Guardian Music — We've got bands and journos Tweeting their way around the festival sites all weekendWho's Tweeting? Tim JonzeRosie SwashDave SimpsonDan MartinHolly Walsh Bloc PartyDelphic GlasvegasMarina and the DiamondsMaximo ParkPassion PitThe Bronx GallowsThe Inv... more info

I Like Music — Mercury Music Prize nominees announce new tour dates with the mighty Micachu & The Shapes more info

JamBase — Mercury Prize Shortlist Revealed The 2009 Mercury Prize Shortlist has been announced. Awarded to the British or Irish artist who succeeds in creating the Record Of The Year, the award comes with £20,000 and a heap of press. The winner wil... more info

Guardian Music — Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and Bat for Lashes are favourites to win the £20,000 prize, while La Roux and Glasvegas are also hotly tippedThe Mercury prize nominations for 2009's best album have been announced, and the list features the ecle... more info

All About Jazz — ACOUSTIC LADYLAND HEADLINE AT CARGO plus The Invisible and Grasscut Thursday 9th July Cargo 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AY "Living With A Tiger" is released 13th July, through Strong and Wrong Acoustic Ladyland return with a ferociou... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Rachel Taylor Brown from Portland, Oregon, has a thing with doomed superheroes of nearly every persuasion, especially if they are officially approved saints according to the Catholic Church. Throw in a quite horrible death et voila: inspiration fo... more info

Pasta Primavera — Back in December you might have heard me hollerin’ about Philly’s Canadian Invasion and their Solid rock and roll in the same vein as R.E.M. and Wilco.  They’ve just released a new video for the track “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dogl said...Herbie Hancock* "River: The Joni Letters"Procol Harum*"A Salty Dog"Lynyrd Skynyrd"Endangered Species"Jackson Browne"Solo Acoustic Volume 1"Led Zeppelin "I - IV"The Essential Sun Rockabillies"Vol 1 - 5"Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes*"... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — Scottish quartet The Twilight Sad delivered perhaps the darkest album of 2007 with their stunning debut 'Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'. Somewhat of a sleeper hit, their second LP 'Forget The Night Ahead' (October 5th via FatCat Records) will ho... more info

Clickmusic — Fanfarlo and The Invisible also for the London festival this August. more info