Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonIt began as Groove Armada's baby, but Lovebox has grown into a source of familial pride for all festival-loving Londoners. New faces vie with old pin-ups in one of the year's most interesting lineups. Playing a main stage for the... more info

Radio Exile — Music from Auld Lang Syne, Hermas Zopoula and Watching Cars. Also: Your band's website sucks, Anamanaguchi's site is better than yours, pitfalls to avoid, song placement of hit singles within albums, My Brightest Diamond is everywhere, segway in the ... more info

NIN fans were stunned when Gary joined them on stage in London to perform two songs.Trent hailed him as "vitally important and a huge inspiration" before they performed 'Metal' and 'Cars' together... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: JEFF the Brotherhood - Heavy Damage (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Coin Under Tongue - The So Far EP (link to zip) DOWNLOAD: Sisters - Accolades (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sisters - Street Cars (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lovvers - Human Hair (MP3)... more info

Perez Hilton — Pixar's Up is a bonafide monster hit! The animated film has just passed $280 million in box office from theaters worldwide! Up has now topped Wall-E, Toy Story, The Incredibles and Cars in box office earnings, making it the 2nd highest grossing film... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I don’t have much to really say today. It’s going to be a lazy weekend here most likely. I didn’t know Snow Patrol did this cover of Beyonce’s very well known hit “Crazy In Love” until the other day.I’ve been a fan of Snow Patrol pre-Ch... more info

All About Jazz — Three longtime Hollywood Bowl-goers share sweet memories of music under the stars, be it in a box down in front or on a bench seat on high. Cars didn't have seat belts back in the 1940s -- but then, nobody was thinking too hard about safety when C... more info

Sky News — New car registrations were up 30.7% between May and June, figures show. more info

The Vinyl Villain — There was a while when picture disc singles were all the rage. This was the first one I ever bought. A single that hit the charts in February 1979, peaking at #17.The thing was, nobody meaningful in the UK seemed to take The Cars all that seriously,... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Blakesberg/Retna Exactly 15 years ago today Weezer released their supremely goofy debut single “Undone - The Sweater Song,” off their self-titled disc fans call the Blue Album. Produced by Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, the tune got loads of MT... more info