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

Guardian Music — (Blessing Force)From the Oxford scene that begat Foals, Jonquil were, until last year, a shoegazing sextet with two albums to their credit. Now a fourpiece, they've condensed a range of textures – jerky guitars, hazy harmonies, skittish electronic ... more info

Guardian Music — Is it honest homage or is it pastiche? Who knows: but this hipster take on cheese could be the next big thingHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton.The background: Electric Guest specialise in soulful, funked-up pop so insi... more info

KEXP Seattle — The initial lineup of the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival has just been announced! On Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15, a whole host of indie bands take to the field of Chicago’s Union Park. Among those announced are KEXP favorites Vampire Wee... more info