NME — 'Whole New Way' was re-recorded at Damon Albarn's studio more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — For Gigwise'In This Light and On This Morning'The record starts with a hushed, almost spoken word vocal from Tom Smith who holds an imposing presence of the entirety of the album. Sharp stabs of music soon crash the relaxed atmosphere however, before... more info

The Music Fix — News: Manic Street Preachers' ‘Journal For Plague Lovers' remix album, featuring the likes of British Sea Power, Underworld (their first remix in 10 years), Saint Etienne, The Horrors and Andrew Weatherall, is now available to buy digitally ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Squeezing the last blood from the Summer festival stone is London’s Offset, a two day event with one of the best alternative line-ups of the whole season. Forcing the Shoreditch glitterati up against hardcore bands such as Rolo Tomassi and mor... more info

XFM.co.uk — Goth rockers strike out on their own this winter... more info

Clickmusic — The London rapper beats Bat For Lashes, La Roux and The Horrors to the album of the year award. more info

Guardian Music — The art-pop princess is the bookies' favourite to win the coveted music industry award, with Bat for Lashes and Speech Debelle in joint second placeFlorence and the Machine is the bookies favourite to walk away with the Mercury prize tonight, after W... more info

NME — Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominees for December gig run more info

The Quietus — More shows announced from goth rockers more info

Clickmusic — The bands join Wild Beasts, The Horrors and The Futureheads for this weekend's festival. more info