Pitchfork — Photo by Eirik Lande Fleet Foxes leader Robin Pecknold is currently wrapping up his week-long tour with Joanna Newsom, and he's been playing at least one new track during his solo opening sets. He debuted the lilting song at Nashville's Mercy Lounge ... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Tom Breihan; Above: Free Energy Ryan Dombal's SXSW Reports: Wed | ThuAmy Phillips' SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu G-Side [The Parish; 2:45 p.m.]Plenty of groups shuttle to as many as five sets a day during SXSW, but Alabama rap duo G-Side had a gr... more info

Guardian Music — This London six-piece's life-affirming melodies will remind you why you fell in love with popWho are they?A six-piece band from London, made up of Jake Bowser (keyboards, vocals), James Dale (vocals, bass), Nicky Francis (drums, vocals), Thomas Hasti... more info

Pitchfork - TV — We asked Seattle's Fleet Foxes to tag along in their tour van between gigs, taco runs, bitching about cops, and testing out the the acoustics of local bridges at last year's SXSW. more info

Pitchfork — Crafts for a Cause is an auction for Haiti relief set up by Little Joy's Binki Shapiro, featuring exclusive items personalized by an all-star list of contributors. Proceeds go to Artists for Peace and Justice. Bid on items from the likes of Daft Pun... more info

Pitchfork — Starting later this month, Fleet Foxes leader Robin Pecknold will open a few shows for conquering hero Joanna Newsom. And now, Pecknold's taken to his YouTube page to play a sweet, low-key acoustic cover of "On a Good Day", the shortest song on Newso... more info

Altsounds — Once in a while a band will come along who sound way beyond their years, think Fleet Foxes or Mumford & Sons. Fresh out of college, Maia are a band that fall into that esteemed category. They bestow a sound and vision that is remarkably ma... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — I've always loved La-Blogotheque. As the site that originally turned me on to the Fleet Foxes, The Tallest Man on Earth, Arcade Fire, and Delta Spirit, I owe much of my current musical taste to them.And so, I must share their Local Natives sessions w... more info

Rolling Stone — Rolling Stone blogger Daniel Kreps directs your attention to Local Natives’ self-produced debut disc Gorilla Manor — which checked in on the charts at Number 142 this week — in our weekly spotlight of the best new music. The quintet come from L... more info

NME — Frontman set to hit the road in March and April more info