melophobe — Man moves to Cali for adventure and conquest. Folk and shenanigans ensue, sometimes softly, sometimes with a nutty swagger that finds the heart of a life lived via Gonzo experiences. The exploratory 70s have returned and brought a whole lot of soul p... more info

Music For Ants — You’d think a person would be crazy to leave a gig in Fleet Foxes especially after a milestone record like Helplessness Blues, but that’s exactly what J. Tillman did to focus on his solo career. He’s no stranger to the solo game with seven albu... more info

Guardian Music — Teen Dream took the Baltimore duo to indie stardom but new album Bloom is a dark, intense affairVictoria Legrand is sitting on a vintage chair in the basement of an east London bric-a-brac shop. A disco ball spins above her head casting tiny lights o... more info

Guardian Music — Unsung members of Fleet Foxes prove they are both as fleet and as foxy as their leader. Take that, Robin Pecknold!Hometown: Seattle.The lineup: Christian Wargo, Casey Wescott, Ian Murray, Peter Murray.The background: Spin-off projects can provide an ... more info

Guardian Music — Richard Hawley does something of a stylistic about-face without sacrificing any of his unique appealFrom the members of Traffic abandoning Birmingham for Berkshire, to Fleet Foxes' longing for a simpler life where "green apples hang from the green ap... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)It should come as little surprise that the eighth album by Joshua Tillman – and his first as Father John Misty – shares many of the qualities particular to Fleet Foxes, the singing drummer's former band. But Tillman's latest, though ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "It’s all of me and none of me, if you can’t see that, you won’t get it". Josh Tillman is racked with contradictions - perhaps that's why he uses a Philip Roth quote to illuminate his new project. A respected songwriter in his native Seat... more info

Guardian Music — Three quarters of CSNY are long out of fashion. Don't let that spoil a song that might as well be about your homeGraham Nash apparently sat down at the piano and wrote Our House in just an hour, capturing an unguarded moment of domestic bliss with Jo... more info

ContactMusic — Jack White Pearl Jam Tony Bennett and John Mayer have written an open love letter to U S independent radio stations praising them for taking chances in their bold music choices The music stars joined other big names including Fleet Foxes and M Ward..... more info

Totally Fuzzy — In 2010, fidgety Brooklyn outfit Dinosaur Feathers turned in an criminally underrated, self-released debut LP (the lovely Fantasy Memorial) that spliced together reams of de rigeur indie rock tropes: the Tropicalia-indebted, Afro-inflected rhythms a... more info