Typhoon are back with a new EP titled A New Kind of House. The Portland, Oregon indie orchestra made a grand entrance with the release of Hunger and Thirst in 2010 on the Tender Loving Empire Label, the same label that signed Loch Lomond.

You all know how much I love Pepe Belmonte’s debut album Hermit’s Waltz which I made album of the week near the end of last month and we’ve been playing since. I just received news that he was involved in a bad bike accident last week and I’m asking you all to send your prayers and good vibes his way…

The founder of the late Penguin Cafe Orchestra Simon Jeffes died in 1997. Now his son, Arthur, has taken up where his father left off, no easy task. Where do you draw the line of familiarity and creativity? Difficult as this may be the latest Penguin Cafe offering A Matter of Life… manages to offer familiar trademarks amongst new inventions.

A double helping of PJ Harvey this weekend as another video from the 12 filmed by Seamus Murphy are uncovered. This is Written on the Forehead which you can watch below as well as read what Seamus Murphy had to say about the film and song.

Watch the full length film: An Island, for one week only. In August 2010, French film maker Vincent Moon went to the Baltic island of Als where he met up with the Danish eight piece band, Efterklang.

The 6th Film from PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake has been released. The 12 films made by Seamus Murphy set out to capture and interpret the idea of England. The film focuses “on the sound of the song itself which has a melancholic, tragic lilt to it, like a resigned love song of acceptance.” Watch England below.

West London based 5 piece band the Treetop Flyers have just signed to Communion Records and will be releasing a 10” single titled Things Will Change. Watch their latest video.

I Am Oak is formed around the central figure of dutch singer-songwriter Thijs Kuijken who manipulates minimalistic sounds into complex gentle sound arrays using voice as the main backbone complemented by guitar, banjo, organ, minimalistic beats and samples, all put together from his bedroom.

In August 2010, French film maker Vincent Moon went to the Baltic island of Als where he met up with the Danish eight piece band, Efterklang. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations. The results went way beyond their expectations.

This is turning into a weird week. Caught this today…The Ting Tings have re-mixed Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues. Appears to be a Record Day feature run by Sony to encourage all you folks out there that fancy a go at mixing…not sure about the idea personally but they pull it off ok (if you like the idea of killing a good song)…watch the video below:

Following up their split EP with Karine Polwart, acclaimed Scottish folk trio Lau have embarked on another collaborative effort, this time with London based musician Adem. Read Melanie’s review below.

EELS have surprised fans by announcing a World Tour. This will be their first tour since the release of their album trilogy (HOMBRE LOBO, END TIMES, TOMORROW MORNING) in 2010. To kick things off they are giving away a free track from each album which you can grab below.