NME — New names for the festival – but La Roux has pulled out more info

NME — The cancellation is down to illness more info

Scotsman.com — Doves **** The Picture House AFTER fellow Mancunian miserablists Elbow came good – last year winning the Mercury Prize with their fourth album – now is the time of the Doves more info

Scotsman.com — Jason McBride, 33, unemployed: "Sheer class from one of the best bands I've ever seen live. I've seen Doves at least four times so I expected it would be quality, more info

NME — They join the likes of Gossip, Doves and Spiritualized at the festival more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new St. Vincent album, Actor, in its entirety (the disc is released May 5th). The Guardian lists the six finalists for the Orange Prize for fiction. PopMatters interviews the members of Doves. The Minneapolis City... more info

Guardian Music — With so many righteous bands looking, smelling and sounding like a disgrace, it's difficult to reconcile loving their politics with hating their musicEggheads with too much time on their hands often like to debate the question: "Is it OK to like Wagn... more info

Q4Music — Arctic Matt and Artic Diddy, Doves, Lykke Li, Britney does it again, a mad kangaroo and more more info

Gigwise — They join the ever expanding line up... more info

Buzzgrinder — There are some good moments on Doves' latest offering, Kingdom of Rust, but they come too few and far between. While the band has been fairly consistent through much of its catalog,that's one element which seems to be lacking here. And I don't mean i... more info