Guy Garvey has reacted to Elbow being nominated for Nationwide Mercury Prize this morning (July 22). - Source

Two of Modular's finest, Cut Copy and The Presets, announced a joint-headline tour this morning. The trek will take both bands across North America this September and October, with each group supporting a recent release - Source

The Verve's frontman Richard Ashcroft has confirmed that there are still inter-band tensions running within the group - despite them reuniting for a new album and various live shows and festival appearances this year. - Source

In a world-exclusive video documentary with Mani and Bobby Gillespie, the pair talk about the creative process behind the Scream's ninth studio album, 'Beautiful Future'. - Source

It should come as no surprise that The Verve's upcoming comeback album, Forth, will be available in a plethora of formats. All three are currently available for pre-order over at the band's official online store, consisting over the regular CD, a deluxe boxset and a CD/DVD package - Source

He exclaims: *What I've tried to do with the new stuff, rather than me just sit there and wait for inspiration to come at some point, which takes ages, instead I've written stuff together with other people. And it's a bit louder. That really made me think. I'd never really had that before. Pulp could be loud, but we didn't really rock. Well, maybe occasionally.*  - Source

Mani tells BBC: *I spoke to John & Reni about it a few years ago and they said they'd love to do it at some point in time, but Ian Brown seems dead set against it. If he changes his mind then we'll probably do it, but then I'll be back to Primal Scream after the one year of doing it.*  - Source

So its not something in Arcade Fire's immediate future, but other musicians are in the works of creating movie soundtracks. Ed Harcourt has just signed on for scoring duties for S. Darko, the supernatural sequel to Donnie Darko - Source

Now that Feist has conquered most of the world with her latest album, The Reminder, she is now going after the hearts of little kids. Continuing her quest for complete world domination, she has modified the lyrics to "1 2 3 4" and filmed a segment for Sesame Street - Source

A Sigur Ros song has been used in the trailer for the forthcoming new edition of classic computer game 'Prince Of Persia'. - Source