Guardian Music — Settlement, worth up to $10m, is victory for agency whose clients include indie labels representing Adele and Arctic MonkeysMerlin, the rights agency for independent record labels representing acts including Adele and Arctic Monkeys, has reached a la... more info

Guardian Music — Ceremony at Brixton Academy also dishes out prizes to Pulp, Florence + The Machine and the SmithsFormer Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was declared a godlike genius at the NME Awards on Wednesday night.The magazine's editor, Krissi Murison, hailed hi... more info

ContactMusic — Kasabian were named Best British Band at the NME Awards tonight 29 02 12 The Rewired group beat off competition from Arctic Monkeys Biffy Clyro Foals and Muse to land the prize - and singer Tom Meighan used their acceptance speech to pay tribut... more info

ContactMusic — Arctic Monkeys released their new single without the backing of a record label The British rockers are currently in a bidding war between two companies but they decided to go ahead and bring out R U Mine yesterday 27 02 12 as they wanted it to c... more info

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Chorus.fm — Watch *Arctic Monkeys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/arcticmonkeys)' music video for a new song entitled "R U Mine?" in the replies. The track is now available on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/r-u-mine-single/id505538147). more info

Stereogum — Suck It And See, their last album, came out less than a year ago, but the Arctic Monkeys are already cranking out new songs for no obvious reason. Their latest, posted online with no details early this morning, is a sneery, charged-up riff-monster ca... more info

Gigwise — Band release new track online... more info

Pop Justice — As you may have noticed, the Brits are happening tonight. The shortlists this year are pretty shocking in the main (where is Sak Noel in International Male?!?) but from the options we've been given we've picked our winners, and we've also taken a gu... more info

Guardian Music — Indie music labels' new global reach, alongside their 25% share of album sales in 2011, will worry the 'big four' record companiesWith six Grammys already crowding her mantelpiece, Adele may need to buy new storage units if, as expected, she takes ho... more info