NME - The Daily Download — The Joy Formidable - 'Anemone' The Joy Formidable said it themselves on the last song of their debut, ‘The Big Roar’: ‘The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade’. It’s rare that bands actually learn to paint with fewer strokes and show their... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Radio Dept (more by Tim Griffin) First Mogwai, and now The Radio Dept have cancelled their upcoming fall tour that included Fun Fun Fun Fest and a show at Bowery Ballroom. Stay tuned for more details.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Cancelled Mogwai tour opener The Soft Moon will play a show at 285 Kent in Brooklyn on Saturday night (10/1). More details to follow.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mogwai @ MHOW in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) Mogwai says:It is with the utmost regret that for medical reasons we have to postpone our American shows this week and cancel the I'll Be Your Mirror performance. We will announce... more info

The Quietus — Steve Braithwaite and his merry men get to work on 'Song Of Los', with shimmery results more info

Brooklyn Vegan — OMD @ Terminal 5 in March (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) As Tune-Yards starts her second of two NYC shows at LPR tonight (9/20), OMD will be beginning their first of two shows at Irving Plaza. And I don't know... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: The Soft Moon - "Total Decay" (MP3) At the tail end of 2010, San Francisco's Luis Vasquez released a self titled debut LP on Captured Tracks under the name The Soft Moon. The album embodies the... more info

Altsounds — Having thus far enjoyed a monumental year, with a sold out world tour and the release of the superb and critically acclaimed 7th studio album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, *Mogwai *are ready to embark upon another chapter. The band release... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mogwai are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), John Cummings (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin ... more info

Guardian Music — We were liveblogging, red carpeting and, er, red wining at the Mercurys as Polly Jean walked away victorious. As for you? You were mostly slagging off the Beatles ...All the chatter from this year's Mercury prizeRebecca Nicholson gives Mercury prize ... more info