Noah and the Whale

This is perfect for the end of the week – a new acoustic video for ‘Honey’ from former Noah & The Whale guitarist Fred Abbott. It features on a deluxe version his debut solo album, Serious Poke which is out now.

A new series of Rockfeedback Presents will air on Channel 4 at the end of August into early October 2011. It will feature Robyn, Noah & The Whale, Joanna Newsom, Bombay Bicycle Club, Laura Marling, PJ Harvey, Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes and more.

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Mt. Desolation have grown in stature to be considered more than just a quoted side-project from Keane’s Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin. If anything, I get the feeling the project has outgrown Keane and will continue to do so, if they allow it, and I hope they do. They recently unveiled their video for State of Affairs which is shot in a beautiful period hall. The opening sequence is acoustically …