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The Roots covered Madvillain with Weird Al, playing Rebuild the Dream event @ Town Hall after Blue Note shows

Would you call it Weird Roots? Madlib and Doom aligned in 2004 to form Madvillain. Their debut LP Madvillainy for Stones Throw included the song “Accordion”…

Flying Lotus playing 2 Brainfeeder showcases in NYC, made a new mix, working on new Radiohead album remix

Via the Vine:Electronic musician Flying Lotus–aka Steve Ellison–is no stranger to the world of Radiohead. Not only did Thom Yorke guest on the producer’s critical-fave of last year, Cosmogramma, the Radiohead frontman took Ellison on tour as a guest of his then-touring side project Atoms For Peace…

Aloe Blacc going on tour --- 2011 dates (and presale now)

While we wait for his impending reunion with Exile as Emanon (more in the video below), Aloe Blacc‘s tour schedule is busting at the seams…

Listen to the Geoff Barrow-produced Anika, see her DJ (at least 7 times in February)

Anika‘s new and self-titled LP skirts the lines between funk, no-wave, goth, dub, and a mish-mosh of many other genres with Nico-style vocals in front…

The Stepkids signed to Stones Throw, playing a NYC show w/ Linfinity (who are in residency @ Pianos this month)

DOWNLOAD: The Stepkids – “Legend In My Own Mind” (MP3) Linfinity, Waking Lights, and Sister Anne will take on Pianos TONIGHT (1/13), as part of a residency for Linfinity at the venue in January…

Aloe Blacc on tour w/ Maya Jupiter, made a video w/ MED

DOWNLOAD: Aloe Blacc – “You Make Me Smile” (MP3) “A change wasn’t going to come. By 2005, Aloe Blacc‘s decade in hip-hop had begun to yield diminishing returns…

updated Tortoise dates, new tracks from Madvillain, Adult Swim, Guilty Simpson, Bonnie Prince Billy & Bumps

DOWNLOAD: Guilty Simpson & Bumps – Drums (MP3) A new Madvillain track, “Papermill,” is online to stream and download. The Madlib’s wirey ’70s cop chase sample and top-form wordplay from DOOM are both good signs that the pair is putting in some serious effort to follow-up 2004’s Madvillainy…

OJ Simpson (Madlib+Guilty), Jedi Mind Tricks, Brother Ali, Atmosphere & other hip hop news (with tour dates)

DOWNLOAD: Guilty Simpson & Madlib – “Coroner’s Music” (MP3) ‘Coroner’s Music’ off Before we go any further, no, Mr. Bloody Glove has not released a solo record…

Dam-Funk dates - APT Tuesday, Santos, 2 Prospect Park shows w/ Animal Collective who he remixed (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes (Dam-Funk Remix) MP3 Dam-Funk @ American Museum of Natural History (more by Rod Mickens)LA Times: How did you end up hooking up with Animal Collective to remix “Summertime Clothes…

Peanut Butter Wolf @ Museum of Natural History, NYC - pics

Down in the cosmic ballroom, the One Step Beyond (presented by The Fader at the American Museum of American History) DJ sessions continue, although this evening’s attendance might just be down on that enjoyed over the last few Fridays…
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