NME — A main stage Lollapalooza slot is also confirmed by the band more info

Guardian Music — As the credit crunch bites, rock stars are complaining the loudest about losses on album sales. But when the same artists earn a fortune from touring I start to lose sympathyMacca's down to his last £440m. Elton's out of pocket to the tune of a co... more info

NME — Band kick off UK tour in singer Eddie Argos' hometown of Poole more info

Producer Mark Ronson explains that Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson has written a song for Simon Le Bon's gang's new album. more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Producer Mark Ronson explains that Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson has written a song for Simon Le Bon's gang's new album. more info

BBC News - UK — Producer Mark Ronson explains that Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson has written a song for Simon Le Bon's gang's new album. more info

Guardian Music — Rumours of the demise of indie bands are greatly exaggerated. The Horrors and the Maccabees have made two of the best records of 2009. Who next? Jack Penate? Er ... yes, him too!At the end of 2008, a number of critics – myself included â€â€... more info

JamBase — Lollapalooza | 08.07 - 08.09 | Grant Park, Chicago Depeche Mode, Tool, Killers, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, KOL, STS9, TV on the Radio Set to go down August 7-9 in Chicago's Grant Park, the Lollapalooza festival has announced the lineup for the... more info

My Old Kentucky — Wow Wow Wow...(click to enlarge)Depeche Mode * Tool * The Killers * Jane's Addiction * Beastie Boys * Kings of Leon * Lou Reed * Ben Harper and Relentless7 * Thievery Corporation * Snoop Dogg * Rise Against * Andrew Bird * TV on the Radio * Vampire W... more info

The Culture Of Me — Soundslags, a team of kids who hail from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (a place in the world that our typical American educational black holes forced us to Google) and who happened to have dropped a ridiculously sweet bomb on our minds thi... more info