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TweetShare Listen to the new Mumford & Sons song “Ghosts That We Knew” below. Every couple of months or so Mumford & Sons seem to debut another new track without any word as to whether it’ll appear on the follow-up to their hugely well-received debut album “Sigh No More” or if they’re just throwaway tunes, [...]

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TweetShare It might seem odd that LBYB is just now doing an introducing piece on Alex Winston, but it’s long overdue.   So, may I formally introduce Alex Winston. At first glance, you might be surprised to hear that Alex Winston is classically trained in opera, but after listening to a few of her songs, it [...]

TweetShare The last few years have been good to the British Alternative-Indie-Folk scene, seeing a huge resurgence in said music thanks to the likes of Mumford & Sons, Noah And The Whale, Johnny Flynn, and of course Laura Marling.  If you’re unfamiliar with Marling’s work then a little background story might go like this.  She’s [...]

TweetShare One of the most seriously underappreciated new bands doing the rounds today are Various Cruelties, a previously gushed-over four-piece from London. How often can you say that a soulful Indie-Rock band made you groove, get down, and rock out all within the span of a four minute song? Ok, there are a few, but [...]

TweetShare It’s hard to believe that we’re introducing a band that has only played three live shows together, but such is apparently the case with Various Cruelties.  In a huge stroke of luck, though, the three bands for whom they have opened are Villagers, Mumford & Sons, and The Vaccines.  A four-piece hailing from White [...]

TweetShare Somehow, somewhere back in the day the British figured out how to make music.  From The Beatles to The Who to Belle and Sebastian the British consistently crank out excellent musicians.  Enough about the past; the time has come to add another rocker to the English resume: King Charles. Hailing from London, King Charles [...]

TweetShare Mumford & Sons have been a round for a couple of years now, playing gigs in and around London along with buddies of the same scene like Johnny Flynn and Noah And The Whale, but they’ve only just (October 2009) released their debut album “Sigh No More”.  Polarising critics (some saying their music is [...]