Gigwise — They join Lady Gaga... more info

Guardian Music — Mariah Carey had twins to the sound of her hit We Belong Together. Here's our birthing playlist . . .As if the royal wedding hadn't spread enough joy over the bank holiday weekend, singer and America's Got Talent judge Mariah Carey gave birth to twin... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)Chicago's Smith Westerns started in thrall to compilations of 60s garage rock, such as Nuggets, before their listening habits moved on a few years – to David Bowie when he was still wearing makeup, Marc Bolan in silver lamé and the like. T... more info

Totally Fuzzy — April 20th 2011 Fleet Foxes performed a session for Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show live at Maida Vale Studios. They played a large amount of material mainly pertaining to Helplessness Blues, but they threw in old familiars as well. Maida Vale ... more info

Stereogum — The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne personally delivered a handful of life-sized gummi skulls to Oklahoma Record store Guestroom Records at exactly 4:20 pm yesterday (if you want things to get delivered at exactly 4:20 pm on 4/20, you’ve got to do it y... more info

NME — First two tracks from band's new EP released more info

Altsounds — The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl) will be the opening act on May tour dates with the Flaming Lips. Following their debut album, Acoustic Sessions, and an acoustic tour, the band will be playing in May as a 5-pie... more info

Guardian Music — Gorillaz' latest is a low-key set made on an iPad on tour. It has a few great flashes, reckons Alexis PetridisThere was something a little odd about the fanfare accompanying the arrival of Gorillaz's fourth album: there wasn't any. No big interviews ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "After a brief respite from the road, we're coming back to the good ole USofA. We've confirmed a two-week run of shows in the midwest and along the eastern seaboard in July. We're kicking things off on the weekend of... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Flaming Lips didn't really perform a proper Los Angeles date for late 2009 double-album "Embryonic," but this summer the Oklahoma City weirdos will give L.A. denziens two nights of music, essentially taking over the Hollywood Forever Cemetary on ... more info