Gigwise — First acts to be announced... more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonIf you tried to imagine what an Everything Everything live show might look like, purely on the basis of what the band's lead singer Jonathan Higgs does with his voice, you'd be forgiven for picturing a scene from the mov... more info

Stereogum — Hopefully by now you’ve heard Smother, the third album from Wild Beasts. As with all their records, it feels like it comes out of nowhere. And as always, I have trouble finding reference points to give people when recommending them (Antony? Talking... more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotifriday playlist featuring Marissa Nadler, Fair Ohs, The Phoenix Foundation, Bowling For Soup and a handful more. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — The best of your comments on the latest film and musicWas there something in the water last week? Were readers just feeling in a recitative mood? Because a fair number of people seemed inspired to cite lyrics on the comments threads beneath our Beast... more info

Guardian Music — Wilton's Music Hall, LondonThere is dry ice everywhere and a real sense of occasion for this show to support Wild Beasts' third album – their potential commercial breakthrough following the critical triumph of the 2009 album Two Dancers. What with... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Domino / 20091 part(s) FSc, enjoy more info

DrownedInSound — Today is a big day for Wild Beasts. Third album (and first since being overlooked by the Mercury judges nine months ago) Smother finally landed in record stores this morning, and only four songs into the set, Tom Fleming is already admitting it feels... more info

DrownedInSound — Yes, the new Wild Beasts album is all that and a can of kippers. But don't take my word for it, take Krystina Nellis's, who reviewed the album for us. 9/10 by the way. Now the quartet have just confirmed some headline dates for November, in addition ... more info

NME — Band celebrate the release of 'Smother' with 12 new dates more info