Guardian Music — One reader offers us a relentlessly pop-tastic selection of songs. Think you can do better? Get in touchEach week, we invite a reader to share a playlist they've been listening to recently. This week it's the turn of Scott Mildenhall, who blogs at In... more info

Guardian Music — Aloe Blacc, Saint Etienne, Sergio Mendes, Chic and Lonnie Liston-Smith join the deliciously retro Vintage Festival at its third venue in three years (13-15 Jul, Boughton House, Kettering). At the current rate and direction of travel, we look forward ... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Hooded Fang & Pinkunoizu - ‘Clap’ / ‘Parabolic Delusions’ (Split 7’ on Full Time Hobby) As we live in greedy times, I am not ashamed to tell you that split sevens, done well, are fast becoming my favourite format ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — For Record Store Day 2012, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will release a four-track EP comprised of remixes from last year’s Belong. Available on colored vinyl and digitally, Acid Reflect packs remixes from Twin Shadow, Saint Etienne, Washed Out... more info

Stereogum — For Record Store Day, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart will put out a four-track remix EP called Acid Reflex, from which we’ve already heard reinterpretations from the likes of Violens. A few of the other remixes on the EP — tracks by Saint Etien... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — By Bill Pearis Blur are not the only Britpoppers with a new album in the works. Saint Etienne will release their eighth studio album, Words & Music, on May 21 in the UK. (Their still working out US distribution.) It's... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the adventurous London dance-pop trio Saint Etienne returned with “Tonight,” their first new single in a very long time. And now they’ve made a video for the track, which is mostly about how fun it is to go out at night in London. T... more info

Guardian Music — Looking for the new Lana Del Rey? Look no further, for here is a band that bloggers from Brighton to Brooklyn will drool overHometown: Chicago.The lineup: Natalie Bergman (vocals) and Elliot Bergman (saxophone, keyboards).The background: It's not ide... more info

Guardian Music — Indie veterans' new LP addresses the 'problem of landfill pop'Saint Etienne are back, with a new single out and their eighth studio album – their first for seven years – due to follow. The single, Tonight, is available as a free donwload via thei... more info

Stereogum — The London trio Saint Etienne spent the ’90s blessing the world with a cosmopolitan but still somehow extremely British form of literate, emotive techno-pop. They haven’t released a new album since 2005, but they’re planning on dropping another... more info