Guardian Music — Can artists like Richard Ashcroft and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy really escape their musical past by changing their names?Reading Naomi Klein's 10th anniversary edition of No Logo, I was struck by how many parallels can be drawn between political... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: BRAND NEW SEASIDE FESTIVAL PLAYAWAY ANNOUNCES NEW ACTS __________________________________________ CALVIN HARRIS, SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, NOISETTES, CHASE and STATUS DJ's and MC RAGE, SUB FOCUS and MC I.D, I BLAME COCO AND TIFFANY PAGE PLA... more info

NME — Noisettes, Plan B also set for Play Away Festival more info

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Guardian Music — Plan B, 30h!3 and Kid Cudi are all in pursuit of happiness in this week's selection – drink-driving, getting in fights, chasing women. Their mothers would be proudHurts: Wonderful LifeA long, long time ago, God created man. And after witnessin... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Yeasayer Ambling Alp (Mute) Having successfully revived Aztec prints and Peter Gabriel, Yeasayer – AKA the Global Village People – continue on their mission to reclaim ancient treasure from the swamps of taboo. Here the... more info

Altsounds — Currently all over the airwaves with the massive new single ‘Stay Too Long’ Plan B aka Ben Drew is about to make the biggest, most fascinating return possible to the music world. Ahead of its release and to kick off the New Year i... more info

NME — NME Radio are staging gigs with Plan B, I Blame Coco too more info

NME — Ben Drew to play Café De Paris on January 20 more info