The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Lance Armstrong is getting stripped of his Tour De France titles.  It's like Santa stripping off his clothes and it turns out he's a little Jewish boy down the street named Ira Goldstein.  It's like getting punched in the stomach and the back at th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir The Drums / Chairlift at Brooklyn Bowl 8/22/2012 No strangers to NYC shows this summer, The Drums (last seen opening for Bloc Party at T5) and Chairlift (last seen at House of Vans and then opening... more info

Consequence of Sound — The London outfit returns from an extended hiatus with renewed purpose. more info

411 Mania — Is the new Bloc Party album Four as imaginative as its title, or is the British band's return album as good as their loyal fan base wanted it to be? more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bloc Party's Four, Six Organs of Admittance's Ascent and Yeasayer's Fragrant World are just a few of the new albums I can recommend this week. The 20th anniversary edition of Ride's Going Blank Again (remastered with a disc of... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — This week: Bloc Party get restarted, Lobos rekindle Kiko, Cooder rocks the vote, Loverboy sweat to the oldies, Powter sees the light and more. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream the new Bloc Party album, Four (out August 21st), at the band's website. The New York Times interviews author Joyce Carol Oates. Are you still asked why there's so much violence in your work? Thirty years ago you said... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. David Bowie among UK stars who turned down Olympic closing showLondon 2012 finale used video montage of Bowie classics, and prerecorded slots for other absentee... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amoreena Lucero Franz Ferdinand / Jack White / Bloc Party, Outside Lands 8/12/2012 Outside Lands might be the only major festival where 93 percent of the musical acts on the bill could walk the grounds without getting recognized.... more info

411 Mania — Before its official release... more info