Fratellis

Plus there's The Kooks, Babyshambles and Kaisers...

Babyshamble comes under fire - again

Glasgow punk-poppers announce headline tour

“We were like Fleetwood Mac without the drugs,” recalls Isobel Campbell…

My Bloody Valentine have been added to the T In The Park bill. The festival, which takes place in Balado, Kinross between July 12-14 will be headlined this year by Mumford & Sons, Rihanna and The Killers. Also included in the raft of artists set to appear are Foals, Haim, Phoenix, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Calvin Harris and Beady Eye, along with Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Dizzee Rascal and Kraftwerk.

They join headliners Paul Weller and The Fratellis

Keane, Toots and the Maytals all help celebrate label's 50th birthday in London

Glasvegas, Razorlight and many others help to out Mencap

Stormy, heavenly and hymnal – it’s like they’ve never been away

Just back from the Mercury Prize shortlist announcement which, as you might imagine, was a hotbed of hype and low-level grumbling about the 12 nominations. I was doing some media-slag punditry, a lot of which revolved around the high-profile absentees: Coldplay, Duffy, The Ting Tings, Kate Nash and the one which actually annoyed me, Portishead. But before I start ranting, here’s the shortlist if you haven’t seen it yet: