Guardian Music — Are Pendulum the band who mark a generational divide? Plus, Glastonbury inches towards its 40th birthdayThe swinging sound of youthApologies to anyone over 25 who may be reading this. We begin Sleeve Notes with a tale involving Pendulum. If you're un... more info

Guardian Music — We kick things off this week with Stornoway, the band from Oxford (not, in fact, the Outer Hebrides) who you can currently see playing a live track for us on our site. Alexis Petridis caught up with the band the night after a gig that left one member... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — For those unfamiliar with [Stornoway's] work, the band features multiinstrumentalists Brian Briggs and Jon Ouin who founded the band when they met while studying at Oxford University, before Oliver Steadman, and his kid brother, Robert, joined them. ... more info

Guardian Music — The indie-folk quartet treat us to a new version of their single Here Comes the Blackout, from the album Beachcomber's WindowsillBen KapeAndy GallagherMustafa KhaliliHenry Barnes more info

NME — Band set for November dates more info

DrownedInSound — Another weekly instalment in our content-themed Spotify playlist, as ever on a Friday. Featuring: The Cure, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gaggle, Stornoway, Slipknot, Slow Club, Klaxons, Cold Pumas, Rolo Tomassi and more. Read the full story on Drowne... more info

The Telegraph — Stornoway's PhD pop is short on ego but long on soul. Helen Brown meets the rising stars. more info

DrownedInSound — At their best, Stornoway recall a less austere, transatlantic Shearwater: the jumping-off points are the same, but these are songs purpose-built for whistling, not contemplation. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

BBC 6 Music — The Oxford four-piece don't understand the contemporary comparisons more info

The Telegraph — This debut is a breezy set of feisty, haunting, organic, folk-inflected music. Rating: * * * * more info