COS: Stream Bloc Party’s new album Four on their website.

NME: The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and The Sex Pistols all turned down the opportunity to perform at Sunday’s Olympic closing ceremony.

RollingStone: Gotye combines a handful of “Somebody That I Used To Know” covers into one mega-cover.

Stereogum: A photo recap of Outside Lands 2012.

Hypebot: More controversy surrounds Universal’s $1.9 billion acquisition of EMI.

Billboard: R. Kelly cancels “Love Letter” cruise after organizer fails to pay up.

Pitchfork: Music video heavyweight Hype Williams unleashes a new video combining the DJ Khaled/Kanye West tracks “Code” and “I Wish You Would.”