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Hooray I have secured myself an invite to this years UK Festival Awards which is taking place Tuesday November 6th at KOKO in Camden with the Cuban Brothers hosting the night.

Some of the year’s best breakthrough bands will be performing at the event including The Brighlights, Scouting for Girls plus a mysterious secret third act.

Ex-Beta Band genius Steve Mason, will be DJing at the after party along with Tall Paul, who is performing an exclusive alternative set. It looks set to be a great and besides, I love the UK festival Awards as they reward all those people who work so damn hard to put on wicked festivals for us lucky punters. More...

News has just reached Jukebox HQ that the much loved (here anyway - you only have to see how many times I ref the guy) Bob Dylan has sold out again (Victoria's Secret I kinda understand it but Starbucks? Come on!)and is now the face of the Cadillac Escalade.

Kelly Nestruck is blogging about it on the Guardian site and its a cracking read.

Why are all the people I idolise acting strange? Is it maybe because they really weren't that cool in the first place? My mind won't even entertain that idea. I'd much rather believe anything pre-1980 was cool and that anything thereafter is ****. Yes glad I cleared that up I feel much happier now. More...

Good news for all you fans of atmospheric Nu-Gaze - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY are set to curate the 10th All Tomorrows Parties. This is the second consecutive year in which a Bella Union act has been chosen to curate.

A number of bands will be joining the curators on stage including DINOSAUR JR, ADEM, AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, IRON AND WINE and BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE.

The Explosions in the Sky ATP will take place at Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead, on 16th – 18th May.

Oooo I love it when the first festival news starts coming through...it makes the summer seem not so far away - hooray!

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Kill Your Darlings is the new club night from Bella Union and Curious Generation. This week's kicked off with Ed Laurie, The Monroe Transfer and Peter von Poehl.

Ed Laurie is a genius. He has a voice like syrup on pancakes and strums the most delicate, heartfelt chords on his nylon stringed guitar. The back up from cello, double bass, keyboard and percussion adds an eerie, haunting feeling to the Latin tinged songs. It’s a Dylan in a Cubanesque landscape with a punchy baritone voice…lush.

Unfortunately the night went down hill from there. The Monroe Transfer are 6 people playing viola, violins, double bass, drums, guitars, glockenspiel, trombone, ukulele, samples, effects & distorted recordings, all played with a range of picks, bows, mallets, sticks, screwdrivers and electronics. More...

After a thrilling live performance at The End of the Road festival my hunt for more information on the elusive Hyacinth House began. First off I had to make do with this clip on YouTube but eventually I managed to track down singer and band leader Mack for this exclusive interview… First off I am really excited that I have tracked you down. Could you just start of by telling me a little bit about how the band started?
The first CD was made as a solo album but during the progress it somehow became a band. It's a long story and I can't explain it properly so therefore I don't even try. Someday you're just in the middle of something together. More...