Gorilla vs. Bear — (photo)Since hearing his haunted cover of Burial's "Archangel," I've made it a habit to hit up Banjo or Freakout's blog on a regular basis. He continues to drop daily gems over there, including this killer cover of Invisible Conga People's "Cable Daz... more info

AngryApe — Bands are feeling the benefits of this year's nominations more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Our weekly GvsB Sirius radio show airs today at noon + midnight EST on Left of Center. Brand new stuff this week from Empire of the Sun, Gang Gang Dance, Salem, Get Back Guinozzi, Chairlift, Memory Cassette, the Ruby Suns + Esau Mwamwaya, and more. ... more info

THIS week's Mercury Prize ceremony is like a high-brow version of Where’s Wally? more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty After the experiment caused her sales to plummet, Estelle’s Shine and hit single “American Boy” are back on iTunes. “American Boy” is up at #21 on the iTunes song chart. Elbow’s The Seldom Seen Kid pulled an upset victory to... more info

PopSugar UK — Elbow have won the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize for best album of the last twelve months. The group won the £20,000 prize for their fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid. They beat Estelle, Adele, Radiohead, Laura Marling, bookies' favourite Burial,... more info

Stereogum — Bloomberg reports Elbow's Seldom Seen Kid pulled out a sorta longshot win over the likes of Burial, Radiohead (four time nominees, still no win), and the Last Shadow Puppets for this year's Merc Prize, meaning that is going to be one hot torrent this... more info

Pitchfork — Drumroll please! The folks behind the esteemed Nationwide Mercury Prize-- a staple of UK music accolade-giving since 1992-- have announced this year's winning album...The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow!Yes, Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid has trumped over quit... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — While we anxiously await that promised new material from Burial, this will do just fine: the great Pinglewood posted this mournful, eerily affecting cover of Burial's "Archangel," by London's Alessio Natalizia, aka Banjo or Freakout. Highly recommen... more info

Gigwise — But Will He Win Tonight?... more info