We All Want Someone To Shout For — Florence and the Machine is the name for Florence Welch and her band. She has a soulful voice that will take over the entire room, and capture any audience. At times her vocals remind me of Lily Allen, and Kate Nash. There really is something differe... more info

Guardian Music — We asked guardian.co.uk/music readers to tweet their festival experiences. Here's what they got up to ...We weren't the only people Twittering like mad at this year's Glastonbury festival. Anyone who read their Guide will have noticed we were asking ... more info

The Independent — T in the Park is almost upon us with less than two weeks to go, taking place in Balado, Kinross-shire from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 July. This year the Main Stage is headlined by Kings of Leon, The Killers, Blur and Snow Patrol along with the finest ... more info

Nialler9 — One of my favourite labels IAmSound (home to Suckers, Little Boots, Telepathe, Thecockandbullkid, Florence and the Machine etc) has announced a new signing in the form of Fool’s Gold (the band, not A-Trak’s label) who will be releasing their debu... more info

Florence Welch never drinks alcohol before she performs. The Florence and the Machine singer got so drunk at one of her first concerts, she vowed to always stay sober in the future. more info

Altsounds — Florence and the Machine has announced a string of dates for September 09 ending with a show at London's Shepherds Bush Empire on September 27 and there are no less than three fantastic opportunities to get your paws on tickets... Fans were able to... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Pop singer Little Boots and indie veterans Doves have been named as the favourites to win this year's Mercury Music Prize.Little Boots' debut album Hands entered the chart at number five and her first LP has made good on pre-release hype with both sh... more info

Guardian Music — The former grunge goddess is to revive her rock'n'roll moniker for her next album. But instead of reuniting her band she's enlisted … the bloke from Larrikin LoveSeven years after the band's break-up, Courtney Love will resurrect the name Hole ... more info

Scotsman.com — FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE *** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW more info

Big Stereo — The most popular May downloads: 1. Bionic Commando (Surkin Remix) 2. Sneaky Sound System - “It’s Not My Problem” (Thin White Duke remix) 3. Vega - “No Reasons” 4. Florence and the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over” (An Optimo (Espacio) Indus... more info