Stereogum — Yep, it’s summer. You know it is because of how everybody’s losing power in Brooklyn and because of how everybody’s making summer mixes. There’s Cruel Summer, there’s the morning benders’ ode to heat culture via Ar... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The Morning Benders frontman Christopher Chu made a summery mix for music blog Say Mayday, with the following directive: "If you put this mix on backwards and play it while you eat a bowl of cereal, you'll see your entire future." Early results are ... more info

Stereogum — ‘Tis the season for summer mixes. I made mine, the morning benders’ Chris Chu put one together for L.A.-based site Say Mayday. Plenty to love in there, like the Avalanches, Twin Sister, Bibio, Arthur Russell. The thing is, when you get Ch... more info

DrownedInSound — You may have noticed a little less news than usual this week. There is very good reason for this and that's because our news editor was off drinking Viking lager on a press junket in Iceland. Here's a little round-up of the bits of 'news' from the we... more info

Guardian Music — Follow in the footsteps of Bob Dylan (?) and write a cracking football hit. Plus, spoof songs and fans for hire!And so I return to clean up the fag packets and empty bottles of Jack Daniel's left lying around by Rosie Swash after her stint at the hel... more info

Guardian Music — Long-awaited LP from notoriously secretive band will be 'finished' as soon as Ariel Pink's guest vocals are recordedTen years since the release of their one and only album, the Avalanches' follow-up to Since I Left You may finally see the light of da... more info

Pitchfork — Hard to believe, but it's now been nearly a decade since mysterious Australian sample-collage crew the Avalanches gave us Since I Left You, their masterful debut. The Avalanches still haven't followed that album up, but now we're getting word that... more info

DrownedInSound — Langford and van Buskirk roughly fit into the kitchen sink sampling lineage that includes work by Steinski, Coldcut and the Avalanches. But Javelin’s aesthetic is less of a full-blown clarion call to party and more of a slow-build mid-tempo seg... more info

AbsolutePunk — About a year ago, we brought you an exclusive first stream of *City Escape* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/cityescape)'s excellent EP, Avalanches. Now, we have teamed up with Taperjean Records to bring you a free download of the entire EP. Head to th... more info

Stereogum — Good things happening for Aussie label Modular this year (remember Jonathan Boulet toward the end of last, start anticipating an Avalanches record in 2010), kicking off with the three-piece psych cadets Tame Impala and their Innerspeaker LP. Think wa... more info