Laish have published a video for live favourite “She Is Clever”, made by the incredibly talented Matt Dreyer.

The track is available as a free mp3 download from the Laish page at Bandcamp from 5th December, the first single from the forthcoming album, Obituaries, due for release in May 2012.

Go and see them support Peggy Sue at The Haunt in Brighton tomorrow.

Illustrator Joe Collins has made us a map that explains most of the connections between bands within the collective, click below to see the full sized version:

The band lineups are changing all the time and there are plenty of connections missing, we had to draw the line somewhere or it would have spiralled out of control. Also missing are a few solo artists who don’t play in any of the more well known bands, but it’s a pretty good place to start if you’re confused about who plays with whom.

You can see more of Joe’s work here.

Just a quick note to recommend some great gigs coming up this weekend.

On Friday our friends at Shhh! promotions are putting on a Fence Collective double header at The Hobgoblin in Brighton featuring Withered Hand and Rozi Plain. Further details are all here.

Then on Saturday Rachael Dadd is playing at the annual Apple festival at Middle Farm near Lewes. Rachael plays at midday and then you can tuck in to the cider for a few hours.

As if that were not enough, Mary Hampton is launching her exceptional album Folly in London on Sunday at Cecil Sharp House. The Brighton launch show was phenomenal so don’t miss this – plus you get Rachael Dadd supporting. You can hear the debut single from the album using the embedded YouTube video above.

Alessi’s new album is out today in America. The album features contributions from lots of Willkommen musicians. My personal highlight is a track called The Fever which is an instrumental trio of Alessi on guitar, William Calderbank (Sons, Miserable Rich etc) on piano and Emma Gatrill (Sons, Mariners etc) on the harp.

You can stream the album on Alessi’s Facebook page, visit Bella Union US to buy hard copies or visit Amazon or iTunes to download it.

Alessi has two dates left in America supporting Laura Marling before a few European dates:

27th Sept: WASHINGTON DC, MY: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue with Laura Marling
28th Sept: NEW YORK, NY: Webster Hall with Laura Marling
3rd Oct: Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS: Paradiso – Small Hall
4th Oct: Ghent, BELGIUM: Café Video
5th Oct: Brussels, BELGIUM: Witloof Bar @ Botanique
7th Oct: Paris, FRANCE: La Fleche D’Or Paris, Ile-de-France