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Great news for all you Irish fans! Lisa Hannigan will be doing a series of dates across Ireland this May through July, in anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album! Get those dates and watch her amazing cover of Nick Drakes Black Eyed Dog

Hezekiah Jones is a collection of Philadelphia area artists orbiting around the songwriting talents of Raphael Cutrufello. The bands latest release Have You Seen Our New Fort? continues to highlight the immense talent of lyricist Cutrufello.

Of Monsters & Men are an Icelandic band that won Músiktilraunir (a nation wide battle of the bands competition). UK indie folkers will embrace and liken them to the likes of Mumford and Son and Laura Marling.

This seems to be the year for artists finding their Dylan goes electric moment. I can’t pindown any reason for it but the new sounds are great entertainment. Take a listen to a track from The Felice Brothers forthcoming album Celebration, Florida. Unexpected 808s, ambient synth lines, primitive drum beats, heavy bass lines…rave beats, and sinister acid jazz that captivates and mystifies.

You’ve Been Trumped is a documentary film which examines Donald Trump’s plans to construct a luxury golf resort on one of the most environmentally sensitive stretches of land in Europe which has been described as ‘Scotland’s Amazon rain forest’. The police and government would prefer it if the film wasn’t shown. Find out why and lend your support.

The last thing that Sigur Rós placed up on Soundcloud was a Christmas track, then yesterday they uploaded three unreleased sets featuring an early 1999 demo of svefn-g-englar as well as ‘manipulations’ and demos of ágætis byrjun.

Mount Moriah are going to go down a storm! They are Heather McEntire and Jenks Millerdue a duo from North Carolina who found a kindred interest in classic American folk back in 2005 when they first met. Their self-titled debut album due out on 12th April is literally ground-breaking! Watch the videos below.

Watch the new music video for Loch Lomond’s “Elephants and Little Girls” directed by Haley Young and taken from their new album Little Me Will Start a Storm.

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…

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.