The first Communion compilation Communion Records – the label run by ex-Cherbourg man Kev Jones and Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett – have knocked brains with new session operation Bands in Transit, which films artists playing in the back of…
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The Leisure Society, Jesca Hoop & Cut Copy to give free London performance
London session hosts Bandstand Busking have announced free their monthly show will be at Arnold Circus in Shoreditch this Sunday. It’s a corker of a line-up with performances from FFS favourites The Leisure Society, Tom Waits’ ex-babysitter Jesca Hoop and…
News | Richmond Fontaine singles, shows and free download
Portland Oragon’s literary rockers Richmond Fontaine are to release new single ‘Lost In Trees’, taken from their forthcoming album The High Country. The single, and b-side ‘The Eagles Lodge’, tell parts of a violent love story between a mechanic and…
WIN! Eastleigh Festival of Music tickets and CDs
Win tickets & albums by the Leisure Society, Stornoway, Ellen and the Escapades, The Travelling Band and Eliza Carthy
News | Laura Marling announces third album
Great news! Laura Marling has announced details of her third album. A Creature I Don’t Know was produced by Ethan Johns, who also worked on I Speak Because I Can. It will be released on Virgin Records on 12 September.…
News | Slow Club announce new music and free show in London 1pm today
New album, watch music video, September tour, and free shows – including Soho Square at 1pm today – from the Sheffied duo
PJ Harvey films to be screened at UK festivals
UK festival goers will be able to see the series of short films created by Seamus Murphy to accompany each song on PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake on the big screen this summer. The 12 films will be screened together…
Other Lives release ‘For 12’ video
Oklahoma’s Other Lives are preparing to unleash sophomore album Tamer Animals – their first proper release in the UK – later this summer, and whet our appetites with the dreamy ‘For 12’, which comes equipped with this rather lavish space-based…
Laura Hocking and This is the Kit artwork at final Folie à Deux show
Folie à Deux, the London alt-folk night that has played host to artists including Laura Hocking, Tristram and Rachael Dadd is seeing out it’s last show at Ultrophia with an exhibition showcasing the work of the artists who have performed…
Listen online: Colour of Ants by Mechanical Bride + free download
The long-awaited debut album by Brighton based Lauren Doss’s band Mechanical Bride, Colour of Fire is being released by Transgressive Records on Monday. You can stream the whole thing on This is Fake DIY now. Lauren’s also giving away the…