Altsounds — Manchester's summer will truly begin on Friday June 11th June when former Stone Roses front man Ian Brown takes to the stage for 15,000 adoring home fans on Manchester's renowned Platt Fields Park. The huge outdoor event will see some of Manches... more info

Guardian Music — Why Stone Roses frontman's mega-gig in Manchester's Platt Fields park was the final straw for anti-Manc cliche blog FUC51When people say "Manchester'", many immediately think of its musical legacy: a romantic, wistful notion of slate-grey skies pelti... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonSome musical genres just don't age well. Madchester's merging of indie-rock guitar riffs and acid-house dance rhythms may have appeared ground-breaking 20 years ago, but today it just sounds irredeemably quaint.These diminishing ret... more info

The Independent — Former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire talks to The Independent Online about why he exchanged his guitar for a paintbrush ahead of an exhibition of his artwork, alongside that of Sanchita Islam, at Bristol's The Square Gallery next week: more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)After two albums on independent labels, South Carolina's Band of Horses' major label switch accompanies a similar musical shift towards reaching a wider audience. However, a much bigger, more spacious sound has been achieved without sacrifi... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The penultimate posting with songs found on the 1986 compilation LP A Different Kind Of TensionSide B : Track 2mp3 : Vee VV - The Romance Is Over Now this was the toughest of the lot to find info about, but thankfully the interwebby thing makes it a ... more info

Guardian Music — He's from Stoke and he's rubbish at Guitar Hero but why doesn't Slash wear any undies? We sent Rich Pelley undercover to find outHi, Slash. Are you surprised you're not dead?I've been sober for a couple of years so it doesn't surprise me as much as i... more info

Pitchfork — Bradford Cox and his Deerhunter buddies showed up on former Fall member Marc Riley's BBC 6 show yesterday, as Prefix points out. They played a bliss-y new track called "Helicopter" as well as a cover of the Fall's "Who Makes the Nazis?" The always en... more info

Guardian Music — The Cockpit, LeedsFrom Vampire Weekend to Foals, afrobeat has become a part of pop lately, but there's nothing quite like this. Fool's Gold aren't – as one hapless punter had imagined – a Stone Roses tribute but a fearsome Los Angeles-b... more info

The Vinyl Villain — AND ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MANCHESTERIf there's a city outside Scotland whose impact is recurrently felt on The Vinyl Villain, it must be Manchester with its Magazine, Morrissey, New Order...I lived there as a student in the late 80s and early... more info