Guardian Music — Next week we'll be counting down our top 10 albums of the year … but here's how the rest of our critics' top 50 looksStarting on Monday we'll be counting down Guardian critics' top 10 albums of 2011. To get you in the mood, here's how our writers v... more info

Guardian Music — At 21, Laura Marling has won a Brit and twice been shortlisted for the Mercury prize. Buy the Observer on Sunday for a free album by the folk sensation comprising studio tracks and live materialIn September, Laura Marling released her brilliant third... more info

Guardian Music — The "glam folk" musician, 26, is the first-ever Brit to win Nashville's International Songwriting CompetitionOoh… get him in his fancy suit. Not to mention the 'tache. Pretty grand, eh?What on earth is his thing? He calls it "glam folk", but it cou... more info

Guardian Music — NME's annual cool list puts New York's 19-year-old Azealia Banks at number one and Sheffield's Jarvis Cocker at number two. But who else is cool? And who is less cool than they were last year? Read on …NME's annual cool list is this year topped by ... more info

Altsounds — *Noah And The Whale* today announce details of a major UK tour for 2012. The band - whose *Last Night On Earth* has, since its release last spring, firmly established itself as one of the Albums of 2011, will play shows 11 shows in March/April, in... more info

Popdose — Noah and the Whale will release a new single, “Waiting for My Chance to Come,” on October 24th.  Taken from the band’s Last Night On Earth album, the single will be accompanied by the band’s biggest headline tour to date, which includes a sh... more info

Guardian Music — Björk, Kelis, the Drums, Noah and the Whale are among the artists who took to the stage in Newport, Isle of Wight. more info

Altsounds — The London band Noah and the Whale are pleased to announce new Fall North American tour dates for November, including stops in the United States, Canada, and Mexico . The tour will include stops at major markets including Philadelphia, Boston, an... more info

NME — Weezer, Sleigh Bells and Noah and the Whale make the trio's Top 10 festival tunes more info

NME — Double album ‘Stage Whisper’ is made up of live and unreleased studio material more info