Stereogum — In what’s become something of an annual holiday tradition, Norwegian artist and Stereogum buddy Sondre Lerche has once again gifted us with a cover of one of his favorite songs of the year. In previous years, he’s taken on Animal Collective’s â... more info

Stereogum — Amrit and I are at Iceland Airwaves this week. In between walks through cold, sideways, nonstop rain, we caught extraordinary sets by Björk, Owen Pallett, Beach House, and a handful of local bands we’ll be recapping after the weekend. Amrit texted... more info

Guardian Music — This week's a scorcher of sun-blushed songs with a splash of blues from Hendrix and white-hot metal from Judas PriestThe ruby wedding anniversary of sonofwebcore, one of our readers, and his wife prompted us last week to solicit your suggestions for ... more info

Stereogum — The time is now to get in STROKED, the track-for-track Is This It covers compilation we assembled in honor of the Strokes’ modern classic. For the 10th anniversary of its release, we had the likes of Real Estate, Owen Pallett, Peter Bjorn & John, A... more info

Altsounds — Stay Loose are very excited to this morning welcome The Wilderness of Manitoba to our roster. The Canadian five-piece will bring their lush, textured folk to the UK for a couple of shows in late September. Hailing from the fertile Toronto music com... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view you might do the same – Tim Jonze wets himself at the prospect of the Hidden CamerasThe Smell of Our Own opens, as perhaps more albums should c... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Wow, first week of August! Even though I threw together this playlist relatively quickly the previous night, I think this show turned out really well. It consists of three main blocks: a female vocalist blo... more info

Guardian Music — Stereogum has put together a tribute album to the Strokes' Is This It – and this string-drenched beauty is our favouriteTo celebrate 10 years since the release of the Strokes' debut album, Is This It, Stereogum has put together a tribute compilatio... more info

Gigwise — Featuring Autra, Owen Pallett and more... more info

NME — Peter, Bjorn and John, Austra and Owen Pallett feature on 'Stroked…' more info