Guardian Music — So you've survived three days of Reading and Leeds – but were the bruises worth it? Were Pulp as good as we said? And who rocked the most – Muse, Deftones or My Chemical Romance?It takes a brave soul to survive an entire day of torrential rain an... more info

NME — Chino Moreno: 'I've heard every Katy Perry song a million times' more info

Guardian Music — It got off to a damp start, but the enthusiasm of Pulled Apart By Horses and Metronomy got the crowd in the mood for MCR's sensational but silly headline slotDon't tell them up in Leeds, but this year's Reading Festival gets off to a less than specta... more info

Guardian Music — If you're heading to Reading and Leeds just for Pulp then you're missing out on what the festival does best – here's Kerrang! editor James McMahon with the weekend's top rock highlightsDeftonesRarely do the alt-metallers grace a music festival with... more info

Altsounds — Hard rock innovators MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER will release their long-awaited new album Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: IV on September 27 via Ferret Music. Produced by Brian Virtue (Jane's Addiction, Deftones, Audioslave), the LP shines a ... more info

Guardian Music — Are a new generation pogoing to the Offspring, Glassjaw and New Found Glory, or did pop-punk never go away?It's Thursday night in a packed London basement and sweaty people are going wild. Revellers hang from the ceiling, the DJ is wearing a backward... more info

Metal Injection — The winds have been fucking massive lately, as yet again, another stage collapses in Hasselt, Belgium during this year's Pukkelpop festival where Bullet For My Valentine, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, and others were scheduled to perform. At l... more info

Altsounds — *Deftones *just released a new behind-the-scenes video for the track *'Beauty School'*. The video was directed by photographer and filmmaker 13th Witness (http://13thwitness.com/), who spent some time with Deftones on their recent North American *Di... more info

Metalsucks — Deftones videos sometimes feature smokin’ scene chicks (here and here), but I even dig the ones in which singer/non-actor Chino Moreno stars awkwardly (here) and the ones comprised wholly of concert footage. And I endorse the latter as an ace adver... more info

Altsounds — Hard rock innovators MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER will release their long awaited new album Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: IV on September 27 via Ferret Music. Produced by Brian Virtue (Jane's Addiction, Deftones, Audioslave), the LP shines a... more info