The big winners at the Grammys last night were Coldplay (calling uncle here, I'm finally starting to like some of those songs-- they won rock album of the year and song of the year), Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (they really cleaned up-- record of the year for Raising Sand and a few others) and Lil Wayne (he took home the prize for rap album)....

If you want a selection of Diplo's remix work-- including refits of tracks by Daft Punk, M.I.A., and Bloc Party you likely have it on MP3 or a mixtape by now; what could surprise you is that his instrumental work is still among his best stuff.read more

OK. So. Erykah Badu had another baby. That's probably the big, important news here. She gave birth to a baby girl at home in Brooklyn yesterday morning, and by all accounts the kid is healthy. No name yet. Congrats, etc. But the part of this story that everyone is going to remember is the way Badu and the baby's father, blog-rap enigma Jay Elec...

-- Dallas Broken Social Scene fans, this is not your day. The Canadian indie rock powerhouse just canceled their show at Dallas's House of Blues tonight, January 30, due to illness. Please don't blame the messenger. Refunds and rescheduling info will be posted on the band's site. The current BSS tour-- in support of Something for All of Us...--...

More fire! More fire! Airhorn noise! Siren noise!Superstar Philly DJ Diplo has been throwing Jamaican dancehall records down in white-hipster dance clubs since the current idea of white-hipster dance clubs first became a thing, and he even managed to score a guest spot from reggae superstar Vybz Kartel on his otherwise downbeat Florida LP. Still...