Gigwise — To preview tracks from new album... more info

NME — Friendly Fires, Kate Bush and DJ Shadow all have new stuff out more info

BBC 6 Music — The DJ Shadow and Gorillaz collaborators talk to 6 Music ahead of their show at The Great Escape. more info

Stereogum — Last year we mentioned that DJ Shadow was at work on his first album since 2006’s The Outsider. Yesterday he announced via Facebook that his album, The Less You Know, The Better, was finished, and that he had also completed a single and remix EP ca... more info

NME — DJ’s fourth LP set to drop on September 5 more info

Guardian Music — At the height of their fame, the Monkees teamed up with Jack Nicholson to film the psychedelic classic Head – and destroy their careers in the process. So how do they feel about it nowDavy Jones doesn't really want to talk about Head. The former Mo... more info

Altsounds — As previously announced, the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival will be taking place on Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17 at Chicago's Union Park! Three-day passes are sold out (gone within 24 hours!), but single-day passes are still available for t... more info

Guardian Music — Singer returns to Worth Farm as festival organisers announce star-studded bill including Beyoncé, Cee Lo Green and ElbowRead the full Glastonbury 2011 lineupThe first time he played the world's biggest and best-loved music festival in 1984, the set ... more info

Guardian Music — The likes of Morrissey, Journey and Fleet Foxes take to the road this springShort circuitIn an era where festivals are lambasted for playing it unnecessarily safe with their choice of artists, there's something profoundly cheering about the two-day e... more info

NME — Interpol, Chemical Brothers and DJ Shadow also on Irish festival bill more info