The Music Fix — Man, did he really mess up. more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Battles feat. Gary Numan - ‘My Machines’ (Warp) ‘Welcome to the sound of now,’ sings Gary, even if he does say ‘toe’ for ‘to’ and ‘mashaynes’ for ‘machines’ on the chorus in the singular way onl... more info

The Music Fix — And another one to follow! more info

The Music Fix — Featuring Darren Hayman, Jack Hayter, Nosferatu D2 and Meursault among others... more info

DrownedInSound — Read and Shout 2011 is a festival thought up as a way of protesting against the vicious public sector cuts that threaten our libraries. On Saturday 19th March, Hefner’s Darren Hayman and Jens Lekman will converge on Nettlefold Hall with a clutch of... more info

Altsounds — Moshi Moshi Records and The Wave Pictures are proud to announce the release of Beer In The Breakers, out April 19th 2011. True to their lo-fi aesthetic the band recorded the album live to tape in one day at friend and frequent collaborator Darren ... more info

DrownedInSound — After a break of about a month we are back with the first Spotifriday of the year. It has a distinctly British vs. American flavour, rather arbitrarily including Darren Hayman, White Lies, Pearl Jam, Warpaint, Mogwai and some more bands you should re... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS's Michael 'michael_w' Wheeler limbers up to review ex Hefner man Hayman's song-a-day January project. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Drake, on tourLil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment is like a finishing school would be, were swearing actively encouraged there. And while Wayne himself was unavoidably detained for much of 2010, his proteges performed magnificently in his absence. ... more info

DrownedInSound — Darren Hayman is not to be confused with Darren Hayes, lead singer of Savage Garden, although I gather this has happened several times, much to Hayman's bemusement. Anyway, Darren Hayman was recently awarded a 9/10 for his current album, The Essex Ar... more info