Music Mule — What? The Leisure Society have released one of my favourite albums of the year thus far, their debut offering ‘The Sleeper’. Well crafted folk with a pop edge and heart melting harmonies. For Fans Of: Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake. When... more info

Guardian Music — One of this year's SXSW hits, this 'vocal group' are like Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes and Arcade Fire in one hairy packageHometown: Silverlake, USA.The lineup: Matt Frazier (drums), Andy Hamm (bassist), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocal... more info

Stereogum — Seattle's Cave Singers have a vintage, folky, vocal-rich sound, but the trio evokes a very different vibe than hometown favorites Fleet Foxes. Raspy Pete Quirk, who used to play in Hint Hint, has a classic sounding, affecting voice -- thinking some k... more info

JamBase — Glastonbury Lineup Announced Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Blur to Headline The world famous Glastonbury Festival has released the entire lineup. Set to go down June 24-28 in Glastonbury, GB, the event will feature headliners Neil Young (Fr... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Recording under the moniker White Antelope, Fleet Foxes principal singer/songwriter Robin Pecknold continues to tackle folk covers on his MySpace page.  Big thanks to Kyle for both the heads up and mp3 rips.  I could listen to an entire album o... more info

Guardian Music — Three British indie veterans are to headline a stage usually associated with launching new talent and breaking bandsJarvis Cocker, Doves and Echo and the Bunnymen are to headline the John Peel stage at this year's Glastonbury festival. Their performa... more info

Altsounds — After much anticipation, Los Angeles based rock heroes BIG BUSINESS have just released their latest and most epic album to date. Entitled "Mind The Drift," the album is available courtesy of the renowned Hydra Head Records, and was produced by Phil ... more info

Music Mule — Beach House are Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Baltimore and they’ve risen to relative fame over the past couple of years playing support slots for the likes of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear, Victoria even sings on ‘Two Weeks’ which feature... more info

Stereogum — "They chastised the sampler's manufacturer, AKAI, stressed the frustration of having such problems in New York City rather than Kentucky, and shot out that, 'I bet this never happens to Fleet Foxes.'" more info

NME - Radar — Local Natives are here for your father. Oh, you're 47 and dad died three years ago from a degenerative disease? Don't worry, that doesn't matter, they're digging him up, burning his Paul Simon and Crazy Horse LPs before his very (moldy) eyes and decl... more info