Stereogum — If you didn't hear from your message board or torrent tracking site of choice, you probably did from Ed Droste's Twitter: Veckatimest leaked. If you know that, you probably know that Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold has already called it "the album of ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Hadas As if the works of twitchy hard rock jam band the Mars Volta and spazzcore leaders Hella didn't cause listeners to foam at the mouth already, members of both groups have joined forces to form a new band dubbed El Grupo Nuevo de Omar ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Hadas As if the works of twitchy hard rock jam band the Mars Volta and spazzcore leaders Hella didn't cause listeners to foam at the mouth already, members of both groups have joined forces to form a new band dubbed El Grupo Nuevo de ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Ok I’m going to just go ahead and throw out the f words now – the nice, quick, obvious comparison which will either reel you in slobbering or have you reeling (and yes, quite possibly flobbing) – Fleet Foxes. If you mentioned the name to The... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — MGMT, Massive Attack, Fleet Foxes and Bat For Lashes also among the acts announced for this year's event on the Isle of Wight. more info

NME — Kraftwerk, MGMT, Klaxons, Fleet Foxes, Massive Attack, Seasick Steve and Bat For Lashes will play Bestival this year. more info

Guardian Music — Square-eyes to the front please, this week it's all about the idiot lanternNature: quite vast then. A fantastic response this week, but one that came with its own worries. What actually qualifies as nature? Do animals count? What about water and ice ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Off Tillman’s new album, Vacilando Territory Blues, the vid for “First Born” debuted on pitchfork.tv last week. A great album, and markedly different from Tillman’s earlier, more stark, work, “First Born” features a number of his Fleet F... more info

Perfect Porridge — Providence, RI folk rock trio The Low Anthem are coming to town on Feb. 26 to play the Varsity Theater with Lisa Hannigan. Low Anthem has been compared to everyone from The Band to Fleet Foxes to “a late-night ride home in Joni Mitchell’s car... more info

Guardian Music — It's not big or clever, and it made me a Pink Floyd fan, but I still buy albums on the strength of their artworkThe peasants are doing what peasants do - lighting candles for the Devil, bringing a basket of light into the day, filling the well after ... more info