Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonJunior Boys make pristine, future-perfect pop every bit as bubbly and infectious as Hot Chip's, says Paul Lester more info

Stereogum — Our last transmission from Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone was their cover of David Bowie's "Oh! You Pretty Things" from the Life Beyond Mars compilation. They have a remix album out next month. Reverse Migration includes tweaking by the Teenagers, ... more info

Pitchfork — Most Au Revoir Simone songs sound so delicate they might break if you did anything to them, but that hasn't stopped a whole bunch of folks from covering and remixing material from the NYC synth-pop trio's first proper full-length, The Bird of Music.T... more info

The Late Greats — (design by Joe)So the big news around these parts: Coconut Joe is taking early retirement from his 9-5, packing up his Weber mando and moving from Princeton to Minnesota. In honor of that, I have compiled a punch of songs with “over” in ... more info

Pitchfork — Hey, it's been awhile. Let's check in with Meghan McCain's blog. What has Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain's daughter been listening to lately? Let's see. She's been rocking some Tokyo Police Club, some Klaxons, some Au Revoir Simone. A... more info

Pitchfork — Iconic art rocker Robert Wyatt will get the reissue treatment from Domino this fall. The label that released Wyatt's last album, 2007's Comicopera, will tackle nine reissues on CD and vinyl, split into two groups. Reissues of the 1974 live album Drur... more info

Get Weird — The third single from the excellent ‘Slime & Reason’ album by Roots Manuva is the Metronomy produced ‘Let The Spirit’ and it’s out soon via Big Dada with remixes from Toddla T and Hot Chip.        more info

Paste Magazine — The boys of Hot Chip sure have had a massively busy 2008. They just put out a new album in February and have been touring ever since. Now, they're talking new EP's, tour dates and songs. Nope, you're not confusing them with Coldplay (though you'd... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis are amongst the nominees at the 2008 Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka.Alan Carr will be officiating at the event on October 6 - after all but stealing the show at last year’s ceremony - which is renowned as one of the most raucous an... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — As usual, this year's Austin City Limits Festival was a laid back affair, made even more pleasant than usual by the relatively balmy weather -- we were blessed by a nice steady breeze, and even a few occasional clouds this year -- but I spent most of... more info