Rolling Stone — Wilco will curate the Solid Sound festival, scheduled for August 13-15th at North Adams, Massachusetts’ MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). According to the event’s official site, the fest will feature the bandmembers’ side pr... more info

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ContactMusic — THE KILLERS are to be honoured at the 27th annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Pop Music Awards.The Las Vegas-based group will be presented... more info

The Vinyl Villain — KLASSIC KUTSIt's a small wonder that so many of the really special bands to emerge out of the shadows in the first decade of the 21st Century have names that begin with the letter 'K' .Especially so, when you consider that other than perhaps The Kink... more info

Pop Justice — Hold onto your hats: » Louis Walsh is very excited about John & Edward's move to Universal, saying "I know they still have a great career ahead of them". (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8573139.stm)Apparently the next single looks ... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonSince the American piano firebrand Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo (better known as Rachel Z) has devoted an album to the women artists who have made a difference in her life, she was a sharp choice to headline last week's high-class Wo... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Have a good cry. Then go back out and work twice as hard Brandon Flowers (vocals): I think I cried that night [when Brandon’s first band – The Blush Response – ditched him, upping sticks as one, moving to LA in order to progress their career].... more info

My Old Kentucky — For those of you that don't know, I have a pretty awesome 3-year-old daughter, so I am often thrilled to keep up with awesome shows like Yo Gabba Gabba or Phineas & Ferb...they so beat the plethora of princess movies the rest of my life seems to be i... more info

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

8/1 — Who’s the most influential gay person in your life? Whether I knew it or not, or found out later, a lot of the music that I grew up on tended to be made by gay men. A lot of my heroes were and ... more info