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Fleet Foxes' coup signals folk revival

It has been said that 2008 belongs to hard rock. After AC/DC's chart coup in October, the long-awaited comeback album from Guns n' Roses, Chinese Democracy, will be released later this month, while Journey's 1981 hit Don't Stop Believing became the highest-selling catalogue song on iTunes. But there has been another musical force quietly gathering pace: folk music. The inaugural Uncut Music Award has gone to Seattle's Fleet Foxes for a debut album which the editor of Uncut magazine, Allan Jones, describes as a "unanimous choice" among the judges. He told the Guardian: "There was a general consensus that there was no other album like Fleet Foxes this year. It showed impeccable musicianship, and though you could trace its antecedents, it sounded totally unique. Fleet Foxes was just a glorious debut."The band - virtually unheard of in the US, but selling close to 200,000 albums in Europe - beat the likes of Radiohead and Elbow to win the prize, prompting its frontman Robin Pecknold to say: "It's awesome. It's crazy, I never expected to be in contention for this kind of thing."Also on the shortlist was For Emma, Forever Ago, the debut album from Bon Iver. Both bands have gone from being unheard-of acts at the start of 2008 to performing sold-out UK shows. Laura Marling, an 18-year-old British newcomer, earned a Mercury Music Prize nomination for her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim, a collection of songs which belie her youth. Noah and the Whale's blend of folk made the UK top 10 with the single Five Years' Time and the album from which it is taken, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, is expected to go gold by Christmas.So why has 2008 yielded so many lauded and successful folk albums? Pat Long, curator of the monthly In the Pines folk night in London, says that the simplicity of folk appeals to people because "you don't need to know how to use Pro Tools or some other computer program to make it, you just need a guitar or ukulele".The phenomenon may be down to the cyclical nature of music. Last year, the winners of the Mercury Music Prize, the Klaxons, brought the dance sub-genre new-rave to the public's attention, and the previous year belonged to realist pop and rock stars such as Lily Allen and the Arctic Monkeys. In contrast, the music of the Fleet Foxes is reminiscent of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and speaks of mountains and meadow larks. Perhaps during these uncertain economic times, a soothing balm is what the British public needs.Top tracksNew Romantic by Laura Marling, from Alas I Cannot Swim. An alarmingly mature approach to the false nature of young love. Skinny Love by Bon Iver, from For Emma, Forever Ago. Iver's bitterness over the end of a relationship becomes a moving paean to lost love.Five Years Time by Noah and the Whale, from Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down: A top 10 hit which ponders where we'll be in, yes, five years time.Folk musicguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Saul Williams Talks Niggy Tardust's Wins, What's Next

Saul Williams hasn't given up on the internet, though his pricing-optional album didn't sell nearly as well as Radiohead's In Rainbows ? the album that inspired his strategy. Nonetheless, his taste for commercial and sonic experimentation is alive and well ? and probably means his next album will feature a similarly "out there" approach.

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Minister bows to calls on climate change bill

The government is to announce tomorrow that it will include rapidly growing aviation and shipping emissions in Britain's commitment to curb its carbon footprint by 80% by 2050.Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, will bow to pressure from environmentalists and rebel Labour MPs by announcing he will accept an amendment to include these emission sources in the climate change bill which is due to become law next month.The decision not to include aviation and shipping, which account for 7.5% of all emissions, was seen as a gaping hole in the government's legislation, which is the first measure of its kind in the world. Up to 86 MPs threatened to back an amendment in the Commons tomorrow, tabled by Elliot Morley, a former environment minister, to include these sources. The government has not been able to calculate exactly which emissions from international flights and shipping lanes will be attributable to Britain's carbon footprint. But even if an international agreement is not reached, acceptance of the amendment will force Miliband to explain where Britain stands on curbing aviation and shipping emissions.Environmentalists were delighted with the decision. Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins said: "The final piece of the jigsaw is in place. The world's first climate change law will also be a world-class climate change law. "The climate change law is a victory in the fight against climate change and a victory for the hundreds of thousands of people who have campaigned to make this happen. People from right around the UK demanded a strong law. The government have listened." Thom Yorke, Radiohead frontman and supporter of The Big Ask, a campaign to urge the government to take the strongest line possible on climate change, said: "It is a massive step forward for us all, as now we can engage in trying to fight climate change directly as a nation. And it came about simply because hundreds of thousands of people on the ground hassled their MP...

Press release

Broadcast-quality footage and print-quality pictures of the campaign for a strong climate law - featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Razorlight's Johnny Borrell - are available for download. Case studies of people who have campaigned for the Bill are also available.

Right-on Radiohead - the union busters?

Band is quids in, but collective bargaining is the loser The internet has been great for millionaire music performers and amateurs - it's everyone else in between who gets screwed. Now we have Radiohead's publisher Warner Chappell helping confirm the trend. The publisher's head of business affairs Jane Dyball has divulged some information on the band's "name your own price" offer last year.?

Boing Boing tv: Cafe Tacvba -- Interview and Performance (Music)

Café Tacvba (MySpace, Wikipedia) are one of the most, if not the most, imaginative and recklessly experimental indie rock bands ever to come out of Latin America. They formed in near Mexico City in the late '80s, and have been happily mutating ever since. I'm always kind of surprised when non-Spanish-speaking American friends don't know who they are -- they're sort of like the Radiohead of Mexico. Anyway, Boing Boing tv caught up with the tacubos backstage after their set at the Outside Lands festival, and our UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter asked them important questions about their excellent shoes, and why lots of ladies run screaming to stage-rush them during shows (Answer: because they're awesome). Link to Boing Boing tv blog post with instructions on how to subscribe to our daily video podcast. MP4 Link is here. Sponsor Note: This episode, and other BBtv music features this month, are sponsored by the Crowdfire live music social media project. You can find images, video, and audio about the band featured in today's show at Crowdfire -- here's the search link for fan-uploads related to Café Tacvba. Related Boing Boing tv episodes from Outside Lands: * Roots Reggae Legends Toots and the Maytals (music) * Broken Social Scene: interview and live performance (music) * Galactic's "Modern New Orleans Funk" with Xeni and Russell (music) * Interview with Cold War Kids frontman Nathan Willett (music) * Andy Gould, rock band manager, dances on the labels' graves. * Primus: Xeni interviews Les and Ler (music) * Kaki King, guitar hero: performance, interview with Xeni (music) * BB Gadgets' Joel at Outside Lands: Crowdfire deconstructed * Carney at Outside Lands - a "Boing Boing tv Bus Session." (music) * Steel Pulse founder David Hinds at Outside Lands (music) * Boing Boing tv backstage at Outside Lands: (Xeni + Russell Porter) (Special thanks to Wayneco for the magic bus, and to Virgin America for air travel.)...

Video: Radiohead singer Thom Yorke on Neil Young

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke on paying tribute to Neil Young by playing After the Goldrush at the singer-songwriter's Bridge School concert

Stars rock industry bosses

ROBBIE Williams, Radiohead and Kate Nash, pictured, are among Britain's top pop and rock acts who are demanding more control over their music today.