LargeHeartedBoy — The longlist for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award has been announced. Kele Okereke talks to Morning Edition about the new Bloc Party album, Four. The Quietus offers an excerpt from the Kraftwerk biography Publikation. The Washington Post examines M... more info

411 Mania — From Arcade Fire and The Strokes to Animal Collective, Bloc Party, the Decemberists and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 indie rock bands! more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Kele Okereke saw it coming. more info

Guardian Music — Last year indie-rockers Bloc Party appeared to be splitting, now they're back with a No 1 album. Lead singer Kele Okereke explains why he didn't tell the whole truth…Considering that a year ago there was some confusion about whether Bloc Party stil... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Lance Armstrong is getting stripped of his Tour De France titles.  It's like Santa stripping off his clothes and it turns out he's a little Jewish boy down the street named Ira Goldstein.  It's like getting punched in the stomach and the back at th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir The Drums / Chairlift at Brooklyn Bowl 8/22/2012 No strangers to NYC shows this summer, The Drums (last seen opening for Bloc Party at T5) and Chairlift (last seen at House of Vans and then opening... more info

Consequence of Sound — The London outfit returns from an extended hiatus with renewed purpose. more info

411 Mania — Is the new Bloc Party album Four as imaginative as its title, or is the British band's return album as good as their loyal fan base wanted it to be? more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bloc Party's Four, Six Organs of Admittance's Ascent and Yeasayer's Fragrant World are just a few of the new albums I can recommend this week. The 20th anniversary edition of Ride's Going Blank Again (remastered with a disc of... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — This week: Bloc Party get restarted, Lobos rekindle Kiko, Cooder rocks the vote, Loverboy sweat to the oldies, Powter sees the light and more. more info