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Darren Hayman is to release his first purely solo album on November 6 via Fika Recordings. The album, titled Florence, is named after the city in which it was written and recorded. You can listen to ‘Nuns Run The Apothecary’ here.

Kurt Vile has unveiled his new animated video for ‘Life Like This’, trippy and surreal, from undersea leviathans to psychedelic landscapes and a gorilla drummer…watch it here

Following the release of Iron & Wine’s Archive Series Volume No. 1, Volume No. 2 is now upon us featuring two covers including Neil Young’s Albuquerque. Listen to it here and read our recent interview with Sam Beam.

Following the recent announcement of Joanna Newsom’s forthcoming LP Divers out on October 23, 2015, UK and European fans won’t have long to wait before getting a chance to see her perform as she announced her UK and European dates kicking off the end of October.

Elle Osborne has announced the release of her new album It’s Not Your Gold Shall Me Entice featuring Alasdair Roberts along with Alex Neilson and Mike Hastings of Trembling Bells. Listen to the opening track – I Don’t Like Sundays.

Scotlands most revered jazzist Bill Wells has assembled an all star cast from the weirder corners of the indie world including Deerhoof, Yo La Tengo, Isobel Campbell, Norman Blake, Bridget St John, to twist your favourite nursery rhymes into new compositions revealing the dark, violent and often hilarious message beneath the surface…

Teach them young – Light in the Attic and Third Man Records to release new children’s compilation that comes with it’s own turntable and features the likes of Vashti Bunyan, Woody Guthrie, Donovan, Harry Nilsson, Jerry Garcia.

Julia Holter has unveiled her new video for Sea Calls Me Home which finds Holter in the picturesque landscape of her California habitat, and explores the surreal imagery of the song.

To celebrate their forthcoming tour Megson have released a ‘pay what you want’ live compilation ‘Megson – Live in the Lounge’ E.P. featuring songs from their albums In a Box, Longshot and On the Side.

With Balkan music more accessible then ever thanks to bands such as A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Beirut why not give this one a go featuring recordings from 1930s​-​80s. Plus watch a short film on A Hawk and a Hacksaw which documents two years of travelling and performing throughout Europe and the United States.

NYC based Canadian Cellist Julia Kent announces her fourth solo album Asperities, an album in response to conflict: internal, personal and global. Watch her new video for Invitation to the Voyage.

Our Tune of the Day is from South African multi-instrumentalist, composer Cara Stacey. Dark Matter is taken from her groundbreaking new album Things That Grow which aims to stretch the boundaries of bow music in an ensemble and create something entirely new.