We talked at length last week about the state of saturation regarding guardians – establishing point was reached and breached quite some time ago, and that, in amongst the throbbing throngs, two stood head and shoulders clear of the rest in the affections of Mumford & Sons HQ: those that literally guard the universe, and The Guardian – fine purveyor of print that it is, standing guard at the gates of the written word…
…And, so it would seem, the moving image. In a rather touching display of continued support and burgeoning love, The Guardian are playing host to an advance and exclusive screening of The Sons’ brand new videoh-oh-oh for their equally brand, equally new, single Winter Winds!
As a cheery aside, if you missed the previous week’s Music Weekly podcast, you can still download the bleeder on the site.
We can heartily recommend and endorse both – enjoy!
 
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"’It’s Friday! Hurrah!’ *sigh* Forced fun, eh? Is there anything worse? Far as I’m concerned you can file Friday afternoons alongside New Year’s Eves and SingStar as the worst culprits for holding you hostage to a ‘good time’…"
Hush up grump and get a load of this; Mumford & Sons are the featured band this week in the Guardian’s Music Weekly podcast! Who needs Crunchies for that ‘Friday Feeling’ when you’ve got The Sons talking all things music, discussing great works of literature and just generally having a solid chin-wag with the show’s lovely hosts, Paul MacInnes and Rosie Swash? No man, woman or beast that’s who… And not only that, the ‘cast also includes a very special, live and stripped-back performance The Sons recorded exclusively for the occasion!
You can listen to the show and download the podcast from the site, which is over there… No, not here… Right a bit… Bit more… Bit more… right HERE !
Have a good weekend!
 
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 …As it happens! No word of a lie, it’s like Fleet Street or something this morning – and not the watered-down nougties version, but the hard-hitting, ruthless and unflinching eighties version… Print, print, print…
Mumford & Sons will be appearing on TodayFM in Ireland today – in about 15 minutes in fact (11:15 – 11:45am) – so those of you lucky enough to be reading this in the Emerald Isles, tune in and listen at 100-102 FM, and for those of you who aren’t, fret not, you can listen online via this wizardry! …And everybody is happy and well and handsome and lovely and sonically satisfied! M&S HQ x

Whoa, hang on; Sesame St. is celebrating it’s 40th anniversary this year!? Who knew? Well, me and you I’m guessing, as I’m writing, and you’re reading, this on a computer (presumably… and if not, how? Call me, we’ll make millions), so it seems unlikely that this fact will have escaped us in recent weeks given that Google has hammered it home with all the subtlety of a very Big Bird.
To honour this monumental occasion, let’s rejoice in the genius of Count von Count (that name is superb), the purple prince of mathematics, and have us a little count;
Number of front covers featuring Mumford as part of this week’s The Times Online? One… Two… Three…
That’s right, THREE.
Firstly, The Sons can be seen on the main sites front page, which can be seen HERE – incredible.
Secondly, HERE, on the front of The Times Entertainment homepage – glorious.
And thirdly, right slap bang on the front of The Times Music page, HERE – marvellous.
Alternatively, by clicking HERE you can avoid all those front pages and get straight on with reading about the very exciting news that Ted will be photographing the upcoming German tour for the Times as part of an exclusive pictures feature for the paper, and where you can also get hold of an Mp3 of a stripped-back version of White Blank Page that The Times are offering, absolutely FREE!
Three covers and one Mp3? Kind of a big deal, but who’s counting…
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Yet more incredible chart-related news from the paper press frontline; the happy chappies and chappettes (…is ‘chappettes’ a word? Is ‘chappies’?) over at exceptionally exceptional monthly publication The Fly have heard sufficient enough greatness in Sigh No More to put it at No. 13 in their Top 50 Albums of The Year list! Fantastiche!
You can pick up your free copy of The Fly from loads of great places – too numerous to list here – and see the entire list for yourself, or, alternatively, take a wander over to their site and absorb it right HERE.
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