The Telegraph — London Grammar, Royal Blood and Chlöe Howl are among the British acts trying to make a splash at SXSW 2014 festival in Texas. James Lachno rates their chances     more info

MTV.co.uk News — We chat to the ‘Rumour’ singer about her debut LP, supporting Ellie Goulding and more… more info

Stereogum — UK pop balladeer George Ezra cracked the top five of the BBC’s Sound Of 2014 list (which also included Sam Smith, Kelela, Chance The Rapper, Sampha, Chlöe Howl, Jungle, BANKS, and FKA twigs among others) largely on the strength of “Budapest,” ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the tUnE-yArDs show at Rough Trade NYC go on sale today at noon. Tickets for the Jagwar Ma show at Webster Hall go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets for the Courtney Barnett shows at MHOW... more info

Stereogum — Since last year, we’ve posted a bunch of tough, brassy pop songs from the young British singer Chlöe Howl — “Rumour,” “How Proud,” the “This Song’s Not About You” demo — and they’ve all left us impressed. Next month, Howl will ... more info

Time — NOMINEES The Croods, directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco Despicable Me 2, Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud Ernest & Celestine, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier Frozen, Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazak... more info

NME — I Break Horses and Forest Swords also join festival bill more info

Time — Isn’t 70 the new 50 — the age of both vigor and wisdom? Plenty of movie directors think so. At last year’s Venice Film Festival, three 72-year-olds competed for the Golden Lion: Stephen Frears with Philomena (now a nominee for the Best Picture ... more info

Nialler9 — Halves are the latest band to perform for the Trout Records series. Listen to their album Boa Howl. The post Watch Halves play ‘Drumhunter’ live for a Trout Records session appeared first on Nialler9. more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to a brand new demo of "This Song's Not About You" from one of our "Most Anticipated (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3629361)" artists for 2014, *Chloë Howl* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/chloe howl), over at Stereogum... more info