The xx, Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons Make Mercury Prize Shortlist
The coveted British album of the year award now awkwardly known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize has helped put artists like the Arctic Monkeys on the map. As The Guardian points out, the panel of British music critics who award the prize have “always made wildly idiosyncratic choices that often ignore the popular mood,” but sometimes these choices don’t seem so crazy two or three years after the fact. Case in point: the Arctic Monkeys, Elbow, Portishead.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBest Music of 2010 (So Far): Josh Jackson, Editor-in-Chief
Josh Jackson found it difficult to pare down his picks to 10 for the first half of the year, but he did it anyway. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWatch Mumford & Sons' Video for “Roll Away Your Stone”
The rollicking clip is a testament to the band's high-energy live show... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 15 Best Music Performances on Late-Night TV in May
This has been Music-On-TV Appreciation Month at Paste. In addition to all the good prime-time music, there’s been a wealth of amazing musical guests on the late-night talk shows lately. A couple of weeks ago, I looked at the state of late-night music, and liked what I saw. Here’s a countdown of my 15 favorite late-night performances from May:... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityMumford & Sons Plan Bluegrass EP
Still basking in the success of their debut album, Sigh No More, it seems Mumford & Sons certainly still have the creative juices flowing. The British four-man band plans to release an EP later this year—this time going the bluegrass route.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMembers of Keane, Mumford & Sons, Killers Release More Mt. Desolation Details
A little more news has emerged on the Mt. Desolation front (AKA: the collaborative venture of Winston Marshall (banjo) of Mumford & Sons, Tom Hobden (fiddle) of Noah and the Whale, Ronnie Vannucci (drums) of The Killers, Tim Rice-Oxley (keys) of Keane and bassist Jesse Quin). Their album, recorded mainly in London this past January, is set for a late 2010 release date.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMumford & Sons: Sigh No More
Nothing to be sorry for Sigh No More flutters to life with an apology. In an ethereal four-part harmony, the British foursome intones Benedict’s line to Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing: “Serve God, love me and mend,” and then the voices swell in unison: “And I’m sorry.” It’s one of the only pastoral moments on the band’s hour-long debut LP, but the sentiment lingers.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBob Dylan, Mumford & Sons, Pete Doherty to Play UK's Hop Farm Fest
Bob Dylan will join Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Pete Doherty at the UK’s Hop Farm Festival this July. The initial lineup for the festival. which is held on 90 acres of former farm land in the Kent county, was just announced via the event’s website. The third annual weekend-long festival begins July 2, with Dylan closing the festitivites.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMumford & Sons Announce Tour
Here at Paste, they’ve been touted as both the best of what’s next and a bunch of creeps, which is a pair of distinctions we’ve yet to put on any band in music history.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen Up: Mumford & Sons, What Creeps!
I'm a little suspicious of Mumford & Sons... read more
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