Nialler9 — Electric Picnic announced its initial lineup for 2012 today for Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September in Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois. The Cure, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Grizzly Bear, Orbital, Christy Moore, The Roots, Hot Chip, Glen Hansard, The xx, â€... more info

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Pop Justice — As you may have noticed, the Brits are happening tonight. The shortlists this year are pretty shocking in the main (where is Sak Noel in International Male?!?) but from the options we've been given we've picked our winners, and we've also taken a gu... more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonAfter a couple of seasons exhausting his festival circuit currency, Ian Broudie's reformed Lightning Seeds were last seen playing subdued versions of Three Lions and Pure in seated concert rooms. This didn't suit Broudie... more info

BBC 6 Music — Manchester artists come together to support CALM more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Elbow and Mr Scruff are among the Manchester artists who have donated their music to a new charity album.Their songs appear on the two-disc Thirty One collection in aid of CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserabl... more info

Starpulse — British rockers Elbow have promised fans they can expect an "epic" sound when they release the official BBC soundtrack to the 2012 London Olympics. The band landed the honor of writing the theme ... more info

ContactMusic — Elbow claim their official Olympics song will be epic The Mercury Prize-winning group have worked with the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Community Gospel on the new track - which will be the official soundtrack for the London 2012 Olympic... more info

ContactMusic — British rockers Elbow have promised fans they can expect an epic sound when they release the official Bbc soundtrack to the 2012 London Olympics The band landed the honour of writing the theme tune for the highly-anticipated sporting events coverage ... more info

Guardian Music — Tim Jonze sticks his neck out to declare the era of indie rock not overI'm trying to put a finger on the most surprising thing about the Guardian's Best Albums of 2011 list, published last month. Was it the virtual absence of any indie rock bands? Or... more info