Guardian Music — This Kentucky lad's creepy ballads and twisted hymns provide a surreal soundtrack to Smallville USAHometown: Lexington, Kentucky.The lineup: James Friley (vocals, keyboards).The background: We're sure it wasn't deliberate on his part when it came to ... more info

Stereogum — The first taste of post-Learning material from Matador artist/Seattle songwriter Mike Hadreas, uploaded the other day to his YouTube page: more info

Culture Bully — Music video for the non-album track "Your Drum" by Seattle's Perfume Genius. more info

Guardian Music — Like all his best songs, there's barely anything to this new Perfume Genius track – yet its emotional impact is hugeMike Hadreas – aka Perfume Genius – is unflinchingly candid. His publicity images show him bare-chested and bruised, the embodim... more info

Nialler9 — This song does not feature on Perfume Genius‘ debut album Learning, rather it was uploaded to Youtube yesterday. It’s a short sparse piano-driven tune. You can stream Learning after the jump. Perfume Genius – Learning by TurnstileMusic more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Stark-sounding lo-fi singer/songwriter Mike Hadreas just recently released his debut full-length as Perfume Genius, Learning, via Matador-- but that's not stopping him from putting out even newer material. A post on Matador's Twitter points to a new ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Brand new from Perfume Genius. As has become custom this is desolate, end of days stuff from Mike Hadreas. Keep your eyes peeled for my interview with him coming some time this week. more info

DrownedInSound — On Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius's, debut full-length, there is such an exposed fragility that it's quite difficult to listen to. It's manifested both in the lyrics and in the tone of voice and the naïve, simplistic backing, which creates an atmo... more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotify playlist, formed from the various bits of content on our site in the last week or so. This one features some Norwegian goodness/badness, Perfume Genius, Darren Hayman, Skream, Tweak Bird, Eels and a few other luminaries. Click her... more info

DrownedInSound — The prodigal and most, most welcome and most, most brilliant Perfume Genius will be heading back our way again later in the year, following on from the wonderfully enchanting debut album, and an equally enchanting show at London's Hoxton Hall. ... more info