After featuring songs from Bob Dylan, Daft Punk, Gorillaz, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Jet and others, Apple has choosen Cut Chemist's "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song" for their latest iPod Nano commercial. Kudos to Cut Chemist.

While Run DMC may be caught up in some legal trouble with the song "It's Tricky," one member, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels will be honored for his foster work, tomorrow in Washington, DC. Hosted by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Run DMC is being recognized for the charity, Felix Organization, he co-founded earlier this year, which aids neglected and abandoned children, after learning of his own adoption.

Released this week, DJ Shadow's latest album 'The Outsider,' has been generating debate amongst fans. While some like the new direction he has taken, some are a little thrown off by it. But in the end, you can't deny that it is different and have to respect DJ Shadow's desire to make records he wants to make. In speaking to Allhiphop, DJ Shadow noted, "I just wanted to make a record that more accurately depicted where I stand in music right now," which also meant making a record that was...

In support of this latest release, 'Sing [If You Want It],' due out on October 10th via Ether Records, the godfather of British soul, Omar, is set to stop by North America to play a handful of dates. TOUR DATES 10/13 The Temple Bar - Los Angeles, CA 10/20 The Sugar Bar - Atlanta, GA 10/21 Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (October 21) 10/24 TBD - New York, NY 10/26 The Mod Club Theater - Toronto, Canada

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary after the release of their classic debut single "Birthday," Bjork's influential former band, The Sugarcubes, will unite to play a one-off show in Reykjavik on November 17. All profit from the concert will go towards Smekkleysa SM, who continue to work on a non-profit basis for the future betterment of Icelandic music and artists, according to Bjork.com.

I can't help be reminded of the movie 'High Fidelity', with this opening sequence of Lily Allen's video for "LDN." Although it doesn't end with Jack Black telling Lily, "Do we look like the kind of store that sells I Just Called to Say I Love You? Go to the mall."

Having been pushed back several times, the public will finally see Lupe Fiasco's 'Food & Liquor' released tomorrow. In celebration, Lupe Fiasco will be performing at Chicago's Metro, as part of the Secret Myspace Show series. According to Lupe Fiasco's website, a select number of 'guaranteed admission' wristbands will be available for pick up starting day of show, at Tower Records on 2301 N. Clark Street #200 in Chicago.

Yes it's another Beck video from the forthcoming album, 'Information,' but can you really complain? Well I guess you could since the album is not yet out and the sound quality makes you crave getting your hands on the album even more, but just be happy that you will only have to wait a few more weeks.

Chico Hamilton and label, Joyour Shout!, announced yesterday a remix contest on Chico's MySpace page, that requests DJs and fans to download a beat picked by Chico, remix it and then post it back on the site. Chico will then pick his favorite tracks and will post it on his MySpace site. This MySpace DJ event and another "By Invitation Only" event featuring surprise celebrity remixes from amongst Chico's MySpace friends...

Not quite the same as Moby deciding to go internet and email free for 2006, RJD2 has decided to go rap free on his forthcoming yet untitled third album. Instead of the sample based hip-hop/electronica of previous albums, the new album will be a depature for RJD2, with live instrumentation played entirely by himself. According to Pitchfork, RJD2 wants to make pop music, noting the desire to create "The same shit everybody listens to: the Beatles, your Led Zeppelins, your Tears for Fears. And...