Guardian Music — Brit nominee Feist teams up with fellow folk popper M Ward (25 Mar, Royal Albert Hall, SW7; 26 Mar, 02 Apollo, Manchester) ...With a forthcoming 12-inch of remixes, including one by Andy Weatherall, who knows what the sludgy drone rock of Wooden Shji... more info

Guardian Music — Sales figures suggest alternative rock is in a dismal place right now. Will it ever recover? And should we care?This year's Brit awards will be a melancholy experience for indie rock fans. The genre's big live performers will be Blur and Noel Gallagh... more info

Guardian Music — Full list of all the artists nominated in categories for this year's awardsBritish male solo artistEd Sheeran (Atlantic Records/Warner Music)James Blake (Polydor/Universal Music)James Morrison (Island/Universal Music)Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird... more info

Perez Hilton — It's heeeeeeeeeere!!!!!! The full lineup for BOTH weekends of Coachella 2012 has officially been announced, and there are some seriously fantastic acts performing!!! On Friday April 13th & 20th, we're pleased to see Frank Ocean and Afrojack ft. Paris... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts confirmed for California desert event include Pulp, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsRadiohead, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg are to headline this year's Coachella festival in California. The event takes place in the de... more info

Topix — Music 3R's 01.07.12: DON DON DA!!! Posted by Nick Krenn on 01.07.2012 From Kanye West's epic Twitter rant and the Black Keys blaming Nickelback for the death of rock to Feist covering Guns N' Roses, Lana Del Rey's modeling career and more, 411's Nick... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's epic Twitter rant and the Black Keys blaming Nickelback for the death of rock to Feist covering Guns N' Roses, Lana Del Rey's modeling career and more, 411's Nick Krenn breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from the we... more info

Stereogum — You have to be out of your goddam mind to cover “November Rain,” Guns N’ Roses’ masterpiece of bloated excess, and Leslie Feist is apparently crazier than anyone gave her credit for being. At a recent Mexico City show, Feist didn’t just cov... more info

411 Mania — Along with Feist... more info

Spinner.com — 60. My Morning Jacket, 'Holdin on to Black Metal' 59. Naked and Famous, 'Punching in a Dream' 58. Sleeper Agent, 'That's My Baby' 57. The Civil Wars, 'Barton Hollow' 56. Iceage, 'New Brigade' 55. Lights, 'Everybody Breaks a Glass' 54. Diarrhe... more info