REGULATE listings
Hip Hop / Funk / Soul/ Grime / Dub step / Electro It's time to REGULATE. We're bigger and better than ever. New venue, fresher vibe, new acts. | Date: Thursday 24th May 2012 | Venue: The Pub Zoo &raqu...

'Blasphemous' rapper goes into hiding after Iran's hardline clerics put a $100,000 bounty on his head
| Shahin Najafi, who lives in Germany, has been called the Salman Rushdie of music after more than 100 people joined an online campaign to "execute" him since the release of his song on 7 Ma...

Album review: Love Demolition - Zowie (+video)
| "I wanna destroy you with sound" declares Auckland pop dynamo Zowie on the title track of her debut album Love Demolition, the bass synth pulsating as the electronic drum sounds reverberate between ...

'Radiohead are better than us' - Coldplay
As Coldplay prepare to bring their world tour to Auckland, Scott Kara catches up with guitarist Jonny Buckland to talk about life in one of the world's biggest bands. | It's taken a few years to get u...

Top Tickets: Happiness & Greek parables
| File photo | Zack Deputy | File photo | Alliens | File photo | Grass Monkey | Courtesy JP Cutler Media | Dar Williams Podcasts | With Dar Williams | Streaming music -- "I Am The One Who Will Remembe...

Wiz Khalifa and Tinie Tempah live in Dubai
| Next weekend, 24-year-old rap sensation Wiz Khalifa (1) (or Cameron Jibril Thomaz to his mum) will arrive in Dubai to drop his distinctive, deep-voiced lyrics for his many UAE fans; with the good pa...

Beach Boys-Inspired 'Surf the Musical' to Open at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas
Print this page Tweet | The recently reunited Beach Boys aren't just re-igniting interest in their catalog on concert stages these days -- their pop classics will also be finding new life on the t...

Hip Hop Festival Rock the Bells Lineup Boasts Missy Elliott, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Reunion
share Ian Gavan/Getty Images Headliners Nas, Kid Cudi and Wiz Khalifa were announced for the 2012 event, which will hit both coasts in San Bernardino, Calif. and Holmdel, N.J. | The annual hip-hop sum...

3-day Asbury beach concert a logistical challenge
| ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining where...

The Jazz Market tickets and listings
After an immense launch at Heroes we're back with more memorable musicians, a UK album launch, an incredible big band and a jazz funk DJ set. | Date: Friday 18th May 2012 | Venue: Heroes Bar » |...

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club - June listings.
| JUNE LISTINGS | Ronnie Scott's | 47 Frith St, London, W1D 4HT | http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk | Box office: 020 7439 0747 | Thursday 31st May - Saturday 2nd June / Doors 6.00pm & 10.30pm (two shows ...

R.I.P. Chuck Brown
| ABC reports that Chuck Brown, the musician who basically invented the Washington, D.C. percussive funk subgenre go-go, died today in Washington, where he'd recently been hospitalized for pneumonia. ...

Ready for Usher? R&B star to perform live on Friday
| The popular R&B star behind the songs "Yeah" and " Climax," is going to heat up the 2012 Toyota Concert Series on May 18, 2012 when he performs his hits live for the first time on the plaza. | Lucky...

Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi headline Rock the Bells
| NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Kid Cudi, Nas and Wiz Khalifa are just a few of the hip-hop heavyweights headlining the 2012 "Rock the Bells Festival," Guerilla Union and Boost Mobile announced on Wednesda...

Jay-Z Puts Career on Hold for Parenthood
If you're itching for a new Jay-Z record, you can go and brush your shoulders — er, copy of "The Blueprint" — off, for now anyway. | Hov told CNN he won't be heading back into th...

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Reuniting To Headline Rock The Bells Festival
| Rappers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are putting their differences aside to reunite and belatedly mark their 20th anniversary at the Rock the Bells festival series this summer. | The Tha Crossroads hit-make...

2012 Rock The Bells Lineup Announced
| So, there it is folks. Rock The Bells finally released its lineup and dates. Nas is headlining the festival with some other rappers doing stuff, too. The big surprise that everyone was waiting for w...

Fat Tony & Tom Cruz - "Bad Habits" (Feat. Bun B & Nick Diamonds)
| Today, the brand new Brooklyn-based label Young One announced its formation, and it's already got a small but seriously impressive roster: Bay Area cloud-rap pioneers Main Attrakionz, wide-eyed Quee...

Beyonce nominated at the Billboard music awards
| Jay's superstar wife Beyonce is no stranger to accolades.  Just this year alone she was named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman and Zimbio.com named her and Jay The Hottest Couple of 2012. Now...

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Call Reunion a 'Kick-Start to a Beautiful Situation'
| Guerilla Union, the promoter who puts on the Rock the Bells tour each year, was initially scheduled to unveil the lineup at an L.A. press conference May 8th. But the announcement was delayed a week ...

What You're Listening To: Enrique Chi
FORESTER MICHAEL special to ink Enrique Chi | Enrique Chi, the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Kansas City-based Making Movies, has long strived to integrate a Latin twist into his band's music. T...

3-day Asbury beach concert a logistical challenge
| ASBURY PARK, N.J.-Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining where to fit 3...

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Call Reunion a 'Kick-Start to a Beautiful Situation'
| Guerilla Union, the promoter who puts on the Rock the Bells tour each year, was initially scheduled to unveil the lineup at an L.A. press conference May 8th. But the announcement was delayed a week ...

Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi Headline Rock the Bells Hip-Hop Festival
Print this page Tweet | Kid Cudi, Nas and Wiz Khalifa (pictured) are just a few of the hip-hop heavyweights headlining the 2012 “Rock the Bells Festival,” Guerilla Union and Boost Mob...

Distinctly Dutch Festival closes on a female note
| Pianist Amina Figarova has become proud of the open-mindedness in her adopted home of the Netherlands. | That pride is shared with two natives of the Lowlands, trumpeter Saskia Laroo and saxophonist...

Rock the Bells 2012 will reunite Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the Hit Squad
| BY ETHAN SACKS | Everything old is new again at this year's Rock the Bells festival. | Organizers unveiled the lineup of hip hop's famous traveling festival Tuesday night and it includes a couple of...

Mixtape Of The Week: Fiend & Cookin Soul Iron Chef
| Iron Chef came out a couple of weeks ago, and it hasn't appeared in this column yet because I was initially drawn to a couple of more immediate tapes: DJ Paul's bleary-eyed hardhead marathon For I H...

JEFF The Brotherhood “Sixpack” (MP3)
| “Sixpack” is a new track from Nashville stoner-rockers JEFF The Brotherhood. What’s notable about it isn’t just that it’s from their upcoming EP, Hypnotic Knights, but ...

Jupiter (No 1,269)
| When Jupiter say they're disco, they mean the cheesiest end of it – all Moog bursts and cosmic funk bass. They really should have been on the Boogie Nights soundtrack Sci-fi disco fantasy … Jupi...

Chief Keef feat. Young Jeezy “Understand Me” (MP3)
| Chief Keef is turning 17 and to celebrate he’s given us the finished version of his Snowman-guesting “Understand Me.” As you might expect, he gives Sammy Sosa a shout out. But the ...

Rock the Bells 2012 lineup announced
Galleries | Kid Cudi, J Cole, Wiz Khalifa and Atmosphere will all be at this year's Rock the Bells music series, the only touring hip-hop music festival. | The , announced today, features more than 30...