The Music Fix — News Flash: Midlanders 'frantically disembowel American alt-rock' it sez here. Good lads!Max Raptor issue 'The Great and The Good' on download on 26 April. The track has been produced by Sam Bell, whose studio credits include Bloc Party, REM, Snow Pa... more info

Pitchfork — Fun fact: Wichita Recordings is not actually based in Wichita, Kansas. The British indie has been responsible for boosting new-school all-stars like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Peter Bjorn and John, Los Campesinos!, and Bloc ... more info

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Nialler9 — Exclooosive! Kele Okereke of Bloc Party will play four Irish shows in May (Limerick, Cork, Dublin and Belfast) in advance of his soon to be released debut solo album. Billing himself as just Kele, he has been working with XXXChange and Hudson Mohawk... more info

Altsounds — *Ash are pleased to announce the recruitment of Russell Lissack for their forthcoming UK Tour. Russell will bolster the 3 piece on guitars and keyboards, for a tour that includes an extra London show at Koko on 6th May. * *Russell - of Bloc Par... more info

MTV.com News — 'They are the rock stars of the scene,' he says of the former.By Akshay Bhansali DJ Tiesto Photo: Denise Truscello/ WireImage This week, Tijs Verwest, known around the world as DJ Tiësto, will be headlining the Ultra Music Festival at the ... more info

Silent Uproar — Russell Lissack of Bloc Party has teamed up with Milena Mepri to form Pin Me Down. The duo will release their self-titled debut on April 19th (UK). Stream two album tracks on MySpace. [nme.com] more info

Time Out, London — Electro-pop DJ-turned-frontman Metric works his muscular beats, glitch and guitars (courtesy of Bloc Party axe-man, Russell Lissack) in the headline spot more info