Guardian Music — Nine years after forming, Manchester's men about town I Am Kloot look set to emulate ElbowIt doesn't take long in I Am Kloot's company to feel something has changed. Underrated, despite a fanatical hardcore following, the combustible, hard-drinking M... more info

Guardian Music — Join Dave Simpson to discuss the fantastic comeback album from Manchester band I Am KlootFor me, I Am Kloot's fifth album, Sky at Night, confirms singer/guitarist John Bramwell as the country's greatest "unknown" songwriter. The critically acclaimed ... more info

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Guardian Music — Bush Hall, LondonI Am Kloot are Manchester's best-kept musical secret. After 10 years toiling away in the margins, the trio seem set to make a commercial quantum leap with their imminent, lavish fifth album, Sky at Night, produced by Elbow's Guy Garv... more info

DrownedInSound — Not so rad news everyone: Wendy Roby is away. This leaves me, the site's founder, the unenviable task of filling our most popular columnist's Reebok hi-tops and writing about new releases by the likes of Uffie & Pharell Williams, Here We Go Magic, El... more info

Altsounds — Northern Skies' is the first single from the band's stunning forthcoming fifth studio album 'Sky At Night'. 'Sky At Night', produced by Elbow's Guy Garvey and Craig Potter, is released on July 5th and follows 2007's 'I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge'... more info

Guardian Music — Ten big-name festivals - including the Big Chill, Reading and Latitude - pledge to cut 10% of their emissions during 2010The Big Chill, Latitude, Bestival, Reading and Lovebox: some of the coolest places to hang out in Britain this summer are among a... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonNear the middle of their set, Northumbrian sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank step away from their microphones to sing unamplified, taking advantage of the airy acoustics of the semi-sacred space of north London's Union Chapel. The ... more info

Stereogum — The reciprocal part of Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back project moves forward with Elbow’s cover of “Mercy Street” (from Gabriel’s 1986 album So). Says Elbow’s Guy Garvey: “We chose to cover ‘Mercy Street’ because it’s such an amaz... more info

NME Radio — With more musical right angles than Maths professor Dan 'Caribou' Snaith hammering his sampler with a set-square, it's another full three-hour New Noise show, which originally went out on NME Radio on Sunday 30 May. For the full tracklist, links and... more info