Guardian Music — (Blessing Force)From the Oxford scene that begat Foals, Jonquil were, until last year, a shoegazing sextet with two albums to their credit. Now a fourpiece, they've condensed a range of textures – jerky guitars, hazy harmonies, skittish electronic ... more info

Guardian Music — Is it honest homage or is it pastiche? Who knows: but this hipster take on cheese could be the next big thingHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton.The background: Electric Guest specialise in soulful, funked-up pop so insi... more info

KEXP Seattle — The initial lineup of the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival has just been announced! On Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15, a whole host of indie bands take to the field of Chicago’s Union Park. Among those announced are KEXP favorites Vampire Wee... more info

Chicago Tribune — Vampire Weekend, Feist, Hot Chip and Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be among the performers July 13-15 when the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival returns for its seventh year at Union Park. more info

Guardian Music — A new song from Gorillaz? With super-stellar collaborators? Amazing. Or not, as the case may be So far Converse's Three Artists. One Song project has given us the hip-hop funk of My Drive Thru, a collaboration between Pharrell, Santigold and Julian C... more info

Chorus.fm — You can watch the trailer to indie film Dosa Hunt here (http://dosahunt.tumblr.com/), which features members of Yeasayer, Das Racist, Neon Indian, Vampire Weekend, and Amrit from Stereogum (http://www.stereogum.com). more info

Stereogum — Since last summer, our Amrit Singh has been putting together an independent short film called Dosa Hunt, with Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri and Ashok Kondabolu, Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder, Neon Indian’s Alan Pal... more info

Guardian Music — Singer considers 1986 album to be his greatest – and defends decision to record in South Africa during apartheid regimePaul Simon has said he considers his 1986 album Graceland his greatest musical achievement and has defended his decision to recor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arcade Fire @ Obama Staff Ball (more by Bao Nguyen) A list of celebrities, reportedly created by Obama's campaign, sent out on December 5, and acquired by the Tennessean (PDF HERE), is being passed around the internet. The list, heavily... more info

Stereogum — MTV reports that President Obama has “a wish list” of campaign supporters for his upcoming 2012 run for re-election and points to a document obtained by The Tennessean. The list includes, among others, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Jay-Z, The Roo... more info