PopSugar UK — The nominations have been announced for the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, which is taking place on November 6th in Liverpool. Britney Spears, Coldplay and Duffy all lead the table with three nominations each, while acts like Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Foo... more info

Music for Robots — Once in a while, a CD will show up in my mailbox that I know nothing about but turns out to be one of my favorite things. Creaky Boards - Brooklyn and The Songs I Didn't Write. Creaky Boards' new record Brooklyn Is Love doesn't come out until Novembe... more info

MTV.co.uk News — We can reveal that Coldplay, Duffy and Britney Spears lead nominations... more info

MTV.co.uk News — We can reveal that Coldplay, Duffy and Britney Spears lead nominations... more info

The Telegraph — Gillian Reynolds on the launch of Absolute Radio. more info

The Music Slut — And they are...Album Of The Year:Alicia Keys – As I AmBritney Spears - BlackoutColdplay – Viva La VidaDuffy – RockferryLeona Lewis – SpiritMost Addictive Track:Coldplay – Viva La VidaDuffy – MercyKaty Perry Ã... more info

Stereogum — From first spin of Viva La Vida... , "Lost" has been my personal favorite, mixing just the right portions of Peter Gabriel and U2 to move the arenas they so badly want to move. Although when I saw the band at MSG, my brother turned to me and said "... more info

The Music Slut — Enjoy Viva La Vida's 'Lost!' below. The band's new EP is out in December.MP3: Coldplay - Trouble more info

Chorus.fm — *Coldplay* (http://absolutepunk.net/coldplay)'s new video for "Lost" can be seen here (http://www.coldplay.com/lostvideo.php). No smoke monsters to be found. Submitted by Mirrorsandfever more info

Idolator — With all the endless chatter surrounding the record industry's slow-motion apocalypse—downloading, business models, livestock, etc.—it's refreshing to read someone who makes a salient point. Tim Whitwell, writing in Word, puts aside tiresome ethi... more info