Really digging this UK band's release "Sigh No More," which was recently released in the US after a UK release last year.

If you like the Fleet Foxes or Avett Brothers, I think you will like Mumford & Sons. Little more uptempo, but great vocal harmonies and instrumentation.

Looks like they are hitting all the major festivals this Summer, hopefully they will fill in with some club dates.

Video of a song on the CD called "The Cave.":

I think the fact that those self-appointed arbiters of good music don't like it, makes me like it even more. Who knew that the Fleet Foxes originated harmonizing?

bands don't exist unless you can compare them to something else

If you aren't The Black Bearwolf Antler Kids, Pitchfork is reviewing your record without even listening to it, most likely. They'll just read your non-animal song titles and compare you to yesterday's Blue Jesus Buffalo Fish bands. I figure their editor is about 13 or 14 years old, by now. We're going to go skateboarding, next week. How much someone digs Pitchfork is probably a good measure of whether or not you want to hang out and listen to their crappy record recollection. For all of their attitude, they seem to hype a lot of lame-ass trendy sh$%. They give me bad vibes.

Avett Brothers are great. Fleet Foxes are snoozers. I bet Pitchfork loves them.

Mumford & Sons / The Middle East
May 22, 2010
Wexner Center

Nice. This might be my first Wexner show.