Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonLou Reed has promised "a night of deep noise" based around Metal Machine Music, the notorious hour of howling feedback that nearly killed his career stone dead on its release in 1975. Whatever that means, the assembled audi... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — HEALTH will release their second album of remixes, DISCO2, June 22 in North America (via Lovepump United) and July 6 in Europe and the UK (vit City Slang). We've already heard Javelin's remix of Get Color track "In Heat", and now we have the only new... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Recorded in Trent Reznor's home studio and produced by My Bloody Valentine knob twiddler Alan Moulder this is HEALTH boiled down to their most essential parts. USA Boys is only the brand new track to appear on the forthcoming remix album Disco 2. Gra... more info

Guardian Music — The dad-rock king's discontent with modern life should come as no surprise. But what is shocking – and thrilling – is that his avant-garde phase continues apace, says Alexis PetridisOn his 25th studio album takes a matter of minutes for... more info

Music For Ants — Here’s a quick post before LOST starts (Desmond episode tonight!). I found this beautiful piano cover version of Arcade Fire’s “No Cars Go” via Arcade Fire Tube. I did a little digging and found that French pianist, Maxence Cyrin, has also co... more info

Pitchfork — -- Brian Eno serves as guest artistic director for the Brighton Festival, which will come to the English seaside town May 1-23. Eno will also perform and give lectures. The festival's lineup also includes the Books, Philip Glass Ensemble, Karl Hyde o... more info

Pitchfork — -- On June 7, the British label Sonic Cathedral will release The Psychedelic Sounds of the Sonic Cathedral, a tribute album to Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators. It features Roky songs interpreted by My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields (joi... more info

Pitchfork — On debut EP The Years, the young Guelph, Ontario duo Memoryhouse layer reverb over wistful, bittersweet hooks and minimal drum machine tics like a more fresh-faced Beach House. Evan Abeele, a student of classical music, originally intended Memoryhous... more info

Guardian Music — Glasgow indie darlings to return as curators for festival they helped establish 11 years ago with the Bowlie WeekenderEleven years after Belle and Sebastian transformed an English seaside resort into a summer camp for indie kids, the Bowlie Weekender... more info

Allmusic Blog — The sound of shoegaze never really went away. It lingers on like tinnitus. Well, that’s kind of a bleak analogy. Maybe more like the memory of a perfect kiss at sunset. There are a bunch of bands today carrying on the fuzzy, effects-driven pop that... more info