The Independent — Noah and the Whale are splitting up to focus on solo projects after eight years in the band. more info

Aurgasm — english folk // pop Keston Cobblers Club delivers a joyous blend of traditional-feeling folk melodies, toe-tapping rhythms and a slightly quirky vibe. While comparisons to the early Noah and the Whale, Mumford & Sons and Beirut are inevitable, the Br... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Noah And The Whale will release their fourth studio album, Heart Of Nowhere, on September 24th via Caroline Records. The album, recorded at West London's British Grove Studios, is the band's fourth record in five years, and will... ... more info

Consequence of Sound — A coming-of-age record with counsel for today's youth. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Savages' Silence Yourself, one of the finest albums of the year so far, is the highlight of this week's music releases. Other notable releases this week include Noah and the Whale's Heart of Nowhere, She and Him's Volume 3,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Former adult film actress Sasha Grey talks to the Independent about her debut novel, The Juliette Society. Charlie Fink talks to the Observer about the new Noah and the Whale album, Heart of Nowhere. Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz talks... more info

Guardian Music — Noah and the Whale frontman Charlie Fink performs a selection of songs at A Room for London more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)So powerfully do Nottingham's Dog Is Dead evoke early adulthood, they even appeared in an episode of Skins, singing Glockenspiel Song, which features on this debut album and goes: "We are a mess, we are failures and we love it!" They've bee... more info

Guardian Music — (Island)Which came first, the fashion for urban 20-year-olds to wear brogues and waistcoats or the success of rustic British pop? It's hard to tell, since a general brownness has been ubiquitous for the past half-decade in a period when British fashi... more info

Guardian Music — The prime minister's wife is a fan of Azealia Banks, so will the rapper now have a lasting influence on Smythson's stationery range?Lost in Showbiz has long despaired of the public airing of politicians' music tastes. It boggles, mortified, at the di... more info