MTV.co.uk News — The X Factor runner-up Marcus Collins is reported to be planning on releasing a cover of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army as his debut single. The Liverpudlian explained his unlikely choice of... more info

Guardian Music — Sales figures suggest alternative rock is in a dismal place right now. Will it ever recover? And should we care?This year's Brit awards will be a melancholy experience for indie rock fans. The genre's big live performers will be Blur and Noel Gallagh... more info

Guardian Music — The Lousiana, BristolThe Louisiana is a very small Bristol venue that has played host, over the years, to some very big names. Since the mid-90s, eager crowds have packed into the tiny first-floor room of this 200-year-old pub to get a close-up of fu... more info

From Mato, From London — Slow Club Sheffield (UK) Canciones a dos voces para este grupo de chico y chica que toca un country-folkabilly acelerado y melódico, tocado con veloces guitarras acústicas y fantásticas (y extrañas) percusiones. Te gustarán si te gustan Las can... more info

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ContactMusic — Former The White Stripes star Jack White is helping to give Tom Jones a career makeover by producing the Welsh crooners new single The odd pair teamed up in the studio to revamp the track Jezebel which originally featured on Jones 2002 album Mr Jones... more info

ContactMusic — Tom Jones has recorded a single with Jack White The Its Not Unusual crooner has re-recorded a version of his 2002 song Jezebel with the former White Stripes frontman Jack for his Third Man record label The song will be backed with Toms... more info

Guardian Music — Pitbull shouts, Ed Sheeran strums, and everything comes with a gloomwobbleIt takes a few years' distance to look back on a year and define what it really sounded like, but the three front-running noises for 2011 are Pitbull shouting about being in th... more info

Guardian Music — This three-piece rock band from Dublin will shiver your timbers with their primeval sound and on-stage pirate banterHometown: Dublin.The lineup: Mark Austin (vocals, guitar), Tom Cosgrave (bass, backing vocals), Shane Kinsella (drums, backing vocals)... more info

Guardian Music — Swaggering Irish rock band with songs to back up the attitude. Last single, Black Keys, could point you in the right directionWho are they?A Dublin three-piece, comprising Mark Austin, the "spiv with a six-string razor", Shane Kinsella with "sidebur... more info