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Latitude returns to Southwold's Henham Park for its seventh year this weekend, and is now a firmly established fixture in the festivals calender, renowned for the quality and consistency of its lineup.
Below are a few of our picks from this year's bill, along with links to our coverage, exclusive videos, playlists and various other bits and pieces to read, watch and listen to.
• Are you attending Latitude? If so, let us know how it goes. Tweet @guardianmusic and tell us about the best and worst things you've seen. Or if you've got the Guardian's iPhone app, you can use the "Send us a story" function at the bottom of the homescreen to tell us more. We'll be rounding up your views next week when we review the festival.
• Are you taking a camera? If so, we'd love to see your photos. Our Festivals 2012 Flickr group is the place to upload your pictures from this summer's outdoor music events. We'll be featuring some of our favourite pictures from the group on guardian.co.uk.
Laura Marling
Since the release of her debut album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, Laura Marling has become known as one of Britain's most promising singer-songwriters. Earlier this year readers discussed their favourite of her songs, and here she talks to Killian Fox about literature, London and why she wants to rock out.
Elbow
This special edition of our How I Wrote series sees Elbow perform Jesus Is a Rochdale Girl in their Blueprint rehearsal studio. It's from their album Build a Rocket Boys!, which Alexis Petridis reviewed last year. See what Elbow's frontman and amateur astronomer Guy Garvey says about what festivalgoers should look out for in the night sky this summer.
Zola Jesus
Zola Jesus's songwriting has been compared to artists as varied as Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux. Have a listen to our stream of her 2011 album Conatus, and read Paul Lester's appraisal of the women bringing a shot of good old bleakness and misery to contemporary pop.
Dexys
Kevin Rowland and his gang recently spoke to Tim Jonze about how they survived the meltdowns of the past – and why the new record nearly didn't happen. With their recent show getting a five-star review, Dexys' Latitude set promises to be unmissable.
The Horrors
Faris Badwan of the Horrors recently spoke to the Guardian about being left behind on tour in the US, coping with sudden success and his love of ThunderCats toys – all following our report from the band's 2011 tour in Mexico City.
Battles
Listen to our Music Weekly podcast in which Battles discuss the departure of Tyondai Braxton and the recording of their second album. Read a review of the album, find out about which bands they rate, and discover why their music is "fun".
Metronomy
The English Riviera, Metronomy's third album, was one of our top 10 for 2011. Read frontman Joe Mount's account of their worst ever gig, and see his contribution to this selection of musicians' thoughts on the Glastonbury festival.
Kindness
The artist also known as Adam Bainbridge featured as a New Band of the Day in October 2009. Since then we've featured a stream of his debut album, described by our reviewer as "achingly hip" and "awkward to define".
Amadou & Mariam
Malian duo Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia (interviewed exclusively here) visited the Guardian studio to perform an exclusive live version of Wily Kataso, from the album Folila.
Josh T Pearson
The singer–songwriter talks to Laura Barton about his Pentecostal upbringing, life in the desert – and how you write a song about heartbreak. He visited the Guardian studios to perform Sorry with a Song, taken from his acclaimed album Last of the Country Gentlemen.
