LargeHeartedBoy — Guitarist Aaron Dessner of the National talks to the Boston Globe about the band's latest album, High Violet. Robert McCrum examines James Bond's enduring literary appeal. Turn It Up reviews the new Sleigh Bells album, Treats (out on CD tod... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Brooklyn's Sleigh Bells have finally released their debut album, the appropriately titled Treats. I've been a big fan ever since I heard the excellent "Crown on the Ground" last year and the majority of the new tracks are of a similar pedigree. Sle... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — How unusual is it when one of the year's most difficult records is also its most flagrantly pleasurable? How unusual is it when one of the year's most difficul... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — How unusual is it when one of the year's most difficult records is also its most flagrantly pleasurable? The debut from the Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells is a mess of warring impulses — they want to simultaneously detonate the precision-cut... more info

Stereogum — We missed MNDR (AKA Amanda Warner) when she canceled her spot opening for Sleigh Bells in Brooklyn a couple weeks back. But she had a good reason to bow out — she had an offer to open for Massive Attack in the US. Other big things were in the works... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — What is your favorite song of the year? I find Sleigh Bells' "Rill Rill" bouncing through my head regularly, that is probably my personal pick at the moment, so I will give away a CD of the whole album... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — What is your favorite song of the year? I find Sleigh Bells' "Rill Rill" bouncing through my head regularly, that is probably my personal pick at the moment, so I will give away a CD of the whole album... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - If an air traffic controller at London's Heathrow airport had been a little less diligent, Sleigh Bells' success story would have been over before it started. more info

Pitchfork — Once again, Pitchfork has curated a stage at the San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival, which takes place at Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain May 27-29. Acts playing the Pitchfork stage include Sleigh Bells, Titus Andronicus, Diplo, No Age, Surfer ... more info

Nialler9 — A new look weekly chart this week with little sentences on each track and everything! This week featuring repeat-players from Avi Buffalo, Holy Fuck, LCD Soundsystem, Sleigh Bells, Kavinsky, Gold Panda, Villagers and more. Kavinsky – ‘Nightcallâ... more info