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

ContactMusic — Singer ELLIE GOULDING swapped her guitar for running shoes to compete in a street race on Sunday (24Oct10) - and finished ahead of her boyfriend.The Starry Eyed... more info

ContactMusic — Ellie Goulding has given up drinking - to save her voice.The singer suffers from acid reflux and the condition was damaging her vocal cords putting her pop career... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Q + A Everything Everything were one of 15 names in the BBC's Sound of 2010 longlist, but they eventually missed out getting the nod after Ellie Goulding nabbed the top spot. It certainly didn't deter the art-meets-indie Manchester b... more info

Gigwise — They join this year's line-up... more info

Altsounds — Already a success in her native England, 23 year-old UK singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding recently made her stateside debut with *An Introduction To Ellie Goulding* EP along with sold out LA and NYC performances. The LA Times called her voice Ãâ€... more info