L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The big names at the twelfth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival are all familiar -- the Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Black Keys and the Strokes are all return visitors to California's signature live-music event. The line-up has stirred... more info

Kings of A&R — Nashville indie band The Kicks who Kings profiled in the past has released a video for Starchaser which can be viewed here. The band worked with Mitch Dane (Jars of Clay) and Vance Powell (The Raconteurs, Kings of Leon, The White Stripes) on their fi... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - The festival has put it's 2011 line-up online.... more info

NME — December show was postponed due to fire at venue more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - It was cancelled because of a tour bus fire last month... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Lissie opens her North American tour with an eye on bigger things.A year and a half ago, local singer-songwriter Lissie was on a flight back to Los Angeles from Nashville, where she'd been working on her debut album with Kings of Leon producer Jacqu... more info

Guardian Music — Broken limbs, intransigent rules, alienating albums ... are the Walkmen their own worst enemies?It was the guitar Paul Maroon had been searching for his whole adult life: a Rickenbacker 360 Capri, made in 1959, with twin pickups, a rosewood fretboard... more info

Guardian Music — The xx up for best album as awards overhauled to add 'jeopardy' and give votes to last year's contendersUntil a year ago Tinie Tempah was just one of a gaggle of urban artists hoping to emulate the commercial success of the likes of Dizzee Rascal, ... more info

People.com — Elton, Paul? Even The Kings of Leon are among the names in the mix for the royal gig more info

Unreality Music — Kings of Leon refused to let Prince Harry win a table tennis match. The ‘Sex on Fire’ group’s drummer Nathan Followill thinks the 26-year-old royal – who is third in line to the British throne – is “cool” but his competitive nature came... more info