Guardian Music — Like Mumford & Sons, this London band offer a glimpse of the pastoral with their infectious semi-acoustic dittiesHometown: East London.The lineup: Pete Liddle (vocals, guitar), Matt Taylor (guitar), Scott Miller (bass), Will Harvey (violin), Jon Warr... more info

KEXP Seattle — Playing at the magnificent 5th Avenue Theatre in downtown Seattle, J. Tillman and Cat Power put on a splendid show full of heartfelt rock ballads. J. Tillman (first name Joshua) started off the night with a half-hour set of acoustic songs, many telli... more info

Nialler9 — The Creatures Down Below is the new EP from The Gorgeous Colours and it’s certainly the best thing I’ve ever heard from the band. The band’s older and wiser sound variably calls to mind bands like Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes et al but don’t let... more info

NME — Frontman Robin Pecknold admits they 'spoke too soon' after revealing they had finished recording their new album more info

Stereogum — In the wake of that collection of commercials swiping Sigur Rós’s sounds to evoke their emotion without paying the band any residuals, Pitchfork has found some great examples of commercials also ripping off Fleet Foxes’s “White Winter Hymnalâ€... more info

Guardian Music — These Swedish sisters have taken the fear out of Fever Ray with this charming coverSwedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg first appeared on many people's radars following their breathtaking cover of Fleet Foxes' Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, the... more info

Guardian Music — Shape-note singing was America's first music craze, and 150 years on, it's still going. Alfred Hickling tries itIn a disused chapel in Gateshead, the chairs have been set out for an unusual form of service. Members of the congregation sit on four sid... more info

Undercover, Australia — Seattle folk pop sensation Fleet Foxes have polished off their long-awaited second album. more info

DrownedInSound — Fleet Foxes have informally announced that they've finished recording their next record, the follow-up to 2008's debut self-titled effort, which managed to make it into the Top 3 of the UK album charts (via The Guardian and Pitchfork. Read the ... more info

Silent Uproar — Earlier this week, Robin Pecknold reported on Facebook that Fleet Foxes have finished recording their second full-length. The band is currently mixing and mastering the album in New York and hope to post a new song or two "geologically soon." We prev... more info