What is it with Swedes that makes them think they’re from the American deep south? The Tallest Man On Earth has been peddling his (brilliant) twangy cod-Americana for a few years now, and now First Aid Kit are building on the success of their debut album with a sound that is so bloody Country that they’re writing songs called ‘Emmylou’. I’d love to completely dismiss this record, mostly because my mum will probably love it and play it non-stop like she did with that bloody Laura Marling record, but there’s something about the Söderberg sisters’ crystal ...

Our pompous old playlist-making owl Brian is back. With some bombastic pose, dubious claims about his whereabouts in the past year and a playlist of 2011's gems. How we've missed the silly thing. ( Read more... ) Categories: Playlists Tags: Fire">Arcade Fire , Bombay Bicycle Club , Bon Iver , brett anderson , Death Cab for Cutie , Emmy The Great , Foxes">Fleet Foxes , Gruff Rhys , Iron & Wine , Laura Marling , Metronomy , Pete and the Pirates , PJ Harvey , Slow Club , Summer Camp , The Leisure Society

DOUG WALLEN and NICK ARGYRIOU review 64.7 percent of the entire bill of Melbourne’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Footscray Community Arts Centre on Saturday. (Fans of Girls, The Panics, The Horrors and SBTRKT send your grievances to PO Box 475, Prahran, VIC 3181, or just wait for the Sydney review.) Photos by MICHAEL BAINBRIDGE . The ominous clouds that “greeted” punters at last year’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival were replaced by near-perfect skies and a mercury that hovered above 30 degrees all day. For the third year running, the festival returned to the Footscray Community ...

The mercurial Laura Marling charmed The Forum Theater in one of the finest performances I’ve seen in... ever, really. read more

As proven so eloquently in our previous issue’s gorgeous cover story, Miss Houghton is a firecracker to contend with - small yet mighty and very headstrong, when she explodes, she covers her debut album in iridescent sparks that take your breath away. Floating like a geordie Joni Mitchell over the cosmic folky cloud of her accompanying Hooves, it would seem that her breathy vocals fall softly like snowflakes, dusting their musical landscape with a blanket of angelic delicateness. But as it thaws, it reveals a harsher side to Houghton’s mischievous personality. It’s a wicked streak that runs through ...

Hear the English songstress perform tracks off her last album, A Creature I Don't Know .

At just 33 minutes long, Your Truly, Cellophane Nose is chaotic, cluttered and certainly not straightforward enough to cast her as the ‘next Laura Marling’. Thank goodness for that. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

The unrivaled Jack White has announced he'll be releasing his debut album Blunderbuss on April 24th. The first single off the album, "Love Interruption" is an acoustic roots rock track that incorporates folk and blues elements. Nashville singer, Ruby Amanfu provides supporting vocals to White's demands on love. Given all the projects White supports via his Nashville-based label Third Man Records, including rock 'n' roll hall of fame inductee Wanda Jackson , and his 'Blue Series' including artists First Aid Kit and Laura Marling , it comes as no surprise that White himself has taken a more Southern rock direction ...

Frightened Rabbit have outlined plans for a tour of the Highlands, mixing solo shows with full band dates. The Highlands appear to have become quite the hot destination for any new group with a folk bent. Mumford & Sons started the trend, while Laura Marling has also become enamoured with Scotland’s Northern lands. Now Frightened Rabbit have confirmed plans for a full tour of the Highlands. However the band have a greater claim to the venture than most. The five piece are actually Scottish for a start, while Frightened Rabbit are also known for disappearing off into the North to ...

BEST BRITISH BAND Arctic Monkeys Bombay Bicycle Club The Horrors Kasabian Muse BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND Fire">Arcade Fire Foo Fighters Justice Odd Future The Strokes BEST SOLO ARTIST Adele Florence + The Machine Frank Turner Laura Marling Miles Kane Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds BEST NEW BAND Foster The People Lana Del Rey Tribes The Vaccines [...]

2011 yılında yayınladığı ‘What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?’ adlı ilk albümüyle başarılı bir çıkış yakalayan Batı Londra’lı dörtlünün solisti Justin Young grubun yeni albümünün 2012 sonuna doğru raflarda yerini alacağını onayladı.. Belçika’da Mart ayında stüdyoya girecek The Vaccines yeni albümünde Ryan Adams, Laura Marling, Kings of Leon gibi isimlerden de tanıdığımız prodüktör Ethan Johns ile çalışacak.

By request for MinusTheGallows … Click logo above to download Mumford & Sons with Friends Live at The Cecil Sharp House London England 10-11-2010 1) Rambling Man by Laura Marling 2) I Speak Because I Can by Laura Marling 3) Alpha Shallows by Laura Marling 4) Rinse Me Down by Bombay Bicycle Club 5) Evening Morning by Bombay Bicycle Club 6) Dust On The Ground by Bombay Bicycle Club 7) Leaving Blues by Bombay Bicycle Club 8) Ivy and Gold by Bombay Bicycle Club 9) Wall Of Arms by The Maccabees 10) Young Lions by The Maccabees 11) Bag Of Bones by ...

The wonderful Cave Singers have just completed an outstanding session for Daytrotter offering up versions of Swim Club, Haller Lake, Clever Creatures and the brilliant Black Leaf. Signing up to get this, and many other sessions (recently including Laura Marling, Wilco, Marnie Stern and The Parson Red Heads) costs just $2 per month which even in [...]

Okay, haven't actually looked at these yet, but I'm going to guess that the key theme of this year's NME shortlist will be 'please like us, Lana Del Ray's people'. Here's the shortlist in full : Best British Band (supported by Sonos) Arctic Monkeys Bombay Bicycle Club The Horrors Kasabian Muse Best International Band (supported by T4) Fire">Arcade Fire Foo Fighters Justice Odd Future The Strokes Best Solo Artist (supported by Rekorderlig) Adele Florence + The Machine Frank Turner Laura Marling Miles Kane Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Best New Band (supported by Boxfresh) Foster ...

Following a number of lineup announcements , San Miguel Primavera Sound has announced the complete lineup for the 2012 festival, which takes place in Barcelona May 30-June 3. New additions include Girls, Atlas Sound, Wavves, the Rapture, Swans' Michael Gira, Shellac, the War On Drugs, Iceage, Trash Talk, Lee Ranaldo, Sharon Van Etten, Danny Brown, Death Grips, Black Lips, Japandroids, Beirut, Refused, Richard Hawley, The Field, John Talabot, Dirty Beaches, Tall Firs, Demdike Stare, Thee Oh Sees, Friends, Rufus Wainwright, James Ferraro, Milk Music, Rustie, Scuba, Kings of Convenience, Lower Dens, Laura Marling, The Chameleons, the Pop Group, Girls Names, Hannii ...