Here is the video for Anna Calvi’s debut single, ‘Jezebel’, released today via Domino…

Owen Pallett – Swedish Love Story
Unashamedly pretty and very compelling, Owen Pallett has just proved to Danny Wadeson that he’s as wonderful in 17-minute chunks as he is in hour-long heart-rending epics

Chief – Modern Rituals
Scott Goodacre wonders if a Chief lack a spark to truly set themselves apart from the crowd.

TLOBF Interview // Villagers
Hot on the heels of his Mercury Music Prize nomination, Jude Clarke got a chance to fire some questions at Conor O’Brien aka Villagers, about said nomination, lyrical inspiration and festivals.

Owen Pallett readies new EP
Owen Pallett never rests. Not long after the release of his well received album Heartland, he’s back with an EP of new stuff. A Swedish Love Story will be available on 10″ and download on 27th September. Tracklisting is as follows: 1. A man with no ankles 2. Scandal at the parkade 3. Honour the [...]

Villagers announce UK tour
Fast on the back of the announcement of their recent Mercury Music Prize nomination, Villagers have announced a UK tour for October

Dirty Projectors + Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca
So, in a wet dream of musical collaborations, the Dirty Projectors have announced that they’re to start work on a project with Bjork!

TLOBF Interview // Quasi
Leah Pritchard catches up with Quasi at the end of an exhausting tour schedule, one that’s seen them play Japan, Canada, USA and now Europe.

Villagers – Becoming A Jackal
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The Fall – Your Future Our Clutter
Your Future Our Clutter is arguably the highest-profile Fall release in years; sure, there’s been the infamous football and advert-soundtracks, but not since the early nineties have the group put out an LP on a label as ‘big’ as Domino. Consequently, the pressure’s on, a fact Smith deals in his own inimitable way; the song titles are his most elliptical in years – a mess of acronyms and numbers – while the back cover’s redacted proclamation “What Domino want they get” speak for themselves.

Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
The beardy blues-rock trio take a step into fuzzy psychedelia on their third album and come up freaking out and with a new discordant intensity.

Villagers: New Domino signing, touring with Tindersticks
Villagers, the brain child of Conor J. O’Brien, has signed to Domino, readies a debut single and goes out on tour this month.

Pavement confirm Greatest Hits tracklist
The new Pavement Greatest Hits album now has a confirmed tracklisting!

Quasi announce Gong for February
Portland duo-turned-trio Quasi have now announced details of a new album.

Spiral Stairs – The Real Feel
Can Spiral Stairs ever move out of the shadow of it’s former glories? Tom Whyman thinks it’s a tough ask…
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