Guardian Music — This Brixton lot mix reggae-folk with Latin American harmonies. If you can think of a catchy title for such a hybrid, do let us knowHometown: Brixton.The lineup: Huw Williams (lead vocals/guitar), Anna Schmidt (vocals/melodica/percussion), Emilio Rey... more info

Guardian Music — Somerset House, LondonAs any pop fan who has lived through heartbreak knows, it isn't your friends who enfold and console you in times of trouble, it's music. For how many people has Noah and the Whale's second album, The First Days of Spring, served... more info

Guardian Music — Music journalists think spelling 'new' in a wacky way implies bleeding-edge modernity. But no prefix can make the Boden's-catalogue folk of Mumford & Sons sound interestingEvery reader will have their own ideas as to what the major talking points of ... more info

Guardian Music — With their take on 70s LA pop, this Aussie duo resemble Empire of the Sun – but without the kabuki makeup and sci-fi regaliaHometown: Melbourne, London.The lineup: Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers.The background: Gypsy & the Cat are a pair of French... more info

Guardian Music — Listen to the song that marks the 'recovery section' of the band's second album, inspired by frontman Charlie Fink's breakup with Laura Marling more info

MTV.com News — Frontman's Flamingo is 'coming soon,' according to band's Web site.By Gil Kaufman Brandon Flowers Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images You can take the man out of Las Vegas, but you can't take Las Vegas out of the man. Leave it to Killers s... more info

Music is Art — In the two years since Laura Marling released her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim, the British ‘new-folk’ scene has slowly passed. The insurgence that came with the likes of Noah and the Whale, Johnny Flynn, Peggy Sue, and Jesse Quin & The Mets, ... more info

Guardian Music — Her new album, I Speak Because I Can, proves that Laura Marling is a songwriter who deserves comparison to the greatsLaura Marling's new album, I Speak Because I Can, is a moving response to her break-up with Noah and the Whale's frontman, Charlie Fi... more info

Guardian Music — Laura Marling tells Sarah Boden about her second album, I Speak Because I Can, and about seeing her personal life dissected in the press"I'm almost an entirely different person to the one I was when I wrote the first album," says Laura Marling, smoki... more info

Guardian Music — It's not so much about God, say rock'n'roots band Mumford & Sons – it's about having spirit. And their gigs have that in spadesThe pub is filling up: City boys in pinstriped suits, women clutching dry white wines; candles are lit on upstairs t... more info