Scotsman.com — VAMPIRES are all the rage right now. From the phenomenally successful Twilight Saga that's spawned four books and three Hollywood movies so far, to hit television series l more info

The Vinyl Villain — I might be shifting TVV away quite soon. From The Guardian newspaper today.....Google shuts down music blogs without warningBloggers told they have violated terms without further explanation, as years of archives are wiped off the internetIn what cr... more info

Guardian Music — Bloggers told they have violated terms without further explanation, as years of archives are wiped off the internetIn what critics are calling "musicblogocide 2010", Google has deleted at least six popular music blogs that it claims violated copyrigh... more info

ContactMusic — Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig was branded a "huge stoner" by one of his high school teachers. The 'Cousins' singer said he was mistaken for a heavy marijuana smoker... more info

ContactMusic — THE STROKES rocker FABRIZIO MORETTI has joined NORAH JONES and VAMPIRE WEEKEND to help raise funds for Haiti - by selling off personalised memorabilia.The musicians... more info

NME — Conor Oberst and Devendra Banhart have also made items more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 2. Beach House – Teen Dream 3. Spoon – Transference 4. XX – Self-Titled 5. Vampire Weekend – Contra 6. Soft Pack – Self-Titled 7. Dave Rawlings Machine – Friend of a Friend 8. Sur... more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles-via-Pennsylvania multi-instrumental singer and home recordist Evan Voytas -- sort of a more clean-cut Ariel Pink -- creates strange synth-pop/space-disco outings that feel danceable but private and insular. The idea's explored in the vide... more info

NME Radio — Hiya, Chris Martin from the NME Radio evening show here. A quick heads up for you on Jon Hillcock and his guests this week; he'll be chatting to all the NME Awards Tour Bands, finding out what's been happening from inside the camp, also he's got a Va... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — First in a new thing I'm going to do, rounding up the days goings on in a few handy links. Hopefully this way I won't miss much of what is going on but won't have to spin a full post out of tiny internet morsels. Here goes nothing...Liam Gallagher ha... more info