Nialler9 — ‘Hawaiian Air’ concerns itself with that oft-ignored holiday feeling, the fear of flying and the video for the track follows the airplane-theme interspersed with waves crashing against rocks. The subject matter is like The Lonely Island’s ‘Ja... more info

Guardian Music — 29 January 2008: Number 50 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicNoughties blogs such as Dalston Oxfam Shop hinted at the possibilities available to indie bands if they embraced global sounds, but it took the release of Vamp... more info

Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe London Electronic Dance festival has clearly made a strategic decision. After last year's inaugural event fell between stools with an bill that featured artists as eclectic as Goldfrapp, Friendly Fires and Professor Green, th... more info

NME — Richard Russell says the over-sexualisation of female popstars has led to 'boring, crass and unoriginal' music more info

Guardian Music — Amadou & Mariam will perform their MIF show in the dark for a richer sensory experienceAt this year's festival, you'll be able to hear the music of Mali's finest the way it was conceived, in darkness – Amadou & Mariam are both blind. "If you cannot... more info

Gigwise — Band will play twelve dates... more info

Guardian Music — English folk-rock legend Roy Harper celebrates his 70th birthday with a one-off concert (5 Nov, Royal Festival Hall, SE1, southbankcentre.co.uk) …And hitting 70 isn't stopping American folk-rock legend Bob Dylan from performing at London's Feis (18... more info

Guardian Music — Three cheers for Friendly Fires, Stephanie Flanders and Dorothy Perkins' autumn/winter range. Boo, hiss for lip gloss, Converse flip-flops and lemonGoing upFriendly Fires Ed Macfarlane in Marc by Marc Hawaiian short-sleeve shirt + a parrot = band por... more info

NME — Trio will now play two dates at O2 Academy Brixton this November more info

NME — Noah and the Whale, Hard-Fi and The Rapture also have tickets newly on sale more info