Nialler9 — What a month it’s been for albums. It’s January, traditional dead time but we’ve already had beefy albums from Owen Pallett, Vampire Weekend, These New Puritans and Four Tet with the knowledge that great records from Yeasayer, Two Door Cinema... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley discusses the phenomenon of the 'next big thing' with rising stars Ellie Goulding, Lonelady and These New Puritans Chris Fenn more info

Paul Morley discusses the phenomenon of hype acts with rising stars Ellie Goulding, Lonelady and These New PuritansChris Fenn more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-25 London, England - Bush Hall *02-01 Brighton, England - Audio *02-02 Birmingham, England - Hare and Hounds *02-03 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute *02-04 Glasgow, Scotland - Captain's Rest * 02-05 Newcastle, England - Jukebox * 02-06 Leeds, ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-20 Gothenburg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren 01-21 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser 01-22 Berlin, Germany - Astra01-29 Brisbane, Australia - Laneway01-30 Sydney, Australia - Laneway01-31 Melbourne, Australia - Laneway02-01 Auckland, New Zealand - Laneway02-05 A... more info

The Quietus — Plus, band will support The xx on forthcoming tour. more info

The Music Fix — Review: Already tipped for end-of-year poll success, TMF looks at the newie from TNP. more info

The Quietus — Free tickets available more info

NME - The Video Blog — Another great week for music vids this week - check this lot out for size... These New Puritans' epic seven minute visual treat for 'We Want War' (out on Angular Records on January 18th) Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip try their hands at sex educati... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Another remix from Sheffield's Ghost Hunter, this time working with London's E. Gold and Alexis (of the Violets) and their track "Separate Our Hearts". Check out the original dark synth-pop number at Alexis' MySpace, and then have a listen to Ghos... more info