ContactMusic — Noel Gallagher is convinced the adulation heaped on fellow British star Adele will be short-lived insisting female singers have no shelf life in the music industry Someone Like You hitmaker Adele shot to international fame following her emotional per... more info

Topix — When Dave Grohl started in the music business, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars were tots; Rihanna and Adele weren't even born. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In Rotation: Wendy Rene's "After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt Singles and Rarities, 1964-1965." A series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers & contributors are listening to right now... Listen to Adele and you can hear the... more info

ContactMusic — Dance DJproducer Calvin Harris has seen off competition from Bruno Mars and Adele to be named the U K s most successful songwriter of 2011 The Scottish star scored U K chart hits with Rihannas We Found Love and his own releases Bounce and Feel So Clo... more info

Guardian Music — The 31-year-old, whose single has gone triple platinum in Australia, now has his sights set on the UKGotye? How do you pronounce that? Got ya? No, it's "Gaultier", like the designer. He made it up. His real name is: Wouter de Backer. His parents are ... more info

411 Mania — But Adele still rules... more info

Guardian Music — ToyLeft Myself Behind/Clock Chime (Heavenly)From the Libertines to the Enemy, the prosaic and clumsy have triumphed in post-Britpop UK guitar music. Toy, garnering press as abundant as their spectacularly far-out hair, continue the good work of pals ... more info

Chicago Tribune — No artist owned 2011 quite like Adele, and she's poised to sweep the major awards at the Grammys next weekend (7 p.m. Feb. 12 on CBS). If she does, she would become the first performer since the Dixie Chicks in 2007 to win awards for album, song and ... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsHappy Mondays announce reunion tourNeil Young: I was working on new iPod with Steve JobsJack White announces debut solo albumAdele to make live return at GrammysReviewsAlbum: Dom L... more info

Pop Justice — THE WAIT IS OVER: the video for Adam Lambert’s 'Better Than I Know Myself', which sees a beige dressing-gowned Adam living next door to his irritating leather-jacketed twin, has finally arrived. (Vevo) (http://www.vevo.com/watch/adam-lambert/better... more info