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Guardian Music — Touted as the future of rock, the Vaccines are playing pub backrooms and ignoring the hype. Will they survive when reality bites?Six weeks or so ago the Vaccines played their first London gig. The 300-strong audience included Alex Kapranos of Franz ... more info

Gigwise — Along with The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys... more info

NME — Primal Scream to join bands at Benicassim more info

Gigwise — Along with Primal Scream as headliners... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Ex-Oasis star Noel Gallagher is working on his debut solo album, collaborator Miles Kane has confirmed.One half of The Last Shadow Puppets alongside Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, Kane said he has played guitar on a new track set for Gallagher's solo d... more info

Gigwise — He's watched by Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Fennesz - Knoxville (2010)- Review - It’s a live record, and it does sound improvised, but the emotional depth that is covered more than makes up for it. The feelings evoked are not easy to identify, the music is hypnotic and g... more info

Guardian Music — Full of heavenly hooks and catchy choruses, this sounds like chart music from a far-off time or parallel universeHometown: London.The lineup: Sam Mehran (voice, music).The background: There is much to pique one's interest about Outer Limits Recording... more info

Guardian Music — Public services are being laid to waste and benefits shorn, but popular culture's voice of dissent remains strangely silentFor those of us who still spend far too much time thinking about what used to be called popular culture, these are fretful time... more info