The Music Fix — News Flash: TINIE TEMPAH Pass Out – Discover the sound of 2010! Tinie Tempah has been tipped for big things in 2010 by MTV, HMV, The Sun, RWD Magazine, Music Week and News of the World and 20 plays at Radio 1 without even being playlisted! ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — So The Daily Download is taking a little break until January 5, but before we go we wanted to load up your iPods with new tunes as a little early Christmas present. See you in 2010! ---First up, Xmas goes Krautrock as '70s pioneers Can take on 'Sile... more info

Stereogum — Portishead's Third was so much better than you'd expect from a reunion record. In fact, as we mentioned when writing up "The Rip," it's amazing. Such darkness, intensity, beauty, etc. The one-time long dormant Bristol band have clearly found so... more info

Altsounds — “Drop The Other,” the first e.p. from Emika – and already making a late shout for one of the year’s most auspicious debuts. Even before release, Emika’s has received airplay from tastemaking DJs like Zane ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — One of the biggest reasons bands like The Strokes took off so quickly in the early part of this decade was that were seen as a sort of cool Superhero sweeping the country away from the boring Villain of MOR rock typified by the likes of Travis, Turin... more info

Abeano — As previously documented on this blog, Grizzly Bear’s ‘Veckatimest’ is one of our favourite albums of the year. Tomorrow, the band are being joined by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican , which sounds like it will be fantastic... more info

Altsounds — The Prodigy are proud to announce their *BIGGEST EVER SOLO SHOW* in the UK as they headline *Milton Keynes Bowl* on July 24. Featuring special guests: Pendulum, Enter Shikari, Chase and Status, Does It Offend You, Yeah? And Zane Lowe. There can b... more info

Guardian Music — With so many bands battling for online exposure, it's difficult to be heard above all the white noise. Which is why filtering from trusted sources is more important than everOn Monday, the Featured Artist Coalition held a technology showcase to help ... more info

Altsounds — ‘UNDER THE BED’ 2nd November ON CHERRYADE RECORDS It’s been quite a year for the London-based 5-piece. Their debut single ‘Count In My Head’ grabbed the attention of Nick Grimshaw who described them as hi... more info

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