The Mirror — WE'RE more used to watching her deliver the news on City fat cats, than hearing about Kenya's big cats... But newsreader Kate Silverton takes a walk on the wild side in a new Beeb show Big Cat Live. And it's not the leopards or lions s... more info

The Telegraph — Julian Lloyd Webber on music more info

Stereogum — Robert Smith & Co. are still ticking (and typing), but their long, storied career's more than worthy a tribute. We mentioned Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure last month when offering up Bats For Lashes' cover of Seventeen Seconds' "A Forest." ... more info

The Music Fix — Review: With a Fatwa on his life issued by the College Rock Elite, Matt James pushes his luck by writing his 13th review for an album called 'Thirteens'. Black Cats and Ladders this way please! more info

Stereogum — Billboard.com just dropped an info-rich update of all that's happening in Hot Chip's world and it's like, a lot of stuff. We already knew about their cover of "Transmission" at the request of New Order, and their collaboration with Peter Gabriel on... more info

Altsounds — *Magic Wands* (AKA Chris and Dexy Valentine) have been wowing audiences at recent *Black Kids* shows and the best part of this tale is that you’ve not missed your opportunity to come as see what the fuss is about. In addition to sadd... more info

Altsounds — *Magic Wands* (AKA Chris and Dexy Valentine) have been wowing audiences at recent *Black Kids* shows and the best part of this tale is that you’ve not missed your opportunity to come as see what the fuss is about. In addition to sadd... more info

DrownedInSound — So you know how last week we said we had some exciting DiScover-related news for you in the pipeline? Well, we weren't lying. In partnership with The Deaf Institute, we're taking DrownedinSound live to Manchester at the end of October and then every ... more info

The Telegraph — Christopher Middleton introduces Kaspar, Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo as our bonus book of the month. more info

The Telegraph Blog — It may not be a headline to rival Britney Spears: The Naked Truth on Google search engines, but I did want to get your attention to clarify comments made in yesterday's blog post about Andrew Lloyd We more info