Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe tips for 2011 lists will be out any day now, conveniently coinciding with the current tour by the girl-most-likely-to of 2010 .With nearly 300,000 sales of her debut album, Lights, Ellie Goulding is the biggest new artis... more info

Unreality Music — Do you think John Lewis are going to make a habit out of this? Getting a popstar to cover an old song and play it during their Christmas Advertising campaign each year? I'm all for it, because... more info

Pop Justice — "Educate yourself", someone said in a tweet to us (#!/d4_lgt/status/3756293860884480) earlier today. They included a link to this. D9AFMVMl9qE What, one wonders, is the 'education' we are supposed to have received from watching Ellie Goulding bangi... more info

Persona Sauna — This is Ellie Goulding's video for "Your Song," as featured in John Lewis' Christmas TV advert. Nothing fancy, just a lovely song. I live for holiday commercials.Bright Lights, which is the re-release of her debut Lights, will be out on November 26t... more info

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NME - The Daily Download — Close your eyes and think of the sound of Neath, South Wales. I imagine images of karaoke caterwauls reverberating off the nicotine-stained insides of a half-empty pub spring to mind - the former mining town hasn't offered much to pop's lexicon thus ... more info

Guardian Music — The Hereford-born singer-songwriter on the joys of Pearl Jam, Björk and BlurHereford-born Elena Goulding began 2010 in the spotlight, anointed the next big thing by the entire UK music business after winning the critics' choice award at the Brits. T... more info

Guardian Music — The Essex five-piece say they only write songs they can imagine 100,000 people singing along to. Sadly, this seems likely to happenHometown: Harlow.The lineup: Steve Sparrow (vocals, guitar), Chad Thomas (guitar), Phil Titus (bass), Ben Giddings (key... more info

Guardian Music — This DJ duo write anthems pitched between David Guetta and Daft Punk. But what is it exactly they do on their records?Hometown: New York.The lineup: Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "J-Patt" Patterson.The background: The Knocks are one of those producti... more info

Idolator — Florence + The Machine took home two big titles from today's 2010 Q Awards: Best Female and Best Track for "You Got Love". However, the "Dog Days Are Over" songbird wasn't the only one in attendance at the London awards ceremony, others included Trav... more info