The Diamonds News

The proliferation of Lady GaGa videos on MTV or VH1 indicates a trend of interesting, up-and-coming female pop singers on the scene.

In this week's issue you can also check out our review of Dev Hynes' Lightspeed Champion at Camden's Electric... Dev Hynes to perform a Cat Stevens cover set at Suffolk event Lightspeed Champion is to bring his 'Harold And Maude' show to this year's Latitude Festival .

Marina And The Diamonds singer Marina Diamandis has explained how her set at this year's Glastonbury festival almost saw her strangle herself.

When Emil Stucchio looks back at his career, he doesn't necessarily think about how certain songs were recorded or playing favorite venues.

By Erika Hobart in What are you listening to? Thursday, Jun. 25 2009 @ 10:10AM Yes, Regina Spektor's new album Far is lovely.

The original's open-hearted emotions are sublimated into space-pop heaven, crystal-voiced goddess Marina taking a spin on her pop chariot through dubsteppy galaxies before tripping onto a light fantastic of shimmery ethereal Europop.

In this week's NME... In the new NME , on sale from Wednesday June 24, we prepare you for Glastonbury 2009 in our special preview issue.

Welsh-born singer songwriter Marina is the newest addition to a market already studded with gems.

Super Furry Animals and Teenage Fanclub have been announced as set to play on the Saturday of the Ben And Jerry's Summer Sundae festival.

La Roux , Marmaduke Duke , Black Lips , The Big Pink and The Chapman Family are among 40 bands who have been added to the line-up of the Reading And Leeds Festivals .

There's some great stuff on this new podcast. Nineteen songs in all, I lead off with one of the best tunes I've heard a LONG time.

The Human League and The Futureheads are among the acts announced to play on the Sunday of this year's Ben & Jerry's Sundae On The Common festival.

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood will give a talk at this year's Latitude festival, it has been announced.

Saturday, May 2 As you might have guessed by its name, the Holy Trinity Church in Leeds is the sort of imposing venue that the beard-scratching acoustica of Fleet Foxes and solo strumming of Laura Marling would flourish in.

Plus Marina And The Diamonds makes her debut and Three Trapped Tigers rant at Kasabian for nicking their 'parking space' Gang Of Four closed the third night of the 2009 Great Escape Festival last night with an impressive set at the Old Market .

Patrick Wolf , The Airborne Toxic Event and Amazing Baby lead the latest round of additions to this year's Latitude festival.

There are the weird chairs. There are the armoires that cost more than some cars.

8. Order a carton of The Diamonds of Welbourne Manor 9. Send out promotional material as promised.

Mary sez, "The Diamonds of Metro Valley is a DIY feature film, made almost entirely on green screen, with full scale people and small-scale, hand-made models, sets costumes, props etc.

Just call them 'Bobby's Girls.' Sylvia Borden, Patty Williams and Tina Gamble might be grandmothers, but, for an hour or so Friday night, they'll be teenagers again, reliving wonderful moments at a special place where Scarlett O'Hara sparkled on the big screen in front of them.