Guardian Music — Festival celebrating new bands will play host to artists including Alabama Shakes, Mystery Jets and Shabazz PalacesThe second set of artists for this year's Great Escape festival has been announced, with appearances promised from Maximo Park, Lianne ... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsBrit awards and ITV apologise to Adele One Direction snubbed by Capital FM after Brits gaffe Blur to headline London Olympics closing concert Rihanna and Chris Brown release two ne... more info

ContactMusic — Mumford and Sons are in the final stages of recording their second album The Cave band are at the stage where they have the tracks laid down for the follow up to Sigh No More and are now concentrating on making it cohesive Keyboard p... more info

ContactMusic — Optimus Alive Festival have announced the first acts and headliners at their upcoming festival Stone Roses Radiohead and The Cure are all set to headline other first acts include Florence And The Machine Snow Patrol Metronomy and Mumford And Sons The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis While the rest of the world was asking who the #$%@ Bonny Bear and Paul McCartney were, I was asking that same question of Of Monsters and Men who are playing here in April. They've already sold... more info

411 Mania — That's what they say… more info

Detroit Free Press — Happy Grammys night! If you think Bon Iver is something you forgot from high school French, Foster the People is a new nonprofit, and Mumford & Sons is an insurance agency, maybe you'll want to catch a classic movie on TCM instead. Until the fun... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Times pop music critic Randall Roberts parses the confusing nominations among the Grammy rock acts, including Coldplay, Radiohead, Mastodon, Mumford & Sons and others. more info

Chorus.fm — The Big Easy Express (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Easy-Express/247039135371967?sk=wall), a documentary film about the Railroad Revival Tour featuring Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, will be... more info

411 Mania — A new tour documentary... more info