Pop Crunch — Sometimes celebrities who grow up to be credits to the cities and states they grew up in are honored for their talent with a key to the city. Others are [...] more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the best European festivalsBerlin FestivalWhen: 9–10 SeptemberWhere: Flughafen Tempelhof, and throughout BerlinWho: Suede, Primal Scream, Beirut, Mogwai, Battles, The Drums, Hercules And Love Affair, Wire, SantigoldHow m... more info

Guardian Music — Rumer, Wretch 32 and Summer Camp share the bill at New Band of the Day night for Guardian and Observer readersRumer, Wretch 32 and Summer Camp are sharing the bill for the first live version of Guardian Music's New Band of the Day series. The three d... more info

Sky News — Footage has emerged of the first purported protests in Damascus after Friday prayers, as Syria's pro-democracy demonstrators continue to defy the regime's crackdown. more info

NME — Mike Skinner and co will headline Freeze Festival in the autumn more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — The Streets "It's obvious. I've been doing it for 10 years and I've always tried to do something different with each album," he says. "Some [of my work has] been amazingly received and some of it hasn't been, and I've... more info

Press Play — I've been waiting for the release of this album for what feels like an eternity.  I'm a pretty solid Plan B fan.  If you've never heard of him, he's like The Streets meets Smokey Robinson meets Mayer Hawthorne.  Modern day motown.  Excellent voic... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — While Record Store Day took place at the weekend, celebrating the ever-rarer music shop with a load of treasures from Radiohead, White Stripes and Warpaint, the music industry continued pumping out new releases at a relentless rate. Let's look at th... more info

Altsounds — This year's festival line-up is almost complete, and today's additions, like José González and Richie Hawtin are definitely something to look forward to. A few of last year's projects will also be continued this year: the Melt! Hote... more info