NME — Super Furry Animals, The Wombats, Friendly Fires, Jamie T and The Courteeners are among the musicians who have joined a campaign to persuade clothing label Burberry to stop using animal fur in its products. more info
NME — Lykke Li wrapped up her North American tour with a sold-out show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles last night (November 3). Also on the bill for the NME Presents show were Friendly Fires, Grand Ole Party and The Mae Shi. more info
NME — Lykke Li wrapped up her North American tour with a sold-out show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles last night (November 3). Also on the bill for the NME Presents show were Friendly Fires, Grand Ole Party and The Mae Shi. more info
Pasta Primavera — The UK’s Friendly Fires have done us all a favor and decided to cover the infamous Lykke Li. Thanks to Gorilla vs. Bear to pointing the way to Friendly Fires late night club slow groove version of “I’m Good, I’m Gone”. I’m quickly... more info
Pasta Primavera — Happy Halloween! The wonderful day where everyone tries to be something they’re not. How’s that different from every other day? Make-up. This Halloween I’m dressing up as a responsible citizen that is ready to vote vote vote!Â... more info
Nialler9 — I'm going to let the tunes do the talking on our twentieth podcast. This one will put some bubbles in your bath. Aoife is the voice as ever.
nialler9 Podcast #20 (MP3)
Podcast #20 -Tracklisting
School Of Seven Bells - Prince Of Peace [Alpinis... more info
Welcome to Dance Club — pic:girltrippedThree tunes that I hope you'll all love. All very different. Aeroplanes rework the vocals for Friendly Fires, slowing it right down, real 6am track, lovely stuff. Boys Noize gets back on track, tearing apart Late Of The Pier. Heard... more info
Stereogum — It's a match made in post-CMJ heaven. UK outfit Friendly Fires met the base criteria to have themselves a high profile last week by 1) playing many shows and 2) always packing them. Of course if you found yourself in one of those rooms with an Americ... more info
Gorilla vs. Bear — The UK's Friendly Fires are supporting Swedish pop heroine Lykke Li on her current, mostly sold-out U.S. tour (thanks for skipping TX, guys). Before they left their home in St. Albans, they kicked out this cosmic-disco* cover of Lykke's "I'm Good I'm... more info
Stereogum —
The crew here managed to fly through some 70+ sets of music last week, and boy is our abilty-to-wade-through-the-sadness-that's-passing-for-buzzed-up-indie-rock tired. There's a very scientific formula to attaining that coveted "Guess I should see t... more info