411 Mania — The winner will be decided on February 8... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Vaccines* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thevaccines) frontman, Justin Young, has revealed (http://www.nme.com/news/the-vaccines/61728) that the band will record and release their new album this year. They will be working with producer Ethan Johns... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Beady Eye, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and The Vaccines are among the artists nominated for XFM's New Music Award.The award, which is given to the best album released by a British artist in the previous year, will be given out on February 8 at... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are confirmed to play this year's Benicassim Festival on the east coast of Spain. The festival will take place over the weekend of 12th-15th July. Other bands confirmed for the festival include The Stone Roses, Flor... more info

411 Mania — Time for a new topic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Vaccines @ Escape to NY 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Speaking of even more bands that NME loves, The Vaccines, who are twitter friends with Howler, and part of the recently announced Coachella lineup, just announced a NYC... more info

Gigwise — In going debate... more info

Guardian Music — Full list of all the artists nominated in categories for this year's awardsBritish male solo artistEd Sheeran (Atlantic Records/Warner Music)James Blake (Polydor/Universal Music)James Morrison (Island/Universal Music)Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird... more info

ContactMusic — Kaiser Chiefs star Nick Hodgson became a temporary member of The Vaccines on Tuesday night 03Jan12 when he stepped in to guest as their drummer The band was performing a show at Amsterdam Paradiso in the Netherlands after rescheduling the original da... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — It's time to break the radio silence on BTA, and bring you my best albums and tracks of the year 2011. A year that belonged to Ms. Harvey. Since Let England Shake was released early in the year no-one else had a chance.Top 10 Albums:10. Big Deal ... more info