NME — Madonna's 52nd birthday, Friendly Fires go eco, Embrace's bowling singalong – your music gossip stop more info

XLR8R — The UK's disco-leaning indie-dance trio Friendly Fires was just called upon to deliver the latest installment of the ongoing Bugged Out! compilation series. Entitled Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck, the mix album contains 19 tracks from XLR8R-... more info

NME — 'Suck My Deck' album is out this September more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Don’t know how I missed posting this but Young Empires, one of my favorite new bands, has a new song called “White Doves”. They shared the music video of it, which showcased the band live in studio. These guys can do no wrong. “White Doves”... more info

NME - Festivals — With one day to go until the festival kicks off, Camp Bestival organiser Rob da Bank reveals which bands he's most looking forward to more info

Guardian Music — Aeroplane made their name as one of the star remix teams of the nu-disco scene. Now Aeroplane is just one man, Vito de Luca – and that suits him just fineWhen Aeroplane's Vito de Luca needed someone to play a guitar solo on his debut album, We Can'... more info

Guardian Music — Martha Reeves, the Damned, Lightning Seeds and Rox (pictured) are confirmed for the 10th Croydon Summer Festival (31 Jul-1 Aug, Lloyd Park, croydonsummerfestival.org), with Jassi Sidhu, TAZ and Raghu Dixit among the attractions of the Sunday's Mela �... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — My boys Young Empires are back with a new demo, and my god, does it hit hard. It’s called “Against The Wall”, and it’s dance rock perfection. With a raging bassline and synths that scream 80s disco, this one deserves to be played at every par... more info

Altsounds — It's just 7 weeks until London's hottest dance festival aka *L.E.D Festival *lands in Victoria Park with one of the biggest electronic line ups London's ever seen that includes the likes of *Leftfield, David Guetta, Goldfrapp, Aphex Twin, Calvin Ha... more info

NME — Group have finished "about seven" new songs for follow-up to their self-titled debut more info