Do you like Warpaint – Elephants?

There’s been a lot of chat about this video recently

Well, if you like that you’re BOUND to like this:

and this:

and this:

You are WELCOME

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Cover art for Laura Marling’s Goodbye England released

The single – the first to be released from Laura’s forthcoming second album – will be released on 14th December on Virgin. It’ll be available as a vinyl and download from the usual places. And it’s much, much better than anything the X-Factor winner will cough up AND Rage Against the Machine, so buy this one intead.

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Laura Marling live in Mull last month

Check out how relaxed she is. Brill

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Mumford and Sons @ St Martins in the Fields

FFS braved a chilly London night to see Mumford and Sons Winter Fair. An open air gig in the grounds of St Martins in the Fields at Trafalgar Square complete with hog roast, mulled wine and mince pies. The West-Londoners were in fine form although the show lacked some of the atmosphere of the basement gigs we’ve seen them play before — it’s jolly difficult to work up a sweat in the freezing cold.

As well as songs from Sigh No More the Sons covered an Old Show Medicine Show and with Marcus’s asking: “Has anyone seen the Disney version of Robin Hood? Greatest film ever made, no doubt…” the band launched into a cover of Not in Nottingham from said film, with some most impressive whistling from the frontman.

Mumford and Sons are about to embark on a tour of India with Laura Marling and will head off to Australia after Christmas. When back in Blighty they’ll embark on a UK tour with two already-sold-out dates at Shepherds Bush Empire. I remember when they were playing to about 20 people in the Tower Arts centre in Winchester just last year. Word certainly has got around.

Tracklisting:

1. Sigh No More
2. Awake My Soul
3. Little Lion Man
4. White Blank Page
5. Not in Nottingham
6. Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show cover)
7. Winter Winds
8. The Cave
9. I Gave You All
10. Roll Away Your Stone
11. Encore: Whispers in the Dark

**Please excuse the terrible cameraphone picture. Anika can’t be everywhere, sadly.

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Laura Marling’s Christmas song: Goodbye England

This song is beautiful. Some kind (and a bit illegal) person has yoinked the music, stuck it over a way old photo of Laura and put it up on YouTube.

[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGot7yoKyg8]

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Odetta Tribute album from Wears the Trousers

AMAZING. The whole thing is available to stream. If you like it, buy it. It’s for charity…

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This makes me do sick in my mouth

Ewwwwwwww just remembered about this sexy-windmachine-x-factor-politicians-wife version of the Moldy Peaches song. Kimya Dawson did an awesome ranty blog post about it at the time, then loads of people shouted her down and she apologised. She was totes right in the first place though.

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