NME — Shockwaves NME Awards Tour act announce plans for later in the year more info

Gigwise — Their biggest yet... more info

XFM.co.uk — The London duo get set to play their biggest venues to date. more info

Guardian Music — Academy, NewcastleAlong with the BBC's Sound of the Year poll, the annual NME awards tour is a useful barometer of where pop is headed. Last year's bash gave White Lies and Friendly Fires a springboard while Florence and the Machine ­predicted th... more info

My Old Kentucky — I have fallen in love with this track from The Delta Mirror, the latest signee to Lefse Records - home of Neon Indian, A Grave With No Name and Tape Deck Mountain. The project consists of Los Angeles-based Craig Gordon and David Bolt. Their forthco... more info

Live Daily — Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz top the roster of acts for the 11th annual Coachella [ tickets ] Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field April 16-18. As tipped by LiveDaily's Backline earlier this month, Pave... more info

Altsounds — *The Big Pink* begin the new decade with single 'Velvet', this time set for a full commercial release on February 15th following its limited run in early 2009. Crystallising a love of digital noise combined with an incredible soulfulness 'Velvet' w... more info

Pitchfork - TV — --Beneath the NYC Skyline and BQE, the UK band perform its single "Dominos". more info

NME — Pixies, Pavement and Wilco also set to play more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Here are my fav's for 2009, or at least my top 20, there were far too many songs that could've made this list. If I had to put an album at the top spot for the year it would be between Camera Obscura, Handsome Furs, Miike Snow, Andrew Bird, and Phoe... more info