Stereogum — Franz Ferdinand’s Record Store Day contribution is a vinyl-only set of covers — that is, other artists covering songs from their 2009 LP Tonight. Artists on the EP include Debbie Harry, Stephin Merritt, and LCD Soundsystem, who did this version o... more info

NME — Track is streaming ahead of Record Store Day release more info

Abeano — Record Store Day 2011 isn’t until Saturday but Domino records couldn’t wait to share their releases. And with good reason. We’ll be listening to the whole lot shortly but we wanted to shout about this LCD Soundsystem’s cover of Franz Fe... more info

Addict Music — Franz Ferdinand's guitarist, Nick McCarthy, has announced he is to release his second album with his other band Box Codax. more info

NME — McCarthy's second side-project album is out on May 9 more info

Abeano — This liverpuddlian band made quite an impression on us with the overcast art rock of Every Night I Dress Up As You in March. Seemingly coming from nowhere, but with a slick look and sharp tracks to match, we wanted to hear more. Three cheers... more info

Gigwise — LP produced by Metronomy's Joesph Mount... more info

Guardian Music — (Strut)After a delay of more than 20 years, there's a new album from one of West Africa's great dance bands. Formerly known as TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – TP standing for "tout puissant" or "all powerful", and Cotonou being the largest ci... more info

Guardian Music — The ageing players of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo have regrouped – with the help of Franz FerdinandOvernight success can take years. For the members of Benin's Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, it has taken more than 40 of them. Just as Cuba's Buena Vi... more info

Guardian Music — Texan festival is known for making or breaking actsA roster of new acts hoping to export their British brand of music to big-spending audiences across the Atlantic are heading to the Texas city of Austin this week to play their hearts out in bar-room... more info