Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis East India Youth, whose debut album was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize, has signed with XL and will release his second album, Culture of Volume, on April 7. That's the cover art above. The first song... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Long-running, eclectic and generally well-regarded music festival Iceland Airwaves will happen November 5 - 9, 2015 in Reykjavík. They've just announced the initial lineup which includes Ariel Pink, Perfume Genius, GusGus, Spanish bands Mourn and Hi... more info

Stereogum — For many Americans, this year’s Mercury Prize nominees comprised a whole lotta “Who the heck is that?” I mean: GoGo Penguin? East India Youth? Polar Bear? Did any of those records even get a Stateside release? Yeah there were a few familiar nam... more info

NME — The bonus material features a 54-minute soundtrack to 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea more info

Brooklyn Vegan — East India Youth's William Doyle is an artist of two halves. On the one hand he's an emotional electronic songsmith: think a James Blake you don't want to grab by the scruff of the neck and pack off to national... more info

NME — William Doyle admitted he was "too in awe" to approach FKA Twigs at awards launch more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Go Go Penguin's 'V2.0' album art The 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced and here are the 12 albums up for it: FKA twigs - LP1 Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots Young Fathers - Dead East India Youth... more info

NME — Nominees for annual album prize will be announced tomorrow ahead of October ceremony more info

NME — Tempest's set was plagued by sound difficulties, while Morales' was so popular the area was closed more info

NME — Warpaint, Jamie XX and East India Youth also played the Manchester bash more info