Stereogum — Mumford & Sons unveiled “Believe,” the lead single from their decidedly not folk new album Wilder Mind a few weeks ago. Most people were glad the band was moving beyond recipe-folk, but we didn’t really need another bloated modern-rock Coldplay... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Mumford & Sons have their upcoming traveling festival Gentlemen of the Road hitting the NYC-area (NJ) in June with The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, The Maccabees, JEFF the Brotherhood and more; but they'll be in NYC proper much sooner... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — By the time night two of Mumford and Sons’ “secret” shows at the Roxy in West Hollywood rolled around Tuesday, any lingering mystery about their existence was pretty well gone. more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Outside Lands 2014 (more by Samantha Saturday) Outside Lands, which happens August 7-9 in San Francisco with Elton John, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, D'Angelo, St. VIncent and more, announced its daily lineups today. ... more info

Mercury News, California — Find out when Elton John, Black Keys and other acts perform at the 2015 Outside Lands. more info

Stereogum — Saturday Night Live just announced the details of a couple of next month’s shows. On the 4/4 episode, Michael Keaton will return to host for the third time, and Canadian crystalline-pop queen Carly Rae Jepsen will be the musical guest. That should ... more info

Mercury News, California — Sam Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, D'Angelo among the other top acts heading for Golden Gate Park. more info

Core News — “Annie kicks off a brand new show with a Hottest Record from Mumford & Sons, plus First Played exclusives from Madeon and Shura.” Check out other Annie Mac shows in my archive and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Annie Mac 2... more info