ContactMusic — British rockers FOALS look set to dominate the 2011 Shockwaves NME Awards after landing five nominations.The group has been tipped in the Best British Band category, against Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian and last year's (10) winners Muse. Foa... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Foals and Biffy Clyro are among the acts nominated for this year's Shockwaves NME Awards.Despite still not having played live or released their debut album Beady Eye are up for best new band.The winners will be ... more info

Gigwise — At London's Royal Albert Hall... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Yahoo! Music News - Motörhead are set to play rock festival Sonisphere joining Slipknot, Biffy Clyro and The Big Four. more info

Guardian Music — Fans haven't given up on rock, despite the decline in sales. We're just waiting for the band that'll make the next leap forwardFew things have taken a battering quite like rock this week. After Music Week announced on Monday that the percentage of ro... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - They managed to set up the biggest derby in Scottish football.... more info

Guardian Music — Only three guitar-band songs in the top 100 – and one of them was Journey. With pop and urban music teaming up, does rock stand a chance?What will tomorrow evening's Brit awards launch tell us about 2010's music? That it was all amazing, obviously... more info

NME — Rockers pick out the balls to determine fifth round ties more info

Gigwise — Rockers selected teams today... more info

Abeano — The baseball reference might come courtesy of HBO’s Eastbound and Down (or Field of Dreams?) but New Years Evil’s ‘Bengie Molina’ still retains a lingering whiff of the UK. Yes, in those big dramatic rumbles between the slackery choruses... more info