Fantastic Weapon — Let's be honest here: Galapaghost sounds a lot like a lot of stuff we've already heard. True. But you can probably name 5 bands you love the shit out of that sound a lot alike, right? Well, so can we. For starters: The Magnetic Fields, Dent May & His... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Local Natives are an L.A. five piece that have drawn comparisons to Fleet Foxes due to their harmonizing melodies; however, I would think of this band as their rocking cousins, blending their harmonies with some rapid beats and twisting guitar parts.... more info

Guardian Music — Who are they?A Glasgow-based trio who have already been compared to Fleet Foxes, Fairport Convention, Jefferson Airplane, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, and, er, both Detroit and Seattle rock. We say: a band who make timeless, slightly otherworldly... more info

Allmusic Blog — We will begin our 2009 blowout very soon -- later this week. For now, here is the expanded, remastered, reissued, double-disc-plus-DVD version of The AllMusic Pop Editors' Favorites of 2008. While the editors' lists of favorite songs and albums in th... more info

Stereogum — Last week we gave you our 25 Most Anticipated Albums of 2010 and promptly realized we were anticipating more than 25 albums in 2010. A lot more! So we put out some feelers and took some tips and added 44 records to the previous list. Now we are up... more info

Undercover, Australia — The Pope is a fan of Muse and 2PAC and Fleet Foxes. The three contemporary acts have made The Vatican playlist on MySpace. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Many of our English readers are probably familiar with London-based The Leisure Society, the brainchild of musician Nick Hemming formerly of early 90s outfit She Talks To Angels. While Hemming has quite the decorated and diverse musical past, only r... more info

The Quietus — Hirsute rockers not exactly setting the pulses rating... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian's music critic picks his soundtrack for the decadeDizzee Rascal: I Luv U Dizzee Rascal's debut single was a blackly comic tale of teenage pregnancy set to grinding electronics and related in an edge-of-panic scream. You can hear why, for... more info

Guardian Music — The hirsute troubadours have revealed that the follow-up to their debut LP will be 'less poppy' and 'less upbeat'. That'll be fun, eh?Fleet Foxes have revealed that they are planning a new album for 2010, and rest assured – it'll be more borin... more info