A slight change in plan next month. Unfortunately Emma & Ian from Pocketbooks can’t make it so stepping into their shoes will be Elizabeth from Allo Darlin’!

The date for your diary is Saturday 24th April. We’ll be every last Saturday of the month from now on. Hopefully see you then!

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will headline this year’s Indietracks Festival. The festival, which takes place on 23rd – 25th July 2010, is held on the grounds of a picturesque 1950s steam railway in Derbyshire.

Weekend tickets are now available at an early bird discount price of £55, and day tickets are available for £30. The price is available until Friday 7th May. After this date, weekend tickets will be £60 and day tickets £32.50.

Since forming in early 2007, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have become one of the most talked about pop bands in years. The New York band’s eponymous 2009 album is an instant classic, packed with brilliantly-executed pop gems that blend the rush of youthful enthusiasm with crafty arrangements, well-honed tunes and buckets of guitar noise. A host of publications listed their album as one of the best of last year, including NME, Pitchfork and Rough Trade.

Also appearing at the festival, which is held at the Midland Railway in Ripley, Derbyshire, will be John Peel favourites Ballboy, UK chart-toppers White Town, and this year’s two new indie pop sensations Standard Fare and Allo Darlin’.

Over 50 indie pop bands from across the globe will be playing across four stages: the outdoor stage; the indoor stage, the church and on the steam trains themselves. The festival will also host a range of craft workshops and a selection of discos after the bands finish.

Festival goers can have unlimited rides on the steam railway over the weekend, as well as full access to other railway attractions including a farm and museum.

Tickets are available by visiting http://www.instantticketseller.com/midlandrailwaycentre

Full line-up.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Allo Darlin’, Ballboy, Be Like Pablo, Betty and the Werewolves, Boy Genius, Burning Hearts, The Blanche Hudson Weekend, The Callas, The Cannanes, Cineplexx, David Tattersall (The Wave Pictures), The Felt Tips, Foxes!, Internet Forever, The Give It Ups, The Hillfields, The Just Joans, La La Love You, Lime Chalks, Linda Guilala, The Loves, Mexican Kids at Home, The Middle Ones, The Millipedes, MJ Hibbett & the Validators, Paisley and Charlie, Pale Sunday, Onward Chariots, Sarandon, Secret Shine, Shrag, Springfactory, The Smittens, The Specific Hearts, Standard Fare, Stars In Coma, Stars of Aviation, The Sunny Street, This Many Boyfriends, Urbantramper, White Town, Winston Echo, Yokoko, Further bands will be announced shortly.