Pitchfork - Forkcast — South Carolina indie-rocker Mat Cothran, aka Coma Cinema, will be putting out a new full-length, Blue Suicide, via Wonder Beard Tapes sometime in the next few months. "Business as Usual" is slated to appear on that release, and it's a patient builder... more info

Guardian Music — You like Reading festival because of the music, right? Wrong! According to our indie professor, you may also get a kick out of the mud, sweat and fearsI've lived in Reading my whole life and have never been even remotely tempted to visit the festival... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — UK indie-pop duo Summer Camp are back with another visual slice of teenage fantasia (not to be confused with Teengirl Fantasy, of course). The upbeat "Round the Moon" is taken from the forthcoming Young EP, which will be out next month on Moshi Moshi... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Animal Collective’s very own Avery Tare dropped a guest post on Pitchfork’s Altered Zones and shared an obscure song called “My Time” from Ann Steel. You can get more on the tracks background by reading the post, but I really wanted you guys ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Need a wake-up call? Throw on this super-skronky noise-pop jam from Oakland musician Colleen Green-- it's like coffee for your ears. Green's got a tape out, the cleverly-titled Milo Goes to Compton, and you can grab that over at Suffering Jukebox. (v... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Animal Collective's Avey Tare is the latest artist to contribute a guest post to Altered Zones, and his selection was informed by another musician of interest: Deerhunter/Atlas Sound main man Bradford Cox. Avey chose this new wave-y song from 1970s m... more info

Metalsucks — In the latest entry on Ask Earache – the blog on which Earache head honcho Digby Pearson opens himself up to reader questions and promises “straight answers… without the bullshit” and defends re-thrash as a forward-pushing genre – Dig tak... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Don't let the name fool you: hypno-beat outfit Hotel Mexico hail a long, long way away from south of the border-- Japan, to be exact. The group has a new release, His Jewelled Letter Box, out next week (August 16, to be precise) on Japanese label Sec... more info

Nialler9 — It’s great to see coverage of the South African Shangaan Electro scene internationally. Spurred on by the release of the Honest Jon’s compilation Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa, there has been features in The Guardian, F... more info

Culture Bully — A quick suggestion for music publicists about working with artists from someone who's neither a music publicist nor an artist. more info