Guardian Music — There are more daft DJ names than ever out there in clubland. But are they guarantees of a good time or surefire signifiers of the bedroom tryhard?Punters glanced incredulously towards the decks as the Jam's Thick As Thieves zipped out of the speaker... more info

XLR8R — Belgium's 10 Days Off festival has announced the lineup of its 2010 edition, and with names like The Knife, Guy Gerber, Jesse Rose, and Kerri Chandler (pictured) making appearances, techno heads have yet another festival to attend. Even those mo... more info

XLR8R — As the first event under wunderkind producer Joy Orbison's Doldrums label, this party should be a pretty awesome jump-off. read more more info

Guardian Music — The Good Foot, LondonAn all-new night of all-old jams, The Good Foot is a funk and rare groove shakedown playing the kind of scintillating sonics that are just as much fun to scratch your beard to in a knowledgable muso way as they are to cut some se... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: NXNEWHEN: June 14-20WHERE: Toronto, OntarioWHO: Iggy and the Stooges, De Le Soul, Mudhoney, Les Savy Fav, Japandroids, HEALTH, Surfer Blood, Cold Cave, Wavves, the Raveonettes, Man or Astro-Man?, Zola Jesus, Best Coast, X, Warpaint, Avi Buf... more info

XLR8R — UK funky champion and XLR8R person of interest Roska (Roska, Roska...) hooked up the world with a brand-new mix to stoke everyone on his upcoming appearance at this year's Sonar festival. The rising music star was handpicked by Mary Anne Hobbs a... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Owen Richards Jamie Smith, the beatmaker for the xx, made an hour-long mix for French clothing label Colette, which Abeano Music has made available for download. The mix leans heavily towards dubstep and UK garage-- grab the mix and check ou... more info

Abeano — Following his inescapably brilliant reworking of Florence And The Machine and equally compelling remixes of The XX’s own ‘Basic Space’, here is Jamie XX fullest and frankest expression of love for beats, dubstep and all things wobbly.... more info

NME - Radar — With the first week of NME's brand new community site Breakthrough drawing to a close, it's time to announce our bounty of cherry-picked artists in what we're niftily calling Radar's Picks Of The Week. To qualify for opportunities including a main s... more info

I Like Music — Its third event, headlined by Joy Orbison, and including Darkstar, Mount Kimbie and others more info