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

Here Comes The Flood — Chicago band Van Ghost was a bit of a surprise in this year's line-up for the Mountian Jam in Hunter, NY. They performed two short sets, playing their own stuff and a couple of choice covers. Singer Jennifer Hartswick, a Tery Anastasio Band regular... more info

Guardian Music — Touted as the future of rock, the Vaccines are playing pub backrooms and ignoring the hype. Will they survive when reality bites?Six weeks or so ago the Vaccines played their first London gig. The 300-strong audience included Alex Kapranos of Franz ... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to see *White Lies* (http://www.myspace.com/whitelies) perform a session for On Track with SEAT (http://www.youtube.com/show/ontrackwithseat?s=1). The band record two new songs from their forthcoming album, Ritual, as well as a co... more info

NME — 'Ritual' gets its first public airing at York Hall more info