Here are this afternoon’s top stories:
- Matthew Herbert spoke to FACT
- Four Tet shared his 10 Favorite Sample Flips with Egotrip
- The Quietus looked at how metalheads learned to love Morrissey and The Smiths
- Kid 606 readied a new record for a September release
- Baroness are recovering from a tour bus accident overseas
- James Pants and Japandroids lent some lists to Dusted
- Dummy spent some time in the studio with Darkstar
- Blur rushed a digital release of what may be their last live show
- Justice dissed button-pushing DJs
- Adweek discussed how its industry killed dubstep
- Afrika Bambaataa was appointed a visiting scholar position at Cornell
- Exclaim explained the evolution of Cat Power
- Gorilla vs. Bear shared some Polaroid shots from the Øya Festival
- Stereogum rated The Cure, from their worst records to their best
- Prefix examined the Top 10 Lyrics on Bright Eyes’ Lifted… album
- The xx landed a cover story with The FADER
- Drowned in Sound interviewed The Raveonettes
- MNDR broke her long-awaited debut LP down track by track for Spin
- Paste spent an evening with FIDLAR
- Boyz Noize and Bon Iver are among the guests on the next P.O.S. album
- Tiny Mix Tapes talked to director Todd Solondz
- The A.V. Club reviewed this year’s Gathering of the Juggalos
- David Bowie and Kate Bush turned down a chance to perform at the Olympic’s closing ceremony
- Simon Reynolds weighed in on the rise of EDM
- Karen O, Robert Smith and Passion Pit contributed to the Frankenweenie soundtrack
