Altsounds — Liverpool Sound City has just announced its full day-by-day programming as the city-based festival takes over the UK's music capital this May for a music, arts and cultural showcase like no other. Another batch of names have just been announce... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS does Liverpool SoundCity for the first time, with three nights at the Kazimer and we're chuffed to bits to announce our line-up... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

NME — Lake District bash also features Echo & The Bunnymen and The Whip more info

MVSW — Videos Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ~ “40 Day Dream“(mp3 download) Q-Unique ~ “Green Grass“ Suck Shaft ~ “Michal“(download mp3 here) DaVinci ~ “Blame Game“(mp3 download) MP3s Easter Island ~ “Proud”(mp3 download) *Better Thi... more info

Altsounds — Cast, Black Lips, The Whip, Spank Rock, Jamie XX, Wave Machines Willy Mason, Sound of Guns, SBTRKT, and more.... Legendary Liverpool rockers *Cast* (http://www.myspace.com/mothernaturecalls) are one of the first bands announced. D... more info

NME — Jamie xx, The Whip and Those Dancing Days also on the bill more info

Guardian Music — Hitmaking Jamaican record producerSonia Pottinger, who has died aged 79, was one of Jamaica's most noteworthy music producers during the 1960s and 70s. In a competitive realm dominated by men, she excelled through an individualised approach to record... more info

NME — Acts will join Mark Ronson, New Young Pony Club and I Am Arrows at the London event more info

Altsounds — Leicestershire four-piece Kyte have released the single 'Designed For Damage' through KIDS Records; the label that launched The Wombats, The Whip and Band of Horses. The single is the second to be taken from their debut album Dead Waves, and the fol... more info

NME — Killaflaw join them at London's KOKO more info