Press Play — I'm shocked it's taken me this long to write about Friendly Fires.  Along with Miles Kane and Plan B, they're one of my most listened to bands of this year (and last year for that matter).  I haven't had the chance to check out their new album Pal... more info

Guardian Music — A London-based four-piece who purvey their own style of indietronicaWho are they?A London-based four-piece who purvey a style of indietronica they've saddled with the tag "chop pop".And chop pop is?An accurate description: they record a variety of so... more info

Guardian Music — 2007: Number 43 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicTen years of electroclash, nu rave and messy Monday night mash-ups were brought to a close when DJ Erol Alkan called time on London's Trash club with Abba's Dancing Queen... more info

Altsounds — After a slew of singles and an EP *Fighting Fiction* are ready to reveal the first single from their Mark Williams (Biffy Clyro, Bloc Party, Million Dead, Oceansize) produced debut album. New single Rock 'n' Roll is Dead and its Corpse is for Sale wi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Cut Copy are a synthpop band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound, often labeled as electropop, draws considerable influence from 80s new wave, synthpop and post-punk. Cut Copy are managed by Punkdafunk, and are signed to the record label Modul... more info

Guardian Music — Pulp's imminent return to gigging has led them to search out the best – or worst – covers of their own songs on YouTube, and some of them make for very entertaining viewingNext month, Pulp will take the stage at the Isle of Wight festival to perf... more info

DrownedInSound — Stream a Wet Paint track. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

NME — Guitarist has one more project on the go before returning to his band more info

Totally Fuzzy — The NJ Underground said... Foster The People - Houdini Cut Copy - Out There On Ice The Hold Steady - Massive Nights Morning Teleportation - Expanding Anyway Cloud Nothings - Old Street Bare Wires - Ready To Go Black Lips - Katrina Beach Fossils - You... more info

ContactMusic — British rockers Bloc Party are reuniting to record a new album after guitarist Russell Lissack ended his stint with Ash to rejoin his bandmates. The Helicopter hitmakers have been on hiatus since 2009 when frontman Kele Okereke decided to focus... more info