The Music Slut — The quintet tells Billboard: *We initially thought that it would be great to make music for children because the lads in the band have got kids and they were saying how little really decent music for children there is. The more that we thought about,... more info

DrownedInSound — Elbow, currently raking in the cash off the back of that Mercury win, have announced their intention to follow up prize winning LP The Seldom Seen Kid with an album of children's music and an accompanying animated film. more info

The Quietus — Melodic Mancunian rockers Elbow are to follow up Mercury by moving into kid's music and animation market. more info

NME — Elbow are working on an album of children's music and animations. more info

AngryApe — The band want to write about teenagers in the North of England more info

Silent Uproar — Guy Garvey of Elbow recently stated the inspiration behind the next record may be the formative years of teenagers in England. This news comes on the heels of Elbow's Mercury Prize win. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Mercury Prize winners see award winner shoot up chart more info

Pitchfork — Shut down your laptops and get to a record store, because streamable Seattle radio fixture KEXP released its annual compilation of in-studio performances this week. Or keep those laptops open and surf to Insound.com, the only place KEXP has made the ... more info

DrownedInSound — Whether you agreed with the decision to award Elbow the 'Prize or not, one thing is clear: Mercury nominations = more moolah. more info

KEXP Seattle — Live at KEXP Volume Four hits stores today! This compilation features exclusive performances from Vampire Weekend, Rufus Wainwright, !!!, The National, Yeasayer, The Helio Sequence, Pela, Elbow, Les Savy Fav, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, The Hold St... more info