Guardian Music — Four sparkling new songs from Oxford's answer to Animal CollectiveWe've been intrigued by Fixers for some time. Part of Oxford's Blessing Force scene, their Van Dyke Parkes-esque single Iron Deer Dream won over our podcast team at the start of this y... more info

Totally Fuzzy — April 20th 2011 Fleet Foxes performed a session for Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show live at Maida Vale Studios. They played a large amount of material mainly pertaining to Helplessness Blues, but they threw in old familiars as well. Maida Vale ... more info

The Telegraph — Helplessness Blues triumphs through sheer musical beauty. Rating: * * * * more info

Addict Music — The success story that has followed Fleet Foxes around since their debut in 2008 meant that interest in their follow-up was always going to be rife more info

Guardian Music — Listen to the new album by Seattle's finest purveyors of baroque harmonyThree years after Robin Pecknold lead his band in a charge of "I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats", Seattle folkies Fleet Foxes are back with a new album, Hel... more info

DrownedInSound — This record can stand confidently next to its predecessor. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Justin Vernon at Coachella w/ Kanye West (more by David Andrako) Bon Iver will release his highly anticipated follow-up to For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver, Bon Iver on June 21 via Jagjaguwar. Check out a video snippet of a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — All available for streaming in our SoundStream Player New in our 3VOOR12 LUISTERPAAL widget: Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues The area in which rock music meets poetry is seldom a happy place, so it's with a mild sense of panic, five minutes into H... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new Fleet Foxes album, Helplessness Blues (out May 3rd). Flavorwire shares its dream casting of the television adaptation of Jennifer Egan's novel A Visit from the Goon Squad. NPR is streaming the new Antlers album, Burst... more info

Stereogum — We praised (highly) Fleet Foxes’ second “deeply uncool” collection of authentic folksiness Helplessness Blues. If you haven’t had a chance to hear anything beyond the lead tracks and soaring live takes, get acquainted via a complete album str... more info