Guardian Music — She was signed to EMI, then dropped – but now the Ikea ad with all the cats has come to rescue unique singer-composer Mara Carlyle from obscurity once againMany people have cursed Ikea, usually after yowling in pain as a flatpack bookcase comes cra... more info

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Starpulse — Coldplay's songwriting skills landed them the top honors at the 30th annual ASCAP Awards in London on Wednesday. Bandmates Chris Martin, Will Champion, Jonny Buckland and Guy Berryman were named t... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay and Taio Cruz were honoured with songwriting awards last night (13.10.10)The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) named the... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay are forcing their studio engineer to eat.The band have become concerned about the state of Rik Simpson - who is manning music composition program Pro Tools... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Coldplay's songwriting skills landed them the top honours at the 30th annual ASCAP Awards in London on Wednesday. more info

ContactMusic — COLDPLAY's songwriting skills landed them the top honours at the 30th annual ASCAP Awards in London on Wednesday (13Oct10).Bandmates Chris Martin, Will Champion,... more info

Mjsbigblog — Tim Urban posts his first post-Idol You Tube video!  It’s a stripped-dwon cover of  “The Scientist” by Coldplay, recorded at McPhereson Guitars in Wisconsin earlier this week. Check it out, after the jump. Video after the J... more info

Guardian Music — Deodorant makers Right Guard have entered the live-sessions game, writes Chris SalmonTwo years ago, Birmingham-born DJ Nic Harcourt left the influential LA public radio station KCRW after 10 years of presenting its Morning Become Eclectic show. Dur... more info

MTV.co.uk News — It’s not often that EMI- the British major behind LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Coldplay, Sigur Ros and er, The Beatles- signs a new band.  And their latest hot project is Morning Parade, a... more info