[News] Parklife Weekender Manchester Announced. Flaming Lips, Justice, Crystal Castles and Many More Playing

Every year, Platt Fields Park in Manchester is turned into Festival Central with the Parklife Weekender playing host to some of the worlds top musical talent and the initial line-up has just been announced and boy is it going to be a fun weekend! Taking place on the weekend of June 9th-10th, Wayne Coyne will bring The Flaming Lips gang to headline the Festival along with Dizzee Rascal. Other acts announced include Justice, Crystal Castles, Noah and the Whale, TEED, Azealia Banks, The Rapture, Nero, Fake Blood, High Contrast, Gold Panda, Friends, Araabmuzik, Labrinth. (See the screen grab at the top for more!)

All in all the line-up just made me jump out of my seat and if you're in Manchester for it I'll see you there. For the full and insanely good lineup jump on over to the official website. 

[News] RockNess Festival Announced. Biffy Clyro, Deadmau5, Mumford & Sons to Headline

Scotland's RockNess festival has announced their initial line-up and it's an interesting mix. They've managed to get Scotland's very own Biffy Clyro to headline along with Deadmau5 and folk heroes Mumford & Sons. As well as the headliners a few others have been announced. Azealia Banks, Ed Sheeran, Justice, Metronomy and TEED also make up some of the bill. See above for everyone announced so far. 

The festival will take place in Loch Ness in the highlands on the weekend of June 8th -June 10th. Tickets are on sale now.

[Watch] The Vaccines x Noah and the Whale - "Where is My Mind" (Pixies Cover)

Triple J's Like A Version segment has given us many a musical gift over the months and now we have another to add to the ranks. This one comes from a pairing of two UK bands currently doing the rounds, it's The Vaccines and Noah and the Whale. They came together to put in a performance of the Pixies "Where is My Mind" and the two groups come together beautifully for a laid back take on the track. Working well with one another the vocals and textures added to the song don't stray too far from the beaten track, but the results are fruitful. It's worth a few moments of your humpday time. 

[Listen] Noah And The Whale – "Call Your Girlfriend" (Robyn Cover)

Earlier in the week Noah And The Whale were the band who stepped into BBC's Live Lounge and put in a few performances on Fearne Cotton's show. They chose to cover the Swedish songstress Robyn and her recent single "Call Your Girlfriend". They mix it up  little and slow it down as well as changing the lyrics to "call your boyfriend". Check it out below via CoverMeSongs and let us know which you prefer. I think I'm swinging towards the original in all honesty but hey, you guys may think otherwise.

Noah and the Whale - Call Your Girlfriend (Robyn cover) (live on BBC Live Lounge) by the3penguins

[Download] Noah & The Whale - "Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix)"

From their latest release Last Night On Earth comes a remix courtesy of Yuksek of Noah And The Whale's single, "Life Is Life".

 Make sure to pick up Last Night On Earth if you haven't already.

Noah and the Whale - Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix) by Noah and the Whale

[Watch] Noah And The Whale - Live At Glastonbury 2011

With their third studio album, Last Night on Earth, having hit stores only a few months ago, British indie rockers Noah And The Whale have had a pretty busy year. Whether it's countless festival appearances, or performances on David Letterman, these guys are keeping themselves occupied. On Saturday night, the band hit the John Peel stage at Glastonbury Festival to play for the crowd that has had the chance to see some of the most amazing bands in the world hit the stage. You can check out their performance in the player above.

[Watch] Noah and the Whale - "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." Live on Letterman

Surprising to me was the fact that last night was the first time Noah and the Whale had appeared on late night US TV. Good thing they brought their hell of a catchy track "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.". The track features on the latest album Last Night On Earth which you can get your hands on over here. For now enjoy their performance at the top via The Audio Perv.

[Watch] Noah and the Whale - "Waiting For My Chance to Come" Live at Radio One's Big Weekend

Noah and the Whale were also at Radio One's Big Weekend and performed in front of a full tent on the In New Music We Trust stage. Here we have a performance of their track, "Waiting For My Chance to Come". Their new album, Last Night On Earth is out now and is a concept album based on the title. Their last night on earth. It features some pretty infectious tracks throughout and has that feel good factor too. "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N" for example. Enjoy the performance at the top.