Guardian Music — New acts featured in Paul Lester's daily music column will join acts such as Temper Trap and Alabama Shakes on three-day billA number of additional acts have been announced for the Great Escape festival in Brighton, as well as three Guardian New band... more info

CNN Showbiz — Shortly after Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris ended their engagement in June, the Playboy mogul said Harris let him keep Charlie, their shared Cavalier King Charles spaniel. more info

Guardian Music — Watch the hotly tipped King Charles perform at the Other Voices festival in Dingle, Ireland – video more info

People.com — The actress can always count on her two Cavalier King Charles spaniels to crack her up more info

Nialler9 — The final night of the St. James' Church recordings and it's possibly the best of the lot. We begin with an unknown which we quickly want to find out more about. Ben Howard is an English singer songw... more info

Guardian Music — Stay tuned for a gig staged in a church for 80 people, streamed for free on the Guardian's music site at 9.30pm GMT on SundayOn Sunday evening, Spiritualized and Wild Beasts are sharing the bill on the final night of the Other Voices festival in Irel... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the week! Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - ‘Senator’ (Domino) Only someone with a voice as neatly pressed as Stephen Malkmus could get away with a refrain of ‘What the senator wants is a blowjob’, and not have it feel like a chi... more info

Guardian Music — The "glam folk" musician, 26, is the first-ever Brit to win Nashville's International Songwriting CompetitionOoh… get him in his fancy suit. Not to mention the 'tache. Pretty grand, eh?What on earth is his thing? He calls it "glam folk", but it cou... more info

Altsounds — King Charles releases debut single 'BAM BAM' on 28th November 2011, followed by as-yet-untitled album in February 2012, through Island Records. King Charles is an extraordinary man. He doesn't look like anyone you know, he doesn't think like anyone ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Mumford & Sons have lots of fans (@ Terminal 5) "It reminded me very much of what it was like being in a band starting out. They are on a great roll at the moment as... more info