Stereogum: Pics and words from Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012, highlighted by A$AP Rocky and Refused.
CoS: Mumford & Sons’ new video for “Lover of the Light” features Idris Elba (aka Stringer Bell). “That’s market saturation,” yo.
Hypebot: More insight into the DIY success of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
CoS: Lil’ Wayne performs “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” at the NLCS game between San Francisco and St. Louis. Wut?
Disco Naivete: Check out the new video for Chromatics’ “Looking For Love.”
Complex: NEScapism brings out your inner-nerd with 8-bit synth-pop stylings of your favorite Nintendo games.
Hypebot: SXSW Music 2013 announces a bunch of music panels.
AV Club: Snoop Lion (nee Dogg) re-records “Drop It Like It’s Hot” as a Hot Pockets jingle. This is not an Onion article.
HypeM: If you haven’t already, make sure you RSVP to our CMJ showcase with Hype Machine this Wednesday, featuring the return of The Virgins.
All Things Gold: Also make sure to grab tickets to a very special CMJ edition of our All Things Gold showcases with Neon Gold Records tomorrow.
NPR: Stream Tame Impala’s newest effort, Lonerism, in its entirety.
Stoney Roads: Pictures and (a few) words from Parklife Festival down under last weekend.
CoS: Nigel Godrich and Laura Bettinson sit down to discuss producing for heavyweights, their newest collaboration.
Hypebot: Radio Reddit is building steam, or is it just building into one enormous Rick Roll?
YouTube: Mumford & Sons folk up one of the finer tracks off Alt-J’s An Awesome Wave, “Tessellate.”
CoS: A star-studded episode of Later…with Jools Holland features performances from the XX, Muse and the Beach Boys.
AbsolutePunk: Mariachi El Bronx appear on the second episode of our new favorite talk show, the Gorburger Show.
TLoBF: Sonic Youth are reunited with two modded guitars stolen from them over 13 years ago.
COS: Pop Montreal’s annual Pop vs. Jock pick-up basketball game featured performances from Arcade Fire, David Byrne, and The Strokes.
Pitchfork: Watch Animal Collective perform “Today’s Supernatural” on Conan.
NME: Frank Ocean unleashes a new track, “Blue Whale,” via his Tumblr account.
Billboard: MySpace launches a bold new interface with the help of Justin Timberlake.
Stereogum: Feist wins 2012′s Polaris Prize for best Canadian album of the year. Notable nominees included Drake, Japandroids, and Grimes.
CoS: James Blake teams up with MC Trim to create Trimbal, releases video for the first single “Confidence Boost.”
Rolling Stone: Fiona Apple arrested last week in Texas for possession of hash at the same checkpoint Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson (of course) were busted.
NYTimes: Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong goes on epic rant at iHeartRadio show, checks into rehab. Watch him take a shot at Justin Bieber.
Hypebot: Tired of Chris Brown? There’s an app for that. Introducing the Chris Brownout Plugin.
SPIN: This might be the weirdest combination of artists performing together since Fred Durst rapped on that “What’s Goin’ On” tribute track.
CoS: The Hood Internet put together a sample-free LP with help from Cadence Weapon, A.C. Newman, and more.
A.V. Club: !!!, tUnE-yArDs, and 23 other bands with difficult to pronounce or spell names.
Twitter: The internet was invented so that things like @DJsComplaining could exist.
99designs: Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is crowdsourcing the design work for a Northern Exposure-inspired tattoo.
YouTube: David Byrne and St. Vincent perform the Talking Heads classic “Burning Down The House” on the Minneapolis stop of their Love This Giant tour.
Hypebot: James Taylor sues Warner Bros. for $2 million over improper compensation of digital royalty payouts.
Stereogum: Lana Del Rey covers Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris’ “Blue Velvet” for a new H&M ad campaign.
HuffPost: Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z close out the Paralympics with a bang.
CoS: Eddie Vedder hit the stage with The Boss at Wrigley Field over the weekend.
Hypebot: Here are the 20 richest men in the rap game today.
PMA: Kanye reveals the tracklisting for his new album, Cruel Summer, out next Tuesday.
