Nialler9 — Oh shit. Cast your mind back a year or so to when you first heard Lykke Li do her thing. Or Little Boots. Or La Roux. Or Florence and the Machine. Or Marina and the Diamonds. All awesome female indie/electro-pop and all of it (with the exception of L... more info

PopSugar UK — Lily Allen took to the stage at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Swindon alongside a dressed down Fearne Cotton and a glammed up Alesha Dixon: find out how to copy Alesha's style with FabUK. Lily was banned from using naughty words in "Not Fair", and giggl... more info

Scotsman.com — AWARD-WINNING band Florence and the Machine are to be special guest performers at this summer's Duran Duran concert at Edinburgh Castle. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — In a previous Thursdays and Covers feature I showcased a Beirut cover by Florence And The Machine that received a lukewarm reception. I still maintain that her debut album should be quite the release and will (most probably) live up to all the Brit... more info

Altsounds — After releasing just two limited singles (‘Kiss With A Fist’ and ‘Dog Days Are Over’) the magnetic Florence & The Machine has built up a formidable following of fans and critics alike, even winning this years highl... more info

Guardian Music — Feast your ears on some delta blues from Mogwai, Arab music from Radiohead, camp pop from Perez Hilton and, er, safe-sex anthems from StereophonicsThanks to Spotify, sharing a playlist is now so easy even a pop star can do it. A quick glance across t... more info

NME — Acts join Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen in Oslo more info

Gigwise — At the Manchester Evening News Arena.... more info

ContactMusic — Reunited indie favourites Blur have signed up Klaxons and Florence and the Machine to support them at their Manchester comeback show.The Parklife band are to ... more info

Guardian Music — This year's lineup favours indie cool over hard rockin' with Radiohead, Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys topping the billRadiohead, Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys will headline this year's Leeds and Reading festival, it was announced last night. Th... more info