Guardian Music — Rescue Rooms, NottinghamPreviously throwing up next big things from La Roux to Hurts, the biannual NME Radar Tour is a reliable barometer of the health of rising pop. However, this year, with few new acts breaking and record companies trying every tr... more info

Perez Hilton — This girl is a future pop star HANDS DOWN! Check out our second favorite audition from last night's season premiere of X Factor, a FIERCE young woman named Simone Battle who is seriously GOING FOR IT with her performance of When I Grow Up by the Puss... more info

Pop Justice — » Britney Spears will finally return to her "second home" of London and the "streets of merry old England" to shoot the video for 'Criminal'. (Contactmusic) (http://www.contactmusic.com/news/britney-spears-bringing-video-shoot-to-london_1243881) ... more info

Guardian Music — Tired of waiting for La Roux's second album? Then why not investigate this Brooklyn singer in thrall to early-80s electro-popHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Elizabeth Harper (vocals, synths).The background: It's been said before, possibly by us, but i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Jay-Z & Kanye West aka The Throne's collaborative album Watch The Throne became available via iTunes this week (8/8) and will be out physically on Friday (8/12) via Def Jam. Although Kanye produced most of the album,... more info

ContactMusic — Actor Jim Sturgess is hoping to make his mark on the pop charts after forming a duo with his girlfriend, La Roux musician Mickey O Brien. The Across The Universe star, who previously fronted groups like Saint Faith and Dilated Spies before his acting... more info

Guardian Music — Ever since the arrival of Amy and Lily, female artists have been taking over the charts. Now, with the country's top five albums all by women, it appears their mission is accomplishedA curious symmetry took over the British album charts this weekend.... more info

Guardian Music — Cherrytree Records knows what music fans want – because it listens to them, says its head, Martin KierszenbaumIt's Monday evening and the Kings College London Students' Union is buzzing. Chart-topping acts such as LMFAO (whose show includes beer gu... more info

Guardian Music — A delicious slow jam that's all the better for its slight whiff of Davidoff Cool WaterFrancis and the Lights actually represents the work of just one man, Francis Farewell Starlite (we're assuming that's not his real name). Since emerging in 2008 –... more info

Pop Justice — They may be the home of LMFAO but we are generally big fans of the way US 'alternative pop' label Cherrytree Records do things, so it's quite exciting that they are bringing a sort of roadshow event to the UK for a date in London on June 13. The ev... more info