Brooklyn Vegan — The new Escape to New York festival is happening Southampton, NY this weekend. As mentioned, the music lineup features artists such as Patti Smith, Best Coast, Mates ot State, Psychedelic Furs, The Vaccines, of Montreal, and others. There will... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — This week’s show was extra long, given that I filled in for the DJ with the show after me. Four hours in a radio station is a long time! Thus this week is cut into two different blocks, as one four hour mp3 is a bit insane. I played a bit m... more info

Stereogum — The inaugural Escape To New York takes place August 5-7 at Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton, NY. The Hamptons-based festival was curated by Fred Fellowes, the creative director and founder of The Secret Garden Party, UK. The lineup features Pat... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)When they first skulked into the limelight in 2007, the Horrors did not appear to be built to last. Even fans of their scabrous, 60s-inflected debut, Strange House, imagined that, having made their grand nihilist statement, the amusingly named fi... more info

Guardian Music — You don't have to play spot the influences to enjoy the Horrors' new album, writes Dorian LynskeyIn his new book, Retromania, the critic Simon Reynolds revisits his damning mid-80s coinage "record collection rock". Inspired by the relentless forwardÂ... more info

Stereogum — On their dramatic right turn of a second LP Primary Colours, the Horrors ditched their titular spook-and-gloom garage rock for a mesh of crate-digging indie that recalled shoegazers like MBV and JAMC, grandiose new wave ala Psychedelic Furs, even a m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Psychedelic Furs at Wellmont in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) The Psychedelic Furs recently reissued their sophomore album Talk Talk Talk (home of "Pretty In Pink") in Europe, where they toured the album in its entirety. On Saturday (6/25), they... more info

Guardian Music — Academy 3, ManchesterThe Horrors are true pop chameleons. When they first emerged in 2006 in a blaze of backcombed hair and eyeliner, they sounded like a mess of early Birthday Party and 80s psychobilly. All bar a devoted following of teeny gothy gir... more info

Guardian Music — May 1982: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicOn 27 January 1984, music show The Tube visited the Haçienda. As part of the evening, Madonna was filmed lip-syncing Holiday with a couple of dancers. The clip still... more info

Guardian Music — Slow is the new fast – which is good news for this Satie-inspired electronica artist, who explores 'the ghosts inside the silence'Hometown: New York.The lineup: Nicolas Jaar (music, production).The background: Slow would appear to be the new fast. ... more info