Fleet Foxes, Paul Simon and Josh T Pearson are also named on the shortlist

Q Magazine held its annual Q Awards ceremony in London today, and plenty of big-name acts did well for themselves. Adele won a ton of awards, and Coldplay won the coveted public-voting award Best Act In The World Today Presented By First Drinks Brand, which is probably the best name for any award ever. But [...]

Last week, we shared a trio of performance videos from the episode of Later With Jools Holland that featured indie rock big shots Feist and Bon Iver. Over the weekend, a few bonus clips from that episode hit the web. Check out Feist’s “Bittersweet Melodies” as well as Bon Iver’s “Perth”...

Well, this was unexpected. The Favorite Band category in the 2012 People’s Choice Awards is positively jammed with indie and alt-rock types. The nominees include Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, and Florence & The Machine alongside heavyweights like Foo Fighters, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and, uh, OneRepublic. Chec...

Yesterday, we posted a fairly random and goofy list of Bon Iver’s five favorite rap verses, which main man Justin Vernon had compiled for the current issue of Rolling Stone. As it turns out, Vernon isn’t too happy with the way the list came out, claiming that the magazine changed his list. Also not happy: [...]