Altsounds — *FOALS TO HEADLINE FINEST FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD* International acts Foals and Freshlyground will headline this year's Lake of Stars Festival on 30th September to 2nd October in Malawi, Africa. Joining the amazing international headliners will be a br... more info

Guardian Music — Fleet Foxes, LondonNow that Mumford & Sons have come along and ruined it for everyone, you'd be forgiven for never wanting to see another gang of earnest, fiddly folkies in cheesecloth shirts ever again. But it would be churlish to throw Fleet Foxes ... more info

Guardian Music — The producer has launched a food blog, sharing dishes he prepares for his wife. But he's not the only indie gastro geek ...Steve Albini, founder of Big Black and Shellac, producer of PJ Harvey and Nirvana, has a food blog. It's a good one, based arou... more info

Guardian Music — Enjoy some tasty take-aways in the form of the original – and the best – guerrilla gig videosFive years ago, French director Vincent Moon took US indie rockers the Spinto Band into the basement of their record label's Paris office and filmed them... more info

NME — Oxford band will appear alongside a wealth of African talent more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the best European festivalsBerlin FestivalWhen: 9–10 SeptemberWhere: Flughafen Tempelhof, and throughout BerlinWho: Suede, Primal Scream, Beirut, Mogwai, Battles, The Drums, Hercules And Love Affair, Wire, SantigoldHow m... more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the UK's biggest festivalsBestivalWhen: 8-11 SeptemberWhere: Robin Hill country park, Downend, Isle of WightWhat: The definitive closer of the festival season, with a "rock stars and divas" fancy dress theme this year. Ec... more info

Guardian Music — From a Seattle museum with Kurt Cobain's smashed guitar to the underground music scene in Paris, we ask musicians, DJs and industry insiders for their musical meccasIndie, shoe gazeFink, singer, DJ and producer: ParisOK, Paris isn't famous for its mu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kurt Christensen Foals @ Terminal 5 "Foals are the epitome of organized chaos. I was fortunate enough to catch them at their sold-out show at Terminal 5 (NY) with great up-and-coming kiwi band The Naked & Famous and... more info

KEXP Seattle — review by DJ Shannon photos by Dave Lichterman April is my birthday month. The week of my birthday kicked off two of my fave bands Foals (my #1 album of 2010) and Cut Copy (my current #1 of 2011). One of my Top 3 shows of my short life (enter laughte... more info