Better late than never: iTunes Festival is back with 60 artists to perform 31 consecutive nights at the iconic Roundhouse venue in London during this month of July.

Among the groups in the list you can find Manic Street Preachers, Linkin Park, Neon Trees, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, The Script, White Lies, Friendly Fires and Coldplay.

What's really interesting about this festival is that every ticket is free -you can win a pair of tickets to any performance by entering a prize draws- and, if you can't attend the shows at the Roundhouse, you can watch them live with iTunes on your computer, or with the iTunes Festival app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

The Midway State is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Canada. The band released their debut album "Holes" in 2008 and were nominated for two Juno Awards and voted Best New Artist at the MuchMusic Video Awards by viewers.

Their new record is titled "Paris Or India", is produced by Thomas Salter and will hit the stores on July 19th.

According to the bio, the band drew "influences from a wide array of sources, everyone from U2 to Sigur Ros and Michael Jackson to Radiohead" and the new songs "are more up-tempo and light-hearted."

While waiting for "Paris Or India", watch the video for the first single "Atlantic" at The Midway State's website.

"Wild Blessed Freedom" is the title of Carolina Liar's sophomore album, set to be self-released on September, 27th.

On the new material, recorded in Sweden and L.A., Chad Wolf & co. worked with fame producers Max Martin and Shellback.

This is what Chad said about them: "Shellback is awesome because he has a vision for his songs from the start. He's also super fast when it comes to getting the overall vibe of the track. As for Max, this is our second album with him and once again it was an amazing experience."

The first single off the new album is titled "Drown" and you can hear it here. Go to Carolina Liar's website and download the track for free until Monday, July 11th.

And it's really no hard to understand why. Just listen to the single "Battlegrounds" once, and let the wonderful melody, the wise arrangements, the haunting refrain conquer you.

The "Ignorance Is Paradise" EP's been released last March for SoulFound Entertainment and believe me, there's no sign of a bad track in it!

The opener "Vagabond", the title track, "Don't Get Sentimental", "Devil's Own Daughter" could all become huge radio hits, thanks to their great, moving hooks, the quality of the songwriting and the craftsmanship of the players.

Please listen to their music now on their Facebook page or on their webpage at goodnightargent.com.

Need some woh-oohs? So this is for you: the video for Ivyrise's catchy second single "Yes To Running", taken from they're upcoming, self-titled, debut album.

Ivyrise is a british rock band from London that specialises in widescreen stadium rock with radio-friendly hooks, as you may state from the aforementioned "Yes To Running" and the previous single, "Line Up The Stars" (watch the video here).

The band's first full length record will be released on August, 22 for the label My Major Company, with the production of Jason Perry (lead singer of rock band A).

Ivyrise is a group to look for if you want some fresh, easy, enterteining rock for your summer!

Darius Lux is an eclectic multi-instrumentalist, producer and performer from Los Angeles, California.

I knew about him just a few weeks ago thanks to his publicists, but his last EP titled "Time Is Now" is already one of my favorite EPs of the moment.

What strikes me the most about Darius is the maturity that transpires from his music: he sounds like a seasoned artist, while he's still a young guy. Pop, r&b, funk, blues, rock... Darius seems to feel comfortable with every kind of music and delivers every song with soul and passion.

The Maroon 5 tinged "Way That It Goes" and the piano led "What I Feel" (what a great organ break!) are my favorite tracks of the EP, but you should definitely listen to every single track on the menu.

"It's a label that has a history of consistently putting out good music and really working side by side with their artists. Because we've been doing this thing on our own for over two years, it feels great to partner with Tooth & Nail."

Icon For Hire worked in the studios with famed producer Aaron Sprinkle (Anberlin, Mae, Eisley, Jeremy Camp, Falling Up, Kutless) to formulate their sound of combining heavy, rock-oriented sounds and modern pop elements with a strong focus on the production.

The album, titled "Scripted", is set to be released on August, 23. Meanwhile, you can check out they're new single "Make A Move" on their myspace page.

After parting ways with Epic Records earlier this year, Howie Day found a bunch of tracks on his hard drive that the fans had never heard before, as for some reason or another they never made it on to an album.

Howie decided to put together an EP called "Ceasefire" with a few of his favorites, while he works on new material for release later this year. 

You can get the EP at iTunes, or order it directly from Howie's website for a little cheaper. At the website you can also order a physical version of the EP. Howie will sign all the physcial CDs, and they should ship on July 15th.

My two cents: this is a very good EP, Howie should have used these tracks before. If you like his music, buy it pronto.