Said the Gramophone — Passion Pit - "Cuddle Fuddle". Sometimes I think of hearts like gas-lamps. I don't understand how gas-lamps work, so bear with me. Anyway, you got a big container of ether & spirits & fumes, and then you got all these tubes and valves to manage t... more info

Guardian Music — Alexis Petridis: Oasis' new album borrows from the Beatles, but its trudging rhythms and absurd rhymes are all its own more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — It looked hilarious' says Noel GallagherNoel Gallagher has revealed that the sitar used on 'Dig Out Your Soul' album track 'To Be Where There's Life' cost just £12.50.The Oasis guitarist joked that the instrument wasn't even a genuine sitar - it w... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — An unknown Liverpool band was invited by Oasis superstar Noel Gallagher to play in front of sell-out crowds at the ECHO arena.The Sixteen Tonnes, who have never played for an audience bigger than a few hundred people, were handpicked by Gallagher to ... more info

MTV.com News — Philip Andelman-helmed video for song expected to be ready by October 15.By Jocelyn Vena Jonas Brothers Photo: Getty Images/ Kevin Winter It's only a matter of time before the guys who left you "Burnin' Up" will debut the video for their l... more info

Detroit Free Press — The Web site of Ann Arbor quartet Starling Electric proclaims the group "Proud Purveyors of Pomp and Pop!" but this barely begins to describe the wondrous kaleidoscope of influences that infuse the band's music. The Beatles and Beach Boys are fe... more info

Idolator — Yesterday, I came across a recent interview with Amanda Petrusich, the author of the new It Still Moves, in which she basically nails the conundrum facing music writing today. Take it away, Amanda and questioner: RD: Being largely a writer for print... more info

Panda Toes — Though blog readers generally avoid artists such as George Harrison in favor of others like Yelle, I'm sure you're all familiar with the former's "Got My Mind Set on You." I mean, surely y'all have heard of the Beatles? You know, the band that has in... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — 4 stars out of 5As Oasis unveil their seventh studio album on MySpace, The Times' chief rock critic Pete Paphides goes through Dig Out Your Soul, track-by-track, and comes to the conclusion that this could be their best album since the siblingsâ€â... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Stage attacks, snide comments directed at contemporaries and wild comparisons to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Yes, it can mean only one thing: Oasis are releasing a new studio album.Entitled Dig Out Your Soul, the Brit pop survivors’ ea... more info