Guardian Music — What's new on the app stores on Tuesday 27 March 2012A selection of 16 new apps for you today:MadonnaJust in time for the release of her new album MDNA, Madonna has a new iPad app – the first artist to get the tablet treatment using Mobile Roadie's... more info

ContactMusic — The new Dustin Hoffman television drama Luck has agreed to stop using horses in filming after a third thoroughbred was injured and put down during production of the drama reports the Bbc Following the event the Aha American Humane Association issued ... more info

Guardian Music — This Norwegian six-piece are so full of glee, they make the Polyphonic Spree sound like a black metal bandHometown: Oslo.The lineup: Marius D Hagen (vocals, guitar), Synne Knudsen (vocals), and their four multi-instrumentalist friends.The background:... more info

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Guardian Music — Stabbing violins, plenty of coos and aahs, and a sound that's Prefab-cum-Scritti-cum-ABC – they had us at eight secondsHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Adam Olenius (vocals, keyboards), Markus KrunegÃ¥rd (vocals, keyboards).The background: We've fal... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Testing musicians’ memories after a lifetime of abuse. This week we fire some memory questions at Example. The video to ‘Watch The Sun Come Up’ mixes real life with cartoon, which you clearly nicked from what famous video from the 1980s? “[S... more info

ContactMusic — Norwegian pop stars A-Ha are reuniting to perform at a memorial concert honouring those killed in their homeland's recent massacres. The country was plunged into mourning on 22 July (11) when right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 peop... more info

Guardian Music — This Paris duo started out as session musicians for Air and Phoenix – and it shows in their brilliant, buoyant melodiesHometown: Paris.The lineup: Pierre Leroux and Victor Le Masne.The background: Who have been your new artists of the year so far? ... more info

ContactMusic — The Hangover sequel will not come with a thumbs up from the American Humane Association - because director Todd Phillips refused to let officials onto his set in Thailand. Filmmakers using animals like to feature the Aha's stamp of approval during... more info

VH1 Blog — Kings of Leon inaugurates the 15th Anniversary Season of VH1 Storytellers on Friday, but we’ve shared an exclusive clip on Facebook for those who can’t wait that long. The band closed out their set with an extended jam on “Slow Night, So Longâ€... more info