Guardian Music — Sam McGarrigle feeds his favourite 80s tunes through an Ariel Pink filter to create an ultra-vivid dream of perfect popHometown: Brighton.The lineup: Sam McGarrigle (vocals, music).The background: This is great. Apologies for giving away the punchlin... more info

Song, by Toad — I’ve read a lot of comparisons to describe Lady Lazarus’s music, and I think that if I were looking for one you might recognise I might plump for a slightly more sparsely-arranged Perfume Genius.  Yes, even more sparsely-arranged. Although, unli... more info

Nialler9 — A contender for the best record label in the world that started life as a blog, Transparent have released Therapies Son, Purity Ring, Keep Shelly In Athens, Museum Of Bellas Artes, Holy Other, Perfume Genius and Washed Out in the past and have now li... more info

DrownedInSound — Last year's Perfume Genius album, Learning, made it into the Top 10 of our album of of 2010 in fact placing at number 4. It's a very special record. Mike Hadreas will be on his way to the UK and mainland Europe in the next couple of months. Re... more info

Addict Music — Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas is heading to the UK and Europe in May to play a run of live shows, including one at London's Bush hall. Perfume Genius Coming To The UK and Europe In May is an article from: Addict Music more info

Abeano — Photo by Tommy Last December we huddled into a basement in Central London to hear Yuck’s Daniel Blumberg perform a couple of songs (and guzzle all of the mulled wine + pies obv) “But what’s this?” we thought “where’s the fuzz? The... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Rather than making an ordered list, these are two mixes I made of various favorites from the year. However, they are structured in the way that each track flows pretty well from one to the next and genre similar songs are grouped together. Sur... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Well, I’m a bit late to the party this year when it comes to year end lists. I’ve been making this sort of list for several years now, and have noticed that publications are beginning to post their lists earlier and earlier. This... more info

Guardian Music — Alex Jacob is a wunderkind whose warped, synthy Americana nods to the Beach Boys and the Flaming Lips. And we love itHometown: Van Nuys, California.The lineup: Alex Jacob (vocals, music).The background: Here's another PC (post-chill) laptop-pop boy �... more info

NME - Radar — Therapies Son - aka Van Nuys, California's Alex Jacob- is the latest lo-fi bard to step forward from the Tranparent Records fold. Imagine the the uneasy fragility of Perfume Genius, on a night out with Divine at an Andrew Lloyd Webber music, and you'... more info