Scotsman.com — PICK OF THE WEEK Life Wednesday, ITV3, 10pm more info

NME — Modern Sky Festival drops all foreign bands from bill more info

Scotsman.com — PICK OF THE WEEK Never Mind The Buzzcocks BBC2, Thursday, 9.30pm more info

Stereogum — Despite the colorful palm trees on the cover, San Francisco lo-fi psych-garage crew the Fresh & Onlys' Grey-Eyed Girls is proving to be a great soundtrack for the shift from summer to fall. After seeing the quintet -- who reference the Buzzcocks, Mek... more info

Guardian Music — The Cribs guitarist lists the songs that link his old band with his new one. It's a mixtape. Or a Marrxtape, if you will ...A lot of friendships are formed on the music you like. Before we even had the idea of me playing with the Cribs, we'd kick aro... more info

Guardian Music — Fair Ohs – Almost Island(From MySpace via nowhere)A south London trio trying to contain the blast from the "bomb in the baby carriage" Paul Simon sang about. Think Vampire Weekend stripped bare of trust funds and yachting attire and left to bl... more info

Guardian Music — If Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is a jazz album for people who hate jazz, what about reggae albums for people who hate reggae? Or metal records for those who detest metal?Fifty years ago this week, Columbia released Kind of Blue. It's widely regarded a... more info

Mercury News, California — Since Green Day's 'American Idiot' has been done, we extend the trend to Social Distortion, Dead Kennedys, X, Buzzcocks and Sex Pistols. more info

Altsounds — RedTrack’s Double-A sided ‘Pole Dancer/Addicted to Lust’, the third release from the Southend band, co-arranged and featuring on backing vocals The Buzzcocks legend *Pete Shelley*, is out now. *Dave M. Allen* (Cure produce... more info

PopSugar UK — Preston donned a colourful t-shirt and tiny pair of shorts as he took a stroll around Brighton this week. His laid-back style is a far cry from the video for his new solo single, "Dressed to Kill", where he goes all vampire on us with a set of pointy... more info