WFMU's Beware of the Blog — WFMU recently returned from Barcelona's annual Primavera Sound Festival with a briefcase full of blues, beats, rocks, and yes, punky reggae. While it was a joy to share so much of this very 'FMU-friendly festival over the airwaves, we were... more info

Time Out, London — Gothenberg's scatty indie pop starlets play from their long-awaited (for four years!) sophomore album 'Two Thousand and Ten Injuries', a danceable blend of C86 pop, Bow Wow Wow and The Slits. more info

DrownedInSound — Unless you've been living under a rock somewhere on the outskirts of Darlington its very probable you'll already be aware of Gaggle, the twenty-three strong all-girl choir whose members go by such monikers as Wunderla, Namsoo and Gusset while soundin... more info

NME — Band were due to play Uncut's stage at the Brighton event more info

Guardian Music — Noisy Berliners put their "girl gang" vocalists to the fore. And now they're backWhen shouty techno noiseniks Atari Teenage Riot were originally around in the first half of the 1990s, they didn't sound like anyone else. Pop loved Take That and indie ... more info

Nialler9 — A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Highlighted gigs this week include The Slits, O Emperor, Beardyman, hot electronic/dubstep artist James Blake (more on him later), Hope Sandoval, Ted Leo and the Pharmacist... more info

Pitchfork — Once again, Pitchfork has curated a stage at the San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival, which takes place at Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain May 27-29. Now, we can reveal our stage's lineups. Acts playing the Pitchfork stage include No Age,ÂÂ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-01 London, England - Camden Crawl05-02 Oxford, England - Jericho Tavern05-03 Southampton, England - Joiners Arms05-04 London, England - White Heat at Madame JoJo's *05-05 Bristol, England - Louisiana05-06 Nottingham, England - Bodega05-07 Manchest... more info

Pitchfork — Before Sleater-Kinney went on indefinite hiatus in 2006, Corin Tucker's feral wail was one of the most righteous, powerful, earth-shattering sounds in all of indiedom. But since then, we've been largely deprived of that voice. Tucker has sung backup ... more info

Spinner.com — Legendary female punk group the Slits have announced a full UK and European tour to take place this May, around the group's festival appearances in the UK, Italy and Spain. Featuring founder members Ari Up and Tessa Pollitt, the band released thei... more info