Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe London Electronic Dance festival has clearly made a strategic decision. After last year's inaugural event fell between stools with an bill that featured artists as eclectic as Goldfrapp, Friendly Fires and Professor Green, th... more info

ContactMusic — Mark Ronson is offering a cash reward for the safe return of his stolen DJ bag. The superproducer was devastated when a leather bag holding his record collection went missing following his performance in a pub in London's Holland Park on Wednesday (0... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — "Guess what I'm wearing?" Black Lips bassist Jared Swilley asked at the beginning of a recent phone interview, leaving an imaginative listener to fear the worst. After all, the scrappy Atlanta garage punk band has gained notoriety over the years... more info

Guardian Music — After five years, hip-hop mavericks Spank Rock are back with this Can-sampling taster from their brilliantly titled second albumIt's been more than five years since Spank Rock – fronted by MC Spank Rock, aka Naeem Juwan – released their debut alb... more info

ContactMusic — Mark Ronson designed the engagement ring he gave his girlfriend. The DJ popped the question to French beauty Josephine De La Baume earlier this year and the 26-year-old model-and-actress admits she was stunned when he asked her to marry him. She... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Mark Ronson knows a thing or two about handling boozy, misanthropic musicians (he produced Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” after all). But on the Atlanta rock band Black Lips’ latest, he plays less of a cleanup man and more of... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)There's a good reason garage rock thrives in compilation form: it all sounds more or less the same, so placing different voices and tones alongside each other is an easy way to introduce the variety single bands usually lack. Black Lips, from At... more info

Guardian Music — The comeback Kaisers single is darker and creepier – and there's not a single 'na na na' to be heardSix years ago Kaiser Chiefs were one of the biggest bands in the UK. Their debut album, Employment, sold more than a million copies and won them thr... more info

ContactMusic — Paul Weller, Dave Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Coldplay and Mark Ronson are among the rockers auctioning off their guitar plectrums for charity. Hanson, Emmylou Harris, Depeche Mode, Weezer, Duran Duran and Toploader have also offered up their guitar picks ... more info

ContactMusic — Superproducer Mark Ronson will marry his model fiancee Josephine De La Baume in a lavish star-studded ceremony in the South of France in September (11). The DJ, who began dating the French beauty in 2009, has sent out 'save-the-date' cards for the we... more info