L.A. Times - Entertainment — Is it still possible, in the age of free digital streaming, for a band to rip off its audience? The new Pink Floyd album – or, more precisely, the “new” “Pink Floyd” “album” – makes you think so. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Cult of Youth's Final Days is one of my favorite albums of the year. Antony and the Johnsons' live album Turning and Dirty Beaches' Stateless are also highly recommended. Pink Floyd released their final studio album, The Endless River.... more info

Stereogum — Pink Floyd’s new album The Endless River only has one song with lyrics: “Louder Than Words,” an elegy to late band member Richard Wright written by David Gilmour’s wife Polly Sampson. The song’s new video is about death, too, as far as I ca... more info

Time — Is it a sign of laziness or a generous gift to fans? more info

The Telegraph — The influential band's final album, cut from 1993 Division Bell sessions, will make you feel nostalgic, says Helen Brown more info

Stereogum — Pink Floyd’s The Endless River comes out next week. It’s supposed to be the art-rock giants’ final album, and it’s also their first album in two decades and the first one recorded without Richard Wright. We’ve already heard lead single “L... more info

Stereogum — Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason is the latest person to weigh in on U2′s Apple stunt for Songs Of Innocence. Like Patrick Carney and Trent Reznor before him, Mason also believes that U2 devalued music by forcing their album onto everyone. In a new interv... more info

The Telegraph — The record industry can't rely on the young to buy music, so it is repackaging old favourites to be bought a second time by baby-boomers. Is this clever reinvention or cynical recycling, asks Neil McCormick more info

The Independent — Praise doesn’t come more cherished than when it’s from your childhood heroes and it’s almost certain that One Direction will relish the acceptance from Pink Floyd’s drummer Nick Mason, who said that the boyband have “some good songs”. more info

Stereogum — So far Pink Floyd have shared one song from farewell album The Endless River, “Louder Than Words.” The latest teaser video with David Gilmour and Nick Mason doesn’t reveal an entire track, but there are snippets of several unreleased songs. The... more info