L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The band: Spero, a Los Angeles-based quintet. The sound: “Dream pop dream pop dream pop. [It’s] all we think about,” the band writes on its ReverbNation page, a truth reinforced by its murky bass lines and vintage synthesizers. The Cure... more info

Guardian Music — Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of WightBestival tries to cover all the bases: it is a festival for music aficionados but there is a lot of silliness going on. The fancy dress theme was "Rock Stars, Pop Stars & Divas", an excuse for dozens of young men... more info

Guardian Music — This week Bestival drew the summer festival season to a close, Amy Winehouse's final studio session was released, and our readers got physical with their top workout tunesHighlights from our Bestival coverageThe five best things about Friday, includi... more info

ContactMusic — The Cure rocker Robert Smith is frustrated at the fallout from the recent riots in Britain insisting the unrest has paved the way for politicians to turn the country into a police state Court judges in the U K have been handing down savage sentences ... more info

Altsounds — ..now it's up to you to tell us if we screwed this up. The *original song *(album's title track) is from the dense epic personal (its mostly Robert Smith's work) soundscape that is *Disintegration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disintegration_%28The_... more info

Altsounds — ..now it's up to you to tell us if we screwed this up. The *original song *(album's title track) is from the dense epic personal (its mostly Robert Smith's work) soundscape that is *Disintegration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disintegration_%28The_... more info

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 - Festivals — That's that then, the end of the summer festival season, and boy was Bestival a good way to bring it to a close. Headliners The Cure picked Bestival for their only European appearance of the year so far, Pendulum played their 'last UK show for the fo... more info

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