Guardian Music — A month's worth of the best new music, from Britpop revivalists to witch house, reduced like a fine red wine jus and poured over our SoundCloud playlistHello, and welcome to the latest in New band of the day's monthly hook-ups with SoundCloud. A play... more info

Guardian Music — The dexterous songcraft of these Oxford lads gets lost in live translation. So don't read them the riot actHometown: Oxford.The lineup: Jack Goldstein, Roo Bhasin, Michael Thompson, Christopher Dawson, Jason Warner.The background: You often hear it s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin The Dwarves Appreciative crowds turned up at all four [Fun Fun Fun Fest] stages [this past weekend], and the festival's vaunted circus atmosphere was out in force -- with plenty of traffic at the mechanical bull,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Alysse Gafjken MGMT / My Morning Jacket "It's more than an average sweat-your-brains-out, suffer-in-the-mud music festival. It's the Voodoo Experience, and it went down at City Park this weekend in New Orleans. Voodoo Fest, one of the world... more info

Guardian Music — This week we were keeping it reel as we bade a long farewell to the much-loved personal cassette playerFive things we learned from the blog:That you guys feel pretty nostalgic about the WalkmanThe meaning of 'Bad Gay Art' What the new N*E*R*D album s... more info

Guardian Music — This week Jason Solomons meets Mark Ruffalo to discuss his role in the very contemporary family comedy, The Kids Are All Right. The film tells the story of a lesbian couple, played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, who have two children from the... more info

Stereogum — The dusty strum of Congratulations title track wasn’t asking for a remix, and certainly not the sort that Erol Alkan’s deft DJ/production hand, honed over his years at LDN’s Trash club and various blog-beating remixes. And yet this funk-guitar ... more info

Guardian Music — Like some weird hybrid of Red Hot Chili Peppers and MGMT, these brothers of invention mix melodic majesty with cosmic funkHometown: Miami.The lineup: Michael John Hancock (vocals) and Brian Robertson (keyboards, drum machines).The background: ANR pro... more info

Guardian Music — Bono claims forthcoming LP produced by the Gnarls Barkley DJ will be their 'best-ever album or ... irrelevant'One of U2's forthcoming three albums will be produced by Danger Mouse, Bono has revealed. With a trio of records in production, the band hav... more info

Culture Bully — Coverage of MGMT's performance of "Congratulations" & "The Handshake" on the October 18 edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live. more info