Mercury News, California — Best Coast, Richard Thompson, Patti Smith, Leon Bridges and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band among acts set to perform. more info

Stereogum — Leon Bridges is a neo-soul revivalist straight out of Houston whose debut album Coming Home felt like it was taken whole cloth from an era 50 or 60 years in the past. Accordingly, some critics interpreted this as a weakness or ghost in Bridges’ pot... more info

Stereogum — Apple introduced their streaming service Apple Music less than two months ago, and they’ve just launched a new “Discovery” ad campaign. The first commercial features slick black-and-white footage of artists like Flying Lotus, Shamir, and Leon B... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2015 ACL Festival returns from October 2-4 and October 9-11, and the schedules for both weekends have been revealed. There are a few conflicts in there. Friday you'll have to chose between fast-rising soul singer Leon Bridges and... more info

The Telegraph — A superb debut album of retro songs recorded on instruments at least 50 years old has marked Leon Bridges as the poster boy for a soul revival. more info

Nialler9 — Longitude is only a weekend away now and the Marlay Park festival has arguably the lineup of the summer (it certainly chimes with the makeup of this site) with the likes of Todd Terje, Caribou, Jungle, Alt-J, Glass Animals, Kaytranada, Ibeyi, Yoing F... more info

Nialler9 — My favourite songs of the month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlists below. The songs Shura – ‘White Light’ Joy Orbison & Boddika – ‘TMTT’ Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment – Wanna Be Cool Leon Bridges – Coming ... more info

The Telegraph — The 25-year-old Texan singer-songwriter's slinky, Sam Cooke-like sound is full of heart more info

Brooklyn Vegan — RSVP for the free Miguel show at Le Poisson Rouge opens today at noon. Tickets for the Titus Andronicus, Ex Hex and Spider Bags show at Warsaw go on sale at noon. Daughter are opening for Ben Howard at... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Post-hardcore riff masters The Fall of Troy are playing their most loved album, Doppelganger, in full for its tenth anniversary on September 17 at Webster Hall. Opening is And So I Watch You From Afar and Slothrust. Tickets go... more info