Pitchfork - Forkcast — The Morning Benders frontman Christopher Chu made a summery mix for music blog Say Mayday, with the following directive: "If you put this mix on backwards and play it while you eat a bowl of cereal, you'll see your entire future." Early results are ... more info

Stereogum — ‘Tis the season for summer mixes. I made mine, the morning benders’ Chris Chu put one together for L.A.-based site Say Mayday. Plenty to love in there, like the Avalanches, Twin Sister, Bibio, Arthur Russell. The thing is, when you get Chu to mak... more info

Altsounds — This one's kind of a great story; the ladies in Uganda had covered Joe Purdy's "Suitcase," then Joe covered REM, and then Mike Mills did Billy's "Sing Their Souls Back Home." Shortly afterwards Mike saw Billy at SXSW, told him he had covered his ... more info

Guardian Music — (Def Jam)Their ninth album finds the Philadelphia veterans a unique voice in hip-hop. Becoming house band on Jimmy Fallon's US chatshow has led them to embrace indie culture, sculpting hard-hitting rap from a Joanna Newsom sample (Right On) and a Mon... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Roots released their latest album, How I Got Over, this week. The disc features the band collaborating with several interesting musicians, including Joanna Newsom, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, John Legend, and others. To enter the contest, leav... more info

Pitchfork — Earlier this year, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold took a break from his band to play a few solo dates, opening for fellow celestial folker Joanna Newsom throughout the South and Midwest. (You can watch a video of him playing a new song at one o... more info

Pitchfork - Tours —   07-29 San Diego, CA - San Diego Women's Club *07-30 Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre *07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre *08-02 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater *08-04 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre * 08-05 Vancouver, British Columbia- The Vogue The... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe auditorium is pock-marked with empty seats, but then there's something oddly fitting about Van Dyke Parks performing a rare solo show when most of London is looking the other way – their gazed fixed on the football. ... more info

Stereogum — On Friday, the Roots posted up a full album stream of their 11th LP, How I Got Over. The LP credits ought to have a special mention of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’s music booker: many of its Stereogum-friendly collaborators/sample sources (Amber ... more info

Guardian Music — A new generation of harpists is taking the pop charts and indie rock stages by stormThe harp, that orchestral instrument once most closely associated with angelic behaviour, is now in danger of becoming seriously hip thanks to the success of popular ... more info