Guardian Music — This Birmingham band's ambitious Afro-pop suggests Wu Lyf's frontman has suddenly hijacked Vampire WeekendHometown: Birmingham.The lineup: Harrison Koisser (vocals, guitar), Sam Koisser (bass), Douglas Castle (guitar), Dominic Boyce (drums).The backg... more info

NME - Radar — Jagwar Ma is Jona Ma, brother of Dave Ma who made this for Foals. Jona, despite living in Australia, is also pretty involved with Yannis and co, having worked some production magic on their last (and next, judging by this) album. He's also created ... more info

Guardian Music — Manically percussive and poundingly frenetic, this London trio sound like a garage band bashing their way through Aphex TwinHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Rogerson (piano, keyboards, vocals), Adam Betts (drums, electronics), Matt Calvert (guitar, s... more info

Guardian Music — Maddy Costa talks to the composers and musicians taking a genre-bending approach to pop-classical fusionsIn his book The Rest Is Noise, Alex Ross suggests: "One possible destination for 21st-century music is a final 'great fusion': intelligent pop ar... more info

Guardian Music — This collective of math-rock boffins from Oxford come across like The Young Ones meets University ChallengeBlessing Force are a community of artists, musicians and writers in Oxford. Often found hanging out at Foals' stable The House of Supreme Mathe... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Chad Valley's usually the man behind the remixes, having re-worked tracks for the likes of Fixers, Penguin Prison, The Go! Team and Foals. But today, he's taken the backseat, as Foals have returned the favour. Edwin Congreave (of Foals) has remixe... more info

Altsounds — At the end of a busy week, sometimes you need a little help to properly kick back. Sometimes the rock needs to stop – but that doesn't mean the music should. *Marley's Mellow Mood* has announced a series of ... more info

Altsounds — The bill for 30th December 2011 at WHP11, headlined by indie favourites Foals, is now complete with the critically acclaimed Tom Vek, Manchester newcomers Stay+ and chillwave solo artist Chad Valley joining the live line-up. Furthermore Friendly Fire... more info

NME — Oxford five-piece to see out 2011 with Tom Vek and Friendly Fires more info

NME - Festivals — NME joined Foals for the sixth Lake Of Stars festival in Malawi. This article originally appeared in the 15th October issue of the magazine It’s about 6am in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta airport when the itching kicks in. We’re bleary eyed and jet-... more info