NME — Acts will play the East Anglian event between July 22-25 more info

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsIt's often said that bands have 20 years to come up with their first album, 12 months to do their second – and only then can they make that "difficult third ­album" featuring concept opuses about fish. However, B... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Truck America, the first US version of the 13-years-running UK fest, will take place Friday, April 30th to Sunday, May 2nd at The Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY (map), a little less than three hours from NYC.... more info

NME — More bands set to join Mercury Rev at inaugural event more info

NME — Oxford-based bash heading across the Atlantic this May more info

Guardian Music — The leaders of America's underground scene end the year with a dose of panpipes and a nod to the Grateful Dead, writes Kitty EmpireLady Gaga dominated pop's spotlit uplands in 2009. Having released her Fame album in January, she ended the year with e... more info

Rawkblog — It’s been over a decade since Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs and Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, two albums that pushed the boundaries of chamber-pop and psychedelic rock in an era of indie innovation that has few rivals. ... more info

Guardian Music — The woozy sound of these shoegazers has won over Chris Martin, who knows a thing or two about sending people to sleepHometown: London.The lineup: Tim Crompton (lead vocals, guitar), Stuart Peck (guitar, vocals), Alexia Hagen (keyboards, vocals).The b... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Mercury Rev were, for quite a long time throughout the 90s, one of those bands who got a fair bit of critical acclaim in the music papers and magazines but who were often quite difficult to track down on radio. They were, to all intent and purposes,... more info

Guardian Music — Artists including Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr, Frank Black and Mercury Rev have chipped in on an album of Mark Mulcahey cover versions that left the bereaved singer misty-eyed"Someone said, 'Hey, what's going on with that record?' I said, ... more info