DrownedInSound — The initial batch of headliners for this year's 2010 Latitude Festival has been announced and...it's pretty good all in all. Headlining the Obelisk Arena, which is the main stage, over the course of three days will be Florence + The Machine, Belle & ... more info

All About Jazz — The second edition of URB ALT Media's free music compilation, "URB ALT Sampler-Dos," offers more genre blurring sounds from around the globe. The compilation collects songs by various eclectic artists including Gil Scott-Heron, Grizzly Bear, MuthaWit... more info

NME - The Daily Download — I'm loving this band called Ganglians at the moment. First came across them when I did that massive MP3 list of bands from the new music issue (if you never picked up the tracks from that I recommend clicking on the link and downloading at least Ligh... more info

Song, by Toad — Basically, in terms of live music, this week revolves around two events: the (now sold out) Grizzly Bear show at the Queen’s Hall, and the Fencelicious Homegame Festival in Anstruther (final-ish running order announced here). However, for those of ... more info

Pitchfork — Led by singer-songwriter Nate Grace, Austin's Pure Ecstasy make lo-fi tunes insulated by plenty of reverb. Their music is simple, warm, direct. In a track review of their best song to date, the woozy "Easy", Pitchfork's Joe Colly said it sounds like ... more info

Nialler9 — A look at Jamie in the studio working on his new album Compass. Appearances from Beck, Feist, James Gadson, Nikki Costa, Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear plus a preview of the new tunes. Maybe, Jamie has finally found a way to marry his disparate eclec... more info

Nialler9 — Like the Not Squares video recently, most of the time it’s the simple concepts that work the best for music videos. In this case, bodyslamming in the wall of death. Shot beautifully by Special Problems. Jonathan Boulet is from Sydney, Australia ... more info

This Scene Is Dead — I’m not very often a fan of blog bands. What is a blog band you might ask? Well it’s my own term for those bands that don’t really seem to feature on the radio, or ever really make much of a name for themselves in magazines or TV, but are ... more info

Nialler9 — One of the bands on my must-see list for SXSW list this year especially after hearing their debut today for the first time is The Morning Benders. Big Echo sounds exactly how you’d expect an album from a Grizzly Bear producer to sound. ‘Excusesâ€... more info

DrownedInSound — Following the unanticipated success of the Grizzly Bear 'Gumbo' recipelast year on DiS, we toyed with the idea of a regular indie-rock in the kitchen section on DiS. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info