Nialler9 — If you’re a fan of Wild Beasts, check out these young college-going Corkonians Hush War Cry. The name sounds like some heavy metal rallying call but the music is delicate, nuanced and oh so sweet. There’s an impressive accomplished sound happenin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Big Troubles - "Misery" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wild Beasts - "Loop the Loop" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Diehard - A VerySerious Man (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Diehard - Diehard (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cave - Adam Roberts (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dive - Sometime�... more info

Stereogum — The creamy British art-poppers Wild Beasts will soon release their song “Reach A Bit Further” as the latest single from their album Smother. The limited-edition colored-vinyl 12″ version of the single will collect all the B-sides from Smother, ... more info

The Music Fix — Wild Beasts reach for the stars more info

The Quietus — Listen to 'Thankless Thing', from the 'Reach A Bit Further' single more info

DrownedInSound — New Wild Beasts track and single announcement. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Impose Magazine — 'Plaything' from Wild Beasts' latest album, Smother, hunts to devour and salvage. "We're very British and we talk about sex a lot," Ben Little chuckles. Indeed: British cultural and literary references abound. (Just look to Samuel Taylor Coleridg... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin James Blake / Kanye West "Light sprinkles ushered in the first day of the tenth annual Austin City Limits Music (ACL) Festival, but it was a welcome reprieve from the humid heat that has been plaguing... more info

NME — Wild Beasts favourites also plot UK tour dates - ticket details more info

Guardian Music — Another step in the rise of the north's urban wildlife, although not a happy one for the slugWere you caught up in Darlington's traffic chaos on Friday? Engineers have now found out why.The answer lies in the picture here. A slug - not this one, but... more info