L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The band: Bear Attack, a five-piece group of USC students. The sound: On tracks such as “August” and “Boxes,” the band plays a brand of soft, tuneful folk-rock that evokes the spacious earnestness of the Swell Season or early Coldplay.... more info

Pop Candy — CBS.com's Live on Letterman webcasts have hosted a bunch of top-notch musical acts, including Coldplay, Wilco and Peter Gabriel. more info

ContactMusic — Grammy winner Adele and folk band Mumford Sons are leading the British invasion of the American album charts - U K pop stars have netted the highest share of U S record sales in more than a decade Brits including Jessie J and Coldplay accounted for n... more info

Guardian Music — 6 Music's 10th birthday knees-up was a joy, while Alex Horne put some jokes into jazzLamacq's 6 Music Family Tree (6 Music) | iPlayerAlex Horne Presents the Horne Section (Radio 4 Extra) | iPlayerInteriors (Radio 4) | iPlayerIt was 6 Music's 10th bir... more info

Guardian Music — StubHub, which connects buyers and sellers, will take on Seatwave and Viagogo – the subject of a C4 documentaryEBay is set to shake-up the controversial secondary ticketing market with the official UK launch of the online marketplace StubHub.StubHu... more info

Guardian Music — We never get hit songs written and performed by people with a few years under their belts these days. Why not?Item: Browsing through a music message board the other day, I came across a thread devoted to Tougher Than the Rest, the 1987 single by Bruc... more info

Guardian Music — Britain may have all but forgotten her, but 80s popstar Sade is a huge star in the US since her 2010 comeback. So what's the secret of her transatlantic success?Just as we've got used to the idea that Adele is now a massive star in America, triumphin... more info

Guardian Music — Singer's new album has topped the charts – here's what our readers are saying about itBruce Springsteen's latest album, Wrecking Ball, is No 1 in the UK this week – the Boss's ninth LP to top the charts.Critically acclaimed, the album has also me... more info

Pop Justice — Inspirational Spokesperson For All Humanity Jessie J is going to try and tone down her intense fashion stylings, stating "is it really necessary to wear all that jewellery and make-up at 7am and look like a drag queen?" (Contactmusic) (http://www.con... more info

Chorus.fm — Download *Coldplay* (http://absolutepunk.net/coldplay)'s Mylo Xyloto for $.25 from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Mylo-Xyloto/dp/B005XOPEOU/?t=slicinc-20&tag=slicinc-20). more info