Gigwise — Nicky Wire slams Sheffield band... more info

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ContactMusic — British rockers Arctic Monkeys are set to shock fans with their latest promo - they have shot a sex tape-style film featuring drummer Matt Helders The Fluorescent Adolescent hitmakers will release the title track from their fourth album Suck It And S... more info

KEXP Seattle — It wasn’t just the haircut, and it wasn’t the reverb. Alex Turner sounded stunning while channeling a 50′s vibe during his recent performance live on KEXP. A rebel with a guitar, dressed in black leather like a character in his band’s own vid... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The new issue of Q (out on 27 September 2011) features 25 different covers with the artists who are shaping music right now. Each issue features a new interview with all the cover stars, but which one will you pick? The full list of cover stars are: ... more info

ContactMusic — Arctic Monkeys rocker Alex Turner has urged the British government to get a grip on the social problems blighting his native U K The growing unrest in Britain was catapulted onto the international stage in August 11 when rioters took to the streets i... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Bowlchella was a night designed for those who d rather brave a hipster occupation of Highland Avenue than a drunken army of them loose in the desert.Bowlchella was a night designed for those who d rather brave a hipster occupation of Highland Avenue ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For one of the last hurrahs of the summer, the Hollywood Bowl presented a mini-festival of nervy rock from a pastiche of traditionalists, visionaries and, most successfully, those acts that combine both impulses. more info

Stereogum — Closing out the concert season at the Hollywood Bowl, a stacked bill of TV On The Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Panda Bear, Warpaint, and Smith Westerns crammed in as much music as possible before the evening curfew. Smith Westerns bolted through a twenty m... more info

NME — TV On The Radio, Warpaint, Smith Westerns also on the Los Angeles bill more info