Guardian Music — Beat-Herder (2-4 Jul, Sawley, beatherder.co.uk) brings leftfield thrills to Lancashire's Ribble Valley, with Luke Vibert, Erol Alkan and Son Of Dave joining the already-confirmed likes of Django Django and Does It Offend You, Yeah? …Some more new a... more info

Guardian Music — The annual iTunes Festival has turned into something of a beast since its modest launch with a small but powerful line-up at the ICA in 2007. This year's festival at London's Roundhouse is giving away 60,000 tickets for gigs scattered throughout July... more info

Scotsman.com — ELLIE GOULDING *** ABC, GLASGOW more info

NME — The Maccabees, Local Natives and Ellie Goulding also offer a helping hand for special pop-up shop more info

DrownedInSound — So, the pubeless posse had a riot at this year's Evolution Weekender. And who can blame them? With a line-up that featured Paolo Nutini, Ellie Goulding and Example it's no surprise that every underage hipster from Berwick to Bradford descended on the... more info

ContactMusic — Ellie Goulding has said that she "unexpectedly" wrote songs for Diana Vickers before she sprung to fame earlier this year.The 'Starry-Eyed' singer - who won this... more info

The Music Fix — Ellie Goulding, Swedish Country singers, 60's Pop Legends + more! Day Two of Newcastle's Evolution Festival more info

Guardian Music — Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside"This is a lot bigger than when we played here five years ago," say local heroes the Futureheads, noting Evolution's expansion from its beginnings as a free festival spanning Newcastle and Gateshead. You could be forgiven ... more info

Guardian Music — From Mungo Jerry to Florence + the Machine, we all have our sunshine tracks. Below, we asked some leading lights from the music business for their top tunes of the summer. By Hermione Hoby, Caspar Llewellyn Smith and Gareth GrundyEllie Goulding"Jump ... more info

Guardian Music — More Kate Bush than Kate Nash, this young female singer writes catchy, commercial songs that never fail to hookHometown: Walthamstow.The lineup: Jess Morgan (vocals, synths, guitar).The background: Let's not sit on the fence today (the splinters are ... more info