The second compilation of the estimable label’s 7″s from 2008-2010 features, among plenty of interest, early Florence & The Machine, The Drums and Fanfarlo.

Florence & The Machine announces “Cosmic Love” tour
Florence + The Machine have announced a rather large UK tour for May, including 3 nights at the Hammersmith Apollo.
So Hot Right Now!
John Brainlove picks apart the BBC Sound Of 2010 shortlist. Who comes up trumps, and who ends up looking like a special needs jogger..? Find out inside.

TLOBF Albums of 2009
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Florence and the Machine – Lungs
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Florence and the Machine reveals new album details
Florence and the Machine has confirmed new album plans, plus a whole array of live dates for the coming festival season.

Florence & The Machine / Friendly Fires / White Lies / Glasvegas: NME Tour – Cambridge, 20/02/09
Valerio Berdini got down with the kids and experiences the yearly NME Awards tour that hit Cambridge…
TLOBF Interview :: Florence and the Machine
Amy Pay gets a chance to interview one of the acts hotly tipped for 2009…
NME Shockwaves tour announced
Next years NME Shockwaves tour features a line-up of TLOBF friendly bands, headlined by Glasvegas.
Florence & The Machine, The Checks, Turbo Fruits – Metro Club, London 21/08/07
Oxford Street: small club, big sounds, no shopping. Let’s get straight to it. First up and unbilled, Florence and the Machine were a bit of a punk-folk (pulk? fonk?) revelation. Starting solo a cappella, this slip of a girl produced a startling song with the folk ballad vocal punctuated with the glottal decoration of a [...]
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