NME - The Daily Download — IT did a post-mortem on my corpse of a PC today and discovered I'm using about 300% of my memory so it's time for an MP3 spring clean. Stand by for several tracks today. First up, Mongrel - aka ex-Arctic Monkey Andy Nicholson, rapper Lowkey, Reveren... more info

NME — White Lies, Little Boots, Animal Collective, Mongrel and Deerhunter are among the acts confirmed to play at the forthcoming for Liverpool Sound City festival in May. more info

AngryApe — The Mongrel member is not a fan of their debut LP more info

NME — Jon 'Reverend' McClure has spoken about his Mongrel bandmate Andy Nicholson's musical rehabilitation, claiming that he was "depressed" after quitting Arctic Monkeys. more info

NME — Jon 'Reverend' McClure has spoken about his Mongrel bandmate Andy Nicholson's musical rehabilitation, claiming that he was "depressed" after quitting Arctic Monkeys. more info

I Like Music — Members of Reverend and the Makers, Babyshambles, Arctic Monkeys tour UK in February more info

Get Weird — Weez from Affinity Music Group in Australia got in touch with this official big-room banging remix of the new Mongrel single ’Hit From The Morning Sun’ by new Melbourne act ‘96 Bulls and I’ve got no idea about them other than that th... more info

HYBRID band Mongrel plan to record their next album with the President of Venezuela more info

NME — Mongrel frontman Jon McClure says he wants to record the band's second album "in Venezuela with Hugo Chavez". more info

NME — Tickets for Mongrel's tour in 2009 are available now. more info