A wave of new acts have been added to this year's Latitude festival, including Of Montreal, Maps, Lykke Li and Camera Obscura.

We haven't seen a solo headliner from Mr. Indie Rock Class of '07 since, well, sometime in '07. I think the word "wit" was used like 50 times then, and two more years means two more years for Jens to get more charming. You can tell by the airplane motions in Andrew Youssef's photos that Lekman did "Sipping On Sweet Nectar," along with a couple o...

Nobody expected Karen O to fellate her mic and pour beer on herself on SNL. Although we all probably hoped she would. And boomy sound aside, the band certainly played live and, for their part, sounded great at 30 Rock. But after that performance and a somewhat dazed turn on Jools, I was wondering if maybe Karen and the YYYs were turning a little...

Some surprises on SNL last night. The first being that the show was sorta funny (Videogum will post the best bits tomorrow), and the second being Yeah Yeah Yeahs' decision to play 5-year-old Valentine's mixtape staple "Maps" instead of a second song from It's Blitz!. Hooky new wave single "Zero" came earlier, and legendary post-rock axeman David...

This year's Stag And Dagger festival will feature the likes of Cold War Kids, Andrew Weatherall, Wild Beasts, James Yuill and Maps.