It’s been a gorgeous summer so far but come September you’ll be gazing through the window at the rain (probably). Why not guarantee a bit of September sunshine with the Stop Making Sense Festival in Croatia?

Croatia’s Electric Elephant reveals line-up
Electric Elephant, Croatian’s leading music festival which takes place between 27th and 29th August in the village of Petrcane, have announced their initial line-up. Fuck Buttons, The Phantom Band, Jesca Hoop, Juan Maclean and Andrew Weatherall have all been confirmed. Tickets are £80 and are available from the following outlets: www.gigantic.com (10% of profits go [...]

The Big Chill returns
Following on from last year’s sun soaked extravaganza, The Big Chill returns in 2010 with a line-up to rival any other big festival this year.

Brian Eno’s Brighton Festival programme announced, looks incredible
We’ve picked four incredible highlights from this year’s Brighton Festival, curated by the great Brian Eno.

Bestival unveils Fever Ray & The XX as guests
Bestival, this year curated by Rob Da Bank, have unveiled The XX and Fever Ray as impressive additions to their line-up.

Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof to Perform Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures
Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof will perform Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures on April 29th at the Donaufestival in April… the first reason to move to Austria?

Beachdown Festival Cancelled
Another one bites the dust… Brighton’s Beachdown Festival cancelled at the eleventh hour.

Field Day 2009 – London, 01/08/09
Located in Victoria Park with a great atmosphere, Field Day managed to keep the crowds entertained during a rain affected day in London.

Field Day Festival this weekend!
With the Field Day festival happening THIS WEEKEND, we’ve got the full stage-by-stage breakdown of acts playing this year’s event.

Exit Festival – 09 / 12 July 2009
The 10th Exit Festival in Serbia had a lot to live up to. And that it did with an impressive line-up of Kraftwerk, Arctic Monkeys, Patti Smith and, erm Madness…

First Aid Kit hit Summer Sessions
First Aid Kit are asking YOU to help them decide on songs for them to cover whilst their out and about touring the festival circuit this summer!

Hop Farm Festival 2009
Chris Marling braved the poor Hop Farm line-up, but managed to enjoy a blazing hot weekend with hardly any queuing for beer or food. Marvellous.

TLOBF Interview :: Indietracks Festival
Steam trains and indiepop – an unlikely match made in heaven. Simon Tyers talks to Stuart Mackay, curator of one of the UK’s most admired small festivals “Indie Tracks” – which is now in its third year.

Stag and Dagger Festival – Leeds, 22/05/09
Following the success of its inaugural run in 2008, Shoreditch’s Stag and Dagger festival has this year gone Lollapalooza on the UK’s ass, and taken its grab bag of trendy talent across the country. Alex Wisgard reviews the Leeds leg.

The Horrors, The Slits and A Certain Ratio for Offset Festival 2009
After launching to critical acclaim in 2008, Offset Festival returns to the beautiful Hainault Forest Country Park on September 5-6th. The Horrors, The Slits and A Certain Ratio front the bill. Full details inside.
Pitchfork Festival adds further acts to stellar line-up
If the initial line-up for July’s Pitchfork Festival didn’t look tantalising enough, a whole slew of awesome new bands have been recently added to a roster that would make even the most cynical muso drool in anticipation.
HEADLINES
- Best Coast announce UK headline tour, new album due in Spring
- Timber Timbre announced as support for Laura Marling tour
- Clarence Clemons’ nephew Jake Clemons joins the E Street Band
- Barack Obama drops campaign mixtape
- Cate Le Bon announces UK tour
- Kanye West and Jay-Z rumoured to be appearing in Shoreditch today
- The Flaming Lips, Friends and Tom Vek amongst those confirmed for The Parklife Weekender 2012
- Hot Chip, Mount Kimbie, Metronomy and more to play Sónar 2012
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