Pitchfork — It's either the last gasp of the summer festival season or the first taste of fall festivities. But whether you choose to pack sunscreen or a sweater (we'd suggest the former), there's no denying the arrival of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.S... more info

NME — N.E.R.D. , M.I.A. and Hot Chip are set to perform at the New York leg of a party that will happen in 18 across the globe on October 11. more info

Pitchfork — It's looking like M.I.A. pulled a Jay-Z with her retirement talk earlier this summer, as clothing company Diesel has announced a few of the musical acts playing a big party it's throwing, and she is among them. Let this be a lesson to musicians and j... more info

Altsounds — *Diesel invites you to get down and dirty at its biggest global party ever: a 24-hour non-stop party across the globe! 17 major cities around the world, 8 different time zones, 1 major party Finale in New York City* Diesel will unleash the biggest ... more info

Altsounds — *Diesel invites you to get down and dirty at its biggest global party ever: a 24-hour non-stop party across the globe! 17 major cities around the world, 8 different time zones, 1 major party Finale in New York City* Diesel will unleash the biggest ... more info

Pitchfork — High School Record is a 2005 film from writer/director Ben Wolfinsohn (Friends Forever) that chronicles the lives of a mess of high schoolers as they make their way through a tumultuous senior year. Sure, it might sound like a thing or ten you might'... more info

Pop Candy — I'm so jealous of all of you guys heading to the Austin City Limits Festival this weekend. Some of the artists include Beck, David Byrne, The Raconteurs, N.E.R.D., Foo Fighters, Tegan and Sara, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, Okkervil River,... more info

Stereogum — The setup: High School Record, written/directed/photographed by Ben Wolfinsohn (who also did the Friends Forever documentary), is a film about a senior at an art high school who decides to document his last year there with his video camera. The flic... more info

AngryApe — Pharrell, Chad and Shay hit the UK in November more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Making hyperbolic claims on the strength of one EP with five original songs and two remixes might seem like a stretch for most acts... Usually when an band is hyped after one EP (or shit, one song, even), you can almost hear the band members' jaws dr... more info