LargeHeartedBoy — The highly anticipated Alabama Shakes' debut album Boys and Girls officially hits stores tomorrow. Amadou and Mariam's Folila, Choir of Young Believers' Rhine Gold, Emily Wells' Mama, and M. Ward's A Wasteland Companion are all albums I can strongly.... more info

Nialler9 — Shimmering arrangements, stark keys, head-filling bass and a broody reverbed atmosphere are some characteristics of returning Danish band Choir of Young Believers on ‘Sedated’, the latest track to debut from the band’s second album Rhine Gold o... more info

DrownedInSound — You know that Choir of Young Believers are talented. They just have a tendency to produce some ball-achingly dull middle of the road songs. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

KEXP Seattle — Danish ensemble Choir of Young Believers are known for their angelic pop melodies, frontman Jannis Noya Makrigiannis’s crystalline vocals, and their use of airy synths and effects to complement spot-on traditional instrumentation, giving their musi... more info

Guardian Music — (Ghostly International)There's a chilly rigour to the orchestral compositions of Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, the singer/writer behind Copenhagen's Choir of Young Believers. But then, this is an unusual "choir" – one that projects a feeling of isolati... more info

KEXP Seattle — KEXP has officially invaded SXSW and we’re getting set up now at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop for our three day broadcast featuring Allen Stone, Of Monsters and Men, Shearwater, Choir of Young Believers, Youth Lagoon, and many others. Fifteen bands ... more info

DrownedInSound — This year has certainly been yet another vintage one for Ghostly International, not that they tend to have many bad years, if at all. Quite simply, it is one of the best labels out there. They've just announced another release on their roster for 201... more info

KEXP Seattle — Following up their stripped down duo performance live on KEXP during CMJ 2009, Choir of Young Believers, led by Denmark’s Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, upped the ante to play as a four-piece during KEXP’s broadcast from Gibson Showroom in Austin duri... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Blair, a former New Orleans native now residing in Brooklyn, is another of the many acts that made some headway at last month’s SXSW. Though, I remember her bursting onto the scene in 2007 with her Pluto EP, she had recently released a new full-le... more info

Guardian Music — (Parlophone)In the past two years Jón fiór Birgisson (Jónsi) has performed as both part of Sigur Rós and as Jónsi & Alex with boyfriend Alex Somers in last year's moody but moving ambient piece Riceboy Sleeps. As if to prove that you'd... more info