What is it with soft drinks and alcoholic beverages getting involve with releasing music and putting on tours.  You Mountain Dew has Green Label Sound, Red Bull has Red Bull Music Academy, Southern Comfort had the SoCo Music Experience and now Bacardi is getting into the act. Well I guess if the major labels can’t step up their game, someone else will. Recently Bacardi created B-Live Share and release music from Groove Armada. Bacardi hosted parties at this year’s WMC, and now has create a tour featuring some amazing artists including Major Lazer, Q-Tip, Santigold, MSTRKRFT, Matt & Kim, and more. The tour is called B-Live Tour 2009. The tour kicks off on May 30th in Phoenix

– Saturday, May 30        Phoenix, AZ (DJ Jazzy Jeff, Steve Porter)
– Wednesday, June 3       Denver, CO (DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM)
– Thursday, June 11       Milwaukee, WI (Q-Tip, Auto Erotique)
– Friday, June 12         Chicago, IL (Q-Tip, Z-Trip)
– Wednesday, June 17      New York, NY (DJ A-Trak, DJ AM, Auto Erotique)
– Thursday, June 18       Boston, MA (Major Lazer, A-Trak, Matt & Kim, Steve Porter)
– Friday, June 19         Philadelphia, PA (Major Lazer, A-Trak, Drop The Lime)
– Saturday, June 20     Washington, DC (Major Lazer, Matt & Kim)
– Thursday, June 25       Louisville, KY (MSTRKRFT, Z-Trip)
– Friday, June 26         Cleveland, OH (MSTRKRFT, Z-Trip)
– Saturday, June 27       Columbus, OH (Ghostland Observatory, Z-Trip)
– Friday, July 3          Atlanta, GA (MSTRKRFT, A-Trak, Matt & Kim)
– Saturday, July 4        Orlando, FL (A-Trak, Jazzy Jeff, Matt & Kim)
– Wednesday, July 8       New Orleans, LA (DJ AM, Jazzy Jeff, Matt & Kim)

This week’s show brought new music from UK’s Smoove & Turrell, Amon Tobin’s Two Fingers, DJ Vadim, The Constellations, and a classic track from Funkadelic.  Check out the rest of the playlist after the jump.

Hour 1
Funkadelic – “Music For My Mother”
The Detroit Experiment – “Think Twice (Mark E Remix)”
Basement Freaks – “Gypsy Breaks(Spark Arrester Remix)”
Smoove & Turrell – “You Don’t (Kraak & Smaak Remix)”
Sarah White – “I Wanna Be With U (Rucyl Bass Remix)”
Radiohead – “Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix v2.0)”
Justice – “One Minute pal Cumbio (Toy Selectah Remix)”
Bjork – “Nattura (Switch Remix)”
Santigold – “Starstruck (Diplo Remix)”
Two Fingers – “Not Perfect (Sway Remix)”
Animal Collective – “My Girls (Gigamesh ‘Proper House’ Remix)”
Kid Cudi – “Look Up In Da Stars (Feat. Wale)”
DJ Vadim – “Soldier ft. Big Red and 5Nizza”
The Constellations – “On My Way Up”

Hour 2
Alice Russel – “Hurry on Now”
4 Hero ft. Jack Davey – “Take My Time”
Eddie Meets Yannah – “You And I”
Fat Freddies Drop – “Ray Ray”
GAEA Electro – “Breaking Down”
Sarah White – “C Train”
Ghislian Proirier “Blazin – Bug RMX”
Amon Tobin – “Chris Clark”
Karma & Lotus – “Mark Swing”
Panacea “Flash Back – Spinna RMX”
Wagon Cookin – “Mr. Sun”
Nickodemus “Con Migo”

She could have one of the most anticipated albums of 2009. Philadelphia’s saucy but sweet Miss Amanda Blank is set to release her debut release entitled simply, “I Love You” on the same label of her buddy Santigold – Downtown Records. For years now, she has a been killing tracks with fellow Philadelphians Spank Rock, Plastic Little, N.A.S.A., and others.  With her ability not only to flow she also has the abilty to be an hypnotic siren with her singing. Her forthcoming album, “I Love You” will have production from Diplo, XXXChange(Spank Rock), and Swtich. Plus there will be guest appearances from Swedish sensation Lykke Li, Santigold, Spank Rock, and The Cool Kids.

Amanda just dropped her first single from the album via RCRDLBL.  The track is called “Might Like You Better”. The song is produced by XXXChange and it uses the sample from the 1982 Romeo Void classic “Never Say Never”

Snow is melting; weather is warming up; soon the flowers will be blooming.  Once that happens, festival season will be starting.  There is a lot of festivals such as Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Coachella, Bonnaroo, and others with huge lineups.  However, in the city of brotherly love, there is a little festival known as The Roots Picnic. In its second year, I think has one of the best lineup by far.  No it is not two or three day extravaganza in muddy field where no-one takes a shower, but it sticks to its mission of bringing a diverse of established and emerging artists.  Started by the band The Roots (hence the name), The Roots Picnic is only one day, but a day you won’t forget. Unlike other festivals where you don’t want to see everyone, this one you want to see all the performances.  Artists such as TV On The Radio, Public Enemy, Santigold, The Black Keys, Antibalas, Kid Cudi, Asher Roth and more will be performing at this year’s Picnic. Public Enemy will perform “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back”, backed by Antibalas and The Roots (now that is crazy).

Pre-sale tickets for this magical event go on sale today through March 19th. The festival will be held in Philadelphia at The Festival Pier, Penns Landing.  Okayplayer has a PRE-SALE SPECIAL – $5 off your ticket (use password: EARLYBIRD). You better get your tickets while their hot.