8/1 — MP3: The Pretenders - Everyday Is Like Sunday [Morrissey cover] MP3: The National - Pretty In Pink [Pyschodelic Furs cover] MP3: The Cure - Love Will Tears Us Apart [Joy Division cover] MP3: Johnny Cash - One [U2 cover] MP3: Chromatics - Animal Nitr... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Over in the Daily Mail today I have a go at Oasis, the popular beat combo which has just split up. (Or so Noel Gallagher says, and since he’s the only one in the band who can write songs, that’ll be it till he changes his mind for the l... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Bottle Up and Go @ The Studio at Webster Hall 8pm FREEYou should have seen them at After the Jump on Saturday, but for the few that missed their energetic set make sure you head to The Studio for this free show. Oh and if you did see them Sat... more info

Guardian Music — Brixton Academy, London SW9There's a simple test for determining cultural phenomena in this country. It goes like this: has a high-ranking politician made a glib reference to it? If so, consider phenomenon status stamped and sealed. Last week it was ... more info

NME — Instigate Debate line-ups announced for the two sites more info

The Vinyl Villain — I follow your blog daily, and was wondering if you would be willing to share your insight on the whole Smiths reissue subject, as the man himself has made some interesting comments.I thought he did get royalties (that's what the big legal battle was ... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — It was a horribly rainy New York afternoon in April when I met up with The Whip’s Fee Daniel (drums) and Bruce Carter (lead) at the East Village soccer football pub Nevada Smiths. We were slated to meet up at  the hotel but was suggested we catc... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Music is the third party in Tom and Summer's affair. In director Marc Webb's breakout indie hit "(500) Days of Summer," the words "you have good taste in music... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Cribs - We Were Aborted (MP3) Wakefield, England's finest all-brother trio, The Cribs, expanded last year to a four-piece with restless Smiths (and Modest Mouse) axeman Johnny Marr joining the Jarman brothers. The fruits ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Decemberists @ Newport Folk Festival 8/1 (more by Jim Brueckner) "The Decemberists have gotten muscular lately, too. The onetime bookish Smiths acolytes have lately discovered the wonders of prog. On [the first day of Lollapalooza 2009] they performe... more info