Stereogum — In 2005 Eddie Argos took Art Brut to the top of the pops, lyrically anyway, as indie rock's thick-browed sardonic clown prince. It wasn't about singing, it was talking to the kids, with acerbic cheek and barbed wit, so much so that Berlin Universi... more info

Scotsman.com — WHEN you love pop music as much as Eddie Argos, the frontman of lo-fi indie combo Art Brut, it's not all plain sailing. An impassioned lyric can harbour a sting in its tai more info

NME - Radar — This chap above is called Joseph Daniel (the one on the left). He founded Angular Recording Corporation back in 2003, with Joe Margetts at Goldsmiths College in south east London. In the (nearly) seven subsequent years, they've been the label that... more info

Guardian Music — Hear how surprisingly seasoned the teen Swedish sisters of First Aid Kit sound when they perform country-tinged folk-pop about hopes, regrets, cheatin' and hard-lovin', from their forthcoming debut album, The Big Black & The Blue (19 Feb to 8 Mar, st... more info

NME — Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now to begin tour on February 9 more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Vincent Cornelli Art Brut's most recent tour brought them into the NYC-area three times with three different sets of openers. Last Friday (11/13), the show was at Brooklyn Bowl with Surfer Blood and Midnight Masses. More pictures from... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Bryan Bruchman After an exhausting CMJ full of shows including the BV party at Pianos on Thursday (10/22), Surfer Blood are back as part a tour that keeps them on the road for the next month. They open... more info

Culture Bully — For a band whose first album I really liked, Art Brut's shtick has worn a little thin and exposed a band that's seemingly repeating the same joke over and over. more info

Topix — Eddie Argos has a beef with Craig Finn. The thickly accented, Kermit-the-Frog-voiced singer for London's garage-punk band Art Brut holds a grudge against the Hold Steady frontman from back when their bands toured together in 2007 -- when many Twin Ci... more info

NME — 'Fixin' The Charts' will be released in January more info