NME — But frontman Chris Keating tells NME: 'It was all a joke' more info

NME - Festivals — Who: Yeasayer Where And When: NME/Radio 1 Stage. 5.40pm, Friday at Reading Festival. Vibe: Shamanic. As one of the first draws during daylight hours on the festival's opening day the crowd was still warming up. But the Middle-Eastern-influenced, ... more info

Guardian Music — Axl Rose's band arrived late and turned in a dire performance. Thankfully, QOTSA, Biffy Clyro and Egyptian Hip Hop were here to rescue the first day of ReadingRock day at Reading will always be Rock Day at Reading. And since this is day one and it's ... more info

Altsounds — Click Here To View Delicate Steve Playing With Yeasayer On Brooklyn Vegan (http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/06/yeasayer_keepaw.html) Yeasayer Uses Delicate Steve "Butterfly" Sample On Their Recent Tour Blog http://odd-blood.blogspot.com... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Janelle Monáe Cold War (Atlantic) Once upon a time, pre-Nas and post-Neptunes, Kelis might have laid claim to being the pop world's trophy Afrofuturist about town. As it turns out, sci-fi disco's a fickle cow: Kelis got stuck with D... more info

Altsounds — Click Here To View Delicate Steve Playing With Yeasayer On Brooklyn Vegan (http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/06/yeasayer_keepaw.html) Yeasayer Uses Delicate Steve "Butterfly" Sample On Their Recent Tour Blog http://odd-blood.blogspot.com/2... more info

Altsounds — *HERRA TERRA* was conceived by *Vocalist, John Paul Tonelli* and *Guitarist, Gregg Kusumah-Atmadja.* The duo released a 3 song EP in 2008 entitled “Organs For The Afterlife” with help from other Boston based musicians (*Bad Rabbits,... more info

The Music Fix — Super-cool Brooklynites bring their 'odd blood' to Wolverhampton. Luke McNaney reviews. more info

DrownedInSound — If you thought Yeasayer's video for 'Madder Red' would be the last video with a weird-looking latex character of some kind then you'd be wrong. You would have been fairly silly for thinking this, but not even we expected another one to pop up so soon... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — What’s with music videos with weird creatures dying? First it was Yeasayer’s video for “Madder Red” and now we got MGMT’s “Congratulations”. It features the band walking in the desert while their camel-like animal literally falls apart.... more info