DrownedInSound — It’d be reductive to try and describe a timeless album like Smother as a step up from its two predecessors, or even as a surefire Mercury contender - although it is, on both counts. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

DrownedInSound — Sublime. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Wild Beasts Albatross (Domino) This should be played after a long day at work, where you light the fireplace up in your living room, crack open a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and enjoy the song on your lonesome. The half-acoustic/half-electronic ... more info

Nialler9 — The best of the last week’s album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. Alessi’s Ark  - Time Travel Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends Aux Raus - All Creeping Things Stopped Creeping Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Commit... more info

Guardian Music — Wild Beasts third album picks up where Two Dancers left off, with songs of love, longing and wanton lustIt's less than a year since Wild Beasts were pipped to the Mercury prize by the xx, but the Kendal four-piece are already back with a new album, S... more info

DrownedInSound — Tom Fleming from DiS-favourites Wild Beasts walks us through their forthcoming album... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Stereogum — Wild Beasts were winking at us when they gave us a song named “Albatross,” the slow-moving and slinky first single from the band’s third album. Hayden Thorpe’s impossibly pretty falsetto was there, as were the band’s hypnotic, looping drums... more info

NME — Wild Beasts, Warpaint, Katy B, Janelle Monae and Metronomy are also on the bill more info

Guardian Music — There were early morning queues, a scramble for 7ins and at least one broken foot. But in the melee of Record Store Day, did anyone else notice a lack of women?For all the bluster that's surrounded Record Store Day this year, the 800-strong queue tha... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — While Record Store Day took place at the weekend, celebrating the ever-rarer music shop with a load of treasures from Radiohead, White Stripes and Warpaint, the music industry continued pumping out new releases at a relentless rate. Let's look at th... more info