Music is Art — From the forests of Merrill, Wisconsin, Zola Jesus a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova creates dark, entrancing and powerful music. She’s recently toured with the XX, Warpaint, and Fever Ray, and is known as someone special to look out for, especially come t... more info

NME — Plus Hercules And Love Affair’s Andy Butler dons speedos at Helsinki bash more info

The Music Fix — Fresh lick, etc. Re-worked track inside. more info

Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe approach to Field Day, the east London festival known for its organisational issues as much for its strong lineups, did little to assuage concerns it might still be having teething troubles five years on. Enormous queues were... more info

Altsounds — In order to capture the sonic quality of old Jamaican recordings, San Francisco's Extra Classic recorded the tunes on their forthcoming full length all-analog. This need for authenticity got the attention of Los Angeles-based Manimal Vinyl (Sister Cr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Warpaint's performance Live @ Rock Werchter 2011 Read more » more info

Impose Magazine — This week began with me drafting an ignore list not unlike the black book of blocked callers I keep by my desk. In this week in pop you will find nothing on Adele, Artic Monkeys, Beyonce, Kanye, Kid Cudi, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint and for god sakes no... more info

Stereogum — Underwater! Director Ted Newsome has this to say to NPR: I have always wanted to shoot a video for Warpaint, so I was excited when they asked me to submit treatments. One of my ideas involved this elaborate story that led into a parallel world underw... more info

Guardian Music — Even with her bootylicious, showpony body very much on display, Beyoncé's show became a huge feminist singalong"A girl, a woman, has not headlined in 20 years, so this is history for me," Beyoncé Knowles exclaimed mid-way through her heartstoppingl... more info

Guardian Music — When you're about to play Glastonbury, the last thing you want is for a band like Pulp to be playing a secret gig on a different stage at the same time. Tim Jonze talks to Ed from Friendly Fires – but be warned, don't ask him for any festival tips.... more info