Guardian Music — This week on the web music roundup, the BBC's extensive coverage of the Reading festival came at the unfortunate expense of the Notting Hill CarnivalIn a UK music scene currently dominated – and enlivened – by urban music, it seems a pity that th... more info

VH1 Blog — Last night, Dave Grohl used part of the Foo Fighters‘ Best Rock Video VMA speech as a call to “look a little harder” but “Never lose faith in real rock n’ roll music.” Just thirty-odd hours earlier, The Strokes, arguably one of the higher... more info

NME — Fan footage of the co-headliner hook-up emerges online more info

Guardian Music — So you've survived three days of Reading and Leeds – but were the bruises worth it? Were Pulp as good as we said? And who rocked the most – Muse, Deftones or My Chemical Romance?It takes a brave soul to survive an entire day of torrential rain an... more info

Guardian Music — Highlights from this weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals, where music from Pulp and Muse to the Strokes raised festivalgoers out of the muddy mire more info

NME — 2011 bashes draw to a close as Jarvis, Julian and co rock out more info

Gigwise — Band wrap up proceedings... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Javis Cocker joined The Strokes live onstage during the New Yorkers set at the Reading Festival last night (27 Aug). During the bands performance on the main stage, frontman Julian Casablancas... more info

ContactMusic — The Strokes were joined by a guest performer during their set at Britain's Reading Festival on Saturday night (27Aug11) - Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. The Common People hitmaker was beckoned onstage by Julian Casablancas during The Strokes' headline ... more info

NME — NME.COM users have been bigging up both bands equally more info