The Music Fix — News Flash: Massive Attack and The XX start countdown.European festivals rock. From the press release: The first major confirmations for the 13th Melt! Festival at the wonderful and unique Ferropolis festival site in Gräfenhainichen, set aga... more info

Guardian Music — Is there anything of Jazzie B and Soul II Soul in today's black British pop stars, asks Paul Morley Read this tremendous interview with Jazzie B OBE as historian/scholar/enthusiast/cultural commentator/collector/motivator/fashion analyst/expert/elder... more info

Addict Music — The first announcements for the 13th edition of Melt Festival have been made today, with Massive Attack The XX being confirmed for the German bash. more info

Guardian Music — Animal Collective's forthcoming installation at the Guggenheim comes from a proud tradition of pop mash-ups with the art worldIt's better than copying Jackson Pollock and more ambitious than pretending to be full-time robots. The only surprising thin... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Sade – Soldier of Love 2. Massive Attack – Heligoland 3. Hot Chip – One Life Stand 4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 5. Soft Pack – Soft Pack 6. Vampire Weekend – Contra 7. Yeasayer – Odd Blood 8. XX – XX 9. ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival has announced their line up for this year's event and it will feature the recently reunited Pavement, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Kid Cudi, LCD Soundsystem, The Natio... more info

Silent Uproar — Massive Attack will follow up Heligoland with a EP of "leftovers" sometime in May. Robert '3D' Del Naja told BBC the EP will hopefully include "Red Light," another track with Guy Garvey of Elbow, and possibly some new material. [bbc.co.uk] more info

Rolling Stone — My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem and the previously announced Pavement will take the stage at this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival, invading Washington State’s Gorge on Memorial Day weekend, May 29th to 31st. The Nationa... more info

Stereogum — Well before the lineup trickled its way out, the Sasquatch! site's streaming player hosted a playlist stocked with tons of Pavement. So you're not surprised that the band with the fat pockets will headline a night at the beautiful Gorge Ampitheatr... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Not only did the Sasquatch Festival folks avoid annoying the world by not unveiling acts in their lineup every six minutes, their bill even beats a somewhat lackluster Bonnaroo. Perhaps 'Roo set their bar too high with past festival lineups or swung... more info