On the heels of their resounding return to form "Raindrops," UK electrobeat gurus Basement Jaxx are now busy leaking scraps from their forthcoming Scars. Smart move since everybody's wondering if any other of the LP's tracks -- or its myriad cameo list -- can hold a candle to the slippery spunk of that sensational single. Basementjaxx.net is str...

The forthcoming collection RE: Generations includes Nat King Cole remixes by Cee-Lo, the Roots, Just Blaze, will.i.am (damn) and others. One of those others is TV On The Radio, who handle "Nature Boy." The compilation's aim:RE:Generations aims to construct a tuneful bridge between generations, cultures and races. Evocative of a sleek and stylish...

+ The Music Now Festival is happening in Cincinnati March 11 and 12 and will feature Kronos Quartet (playing two sets, including a new piece by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry), the Books, and Toumani Diabate. The fest will once again take place at the lovely-looking Memorial Hall Theater-- check out our photos from last year's Music Now here. ...

Shame about the delayed release of Common's new album, Universal Mind Control, because "Make My Day" would've sounded amazing en route to a summer barbecue. Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley man Cee-Lo Green is the opposite of the recently trendy T-Pain/Akon breed of robot hookman, infusing the happy-love chorus with good old-fashioned soul amid bac...

This "current artists collaborate with dead icons through the miracle of technology" thing just won't go away. Nat King Cole will follow in the posthumous footsteps of such departed icons as Biggie, Johnny Cash, Elvis, and, um, himself with the release of an album called Re:Generations.Re:Generations contains reimaginings of Cole songs by TV on ...