XLR8R — Off the coast of San Francisco, Treasure Island Music Festival is set to take over the naval base for a congregation of music performers and fans this October 16 and 17. Among the artists performing this year are Four Tet (pictured above), LCD Sounds... more info

Nialler9 — Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio’s new project Maximum Balloon will have appearances from Little Dragon, Theophilus London, David Byrne, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Karen O, Holly Miranda and Ambrosia Parsley (Kill Bill’s Shivaree – ‘Goodnight M... more info

Nialler9 — Someone has uploaded the whole BBC stream from Gorillaz’ Glasto performance on Friday night to Megaupload. At 97 minutes long, the set took in 17 songs with guest appearances from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon’s... more info

Guardian Music — Brooklyn art-rock boffin announces album featuring contributions from Karen O, Holly Miranda and, hopefully, a Talking HeadTV On the Radio's Dave Sitek is to make his solo debut, releasing an album under the name Maximum Balloon. Although Sitek's in ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — A few months ago, we brought you UK producer Tropics' dreamy rework of Little Dragon's "A New". Tropics, who cashes paychecks under the name of Clay Moon, is set to release a full-length later this year on Planet Mu, and the moody shape-shifter "Soft... more info

MTV.com News — Damon Albarn and crew bring their live show to his hometown.By James Montgomery Gorillaz's Damon Albarn performs at London's Roundhouse on Thursday Photo: MTV There was a British orchestra dressed up as Russian sailors. A New York City rapp... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonAmong the many things you could not have predicted about Damon Albarn's colourful career a decade ago (the Chinese opera, the African adventures, the tearfully well-received Blur reunion), is that his funny hip-hop side project woul... more info

Pitchfork — -- On May 10, the Rising London producer Gold Panda will release new single "You" on his own NOTOWN label. The single is backed by the B-side "Before We Talked", and remixes by Dam Mantle, Minotaur Shock, and Seams. Hear all the tracks here. -- UK tw... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Swedish electro-pop outfit Little Dragon have been getting the remix treatment as of late. First, the dreamy second half of "Empire Ants", their contribution to Gorillaz's BNM'd Plastic Beach, was turned into an all-out disco jam; now, "A New", the o... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — "Empire Ants", which features Swedish electro-pop outfit Little Dragon, is one of the many highlights on Gorillaz's BNM'd new record, Plastic Beach. Manchester DJ collective Club Clique have taken the beat-heavy second half and blown it out with casc... more info