Nothing But Green Lights — MP3: Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli A new Queen has risen! Born alongside Micachu*, Marina was fed golden grubs, taught tiger stalking, and learnt to control the rainforest. With roars that ride the canopies, she chases the outsiders out. A big sha... more info

Guardian Music — Lips, by Micachu, might just be the most thrilling single of the year. This, in its entirety, is what it consists of: a scratchy 16-second intro of roughly strummed guitar with seemingly random treble notes scuffed over the top; the main melodic figu... more info

Music Mule — What? Adevntures In The Beetroot Field Those nice AITBF guys provide one of the lineups of the year so far. DJ sets coming from Foals, Simian Mobile Disco & Ebony Bones to name a few. Then there’s the small matter of live sets from the excellent Mi... more info

NME - Pinglewood — No Pain In Pop are renaissance men. Like Leonardo Da Vinci and Ray Quinn, they turn their hands to anything and the results are invariably awesome. The polymath London label/promoters/blog kings are readying their first compilation for release and... more info

Pasta Primavera — On April 7th Rough Trade is set to release the new album of Micachu and the Shapes entitled Jewelry.  On this album Micachu delves into the realm I like to call Collage Rock.  Band’s like Deerhoof fill this genre out.  I like the word coll... more info

Pasta Primavera — A few weeks back I posted Micachu’s sparse drum heavy low down remix of Metronomy’s “Radio Ladio”.  Now LA’s the Mae Shi get their turn on the track and it’s quite the bright and fuzzy one.  With thick crunchy synths all over the pl... more info

Abeano — Alongside The Big Pink and Micachu, London’s The XX are at the forefront of a new kind of London band. Described by NME in their 2009 ones to watch issue as “Dubstep meets anti-folk” they are four teenagers from South London... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Elvis Perkins @ SXSW (Austinist party @ the Mohawk) (by Chad Wadsworth) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Leela James @ SOB's * Bloc Party, Longwave @ Terminal 5 * Camera Obscura @ Mercury Lounge * Micachu & The Shapes,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Micachu - Lips (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Chap - Proper Rock (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Choir of Unbelievers - Next Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Youth Group - "Start Today Tomorrow" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Fumes - "Automobile" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Deastro -.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin "There has been an enormous swirl of curiosity surrounding the UK's, Micachu and the Shapes --and not just because half the audience was trying to figure out if 21-year-old Mica, donning a giant T-shirt and my... more info