All About Jazz — 17-Year Saxophone Prodigy Grace Kelly To Perform at Scullers on August 27 in Support of Mood Changes Voted "Best Jazz Act in Boston" For The Second Consecutive Year in The Boston Phoenix's 2009 Best Music Poll... more info

The Quietus — Will feature remix from Josh Homme more info

Battery In your Leg — Ahhh the Mercury Prize. Supposedly the more respectable award in comparison to its commercial peers, it has also become an infuriatingly inconsistent and sometimes hilariously out of touch honor. Lest we forget, they handed out an award to M People o... more info

Guardian Music — Forget musical innovation, the best way for a band to dominate the charts is to recreate their one good idea over and over againAsk the person on the street who they think is the greatest band in the world and they'll probably say Coldplay or the Kil... more info

All About Jazz — Worldwide Debut of National Youth Orchestra of Iraq Confirmed for Next Month Gala Concert to Take Place in Suleymaniya on August 16th Teen Piano Prodigy Zuhal Sultan Forms Landmark Youth Orchestra, the First of its Kind – Grassroots Fundr... more info

KEITH Flint and co take the annual dance festival by storm with another brilliant set more info

Altsounds — *Matador Records is delighted to announce Philadelphian troubadour Kurt Vile (yes, that's actually his real name) has officially joined the fold and will be releasing his absorbing sophomore record Childish Prodigy on October 5th, 2009. Childish P... more info

JamBase — Hungary's Sziget Will Return August 12-17 with Musical Acts From Around The World The Prodigy One of the largest music gatherings in Europe - the Sziget Festival (pronounced see'-get) is poised to return to Budapest, Hungary from August 12-17. ... more info

Stereogum — Things have moved quickly, and deservedly so, for Philly singer-songwriter and supplemental Warrior on Drugs Kurt Vile. Since having his given name drop on more radars independently of his "other job, circa SXSW, Vile signed to Matador Records, who t... more info

My Old Kentucky — First Aid Kit recently covered Buffy Sainte-Marie's Universal Soldier. From July onwards Johanna and Klara will be asking for ideas and suggestions on songs that you’d like them to cover by contacting them through their Twitter. This one is ... more info