Here Comes The Flood — Highlights of the Bridge School Benefit Concerts will be released on October 24th on Reprise celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the event that was founded by Neil Young. Most of the tracks are previously unreleased. The Brian Wilson led all-star r... more info

Guardian Music — Elbow, Marina And The Diamonds, Example, Goldfrapp and Sinead O'Connor are on board for Mencap's Little Noise Sessions (22-27 Nov, St John-at-Hackney, E5) …Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers guitarist Walter Lure will show young punks he's still... more info

Altsounds — Sonic Youth's *_Hits Are For Squares_*, previously available only through limited outlets, will be released on October 31st 2011, through Universal Music Group. A collection of songs from Sonic Youth's career curated by a diverse group of artist... more info

Mercury News, California — The 11th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival opened in triumphant fashion on Friday.Highlights from Day One included Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant performing with his talented Band of Joy, gifted lyricist John Prine crooning from his A-plus ... more info

NME — Meanwhile the Sonic Youth man plays Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles more info

DrownedInSound — Following on from the near-simultaneous announcement that the Sonic Youth record Hits Are For Squares is going to get a full and proper re-release three years on from its initial release, there are some Thurston Moore shows just announced. They all h... more info

NME — 'Hits Are For Squares' is out October 31 more info

Altsounds — Sonic Youth's *_Hits Are For Squares_*, previously available only through limited outlets, will be released on October 31st 2011, through Universal Music Group. A collection of songs from Sonic Youth's career curated by a diverse group of artists, ... more info

The Quietus — Sonic Youth frontman to call at several UK and Ireland venues in November and December more info

Guardian Music — REM boasted a mix of commercial reach and off-the-wall creativity – few artists pull off such a delicate balancing actLongevity can be cruel. If REM had parted ways after Bill Berry left in 1997 – or even, as nearly happened, before the completio... more info