Earning their fastest charting and seventh career No. one single this week, GRAMMY winning country trio Lady Antebellum’s “Downtown” takes the top position on both the Billboard and Mediabase charts while simultaneously selling more than 500,000 digital downloads. “Downtown” also spent the last two weeks at No.

Today, Furthur announced plans for their summer and fall tours. Furthur will kick things off with their 1st performance at the BottleRock Napa Valley Festival on May 8th. Furthur has a 3 hour slot scheduled for that night, which is nearly 90 minutes longer than any other act.

Luke the Knife, the DJ side project of Lotus’ Luke Miller, premieres a new mix with Vibe.com today.

A common misconception about funk music is that the style is all nostalgia and not contemporary. Many of the founders of the form are still performing today such as George Clinton, George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, or Art Neville. Though the founders are still a big part of the funk scene its best to think of funk as a sensibility rather than something definitive or solidified.

America's most durable alternative rockers They Might Be Giants have finally perfected their deliriously catchy, original sound! Their latest studio album, Nanobots, features 25 startling tracks in 45 memorable minutes that play to all the bands strengths. The band is currently on the second leg of a massive international tour which includes a lengthy stint in Australia & New Zealand.

UMBowl IV returns to the sold out Park West on April 26th for its fourth triumphant year.

Indie supergroup Mister Heavenly released one of the most underrated albums of 2011, and if we’re lucky, they just might do it again this year.

ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Jason Aldean is approaching one of the biggest moments in his career tomorrow as he is set to play for more than 60,000 fans at the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium.  Aldean is already in Athens preparing for the first show to ever be held there.  Tickets for this 2013 NIGHT TRAIN TOUR stop sold out in less than an hour last October.49 trucks and 27 buses have taken over Sanford Stadium in preparation for the historic event “between the hedges.”  Aldean’s crew has been in Athens for four days buil

The Ride Festival recently announced its second installment – happening July 13th and 14th at Colorado’s breathtaking Telluride Town Park. The 2013 Ride Festival lineup includes David Byrne & St. Vincent, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cake, Drive-By Truckers, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller and Son Volt, with others still to be announced.

Railroad Earth and Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers will join forces this summer for a string of dates along both coasts. Being dubbed as the “Noise of the Earth Tour,” both artists are looking forward to these shows and hoping for some creative synergy.