Pitchfork — Photo by Youri Lenquette On record, the blind Malian husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam flit gorgeously all over the aesthetic map, from the lush, regal Afropop of "Senegal Fast-Food" to the glittering synth-pop of "Sabali", Pitchfork's #15 track ... more info

PopSugar — Chris Martin and Coldplay were on double duty last night, kicking the evening off with a performance at the 2009 Brit Awards before heading over to the 15th anniversary concert for the charity War Child. He and his band went home empty-handed from th... more info

Idolator — After last night's Brit Awards, the Killers and Coldplay hustled over to the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire for a concert benefiting the international charity War Child, which released an all-covers comp featuring the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Fran... more info

Perez Hilton — We're sure cosmetic dentists around the world would love to get their hands on his chompers! Coldplay's Chris Martin grins from ear-to-ear in London on Wednesday night. Why so damn happy???? Earlier that evening, the band went home empty-handed at th... more info

Allmusic Blog — Duffy was the big winner at Wednesday night’s BRIT Awards ceremony, snagging the Best British Female, Best British Breakthrough Act and Mastercard Best British Album for her debut Rockferry. Kings of Leon and Katy Perry also scored awards; Coldplay... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Welsh singer Duffy swept the BRITs on Wednesday with three awards including the coveted best album prize for "Rockferry," while English rockers Coldplay were left in the cold with no wins from four nominations. more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - It's not often that Coldplay, one of the world's biggest bands, agrees to play backing vocals to a one-time boy band heartthrob like Gary Barlow of Take That. more info

PopSugar UK — After the disappointment of Coldplay not winning any awards at the Brits last night, Chris Martin got one wish granted at the War Child Concert afterwards: he got to perform with Take That's Gary Barlow! Gary and Chris were joined on stage by Bono an... more info

The Telegraph Blog — Well, I got 8 out of 13 right in my Brit award predictions, so if you had taken my form guide to the bookies you might have made some money. That is if the Weller controversy hadn't stopped the bookies accepting bets. The Brits organisers have been f... more info

The Daily Mail — Coldplay may have been left humiliated after their Brit Awards snub, but they certainly know how to bounce back in spectacular fashion. more info