[Kanye West featuring Daft Punk at the 2008 Grammy Awards]
This is a show that we’re all way excited about! Kanye West’s Glow In The Dark Tour will be up in Madison Square Garden on May 13th. The tour features Kanye along with Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D. and Rihanna. No word yet on when tickets will be […]

[Photo of the Hollywood Bowl show earlier this year by Carlie Armstrong]
Its payday, which means your broke ass finally has enough money to buy a ticket to Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist’s Hard Sell Tour on Saturday, January 26th at Irving. They also appear to have posted an as of yet unannounced Sunday show as […]

Andy Smith of Portishead will be DJ’ing at Ben Sherman and Filter Magazine’s CMJ event being held at the Ben Sherman SoHo store on October 19th. If you’re familiar with Portishead but not with Andy Smith as a DJ, stop reading this post immediately and go beg, borrow, or steal a copy of his classic […]

The VH1 Hip Hop Honors Weekend is taking place this week at the powerHouse arena in DUMBO.
Some of the highlights include:
The Birth of a Legend: A discussion of VH1 Hip Hop Honoree A Tribe Called Quest
Martha Cooper and Rokafella present We B*Girlz
Charlie Ahearn presents Wild Style The Sampler

New photo exhibition openings by Leonard Freed […]

Spank Rock and the Spank Rock DJ’s are pretty much everywhere all the time. This year we saw Spank Rock at Gallery Bar, XXXChange at Savalas and Spank Rock again at the last Pool Party. They also did a show with Ghostface at Highline in May.
XXXchange played Hiro last night and “Spank Rock […]

Pharoahe Monch photo via Trendwhore
Freshness Mag is offering a discount for tickets to the New York - Tokyo Music Fest in Central Park on Saturday. So here’s your chance if you were on the fence about paying $22 to see a (possibly fake?) MF Doom with Pharoahe Monch, Collie Budz, Kenny Muhammad (The Human […]

A pair of interesting shows just came to our attention today.
First up, NYC minimal techno crew minimoo is joining forces with Cielo to bring a taste of Berlin’s infamous Berghain nightclub stateside. While it’s true that Cielo’s crowd can be a little off-putting at times, the sound system is damn near perfect. Marcel Dettmann, resident […]

There are a ridiculous amount of music and art events this weekend, but our pick of the week goes to GZA and Jamie Lidell at McCarren Pool this Saturday.
Update: We spoke too soon, this show has been cancelled. Bummed!

MP3: Wu-Tang Clan - Watch Your Mouth [via NahRight]
GZA/Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan will be performing […]

1. GZA & Jamie Lidell @ McCarren Pool Cancelled
2. Chemical Brothers & Ladytron @ McCarren Pool
3. Cut & Paste Design Competition
4. Bat for Lashes @ Bowery
5. Eyewash @ Monkey Town
6. Dan deacon & Best Fwends @ The Yard
7. Man Man @ Webster
8. A Place to Bury Strangers @ Mercury Lounge
9. Underworld @ Central Park
10. […]

This is an amazing video for Dead Prez’s “I’m An African” made by Eka using in-game footage from Grand Theft Auto and close-ups of him lip-syncing. So awesome.
We found this video on DJ /Rupture’s always excellent blog, mudd up!

Swizz Beatz, the new rap producer of the moment, is performing on Tuesday, August 22nd at the YoYo NYC night with Aaron Lacrate. I think Swizz’s work is hit or miss, but the fact that he is playing on Love’s ridiculous bass heavy sound system makes this Obscene NYC approved. Tickets are available here […]