Guardian Music — They played for the Occupy London protesters, but can this band define themselves as more than just another generic indie outfit?Hometown: London.The lineup: Luke Joyce (vocals), Jonny Garner (guitar), Kerry Lambert (bass), Simon Harding (drums).The ... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track:Berelain Indie act PK who takes cues from The Killers and Vampire Weekend has become a Kings favorite. They just teamed up with PacSun and will release a new song as a featured artist.  You can check them out on December 10th at Art Bouti... more info

Perez Hilton — Really seems like they're trying to attract the indie/hipster crowd by using Polyphonic Spree and Vampire Weekend songs in these trailers, huh? Check out the newly released trailer (above) for The Lorax, which is based on the classic Dr. Seuss story/... more info

Guardian Music — Fancy tasting today's indie styles pureed into one glassful? Woman's Hour are a perfectly blended musical smoothieHometown: Kendal.The lineup: Fiona Burgess (vocals), William Burgess (guitar), Nicolas Graves (bass), Josh Hunnisett (keyboards).The bac... more info

NME - Radar — "I'm only human and I do what I can to survive," sing Woman's Hour. They follow that line with an almighty scream of "BUT I'LL GET THERE!!!!!!", which should give you a hint of what the London fourpiece are about. To my ears they're the middle groun... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo As predicted, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend and Das Racist's Heems were both surprise guests at Small Black's mixtape release celebration at Glassands on 11/18 with Heavenly Beat. Download your copy of Small Bl... more info

Guardian Music — The "glam folk" musician, 26, is the first-ever Brit to win Nashville's International Songwriting CompetitionOoh… get him in his fancy suit. Not to mention the 'tache. Pretty grand, eh?What on earth is his thing? He calls it "glam folk", but it cou... more info

Guardian Music — Days spent slacking in Tony Soprano's 'hood inspired these old pals but there's a distinct Anglophile chime to their guitarsThe sound of the suburbs has been evolving for over 30 years. For punk rockers the Members in 1979, it was raucous and faintly... more info

Stereogum — The vaguely snarky but ridiculously informative VH1 video-trivia show Pop-Up Video is totally back, and it’s lately shone its spotlight on a couple of indie-ish artists. Recent episodes have included pop-up treatments of the Malloys’ video for Va... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Midwest We really like the track Midwest by indie folk group Grand Falconer. The band typically performs at The Venue, and The Red Room in Boise and have shared the stage with Eisley, The Narrative and the Lonely Forest. For fans of Vampi... more info