Core News — “BBC Radio 6 Music heads to Green Man Festival this weekend to host the Mountain Stage featuring a number of great live music acts including Beirut, Mercury Rev, The War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Neutral Milk Hotel, First Aid Kit, Anna Calvi and ... more info

NME — Festival took place in the Brecon Beacons from August 15 to 17 more info

NME — Joanna Gruesome, The Field, Huw Stephens and Simian Mobile Disco also set to appear at Welsh event more info

Impose Magazine — Last Box of Sparklers is the forthcoming tribute album dedicated to the late Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, featuring music from The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, and Califone, among others. It was put together by Box of Stars, a nonprofit that raises aw... more info

Impose Magazine — Dinosaur Jr. celebrated the 25th anniversary of their album You're Living All Over Me with many guest stars at New York's Terminal 5 on Saturday, December 1st. Special guests included Lee Ranaldo and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, The Smiths'... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Former Mercury Rev frontman David Baker is bringing his musical project Variety Lights on the road for a few dates this month, including two in NYC: August 22 at Mercury Lounge with The Eastern Sea and Your... more info

Guardian Music — (Fire)Once frontman of combustible New Zealand noise-pop outfit the Mint Chicks, Kody Nielson has embarked on a solo career as Opossom. The result is upbeat psychedelia that references the Beach Boys and Flaming Lips without ever sounding derivative.... more info

Impose Magazine — David Baker was a founding member of, and frontman for, the quasi-legendary Mercury Rev, and while he only appeared on their first two albums, Yerself is Steam and Boces, those two underground post-modern masterpieces were so significant and ground-b... more info

Guardian Music — They were tiny, tatty – and terrific. For Record Store Day on Saturday, our pop writers remember the shops where they first fell in love with musicFreewheelin' in Nottingham It was the place where I first heard Bob Dylan, in the late summer of 1963... more info

Guardian Music — From racing with the devil to a goddess on a highway, this week's playlist leaves others eating dirt. Scream if you want to go faster …And they're off! Last week I asked you for suggestions of songs about velocity – and the nominations came thick... more info