The Independent — Field Day has firmly cemented its place in the UK festival calendar with a plethora of aural delights and rustic merrymaking including sack-racing, splat the rat and their world-famous tombola. With this year’s diverse musical line-up including P... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Kelis Acapella (Interscope) Before Gaga stole her thunder, Kelis was the true eccentric of the girl-pop universe, as confirmed by a knitting teacher friend of mine, who once popped round to her hotel to conduct a much-requested knit... more info

NME — Plus Lightspeed Champion and Speech Debelle round off day two of the London festival more info

Stereogum — The Life Champion tag’s not one to be thrown around too liberally. And yet there is Saturday Night Live’s Kristen Wiig, whose proven over five seasons at SNL that she is the best, and reconfirms her Life Champion #1 status by making a whole �... more info

Pitchfork — Last month, the BBC announced the potential impending shutdown of the music-based digital radio station 6 Music. Since 6 Music focuses on playing more lesser-known music than any of the BBC's other radio stations, many artists and fans were angered b... more info

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Addict Music — Madame Van Damme is taken form Lightspeed Champion's second album, Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You, and will be released as a digital single on May 10th (RUG35D). more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonUnlike his near-contemporary Nick Cave, Triffids frontman David McComb never gained more than a cult following. Perhaps he died too young, at 36, from drug-related complications following a car accident. That was in 1999, as the world... more info

The Music Fix — Wham! Bam! It's Madame Van Damme more info

Brooklyn Vegan — North 4th is the new bar/venue that took over the space at 160 North 4th between Bedford and Driggs. Somewhat low key at the moment (no website), the place has started having shows including this one that happens there... more info