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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock legend and Big Issue cover star Bob Dylan has revealed Robert Burns' song 'A Red, Red Rose' is his most inspirational track, on a celebrity calendar to raise cash for CLIC Sargent.The singer is one of 18 celebrities who have revealed whch song h... more info

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8/1 — 1 - Brett Anderson – Wilderness2 - Patrick Wolf – Bachelor3 - PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman a Man Walked By4 - Bat For Lashes - Two Suns5 - Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light6 - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers7 - Richard Hawley - Tr... more info

NME - The Daily Download — So The Daily Download is taking a little break until January 5, but before we go we wanted to load up your iPods with new tunes as a little early Christmas present. See you in 2010! ---First up, Xmas goes Krautrock as '70s pioneers Can take on 'Sile... more info

Altsounds — The Frontier Touring Company is pleased to unveil the support acts for La Roux’s upcoming shows in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide as local favourites Bertie Blackman and Tim & Jean. A highly-regarded and well-respected artist of Australi... more info

Guardian Music — Cowell locks horns with weekly mag and responds to musicians' criticism of The X FactorIn a wheeze that may come to be ranked up there with former editor Steve Sutherland's August 1995 cover boosting the Blur v Oasis showdown, the NME tomorrow splash... more info

Guardian Music — Underneath the moody stares and sharp synths lay a record with real soulYou might not have immediately warmed to La Roux's Elly Jackson, the moody, Bulletproof ice-queen with sharp synths and an even sharper quiff. But beneath this debut album's fros... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — 2009 has been the year that pop stars started making an effort to look like stars again. Most were left trailing in the wake of Lady GaGa but Britains own La Roux has carved her own style niche and put her mark on the music world with a succession of... more info

Streetkiss Music — La Roux's new single being remixed by our sweet frenchy boy DATA ! La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Data Remix) And the most name dropping featuring of this year ending, a gift from Crookers to announce their upcoming LP : Lots Of Friend... more info