Guardian Music — Returned from the Isle of Wight yet? Then share with us your highlights of the last big festival of the summer …So, it's back to work and a more monochrome existence, now that Bestival – the last major festival of the summer – has ended. This f... more info

NME — Singer also reveals that she is still letting the victory sink in more info

The Telegraph — Two of rock's least flashy stars stole the show at Bestival, says James Lachno. more info

I Like Music — The UK rapper tops the album chart with his third album, Pixie Lott scores number one single, Doris Day breaks chart record and PJ Harvey re-enters following Mercury win more info

Guardian Music — Mark Beaumont was wowed by the pop stars and divas in the fancy dress parade, ate lunch in a sinking pirate set, ruined some jeans and caught the Cure and PJ Harvey's Bestival sets1. Watch the Cure"It's Sunday," says Robert Smith, the high stage-fron... more info

Guardian Music — Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of WightWith its wishing trees, ambient forests and magic meadows teeming with gaggles of Gagas – this year's fancy-dress theme is Pop Stars and Divas – Bestival is the granddaddy of the surrealist boutique festivals... more info

Guardian Music — Erol Alkan & Boys Noize Feat Jarvis CockerAvalanche (Terminal Velocity) (Phantasy)This candidate for collaboration of the year isn't a cover of Leonard Cohen's original Avalanche per se, more a thoughtful appropriation (approved by Len himself) that ... more info

Guardian Music — We were liveblogging, red carpeting and, er, red wining at the Mercurys as Polly Jean walked away victorious. As for you? You were mostly slagging off the Beatles ...All the chatter from this year's Mercury prizeRebecca Nicholson gives Mercury prize ... more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotifriday playlist, formed from the content this week. It features SBTRKT, Ghostpoet, Laura Marling, Dels, Grace Jones, Beethoven and a few more. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — PJ Harvey's prize-winning album skewers idyllic invocations of Englishness and exposes the brutal, violent realityMusical musings on the English nation have tended towards the cosily nostalgic. Think of the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, ... more info