Guardian Music — Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and Bat for Lashes are favourites to win the £20,000 prize, while La Roux and Glasvegas are also hotly tippedThe Mercury prize nominations for 2009's best album have been announced, and the list features the ecle... more info

NME — Doves stop remixing, Beth Ditto runs for cover, Peter Andre takes to the gym – your music gossip stop more info

Persona Sauna — The lovely Dirty Projectors performed on what turned out to be a beautiful, Ray Ban-filled day in Brooklyn with Magnolia Electric Co and Crystal Antlers.I was very happy to hear the mix of old and new songs, though I have to admit I'm getting pretty... more info

Altsounds — Umbro and Manchester City Football Club today celebrated the new Manchester City home kit at a packed gig featuring some of the best Manchester musical talent, in the shadow of the great City of Manchester stadium. Local legends, Doves, brought the ... more info

Guardian Music — Henham Park, SuffolkLatitude is the most family-friendly of festivals and this year's lineup was suitably eclectic. As the post-punk generation nodded along to the main-stage delights of the Pet Shop Boys, Pretenders and Nick Cave, their offspring fr... more info

NME — Camera Obscura also play the lakeside bash more info

Q4Music — Doves, Airborne Toxic Event, Mika, St Vincent, Passion Pit, Grace Jones and more... more info

NME — A Flock Of Seagulls, The Magic Numbers, MHPO also play more info

The Vinyl Villain — Oh I posted the first in this series months ago, but never quite got round to doing a follow-up. Besides, plenty of other great bloggers listed over on the right hand page do a much better job at featuring stuff that will get you off your seat and wi... more info

Persona Sauna — For his Guest DJ set on KCRW, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt created a list of songs he used for inspiration while prepping for five specific roles, including two characters in movies coming out this summer. One playing Zooey Deschanel’s soon-to-... more info