KEXP Seattle — Several independent music legends have been announced to showcasing their writing talents in next week’s issue of Five Dials, a free online literary journal. The issue will feature a poem from Ryan Adams, James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem will writ... more info

NME — Band leader-turned-solo-star comes to Kinross more info

Guardian Music — The little recording studio on the third floor didn't know what had happened to it. One minute it was recording a gentle podcast about sustainability and rambling routes in the Sussex Downs, the next Jammer and Toddla T were jumping around telling ev... more info

Guardian Music — This month sees the 10th anniversary of Wichita Recordings. Ahead of a series of anniversary shows, co-founder Mark Bowen talks us through their notable releases from the last decade"The first release ..."Bright Eyes – Fevers and MirrorsI first met... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I'm back from vacation.  Well, I wouldn't call driving up and down California for 10 days in a car with a whiny 5-year-old and attention-starved 2-year-old much of a vacation.  I didn't I find sleeping in 5 different strange beds very restful.  ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — I went to see Kele last night, it was very hot, lots of people danced, he played a lot of Bloc Party stuff and that great song about being on the lam that makes me think of The Simpsons. Read more over at Spinner. more info

NME - The Daily Download — Believe it or not it'a a whole ten years since Mark Bowen and Dick Green split with Alan McGee and Creation Records and formed Wichita Recordings. In the meantime they've arguably spent their days a bit better than their former boss, bringing us the ... more info

Guardian Music — Cockpit, LeedsWhen he was the singer in Bloc Party, Kele Okereke often came across as the most miserable man in pop – as you would if you faced constant probing about being a black man in indie rock or about your sexuality, yet you hadn't told your... more info

Guardian Music — Icarus At The Edge Of Time, LondonThe American theoretical physicist Brian Greene is one of the world's leading proponents of string theory, but he is also determined to communicate his theories to the widest possible audience. His children's book, I... more info

Discobelle.net — Kele Okereke is the frontman of Bloc Party and he just released his first solo album “The Boxer” (production duties coming from Hudson Mohawke and XXXChange) last week which was preceeded by the single “Tenderoni” in early June. We have the ... more info