Altsounds — The Hours (http://www.spinner.com/tag/Hours/) are steeped in a deep tradition of British music: Frontman Antony Genn did time with both Pulp (http://www.spinner.com/tag/Pulp/) and Elastica (http://www.spinner.com/tag/Elastica/) and multi-instrumental... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Officially, Oasis mastermind Noel Gallagher named his current band after a Jefferson Airplane song. But it’s not hard to note the moniker contains echoes of Paul McCartney’s second band. And where Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye has taken the John L... more info

NME - Radar — You could say Exitmusic are the perfect east-meets-west coast US band for 2011. The husband-wife duo of Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church started in LA a couple of years back, making tentative waves across the pond before, well, fizzling out. Then, ... more info

Guardian Music — A husband and wife team combining haunted melodies with oceanic arrangements and just a touch of gothHometown: New York.The lineup: Aleksa Palladino (vocals), Devon Church (guitar, keyboards), Dru Prentiss (drums), Nicholas Shelestak (electronics).Th... more info

Stereogum — Memoryhouse’s reworked, remastered edition of their breakthrough EP The Years is out today on Sub Pop and its streaming via a video laden with Jamie Harley’s trippy visuals right here: The Hours is out today on Sub Pop. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — U.K.’s The Hours, hailed by the mighty Gallagher as well as artists like Damon Albarn and Bono, have announced their next appearances in North America this November for nine dates opening for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, starting in Toront... more info

ContactMusic — Julianne Moore loves working with "humble" Steve Carell. The four-time Oscar nominated actress - who is well known for her film roles as a struggling mother in movies including 'The Kids Are All Right' and 'The Hours' - plays Steve's wife Emily in ro... more info

Metalsucks — Here’s two things I don’t understand about “In Bloodred Shades,” the new Mercenary song (below): Why “bloodred” and not “blood red?” How do you challenge In Flames and then release something that sounds like it should have been on A S... more info

Metalsucks — The above quote appears right at the start of the new trailer for Mercenary’s forthcoming offering, Metamorphosis. And I guess if we’re talking about 11 Dreams or The Hours That Remain versus A Sense of Purpose or Soundtrack to Your Escape, well,... more info

Guardian Music — From 'oikophilia' to Snowball Earth, by way of poetry and a kaleidoscope of fictionJANUARYFictionMichael Cunningham's The Hours revisited Virginia Woolf to stunning effect; By Nightfall (Fourth Estate) is his latest attempt to put art and beauty at t... more info