And now, the links:
· Former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes has been released on bail after an alleged racial assault on a member of staff at a London Thai restaurant.
· In case you missed it, hear Arcade Fire's brooding new track, Surf City Eastern Bloc, the b-side to this month's seven-inch release of No Cars Go.
· Ahead of the release of their new album, Once Upon a Time in the West, watch Hard-Fi big themselves up on last week's C4 Album Chart Show. Listen especially for Richard Archers' profound explanation of their new artwork: "We wanted to do something that made everyone go: 'Hang on a minute, what's all this about? What's going on?'"
· Possibly in an attempt to seem "more Daily Mail", the NME announce that they will give away the new seven-inch "comeback" Babyshambles single, Delivery, free with copies of the magazine. It's no Prince is it?
· Despite an official statement on the Reading Festival website declaring much of the site is "still not campable" after a summer of heavy rain, the festival will go ahead as planned. Find out the latest campsite information here.
· And finally, from across the pond, watch Canadian indie heroes New Pornographers perform My Rights Versus Yours from new album Challengers on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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