Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Jon Hopkins - Insides (Rival Consoles RMX) (MP3) Singer-songwriter King Creosote and producer/Eno collaborator Jon Hopkins, now labelmates with Real Estate, Ducktails & Alex Bleeker, teamed up to record the album Diamond Mine which dropped ... more info

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Guardian Music — Former Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton has written one of the longest pop songs ever, about the 8th deadly sinIt's like doing a really massive jigsaw," explains former Housemartins and Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton of his ambitious new pr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jon Hopkins (left) and King Creosote collaborate on the new album Diamond Mine, out May 24. If the year ended right now, I'd know my favorite record of 2011. Out May 24, Diamond Mine does what audio does best: It takes me far from the here-and-now.... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, AnstrutherIt must be Homegame: where else of a Friday evening could you catch the bald, Amish-beard-sporting Gummi Bako screeching his trash-country tunes like a preacher on laughing gas, then the flaky genius alt-folk singer-songwrit... more info

DrownedInSound — King Creosote & Jon Hopkins talk us through their album, Diamond Mine. Described by King Creosote as a "soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village", the record weaves in slices of Fife life - bike wheels, sprin... more info

Guardian Music — (Double Six)Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) and Hopkins took seven unhurried years to select songs from Anderson's prodigious back catalogue and pair them with instrumentation and the care they've taken shines through. Every track is a gem, sounding t... more info

DrownedInSound — A set of songs that transcends the clichés of concept albums, folk, electronica and being Scottish in one fell swoop. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)It's easy to forget this album is on even while it's actually playing, such is its understatedness. The opening track was recorded at a church fete: cutlery clatters mutedly, families chat, and, just as you're wondering what's going on, pian... more info

Guardian Music — Your chance to hear the collaboration between two of our favourite Domino artists – Fife crooner King Creosote and electronic whizz Jon HopkinsWe've loved King Creosote for a goodly long while now, so imagine our delight when we found out he was te... more info