On Monday 11th October, BBC Radio 1 will be hosting and broadcasting a live concert headlined by Mumford & Sons and also featuring Laura Marling, The Maccabees and Bombay Bicycle Club. 

It will begin streaming from 7pm and will be followed by a documentary on the emerging community of musicians which includes the above mentioned as well as Johnny Flynn, Alessi’s Ark and the like. The concert will also be video streamed live in its entirety.

More info @ mumfordandsons.com.

Recognise that guy up in the top-left? He’s former solo artiste Jay Jay Pistolet and The Vaccines are his new musical incarnation. They’ve already been sniffed out by those trusty-worthy spotters of great new music Chess Club, who recently hosted the band’s first ever live show in London. If you missed it you can catch them on 4th November when they play South London’s Corsica Studios.

Download a free track ‘If You Wanna’ and listen to more over at thevaccines.co.uk

LSD Soundsystem + Hot Chip play Alexandra Palace on Wednesday 10th November. Click here for tickets. Watch the video for Hop Chip’s ‘I Feel Better’ above. 

Both will also be playing an intimate gig at The Coronet in Elephant & Castle the following day, 11th November. Check ticket availability.

Visit Hopchip.co.uk for news, photos, free remixes & more | Visit Lcdsoundsystem.com for lots of promo & behind the scenes videos, news, photos & more.

Location: N22 7AY | Date: 10th November

Super Furry Animal/Neon Neon/part-time Gorrilaz Gruff Rhys plays a solo show this Friday 26th November at art space Toynbee Studios, Commercial Street. Tickets here. Up there is the video for his upcoming single Shark Ridden Waters.

More info: www.gruffrhys.com | E1 6AB

Tribes play The Lexington on Thursday 2nd December, with support from Bones. Watch the video for ‘Whenever’ above. Listen to their demos- and get a free download - on Myspace.

Tickets | N1 9JB

The Strokes release their 4th studio album ‘Angles’ in the UK on 21st March. And as for touring plans…

Nothing’s yet set in stone - however according to their management @WizKidMgmt: “U.S./Canada touring June (probably) - Euro & UK touring July (probably) that’s the plan for now, but shit happens sometimes…”

Sign up for their mailing list at www.thestrokes.com

Video directed by Tyrone Lebon. 

Date: 28th April

Location: HEAVEN, WC2N 6NG | Get tickets before they sell out.

Find out more on their Facebook page. Watch a video of them performing with James Blake here.

Crystal Fighters play Heaven on 16th March. More info + tickets here. Watch the video for their new single ‘At Home’ above. From the album ‘Star of Love’ which is out now.

More at crystalfighters.com (free remix download over there too).

Ryan Adams has just announced that he will play Barbican, London on 20th June, amongst a host of other European tour dates. Today is a good day. 

Head over here to watch Emmylou Harris perform live from SXSW right as we, er, type. Well actually, it starts in 2 minutes, so in the meantime you listen to her sing on Ryan Adams’ ‘Oh My Sweet Carolina’ on Spotify here.

Over in a sunshine filled valley in California this weekend, several hundred bands & fans will be gathering for Coachella festival. Luuuccky. Them.

However some (minor) consolation for those who can’t make is that sets from The Strokes, Lauryn Hill, Tame Imapala, Warpaint, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, Nas & Damien Marley, PJ Harvey and more will be streamed live at YouTube.com/coachella (although that does mean kind of middle-of-the-night).

More info: here

Ryan Adams debuted new songs at a surprise opening set for Emmylou Harris in Los Angeles last night. Not big on the OMG thing but… OMG OMG OMG OMG, phew, *breathe, breathe*. Too exciting. ROLL ON JUNE when he visits London for a 2 night run at Barbican. 

Watch more from the set: here on Paste | More info: Ryan Adams’ website