Pitchfork — Back in 1999, twee-pop heroes Belle and Sebastian curated an intimate British festival that they called the Bowlie Weekender. The lineup for that first fest, heavy on Scottish bands, was a cross-section of the circa-99 underground elite: Sleater-Kinn... more info

Guardian Music — Glasgow indie darlings to return as curators for festival they helped establish 11 years ago with the Bowlie WeekenderEleven years after Belle and Sebastian transformed an English seaside resort into a summer camp for indie kids, the Bowlie Weekender... more info

ContactMusic — THE FLAMING LIPS are set to become the latest act to turn a hit album into a Broadway show - the man behind THE WHO's TOMMY wants to adapt their cult hit YOSHIMI BATTLES THE... more info

Guardian Music — Heaven, LondonMGMT have swapped pastiche for sincerity, but fears of a move to pop's darker side prove unfoundedThe return of MGMT coincides with a warm night, humid with spring promise. Congratulations, their forthcoming album, is one of the most an... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info

Altsounds — With the countdown to *Bestival’s *September shindig well and truly underway we are very pleased to be able to announce some extra special additions to a stunning line-up that already includes The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, Flaming Lips, Roxy... more info

Pitchfork — Screengrab via Certified Bullshit Technician Wayne Coyne: Flaming Lips frontman, fearless freak... and good Samaritan! As the Flaming Lips' Twitter points out, Wayne appeared on the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" on Sunday ni... more info

ContactMusic — THE FLAMING LIPS honoured late SPARKLEHORSE star MARK LINKOUS during their set at the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival - with an onstage tribute to the tragic... more info

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Pitchfork — Here's how you know of Montreal are among the most theatrical bands on the planet: They can show up on the Nickelodeon kids' show "Yo Gabba Gabba!", a fantasy primary color wonderland inhabited by monsters and robots, and fit in perfectly without so ... more info