Core News — “Rob da Bank takes you on a journey Under The Ponytail and around his bonkers brain, goes Through The Vortex to 2008, plays a live track from Foals and has the latest music stories in the 6.22 News.” Check out other Rob da Bank shows here and sub... more info

Guardian Music — A Vancounver-based blogger writes about 'a life in love with music'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Mikala Taylor and my site's called BackstageRider.Where are you based?Vancouver, Canada but I have a lot of readers in the US and the UK.De... more info

Guardian Music — (Blessing Force)From the Oxford scene that begat Foals, Jonquil were, until last year, a shoegazing sextet with two albums to their credit. Now a fourpiece, they've condensed a range of textures – jerky guitars, hazy harmonies, skittish electronic ... more info

ContactMusic — Kasabian were named Best British Band at the NME Awards tonight 29 02 12 The Rewired group beat off competition from Arctic Monkeys Biffy Clyro Foals and Muse to land the prize - and singer Tom Meighan used their acceptance speech to pay tribut... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — They'll battle likes of Kasabian, Odd Future and Azealia Banks for gongs at next month's ceremony.Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, The Vaccines and Odd Future are among the acts nominated for gongs at this year's NME Awards.The nominatio... more info

ContactMusic — Malawis annual Lake Of Stars festival has been cancelled so organisers can use their time to support local initiatives The event which was headlined by British rockers Foals last year 11 will be held as usual at the site by Lake Malawi in 2013 b... more info

Guardian Music — Is this trio's stylishly sinister video a statement about self-image? Perhaps, but we just like the colours …London/Manchester trio We Have Band are fans of literal titles. It's there in their name, in the title of their debut album (WHB) and in th... more info

Guardian Music — Leadmill, SheffieldWalking on stage to the triumphant sounds of David Bowie's Heroes is asking for a fall, but you can't blame the Maccabees for celebrating their big moment. Guitar bands are supposedly in such commercial trouble they should be subj... more info