around, and we've started on some rough demo stuff. But it's stil a little way away...But we want to make the record sooner rather than later - just go in there an continue what we're doing. We definitely don't want to make (the next album) based our reactions to what people are...