Music Set

Pacha chief Danny Whittle chatted to Skrufff recently about the widely circulated rumours that Pete Tong is quitting Friday nights at the Ibiza club, declaring �since everyone now seems to know I will give you a quote’. “After five successful years together Pete Tong and Pacha have decided to go their separate ways,” Danny confirmed.
» Read the full International News: Pacha confirms Pete Tong’s departure article…

London progressive house type Omid 16B chatted to Skrufff recently about his eclectic upcoming double album �Like 3 Ears and 1 Eye’ and revealed that he learned some vital lessons from the demise of Hooj Tunes, the label he was previously signed to. The Iranian born Londoner’s career briefly faltered when Hooj went into liquidation in 2004, prompting him to spend time meditating, reading and walking round the local park analysing his relationships, he said.
» Read the full International News: Omid 16B’s hedonist health scare article…

Jack Johnson may be a former pro surfer, but he ain’t no Beach Boy. Where the songs of Brian Wilson (who never actually surfed, remember) celebrate the rush and exuberant triumph of catching a wave, Johnson draws on the sport’s solitary, Zen-like side — the gentle, rolling rhythms of his music match his simple, nature-inspired language. Over the course of three platinum albums, plus the bulk of the chart-topping 2006 soundtrack to Curious George, this laid-back worldview has been enough to make the affable Johnson an unlikely pop sensation.
» Read the full Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static article…

BeyoncГ© is set to portray famed singer Etta James in the film Cadillac Records. The movie is about the rise and fall of Chess Records, which helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf. Gavin Rossdale’s father told Us that Gwen Stefani is pregnant with her second child. Stefani gave birth to a son, Kingston, twenty months ago. A judge denied Foxy Brown’s request to leave jail early so that the incarcerated rapper could go to California to repair an electronic ear implant.
» Read the full News Ticker: Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, Foxy Brown, Qtrax article…

This election season has already been full of firsts: first female front-runner, first African-American front-runner and the first primary election that won’t actually count.

That’s right, Florida’s primary election is on Tuesday, and the National Democratic Party is refusing to recognize it. The party says it won’t seat any of the delegates at the nominating convention, and the candidates have all agreed not to campaign there.

» Read the full Florida ‘08: Voters Still Making Their Voices Heard In Unsanctioned Primary article…

“I did not have a heart attack. No. I went to the hospital, they pushed my stomach, I farted, then they sent me home.”

Raw and spontaneous as always, Bobby Brown had a handful of MTV News staff members smiling when he came in for an interview Thursday. Unprompted, he was doing the “running man” and cracking jokes, and before he left the building, he yelled down the hall to me, “I’m doing a country album! Yeah, I’m doing country now!” No one in the MTV newsroom could believe it.

» Read the full Bobby Brown Goes Country: ‘I Felt It Was Something I Could Conquer’ article…

Cat Power triumphed in London last night (January 27) and even endeared herself to the crowd by adopting a cockney accent. The soulful singer completed the Eliza Doolittle image by sauntering around stage with flowers thrown from the audience at Shepherds Bush Empire.
» Read the full Cat Power Shines At Shepherd’s Bush article…

Québécois DJ Ghislain Poirier has pretty omnivorous taste. From Dizzee Rascal and Juelz Santana to obscure African hip-hop, as long as the bass thumps, Poirier has room for it in his collection. For No Ground Under, his first album on Ninja Tune, Poirier has taken a break from his recent mixing work to deliver 14 of his own original tweaked-out jams. Quite a few of the tracks on No Ground Under were featured on Poirier’s recent "Bastard Bass" Mix, which you can hear here.
» Read the full Ghislain Poirier Serves Up New LP on Ninja Tune, Tours article…

Ed Banger cross-bearers Justice appear to have overestimated their pull in the US. The Grammy Award-nominated duo has been forced to downsize a planned live gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden to more humble surrounds. Madison Square Garden is a Big Apple icon, and usually hosts polite, parent-approved acts like Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Elton John et al. Upcoming shows in 2008 include Matchbox Twenty, Linkin Park and Keith Urban … so you can see why the French electro boffins were being a little over-ambitious.
» Read the full International News: Justice is not Daft Punk article…

In today’s world of rap, the formula that once was adherded to by all those involved in the genre has been thrown totally out the window. The old guard of the Golden Age emcees has been sanctimoniously dumped, in favor of the new gunslingers. The young bucks of the rap game sneer loudly, showing disrespect to their musical elders with every repetitive hook they come up with. To make matters worse, many of the newbies of Hip-Hop show no interest in sitting in history class and learning more about their culture.
» Read the full Concert Review: KRS One At The Roxy, Los Angeles CA 01/18/08 article…