Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch didn't have to look too far to find a star for the band's 'God Help the Girl' video.

You may hold a grudge against all the tired karaoke-singer and cover-band renditions and the college house parties that dug Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’’ an early grave.

Belle and Sebastian’s 1996 debut album, ‘Tigermilk,’ really wasn’t an album at all. Frontman Stuart Murdoch recorded the LP as a project for music school, employing musician friends to help shape his lyrically and musically enchanting songs. It received a limited pressing, on vinyl only, and wouldn’t see proper release until three years later.

‘Tigermilk’ wasn’t supposed to be Belle and Sebastian’s debut album. For that matter, Belle and Sebastian weren’t even supposed to be a band at that point in 1996. Stuart Murdoch and pal Stuart David submitted a few of their demos to a Glasgow college for an annual program in which a single is pressed and released on the school’s custom label. The organizers liked what they heard so much, they ask

Back for its 34th annual run, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, aka the Montreal International Jazz Festival, has just announced the impressive indoor program for this year’s edition, set to run from June 28 to July 7 across a variety of venues in the heart of downtown Montreal. Along with a wealth of jazz staples, the lineup features She & Him, Belle and Sebastian and Here We Go

Last month, Belle and Sebastian announced plans to headline one of three nights of the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival, and now, everyone's favorite Scottish twee outfit has mapped out a North American trek leading up to the Chicago event. The brief tour, which was announced this morning (Feb. 19), launches north of the border on July 4 in Quebec City and touches down in a total of 11 cities, with t

The dates for Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 were announced late last year – and now, there’s a lineup to look forward to as well. This year's headliners will include Belle and Sebastian, Bjork and R. Kelly.

Belle and Sebastian, 'Crash'

Indie pop septet Belle and Sebastian have recorded a dreamy cover of the Primitives' 1988 hit 'Crash.' The track is part of the latest volume of the 'LateNightTales' compilation.