Guardian Music — Academy, NewcastleAlong with the BBC's Sound of the Year poll, the annual NME awards tour is a useful barometer of where pop is headed. Last year's bash gave White Lies and Friendly Fires a springboard while Florence and the Machine ­predicted th... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Liam Gallagher has told Xfm Manchester he’s not a fan of Florence And The Machine.Speaking with Clint Boon, the former Oasis frontman said:“No, I’m not having someone with ginger hair making music”, he said of the Xfm New Mu... more info

Stereogum — "Here Lies Love" is the scene-setting title track from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's post-BPA Imelda Marcos concept album. As we've mentioned, each track on the 2-CD collection features a different guest vocalist -- basically a number of accomplis... more info

AngryApe — Florence and the Machine are also on the line-up more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — La Roux, Florence and the Machine and Biffy Clyro also join the line-up for June's Isle Of Wight Festival headlined by Jay-Z. more info

NME — N-Dubz, The Hold Steady also set for June event more info

Gigwise — The Hold Steady also added... more info

Guardian Music — They study old newspapers in libraries, agonise over headlines and deliver every issue by hand … no wonder Stool Pigeon has spent five years breathing life back into the printed music pressEven as bloggers, message boarders and downloaders queu... more info

Undercover, Australia — The Laneway Festival may have been plagued with logistic problems last year and suffered a last minute line-up when Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen missed his flight from London but the Laneway Festival has proven to be the laid back alternative... more info

Idolator — Florence Welch proves to be an interesting bird—literally!—in the new Florence And The Machine music video for “Hurricane Drunk.” We’ve kind of lost track of how many singles her debut album Lungs has offered up. But now that she ... more info