NME - Festivals — It isn't the fact that you get to spend a couple of days munching tapas in Spain and taking in more cultural sights and impressive cathedrals than you can shake a big religious stick at that makes Primavera Sound one of the finest festivals on the Eu... more info

Guardian Music — Recorded for a laugh in a Chicago club, this Knuckles track still packs a punch after influencing a quarter-century of popTrying to nail the exact appeal of any one particular song is a bit like taking a hammer to a frog. Sure, you'll splay out its i... more info

DrownedInSound — The Animal Collective curated ATP may just have finished (see the pictures here) but those busy bodies at All Tomorrow's Parties don't stop working, y'know as they've just confirmed the next lot of acts to play the triple-curated (by Battles, Caribou... more info

Guardian Music — When a band member made a solo album, it used to signal the death of the group. But is it actually a mark of rude health?Time was, if a band's vocalist put out a solo album it meant only one thing: irreconcilable differences, singer and guitarist che... more info

Guardian Music — The label behind Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective and Wild Beasts will begin broadcasting in JuneDomino Records, the label behind Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Wild Beasts, has announced it will be unveiling a new radio station next month. Dra... more info

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NME - Festivals — This weekend, Baltimore experimentalists Animal Collective join up with legendary festival promoters All Tomorrow’s Parties for what’s set to be ATP’s last May festival at Minehead’s gloriously shabby Butlins. It’s a crying shame – the Ma... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The National show in Prospect Park (more by Amanda Hatfield) We already knew that 'Celebrate Brooklyn' is hosting an impressive lineup of ticketed Prospect Park Bandshell shows this summer: The Decemberists, Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Ive... more info

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Totally Fuzzy — Part of Oxford's Blessing Force scene, their Van Dyke Parkes-esque single Iron Deer Dream won over The Guardian's podcast team at the start of this year. The band's new EP, Here Comes 2001 So Let's All Head for the Sun, is full of giddy ideas. R... more info