Consequence of Sound — The Postal Service, The Stooges, Passion Pit, Arctic Monkeys, and more more info

ContactMusic — Arctic Monkeys will headline Glastonbury. The 'R U Mine' band will close the main Pyramid stage of the English festival on June 28th, their second... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Brits schedule dates around Sasquatch! more info

411 Mania — They now join the Queens of the Stone Age, Blur, and more... more info

Guardian Music — Three of the brightest indie hopes for 2013 come from the same city. We meet them, and take a trip around B-TownIt all started at the Zombie Prom. If you've never been to Birmingham's weekly indie night, you'll certainly be aware of its Foster's-and-... more info

Guardian Music — It's Monday. It's 5pm. And that's when Emily Brinnand digs through the sounds of the North. Each week she picks one band that she thinks should have you sitting up and taking notice. Number Five: The 1975You probably know The 1975 from their latest s... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Anglo-Dutch rock trio The Elementary Penguins have landed a couple of support slots. Catchy a la the Arctic Monkeys, but a little more rough around the edges Two tracks of their soon to be released EP are on Soundcloud: Everybody Knows My Name E... more info

Guardian Music — Indie act rewarded for album An Awesome Wave at award ceremony at Camden's Roundhouse With a hip new venue, a young enthusiastic host and a 20th birthday to celebrate, it was fitting that the winner of the Barclaycard Mercury prize went to a debut al... more info

Guardian Music — Tonight the Mercury prize 2012 will be awarded to one of the 12 finalists. But who is the most popular on last.fm and who gets the most plays per day? • Get the data• More dataThe annual Mercury prize is set to take place this evening with a winn... more info

KEXP Seattle — While they do have some excellent competition, smart money is on Alt-J for the Mercury Prize win. Past winners have been respected veterans (PJ Harvey, Portishead, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, etc.), but these relative upstarts from Leeds have undoubtedly m... more info