Matisyahu will be a guest host on Sirius' reggae channel (32) "Reggae Rhythms" starting Friday, December 15, and airing through sundown on on Saturday, December 23 – the duration of Hanukkah.

Keegan DeWitt and the Sparrows will be at the Knitting Factory in NYC this Thursday night. Keegan says they are also doing a record release show January 12th with Roman Candle (V2 Records) at Sin-e.

If you're in the Philadelphia area, you can check out the Pawnshop Roses on NBC affiliate WCAU's "The 10! Show" this coming Thursday morning, December 14th.

Oslo's Bonk, who have toured Europe with the Hives and Franz Ferdinand, has a new video for the track "Homecoming" and are set to hit the US and SXSW in 2007.

Eryc Eyl says: "Paranoid, desperate and utterly danceable, the music of the Photo Atlas blends the angularity of Fugazi, the gut-punch of At The Drive-In and the relentless rump-shaking of the Rapture into a dangerously sexy dancefloor detonator." Check out the track "Handshake Heart Attack" here.

Bent Left and Outlaw are coming East on their "KC Punks Invade" tour and have a couple NY dates: The Bug Jar on Wednesday, Jan. 3 - 219 Monroe Ave. in Rochester and Friday, January 5th at Sputnik - 262 Taaffee Place in Brooklyn.

Speaking of Brooklyn, Odd Czar is throwing a cd release bash this week on December 14, 2006 @ Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, with special guests: The Attorneys.

Simon Dawes just did a handful of dates with Wolfmother. Their live video for "Awful Things" is up on YouTube and you can check out a previously unreleased track called "Everybody Knows" here.

Speaking of Wolfmother, another band who knows the glory of old school rock is Earl Greyhound. You can catch them twice in NYC this week: the 14th @ Snitch & the 16th @ Delancey.

Sierra Swan has an interesting voice. She's signed to Linda Perry's Custard label (through Interscope) and you can check out her video for "Copper Read" here. Sierra has also teamed up with Aimee Mann on "Get Down To It" - listen here.

My Morning Jacket, The New Pornographers and Cat Power have been added to the Langerado Festival, which already boasts OAR, Trey Anastasio, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Tea Leaf Green and a couple dozen more great bands.

Labels: Michael Franti, Spearhead