Guardian Music — Yes, it's more twee than a Christmas twee, but at least these two know their way around a melodyAs much as the festive season is about mistletoe and wine, children singing Christian rhymes, it's also about returning home to your family and seeing peo... more info

Guardian Music — FATM's popularity reveals how the liberal middle classes have abandoned true counterculture for escapist vintage chicThe music world is buzzing with excitement this week. Against a backdrop of seemingly immovable industry pessimism, the release of th... more info

Impose Magazine — Impose photographer Edwina Hay had a busy CMJ. She went to five shows in four days and caught The Death Set, Gordon Voidwell, Tayisha Busay, Headless Horseman, Main Attrakionz, Cold Specks, Bleached, Casiokids, and Emmy the Great. See more images ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Andrew Sacher, photos by Chris La Putt Emmy the Great @ Public Assembly Emmy the Great played an excellent set at the Friday BV day party (10/21) at Public Assembly as a two-piece (Emma-Lee Moss and Euan Hinshelwood).... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — AM @ Summerstage over the summer (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) today in NYC * Odd Future @ Terminal 5 * Zola Jesus, Xanopticon @ LPR * BOBBY, Emmy the Great @ Fat Baby * Arctic Monkeys, Smith Westerns @... more info

Guardian Music — Our young critics competition turned up some fearless talentWhat makes a great critic? Lots of things: an eye for detail, an instinct for the right adjective, an empathy with audience and artist. A great critic can make a reader feel that they, too, ... more info

Scotsman.com — Emmy the Great, Oran Mor, Glasgow *** more info

Guardian Music — Kasabian are back with their fourth album and they're letting you listen to it for free – watch out, it bites!It's big, it's bold, it's brash. It has lyrics about bumping into Salvador Dali in the street. It's called Velociraptor! You might have gu... more info

Guardian Music — Larmer Tree Gardens, North DorsetSo joyfully varied is the lineup at the much-loved End of the Road festival that themes emerge by chance. So it proved this year: where one visitor might have seen it as an event strong on acoustic Americana, another ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Emmy the Great visited the US for a couple of shows earlier this month. Her band wasn't able to make it over for the shows but Emmy enlisted the help of Brooklyn band SpaceCamp to back... more info