Guardian Music — Shoreditch, LondonLondon's trendiest festival is back for a third outing, but this year the young fashion rebels, with undercut hair and sock-suspenders, face an assault by the older generation. Survivors of punk circa 1976, Subway Sect mesh catchy m... more info

Guardian Music — Martha Reeves, the Damned, Lightning Seeds and Rox (pictured) are confirmed for the 10th Croydon Summer Festival (31 Jul-1 Aug, Lloyd Park, croydonsummerfestival.org), with Jassi Sidhu, TAZ and Raghu Dixit among the attractions of the Sunday's Mela �... more info

Guardian Music — As announcements go, this year's Mercury prize nominations didn't exactly set my world on fire (nor that of Alexis Petridis, who blogged on the announcement). Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, Corinne Bailey Rae, I Am Kloot ... I guess the judges liked ... more info

DrownedInSound — The 54th edition of This Week On DiS as a playlist, featuring Animal Collective, John Cooper Clarke, The White Stripes, These New Puritans, Yeasayer, Boredoms, Deerhunter and a few more for good measure! Read the full story on DrownedinSound.co... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Brace yourselves for a long post today as we're releasing a bottleneck of big tunes... Preview here; download at the end [...] Read more! more info

DrownedInSound — This is a hook-up that just had to happen. I mean, even disregarding the fact that they are two of the most talk about acts in recent times and, some might argue, two of the best in those very times...there's more to it than that. Read the ful... more info

Stereogum — SALEM turn “Hologram,” from These New Puritans’s recent Hidden album into something druggy and romantic. The remix appears on the upcoming “Hologram” single. Have a slow listen: These New Puritans – “Hologram (SALEM Remix)” The “Ho... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — "Hologram", from UK post-punk outfit These New Puritans' genre-ADD sophomore effort, Hidden, is a quiet, piano-led track with added orchestral touches. MBV points out that the witch house originators Salem have given it the remix treatment, and you c... more info

NME - Radar — There's always one omission from the Mercury shortlist that has the NME team collectively scratching our heads in disbelief. Last year, we couldn't fathom how Metronomy's 'Night's Out' wasn't deemed an absolutely ideal candidate. Wow, that one still ... more info

Discobelle.net — Salem takes on the forthcoming single “Hologram” from These New Puritans (will be out 9th August 2010, it’s the third track to be taken from the band’s sophmore album “Hidden” which was released earlier this year to huge critical acclaim)... more info