From Mato, From London — Poliça (USA) Música fantasmal, tersa y nocturna que cuenta entre sus fans a Jay-Z y Bon Iver. Con sus percusiones de post-rock, sus teclados melifluos y sus vocalismos (auto)tuneados, esto debería teneros entretenidos hasta que salga el segundo di... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Other Lives @ Bowery Ballroom, 11/29/2012 Call Other Lives folkestral. The band takes cues from expansive acts with sprawling live arrangements and Americana heartbeats, copping feels from everyone from Bon Iver to Sigu... more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonThe phenomenal success of Mumford & Sons has set major labels on a frantic chase to acquire their own well-mannered, folk-tinged pop troupes to annex sales charts across the globe. It's a safe bet that the eyes of the lucky... more info

Guardian Music — Pub gigs, stadium shows and everything in between – tell us about live music you've seen latelyHave you been to see any live music in the past few days? If so, how was it? We'd like to hear about your gig-going, good or bad, impressive or disappoin... more info

Guardian Music — Wembley Arena, LondonIt's a long way from the Vernon family log cabin in snowy, northwestern Wisconsin to a corporate events hangar in northwest London. The air miles aren't the half of it. Over the last five-odd years, Justin Vernon – the core of ... more info

Guardian Music — With Tom Jones and Bon Iver among their fans, why do Watford sisters the Staves still need to convince the owner of their local pub that they deserve a place on her wall of fameAt the Horns in Watford, favoured local of sisters Emily, Jessica and Cam... more info

Guardian Music — Wembley arena, LondonIt started in a log cabin and it has led to Wembley. When little-known singer-songwriter Justin Vernon retreated to his father's Wisconsin woodland hideaway late in 2006 and recorded an album about a breakup, he would not have ex... more info

Guardian Music — He could have been a rugby player, but this boy From Nowhere has turned to folkie-endorsed electronic music instead. Think Paul Simon jamming with PrinceReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Liverpool.The lineup: Dan Croll (vocals), Fabian Prynn (d... more info

Guardian Music — SWG3, GlasgowAuto-Tune, the pitch-correction software that squares off wobbly vocals until they resemble Tetris blocks, has come to symbolise everything that is garish and wrong about modern music. Yet Poliça have become one of 2012's most alluring ... more info

Guardian Music — Soup Kitchen, ManchesterHow to Dress Well may sound like a lesson in tailoring etiquette, but is actually the performing name of Colorado-born Tom Krell, whose second album of ethereal R&B songs about sadness, death and devastation, Total Loss, was r... more info