NME — Radiohead, Snow Patrol and Alicia Keys also feature in the Top 10 list more info

The Telegraph — Coldplay is the music act most likely to make us drift off to sleep, according to a new survey. more info

Guardian Music — David Cameron is a fan. Mark E Smith definitely isn'tAge: As a band, three years old.Appearance: Waistcoats with guitars. (The guitars are also wearing waistcoats.)Family of greengrocers? Folk band. Made up of common, folksy folk, who went to common,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — VINYL OBSCURITY said... more obscure new wave pop from ROCK FICTION - S/T EP out of San Francisco 1984 just posted at http://vinylobscurity.blogspot.com Eclectic downloads said... Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Deluxe Edition) (2004) Rubén González - Chanc... more info

The Independent — The inspirations for some of the biggest selling and best loved songs in the world are to be revealed in a new book to be published next month celebrating the power of the musician's muse. The Girl in the Song: The Real Stories Behind 50 Classic Pop... more info

Spinner.com — Would the Beatles be quite as fab if they had stuck to their earlier moniker of Johnny and the Moondogs? Does Diana Ross fronting a trio called the Primettes bestow her the proper level of divahood? Take our Ultimate Original Band Name Quiz and see i... more info

Gigwise — Reports claims... more info

Stereogum — Taylor Swift visited BBC Radio 2 yesterday to do some songs for their “Great British Songbook” program. She performed an acoustic take on Great British band Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” While her live vocals are often rough, if not painful, s... more info

Idolator — Taylor Swift releases her third studio album Speak Now on Monday, and to promote the deluxe edition of her LP (which includes three new music tracks, three remixed tracks, and a half hour of video content) the Coldplay fan partnered up with Target to... more info

Idolator — “Mean” songstress Taylor Swift is mere days away from the release of her third LP Speak Now (out October 25 worldwide), and to ramp up the promotion across the pond she appeared yesterday on BBC Radio 2’s Great British Songbook. Of course, Tayl... more info