Time Out, London — The Drums - the current in-vogue band - hail from Brooklyn and make infectiously cheerful, summer-sounding pop with nods to new-wave, syth-pop and Beach Boys-style rock 'n' roll. Catch them up close and personal here,... more info

Altsounds — The first single from The Drums’ as yet untitled debut album, will be brand new track ‘Best Friend’. Released on March 29th through Moshi Moshi/Island Records, ‘Best Friend’ has fast become a live favour... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Owen Pallett Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (Domino) The man formerly known as Final Fantasy has, aged 30, decided he's probably a bit too old to be putting out records under the name of a videogame. Wise move. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt i... more info

Nialler9 — Kitsuné Maison compilations are always worth a listen considering previous compilations have debuted tracks from La Roux, We Have Band, Memory Tapes, MEN, The Drums, The Golden Filter and Two Door Cinema Club. Number 9 in the series is out on the ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Rihanna is learning how to play the drums and has a very well-known drummer teaching her. The Rude Boy singer is allegedly keen to play the instrument for her forthcoming European tour and has... more info

AngryApe — RiRi is getting lessons from the rocker more info

Guardian Music — 50 Cent assures the ladies that there's more to him than just money, the Drums prove they are this year's Black Kids, and Florence and the Machine's Channel 4 ident heads to the charts50 Cent – Do You Think About Me?He might be loaded beyond y... more info

The Telegraph — The Drums' melancholic pop recalls an earlier era of shoe-gazing bands. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-30 Leeds, England - Live at Leeds Festival05-01 London, England - Camden Crawl05-02-03 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre ^05-05-06 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange ^05-07-09 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom ^05-10-11 Wolverhampton, England... more info

Nialler9 — The final day of South By saw Perez Hilton party overshadow the official part of the festival, but there was still plenty of great music to be caught as long as the band didn’t cancel or move slots which seemed to happen a lot on Saturday. Rye Rye... more info