The Young Knives are giving fans a chance to catch them live for free. The band has announced a free show in London on September 9th at KOKO. Lightspeed Champion will be opening for the band at the free gig. If you wish to attend the show you can head over to Gigantic.com and book up to four tickets per person. Although the tickets are free, there is a £2.50 handling fee.

Vampire Weekend is the latest addition to the forthcoming Iceland Airwaves festival. Also added to the five-day festival, which takes place October 15-19 in Reykjavik, are Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar. The new addition join previously announced acts including Simian Mobile Disco, Young Knives, CSS, Crystal Castles and These New Puritans.

For more information go to Icelandairwaves.com.

Producer James Ford has revealed a few details about his latest project. Ford is currently working with the Klaxons on their highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s ‘Myths Of The Near Future‘. Speaking to BBC Newsbeat about the Klaxons new album, Ford said: “I think they’re still trying to push forward so I don’t think it’s going to sound too much like the last record.”

“They’re trying to keep it melodic and vocal because that’s one of their great strong points,” he added.

Ford, who recently produced The Last Shadow Puppets‘ debut album, had a few things to say about his own band, Simian Mobile Disco. He revealed that they are currently working on a new album which will include a few special guests. “We’ve already done a track with Gruff Rhys from the Super Furry Animals, which is great, and one with Beth Ditto from The Gossip.” He said his new album will be released by the end of the year.

With the North American leg of their tour set to kick off in a couple weeks Goldfrapp have lined up additional tour dates for fall. The new dates are in Australia and the UK and will kick off after they finish their US and Canadian jaunt.

In other Goldfrapp news, they will be performing at this weekend’s Hydro Connect Festival in Scotland on Sunday (August 31).

We Are Scientists‘ Keith Murray and Chris Cain are giving fans a chance to play Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with them on Xbox Live. Fans who have an Xbox LIVE Gold membership can play with Murray and Cain on September 1 by sending a friend request to the Gamertags WeAreScientist1 and WeAreScientist2 half an hour before the Game with Fame session starts on September 1 at 10:30 A.M. Pacific, 1:30 P.M. Eastern.

The Editors along with producer Jacknife Lee are set to enter the studio in October to begin work on their new album. The band revealed to NME that they will begin work on the follow-up to 2007’s ‘An End Has A Start‘ sometime in October. They also revealed that the new album would be influenced by the film ‘Terminator‘. “I’ve started writing a lot of riffs on synthesizers and there’s a lot more electronics, samples and drum loops on it. I keep referencing the ‘Terminator‘ theme,“ said guitarist Christopher Urbanowicz.

Stone Temple Pilots have announced additional dates to the North American leg of their reunion tour. The band’s next live show will be in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 30 followed by an appearance at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival the next day.

Stone Temple Pilots reunited earlier this year, shortly after frontman Scott Weiland split with Velvet Revolver.

For those of you who still don’t know what to do for New Year’s Eve how about the Rhythm And Vines Festival in New Zealand? Franz Ferdinand, The Kooks and Santogold Carl Cox are just a few of the acts lined-up for the four day bash taking place December 29 - January 1st. Others acts set to perform at the event include Cool Kids Club, Digitalism and Mystery Jets. Tickets for the festival, which takes place at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne, are now available for purchase. Go to Rhythmandvines.co.nz for more information.

Matt & Kim are set to kick off their North American tour next month on Halloween at the Danbro Brewery Warehouse in Brooklyn. The 16-date tour will also take them to Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, and Pittsburgh, PA where they will wrap things up on November 21. Joining Matt & Kim on most nights is the band Best Fwends.

October 20 will see the release of AC/DC’s first album in over eight years. The 15-track album, ‘Black Ice‘, will be available exclusively in Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores as well as the band’s website ACDC.com. The first single from the new album, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Train‘, will hit the airwaves August 28th. The band is expected to announce an extensive world tour in support of the new album in the coming weeks.