The New York Times reports that singer, poet, and actor Saul Williams — perhaps best known for his 2007 Trent Reznor collaboration The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust! — will play the lead role in Holler If Ya Hear Me, a new musical inspired by the work of Tupac Shakur. The show isn’t biographical [...]

No Age, Black Lips, Spank Rock, El-P, Saul Williams, Tinariwen, Pere Ubu, Dan Deacon and Laetitia Sadier will all appear

Reading and Leeds Festivals have revealed that they will be airing the Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right Revisited film and Nirvana 92 Live At Reading footage on this year's Alternative Stages.These additions to the festival schedule will take place on the same stage as performances from Henry Rollins and comedians Tim Minchin, Mark Thomas and...

In 2008, Saul Williams was selected as the first musician to participate in Current's "Writer In Residence" series

Usually, when rappers work with rock bands, they out their own bad---- or at least totally pedestrian-- tastes. Witness, for example, Q-Tip enlisting Korn for a collab, or Coldplay's Chris Martin and his bizarre evolution into some sort of Nate Dogg 2.0. So it's heartening to see a young rapper pairing up with a great rock band, especially when ...