On the heels of announcing their being added to Coachella, Gnarls Barkley, the highly anticipated collaboration from Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo, has been confirmed to perform on the main stage at this year’s Lollapalooza. Lollapalooza will be held August 4-6 at Chicago's Grant Park. Gnarls will be performing on the main stage on Saturday, August 5th. Quickly becoming established as one of the strongest emerging talents of 2006, Gnarls Barkley will join an already esteemed list of...

In support of Hugh Masekela's latest release 'From The Vaults of Chisa NYC (Rare & Unreleased Material 1965-1975)' (released March 14th), jazz pioneer Hugh Masekela begins his US tour in Albany New York. Thu 13th April Albany, NY - Empire State Plaza Fri 14th April Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre Sat 15th April Chicago, IL - Hot House Mon 17th April Cleveland, OH - Nighttown Wed 19th April Austin, TX - One World Theatre Fri 21st April Miami, FL - African Heritage...

In a rare performance, DJ/producer Nicola Conte will across the Atlantic to perform a DJ Set at Cielo (NYC) on Thursday, May 25th, bringing his "retro aesthetic restyled for the contemporary" brand of acid jazz to New York City. Tickets are now on sale at the Giant Step Store , Other Music (212-477-8150) and Rebel Rebel (212-989-0770)

Leaving behind a lasting impression on the hip-hop community, J Dilla's final album 'The Shining' will be released on July 11th, 2006 on BBE. While 'The Shining' was not finished when Dilla passed away on February 10th, 2006, with his mother's wish that his musical legacy continue, J Dilla's final album will see the light of day. As Eddie Bezalel, U.S. Managing Director of BBE states, “releasing The Shining would only be possible if we could ensure that it be completed exactly how Dilla...

With only one more week until the M3 festivities begin in Miami, some of us here at Giant Step have already begun to plan our mornings, afternoons, nights, and of course late nights. With everything from Jamie Lidell, Hot Chip, Coldcut, Peter Kruder and Gilles Peterson, be sure to start planning now. For a complete list, visit www.m3masterlist.com. To help you get started, here are some of our picks. Thursday March 23rd Giant Step Presents M3's Opening Night...

From their forthcoming debut album, now playing in the Giant Step Jukebox is the Violent Femmes Cover "Gone Daddy Gone." Just as catchy as the original, this version benefits from Dangermouse’s masterful programming and Cee-Lo’s unshakable vocal power. We also managed to get our hands on "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" and "Crazy." Enjoy... Gone Daddy Gone

Having missed his last show and looking forward to his upcoming show in NYC, unfortunately we have just got news that the Lewis Taylor/Esthero NYC show on Sunday, April 2nd has been cancelled. More details coming soon as we get it.

In NYC with the Gorillaz, Roots Manuva is set to make a quick stop at Cielo (NYC) to play an exclusive DJ set on Thursday, April 6. Tickets are currently on sale now at the giantstepstore.net .

As we announced yesterday, the video for The Streets' "When You Wasn't Famous" is now playing on MySpace. The link we initially provided ended up not working, so the headline had to be taken down. But we have just been informed that is is now working. So go watch it and get the first clue to the madness that is the world according to Skinner. And for you MAC users, since MySpace videos only work on IE and Windows Media Player, we are hard at work trying to get our hands on the actual video to...

Today we are lauching a brand new monthly music round-up column written exclusively for the Giant Step website by Urban Landscapes Radioshow host and frequent XLR8R contributor Velanche. Expect a healthy dose of the soulful, funky, and jazzy variety in a bit of a leftward direction. Read Velanche's column.