Guardian Music — Green Man, Brecon Beacons, WalesThere wasn't much call for sun cream, but for most of the weekend Green Man basked in a happy sense of having got away with it. The pre-festival forecast was grim, but despite some low-level drizzle the heavens only re... more info

NME — Band stage one of their first shows without Rebecca Coleman more info

Stereogum — Neil Young’s upcoming solo album Le Noise is finished according to the singer himself, who announced the new via Facebook. The Daniel Lanois-produced album will be out 9/28 on vinyl and CD, and digitally on iTunes. Then, Young says, it’ll be out ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Avi Buffalo @ South Street Seaport (more by Chris La Putt) Tickets for the !!! shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 6 and October 7 are on sale now. 2 Day Passes are also available. Tickets are still... more info

Stereogum — Bethany Cosentino, the main face from NME’s favorite new band of 2010, has put together a mixtape for another UK publication, The Independent. (They should’ve asked Bobb Bruno to do a metal-themed Vol. 2. Not sure what to expect out of Ali.) The... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-20 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival08-21 Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man Festival08-22 Lancaster, England - Lancaster Library08-24 London, England - Cargo08-25 London, England - Islington Academy ^08-27 Reading, England - Reading Festival08... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In today's Calendar, I profile the terribly young Long Beach band Avi Buffalo, which quickly vaulted to international indie stardom on the strength of its instrumental wizardry and dirty-minded pop savvy. The band's self-titled Sub Pop debut cemented... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Long Beach quartet has started to play on-the-grid clubs, despite several of the musicians not being old enough to drink. The Long Beach quartet has starte... more info

NME — Band to play Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen venue more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Avi Buffalo as a 3-piece Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg is (or was recently) 18 years old. That seems like a young age to be signed to Sub Pop and headlining South Street Seaport, but he did. It... more info