Hope everybody had a phenomenal weekend! This is one of my last posts before I'm OTG . It's getting very exciting! So we went three for three with the BBQs - the one in NYC rocked. We had some amazing performances - and I got to see two of my favorite acts of all time: Brand Nubian and LL Cool J: (photo credit Jamie Macias) Blender has a great writeup ; Nah Right has some LL video ; SOHH Latino has a good bit about Joell Ortiz, and our friends at 'Thoughts have a great writeup, too !

Is it still Friday somewhere? Probably not; my bad. But New Music Saturday Friday lives on. Ready for more free music for your Zune? Okletsgo: First up, Aquarium Drunkard has a couple of Thurston Moore tracks . Stereogum has a great premiere this week: soul singer Bettye LaVette featuring Drive By Truckers . Moving onto some indie hip hop, Arjan Writes this week has a new single from Lady Tigra . Check out this John Vanderslice track, over at Chromewaves . Ooh, this right here is sweet: you know...

Hello, New York City. Check this information about the next and last of our summer BBQ series: New York City 8.04.07 3pm - 10pm Featuring: Brand Nubian, Cham, Large Professor, Clipse, MIMS, Joell Ortiz and many more special guests. Brand Nubian are one of my favorite artists of all time, so I'm really excited to go. If you're interested in going - sign up . I think this one will hit capacity sooner than the one in Chicago, so don't delay. I'll be there: we should try to have a community meetup! Drop...