White Lies

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Alex Clare Up All Night (Island) Shoving out a single in the first week of the new year says you're either as mad as a lorry or in possession of oodles of chutzpah. Alex Clare is (we think) of the latter persuasion. Clare has been ho... more info

The Quietus — Terrific polishing of turd by Quietus favourites more info

NME - The Daily Download — White Lies are set to release their second studio album, 'Ritual', through Fiction Records on January 17th. The band will be kicking off 2011 with a new single from the album - 'Bigger Than Us' will be out on January 3rd. To get you pumped up, the b... more info

NME — They and a swathe of others appear on 'No More Idols' more info

Gigwise — It's out next month... more info

Altsounds — David's Lyre continues his wonderful Advent Calender countdown with a host of fantastic covers, original tracks and poems.... Just a taste of things to come for DL, with the release of his debut album on Hideout/Mercury scheduled for early 2011! ... more info

The Culture Of Me — Finally, White Lies have announced their sophomore album, Ritual, which will be released on January 18 and they've already made yet another great video for the single "Bigger Than Us", which you can find below in a live version the band performed on ... more info

Guardian Music — Brixton Academy, LondonRecord labels consider guitar rock to be neither big nor clever at the moment, but a sampling of the genre's past, present and (possible) future was on display at Xfm's seventh annual Winter Wonderland show. The once indie-mind... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to watch a short film previewing tracks from *White Lies* (http://www.myspace.com/whitelies) forthcoming album, Ritual. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Asobi Seksu at the BV-CMJ Day Party (more by Amanda Hatfield) Asobi Seksu have two NYC shows in their sights, Highline Ballroom on January 27th (tickets) supporting White Lies and February 17th at Mercury Lounge (ticket info forthcoming). The latter.... more info