Guardian Music — Purveyors of mournful but majestic indie rock, this five-piece offer an accomplished take on the Coldplay/Keane soundHometown: London.The lineup: Andy Clutterbuck (lead vocals, guitar), James Hatcher (guitar), Jack Allinson (bass, synths, electronics... more info

Gigwise — Rapper has teamed up with Irish rockers... more info

Totally Fuzzy — themusicologist said... musicology #574 Essential Cuts #4 (Nina Soul - Sleeping Trees) Sticking with the Sir Coxsone selection with an ESSENTIAL cut by Nina Soul. http://themusicologist.wordpress.com mercurochrome said... Thee YoungMossTongue Prese... more info

Altsounds — *Tired Pony* began as a sketch in *Gary Lightbody*'s imagination. During the idle moments on *Snow Patrol*'s year-long tour for their acclaimed album*A Hundred Million Suns*, Gary began writing songs for an imaginary band. The more songs that accu... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. Today as I was getting read to post this week's mash, I went to my files thinking - Find a great bangin' dance mashup for the weekend. 'Cuz that's what I do - I love making people dance! But then I remembered another new... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for Phil Retrospector's mashup of Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars." more info

The Vinyl Villain — .......are either on holiday or have gone on strike without telling me. Either way it has been left to me to crochet a few cliches to bring you a posting today.And it's one inspired by an inquisitive e-mail receive during the week from a TVV reader ... more info

NME — Singer reveals all about his supergroup with REM's Peter Buck and friends more info

ContactMusic — Gary Lightbody's new music is "nothing like" Snow Patrol.The Northern Ireland-born singer confesses his side project Tired Pony - a collaboration with REM's Peter Buck... more info

Scotsman.com — A HOST of music stars including Paolo Nutini, Snow Patrol and the Verve have signed up to record a tribute album to legendary Scots musician John Martyn. more info