Nialler9 — Wild Beasts return next month on February 21st with their fourth album Present Tense, and they’ve this week released a video for album track ‘Wanderlust’ today as well as a slew of European tour dates including Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Brussels ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The band's first new song since 2012. more info

Sweeping The Nation — Albums there are dates for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wigout At Jagbags (6th January)Broken Bells – After The Disco (13th January)East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (13th January)I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro (20th January)Mogwai - Rave Ta... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Heart-ShipsFrom: Leeds, United KingdomLeeds sextet Heart-Ships have been hailed as the new Wild Beasts by their fans which is a little premature as we haven't quite finished with the old Wild Beasts yet thank you. I'm not even convinced it&#... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Straw BearFrom: London, United KingdomSnobbery from London based 5 piece Straw Bear is a droll tale of  love across the class divide. Lyrically it's Pulp's Common People but from the perspective of the class tourist and, in it's own much more subtl... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Cat Bear TreeFrom: London, United KingdomWow that is not what I was expecting, not at all. From London based trio Cat Bear Tree's self penned description as "a blend of riot grrrl, indie, post-punk and a little tiny bit of pop" I was expecting a ... more info

DrownedInSound — Marple’s Dutch Uncles have a quality to them that’s rarer than you'd think – for a guitar band at least. Like Wild Beasts, Menomena, and only a few others doing the rounds at the moment, you can take one of their songs and listen to it ten, fif... more info

Chorus.fm — Check out a previously unheard track from *Wild Beasts* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/wildbeasts) titled "Stray" in the replies. more info

Consequence of Sound — An unreleased track from the Smother sessions. more info

Impose Magazine — Fun Adults is a four piece out of Leeds, England that creates sauntering melodies and beautiful harmonies. When I first heard Fun Adults, my mind immediately jumped to White Denim for the pure deep chested, high pitched nature of the vocals, but t... more info