Take a listen to some good tunes courtesy our friends at Corinthian Records. Corinthian Records, Variant, Athens, GA, Wayside [COR 020] Corinthian Records Revolta, San Paulo, Brazil [COR 019]

The new MIA single isn't great but it's just good enough to bost our anticipation of her next album KALA which drops on June 26 on...gasp...Interscope.

Ellen Allien is on the road again and you can catch her this weekend at WMC in sunny Miami, FL at the Pawn Shop Lounge. 03-20 Miami Beach, FL - Suite Nightclub 03-21 Cleveland, OH - B Side Liquor Lounge 03-22 Toronto, Ontario - The Social 03-23 Chicago, IL - Smart Bar 03-24 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B 03-25 Miami, FL - Pawn Shop Lounge 03-30 Berlin, Germany - Watergate (Bpitch party) 03-31 Mannheim, Germany - ...

Robyn is the Swedish P!nk. She came out as a pop star who was initially criticized for trying to identify with an urban audience, but then she proved herself and went on to sell lots of records and went on to enjoy a decent career. Now, just like P!nk she's rejecting her 'pop' status by tring to push some boundaries by being rebellious. Not convinced? ...

[audio:pileofgold.mp3] Electronica these days has more in common with modern dance-rock than the Oakenfold laden days of the late 90's. The Blow embrace this wholely exploiting beat-machines to create fun electro-esque dance tracks not quite as raunchy as Peaches or as feel good kitschy as Goldfrapp. "Pile of Gold" is the perfect example, fun to listen to, easy to digest.

DJ and Entrepreneur Disco D committed suicide today at 27 years young. For those of you unfamiliar Disco D can be credited with (almost single-handedly) inspiring the current wave of ghettotech (Spankrock) and laptronica (Diplo) DJs. Of course he was only picking up where pioneers like Luke and Detroit Grand Pubahs left off but his own work spoke for itself and he found credibility where many ...

So yesterday we told you Slayer was performing Jimmy Kimmel. Spank Rock performed on the same stage last week. Spank rock. Slayer. Someone on Kimmel's staff is a fucking genius. Anyways, if you aren't already into Spank Rock, you need to be, before they do something that ruins all their credibility like produce a Lily Allen record or show up doing the ACT ...

One of my favorite artists of 2004 was Kenna, who had a much publicized dispute with his label about the lack of promotion of his record NEW SACRED COW. The Ethiopian-born, friend of Chad Hugo (The Neptunes), has returned with a new record entitled MAKE SURE THEY SEE MY FACE THIS TIME. The title refers to the dispute with his former label after he claimed they ...