Guardian Music — The 25-year-old who supported Fleet Foxes digs for treasure in his spare time. By Rob FitzpatrickFrank Fairfield, a 25-year-old from Los Angeles, is the sort of person who makes you feel sort of glad to be alive, so passionate is he about his obsessi... more info

Guardian Music — This month sees the 10th anniversary of Wichita Recordings. Ahead of a series of anniversary shows, co-founder Mark Bowen talks us through their notable releases from the last decade"The first release ..."Bright Eyes – Fevers and MirrorsI first met... more info

Guardian Music — Ex-Pulp frontman tells Association of Independent Music that furore over BBC 6 Music could spur golden age of independent musicIn an age of plummeting CD sales, rampant digital piracy and slashed expenses budgets, music executives are rarely cheerful... more info

Guardian Music — Hyde Park, LondonNow in its second year, the Serpentine Sessions festival is the absolute obverse of Glastonbury's sprawling eclecticism. With audience numbers capped firmly at 3,000, this three-day boutique event in central London strives to assembl... more info

Pitchfork — Earlier this year, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold took a break from his band to play a few solo dates, opening for fellow celestial folker Joanna Newsom throughout the South and Midwest. (You can watch a video of him playing a new song at one o... more info

Music For Ants — Cheryse recently wrote about First Aid Kit, a band that first came to my attention thanks to this cover of Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song”. Re-listening to that cover got me thinking about other covers I’ve enjoyed over the pas... more info

Totally Fuzzy — YoungMossTongue said... LYRES - On Fyre ECHO IS YOUR LOVE - Humansize THIRD CIRCLE - Last Night Was The Best Night Of My Life Fuzzy love... XXX http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com a r n e l said... Malcolm McLaren - Fans (1980) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fe... more info

Guardian Music — The Roundhouse, London"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is one of those ludicrous 80s soundtracks whose true brilliance only dawns on you in later years. Back then it sounded ghastly. In fact, "In The Air Tonight" is a superb piece of synthetic di... more info

Pitchfork — -- The charity Artists Project Earth is currently holding an online auction to raise money for victims of recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and the Tibet Plateau. Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, R.E.M., the Killers, Madonna, Beyoncé, the Kooks, a... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by the traditional folk, country and Appalachian stylings of Gillian Welch, this trio are the female Fleet FoxesHometown: Bennington, Vermont.The lineup: Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath.The background: See ... more info