Its Getting Boring By The Sea — The first great single of the year now has a video. . more info

Pitchfork - TV — — A bad marriage turns vividly violent in director Alex De Campi's video for the Scottish twee brigade's new single. more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: After a great 2009 that included shows with Los Campesinos!, Dananananaykroyd, Times New Viking, Good Shoes to name a few, aswell as the release of both the acclaimed 'Bred For Skills and Magic' EP and 'Wrong Direction' single, COPY HAHO ... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - When Gareth Campesinos formed the Welsh indie-pop outfit from which he and his bandmates draw their adopted surname, the singer admits he was "a bit of a jackass." more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — How has no one else named a band after the greatest Bea Arthur show from the 1980s? Well, the oversight has been caught by this Worcester, Mass., group, who'd like you to know they're "not lo-fi... just broke". Duly noted, but that doesn't take any o... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: The propulsive blues-rock duo known as Swanton Bombs usher in the new year byheading out with similarly hotly tipped Sunderland rock icons in waiting Frankie and the Heartstrings and Islet on a string of very special (not to mention free!... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offLos Campesinos! There Are Listed Buildings Squawking guitars, brassy shouts of "ba-ba" and lyrics about drinking from a sandcastle bucket ... the Cardiff-based seven-piece'... more info

The Culture Of Me — The Cribs are out on tour as we speak in the British Isles and they've just announced that the next week of gigs, kicking off tomorrow night in Birmingham, the Wakefield band (plus Johnny Marr, obvs.) will be joined on... more info

The Music Fix — News: Fresh from an amazing tour with Los Campesinos! and Sparky Deathcap, and from their sold out single 'Wrong Direction' (Too Pure) COPY HAHO begin a new run of UK dates today. Catch them on the following dates// NOVEMBER 16 – Stoke Sug... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Artist: Vampire WeekendTitle: 'Contra'Due Date: January 11thWhat Can We Expect? From the songs aired at their KCLSU gig and those recently played on US TV a lot more of the same. Big Summer time hooks, off kilter instrumentation and Ezra Koenig's det... more info