Immortal Technique finally released some new material. You can listen to the song called Military Mind on his myspace page here

For those who missed the show, Sage Francis performed tonight at the Chelsea Market at a free show to open the exhibit of Sarah Coleman, the illustrator of the new album Human The Death Dance. The exhibit was fantastic and Sage Francis’ performance was the best of the best. His incredibly powerful and introspective lyrics, combined with his energy and ability to deliver spoken word is unparalleled. If you have not heard his new album, make sure to pick up a copy here.

Also, check out this exclusive video:

“The first single for HTDD will be a song called ‘Got Up this Morning’ featuring Buck 65 and Jolie Holland. We filmed a video for this song last month. It will be available online in late April. This video looks incredible thanks to the great work and craftsmanship of director Stoney Sharp. The video features Slug (from Atmosphere), Brother Ali, Buck 65, Jolie Holland, Tom Inhaler and Bernard Dolan. There will also be a ‘behind-the-scenes making of’ video blog soon. Check our site for updates.” This screenshot looks promising:

For those of you who got tickets before it sold out, some videos to get you excited. For those of you who didn’t get tickets in time, click here

Click here to be messaged right before the Rock the Bells tickets go on sale.

Sage Francis just put the song Civil Obedience on his myspace page here.

Is that a real tattoo? 

Embedded Music, home of Cool Calm Pete, Babbletron, DJ Ese, Junk Science, Loer Science, and Bisc 1, has a section of their site with free downloads. Check it out here to sample the goods.

You can download a Junk Science track with guest Cool Calm Pete directly here (right click “save as”).

If you like Junk Science, you can check out 4 more of their tracks streamed on myspace here. The track “House Wigger” is a great one.

Really like Junk Science? Buy their album for as low as $5.50 here: Feeding Einstein

DPlanet, a hiphop artist in Cape Town, South Africa, has a style of his own, which caught the attention of the defhiphop staff for its innovation. Dp describes his style: “We’re also at the forefront of a style of Hip Hop we call ‘Spaza’. A spaza shop is a small informal shop usually found in the hood, often made out of corrugated iron container. It’s a place where you can buy bits and pieces of everything. Likewise, Spaza Hip Hop is music where artists rap in bits and pieces of different languages. However, the style goes beyond simple linguistics, Spaza artists strive to represents ‘kasi’ (hood) life in South Africa through the content of their lyrics, slang and fashion. Spaza isn’t a style of music, it’s an expression of a way of life.” You can read an interview with Dp and download one of his tracks for free here. DPlanet also runs an independent record label called Pioneer Unit which also has a wordpress blog here.