NME — Bands play across northern city venues more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Papercuts merch will be available tonight (more by Fresh Bread) tonight in NYC * Wale @ Le Poisson Rouge * Olof Arnalds @ Scandinavia House * Junior Boys, Max Tundra @ Webster Hall * Fear, Mongrel, Cerebral Ballzy, Runny @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Papercuts merch will be available tonight (more by Fresh Bread) tonight in NYC * Junior Boys, Max Tundra @ Webster Hall * Fear, Mongrel, Cerebral Ballzy, Runny @ Europa * Mike Watt & The Missing Men, Mad Happy @ Maxwell's... more info

NME — The multi-cultural festival takes place in London this May more info

Altsounds — Indie supergroup *Mongrel* will follow up the recent release of their debut album ‘Better Than Heavy’ by headlining a new one-day festival of multiculturalism taking place at London’s Roundhouse on the May Day bank holiday.... more info

Get Weird — You might remember Australia’s ‘96 Bulls from the Mongrel remix a couple of months back and they’ve done a remix of the latest single from Sydney based emcee Snob Scrilla that takes the original into some synthy banging house territory. The tra... more info

Get Weird — We’ve mentioned the Mongrel album ‘Better Than Heavy’ more than a couple of times already but it’s pretty great if you like a politically driven mix of very now  grime hip hop and indie rock. Here’s a track from the Adrian Sherwood produ... more info

XFM.co.uk — Reverend John McClure speaks about the band's decision to release their album as a newspaper cover-mount. They're making history, he says. more info

The Music Fix — News: For the first time in the UK a band will be giving away copies of its début album free with a national newspaper. This historic partnership means readers of The Independent will receive Mongrel's 'Better Than Heavy' exclusively at no c... more info

ContactMusic — Indie supergroup Mongrel are to give away copies of their debut album Better Than Heavy free with this Saturday's edition of the Independent.The ... more info