The following tickets are on sale from August 30 – September 3, 2009…
The U.K. band announces new live album and North American tour.
Long before they became Jimmy Fallon’s house band, The Roots were one of the chief proponents of alternative hip-hop. And with this 1999 release (their fourth), they managed to capture their famously explosive live sound and break through to mainstream audiences. It couldn’t have happened on a more deserving record. “You Got Me”, the band’s excellent collaboration with Erykah Badu, was the hit (and a Grammy winner); but it’s one of many gems on the 15-track album.
And so another year brings three more days of eclectic music, overpriced food, and of course, that lovable California mentality — but what a rebound from last year!
According to TMZ.com, Adam Michael Goldstein, known in the music world as DJ AM, was found dead in his New York City apartment earlier this morning. The cause of death is not yet know.
It wasn’t intentional… we swear! It just kind of happened that this weekend’s Friday Mixtape turned out to be perhaps our best one ever. As always, we have sought to cap off your week with a stellar mix of the week’s best new singles, remixes, and covers, along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you just [...]