Guardian Music — Teen Dream took the Baltimore duo to indie stardom but new album Bloom is a dark, intense affairVictoria Legrand is sitting on a vintage chair in the basement of an east London bric-a-brac shop. A disco ball spins above her head casting tiny lights o... more info

Discobelle.net — Chris Baio can now add producer and solo artist to his resume after bassist for Vampire Weekend. Over the last year, he’s been mixing and mastering his debut solo EP titled Sunburn that’s three tracks of sun kissed, Balearic bliss. Where Vampire ... more info

ContactMusic — Vampire Weekend have many songs ready for their third album The Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa group are working on their next album and plotting to take their sound into uncharted territory Bassist Chris Baio - who is also preparing his first... more info

Guardian Music — The Black Belles, Spoek Mathambo, Devin, Django Django and Willis Earl Beal are all set to appear at the Great Escape in Brighton in MayTHE BLACK BELLESNeed to know: All-female Nashville four-piece, helped along by Jack White.The lowdown: A garage ba... more info

Gigwise — The follow-up to 2010's 'Contra' set for release before end of the year more info

CNN Showbiz — Vampire Weekend's headlining gig at the Pitchfork Music Festival in July will mark the band's first live performance in nearly a year, but the Brooklyn-based indie rockers have been keeping busy. more info

XLR8R — Greco-Roman is readying the debut solo release from Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio, the Sunburn EP, which is due out on May 21 prior to his US and European tours this summer. read more more info

Gigwise — Joe Goddard signing reveals 'Tanto' ahead of Lovebox festival DJ slot more info

Totally Fuzzy — In 2010, fidgety Brooklyn outfit Dinosaur Feathers turned in an criminally underrated, self-released debut LP (the lovely Fantasy Memorial) that spliced together reams of de rigeur indie rock tropes: the Tropicalia-indebted, Afro-inflected rhythms a... more info

Guardian Music — These mavens of motorik like to draw on rock history – and they certainly look the part, like members of a 1972 krautrock bandHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Dougall (vocals, guitar), Dominic O'Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass, vocals), Alejandr... more info