Guardian Music — Isle of Wight festival is set to kick off the UK festival season this weekend. Find where they are and who's headlining, download the data for yourselfGet the dataIsle of Wight festival kicks off today, ensuring three days of music-heavy festival spi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bonnaroo kicks off in Manchester, Tennessee today (6/9) and continues through Sunday (6/12). The lineup includes Beirut, The Strokes, Buffalo Springfield (including Stephen Stills and Neil Young), Big Boi, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Deerhunter, a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — While we were kept busy with Rock Am Ring last week-end there were several other festivals happening, one of those, a wee bit smaller than RaR of course, in Los Angeles, California. Watch full performances of: Foster The People, The Strokes, Foo Fi... more info

Stereogum — The Strokes played Ellen for today’s broadcast. The episode will be on TV this afternoon — 4 p.m. in most areas — but Ellen put the band’s performance of Angles‘ “Gratisfaction” on the show’s website early. There’s no intro and no E... more info

NME — Jamie Cook talks through how the band put their setlist together more info

Gigwise — Guitarist Jamie Cook reveals their secrets... more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the best European festivalsBerlin FestivalWhen: 9–10 SeptemberWhere: Flughafen Tempelhof, and throughout BerlinWho: Suede, Primal Scream, Beirut, Mogwai, Battles, The Drums, Hercules And Love Affair, Wire, SantigoldHow m... more info

Guardian Music — Fear not all those who saw their out-of-tune performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend – this remix makes the Strokes sound revitalisedWhile Lady Gaga clambered into her coffin and kept everyone waiting for half an hour at Radio 1's Big Weekend, those w... more info

Stereogum — The Strokes were on Jools Holland last night, and they played “Under Cover Of Darkness” and “Taken For A Fool” for the audience in the shadows. One thing to note: Julian Casablancas playfully covers Albert Hammond, Jr.’s eyes for part of �... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday, the Strokes singer covers the rock'n'roll anthem Holly made his ownCee Lo Green, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith. The Black Keys, Kid Rock, Nick Lowe. These are just some of the names behind a new Budd... more info