Guardian Music — With a voice that makes her sound older than her 23 years, Canadian singer Al Spx – aka Cold Specks – trades in haunting, hymnal 'doom soul'Who is she? Her other name is Al Spx, and she's a 23-year-old Canadian singer, now living in London, wher... more info

ContactMusic — Dance group Swedish House Mafia and British singer Anna Calvi will be honoured at the 2012 European Border Breaker Awards The prizegiving celebrates new or emerging European artists who achieve success outside of their homeland with their first inter... more info

ContactMusic — Anna Calvi was astonished by how quickly Karl Lagerfeld works The singer was asked to be model for the Mason Michel look book - a French milliners owned by Chanel - by the designer and she said the experience was amazing She said It was re... more info

Altsounds — The winners of the 2012 European Border Breakers Awards, celebrating the top new talents in European pop music, were announced today by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth and the European ... more info

Altsounds — The Summer has been good to Vadoinmessico. From supporting Anna Calvi at Bush Hall, to playing the same stage as Fat Freddy's Drop at Alex James' 'Harvest' Festival, as well as great radio and on-line support for their singles 'Curling Up Your Sp... more info

KEXP Seattle — Mercury Prize-nominated Anna Calvi utilizes a vast array of instrumentation as the background to her powerful voice. Her self-titled debut earned international critical accolades, charting in the United States, France, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, a... more info

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Guardian Music — Erol Alkan & Boys Noize Feat Jarvis CockerAvalanche (Terminal Velocity) (Phantasy)This candidate for collaboration of the year isn't a cover of Leonard Cohen's original Avalanche per se, more a thoughtful appropriation (approved by Len himself) that ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Radiohead, Noel Gallagher and Kasabian are among the acts that have been named early .Bookies William Hill have released an extremely early perdition for next year's potential Mercury Prize winner. Kasabain have been named favourite to pick up the aw... more info