Someone Purer by Mystery Jets from June 2012 playlist

WHAT: Communion's all-dayer over four venues in Shepherd's Bush, handpicking new(ish) folk and associated intrigue WHEN: 2nd June WHERE: St Stephen's Church, Defectors Weld, Shepherds Bar and Ginglik HOW: £27.50 WHO: Daughter, Dog Is Dead, Let's Buy Happiness, Mystery Jets, Alessi's Ark, Jamie N Commons, Lanterns On The Lake, Silent Devices, Bastille, Raghu Dixit, Fionn Regan, Matthew And The Atlas, Paul Thomas Saunders

Peace first made an impression with their debut single ‘Follow Baby’, a shattering grunge-esque concoction of mucky noise and distortion. Speaking about the signing, the band said: "Signing with Columbia means that we are going to pour our everything over the next whatever into creating a record & basically no one can stop us. Not reality nor consequence. It's a bit like getting knocked up. We just had some unprotected sex with Columbia & we're keeping it.” Celebrating the signing, Peace ordered a billboard to be put up in their hometown of Birmingham, which reads ‘WHAT THE FCK BIRMINGHAM’. “We ...

Birmingham-born rockers PEACE have made massive strides in British music with their debut single 'Follow Baby'. With masses of support through Radio 1 and the NME, they've caught the eye of none other than music industry stalwarts Columbia Records, who’ve announced their signing today. Here's what the four-piece had to say in celebration of the contract: "Signing with Columbia means that we are going to pour our everything over the next whatever into creating a record & basically no one can stop us. Not reality nor consequence. It's a bit like getting knocked up. We just had some unprotected sex with Columbia & we're keeping it.We demanded a billboard from the label kind of as a joke and they 100% pulled through. It's one of those moments where the joke goes just far enough before someone gets hurt. No one is hurting." They've made no mistake in their boorish touring; recent sets at the Camden Crawl, The Great Escape and support slots with the Mystery Jets and The Manic Street Preachers ...

Mystery Jets are set to headline the one-day event taking place over four venues in Shepherds Bush, London on Saturday 2nd June. Other acts include Let's Buy Happiness, Bastille, Daughter and a very special acoustic set from Fink. Bushstock is run by independent promoters and record label Communion. Tickets will cost £27.50 and are available here . You can find the full line-up, addresses of the venues and all other information at the official site .

Six years ago, I fell in love with this odd-ball band as I watched them live on-stage surrounded by a bizarre array of instruments (or just dustbin lids), comprising of such a misfit of members including a father and son who all hailed from this 'magical place' called Eel Pie Island. Over the years, I've seen this band time and time again playing a variety of small venues before eventually headlining Offset and Dot to Dot festival to similar sized crowds. And a just a couple of years ago, I last witnessed them playing to a half empty venue ...

We're still putting ourselves back together after another brilliant time in Brighton at The Great Escape festival. The weekend is an opportune time to see some of the best new music out there and our writer Nikita Winayak alongside XFM DJ John Kennedy, came across some of the most promising and fresh bands out there. Swim Deep Swim Deep were first on the agenda and since I’ve become a big fan, I'm extremely excited to hear what this Midlands four-piece have to offer live. As they take to the stage, it soon becomes evident that their laid-back ...

One of Team FFS’s favourite festivals, Bushstock, have just unveiled their final lineup announcements before the big day on June 2nd. These include Mystery Jets, Bastille, Fink, Let’s Buy Happiness and Mahalia, among others. Run by the wonderful Communion Label (Daughter, Marcus Foster, Pete Roe), this one day festival, based around four venues in Shepherd’s Bush, went down like a house on fire last year. Luckily for us, another one is well on its way, and very near indeed. The line up also includes some ( and this is just a selected few) of the following: Alessi’s ...

When's the last time you went to Canterbury? If it hasn't been for a while (or perhaps never) now's your chance to take a trip to the beautiful Kentish town, as Lounge On The Farm festival looms ever closer. What's more, The 405 is proud to announce that we'll be hosting the Farm Folk stage on the Friday and Saturday of the festival, passing the baton over to the brilliant Communion on the Sunday. The 405 readers will also be able to get their hands on discounted tickets for the festival, available right now. Our ...

After a week in New Orleans and an expedition to Brighton for The Great Escape, my musical May adventures have come to an end in the UK city of Liverpool (no stranger to musical celebration with streets of Beatles related memorabilia) for the annual industry conference and festival, Liverpool Sound City. Like The Great Escape the weekend before, Liverpool Sound City takes over its city for three days and nights, with a mix of brand new, up-and-coming and established artists gracing its stages. Let's waste no time and start looking back at these artists... My Sound City kicked off ...

A warm Friday evening sees hoards of hipster kids piling into Brixton Academy for Mystery Jets’ headline show. The excitement is palpable. A swarm of twenty-somethings jostle for prime position, unknowingly sloshing their overpriced cider on unsuspecting passers-by. Such anticipation is not limited exclusively to fans, as singer Blaine Harrison states on the band’s website: “Brixton Academy is the show we have been waiting to play… As a band of London boys, the feeling of walking from the wings out onto that stage will be one of euphoria and we will do everything in us to make sure you ...

Bastille, Daughter, Alessi's Ark also confirmed for June festival

Can anyone put on a gig? With just £100? The* Observer Magazine* decided to find out and, to make it harder, they gave the job to a writer with no knowledge of the indie scene! Selecting *Proud Camden* as the venue for the night, and with only a clutch of £20 pound notes to work with, we have...

Mystery Jets bring the sound of Texas to Brixton Academy to promote their new album Radlands. Burak Cingi sends these pics.

Mystery Jets are back in full force with the release of their fourth studio album Radlands. The band has had promise since the beginning, following the steady success of their debut album, Making Dens back in 2006. The polished follow up, Twenty One, had an unmistakable air of success, while the slower build up of Serotonin left us all wondering what to expect next. Following traditional Indie right of passage, the unmistakably English boys set up home in Austin, Texas, for a couple of months to record their first album outside of the crown. The birthchild was Radlands. On first ...