MTV.co.uk News — Royal Blood, Damon Albarn and Anna Calvi are among those on the shortlist for this year's prestigious award… more info

Stereogum — The shortlist of nominees for the 2014 Mercury Prize has been announced! And, once again, the list confirms what we’ve always known: The Mercury Prize is much, much cooler than the stupid thing we’ve got … the [sigh] Grammys. Sure, Daft Punk wo... more info

The Telegraph — The award-winning albums of the year are announced more info

NME — Albarn nominated for the first time since withdrawing himself from the 2001 shortlist more info

Stereogum — Back in April, we marked the 20th anniversary of Britpop with Stereogum’s Britpop Week. We chose the date for a few reasons — the week marked the anniversaries of both Pulp’s His ’N’ Hers and Blur’s Parklife, Damon Albarn was conveniently... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Vic Mensa at Lollapalooza last weekend (more by James Richards IV) Chicago rapper/Chance the Rapper associate Vic Mensa has been on the rise this year, doing pretty cool things like playing "Clint Eastwood" with Damon Albarn, touring with Disclosure,... more info

Stereogum — Moody young London songwriter Oscar Scheller has been kicking out maudlin yet uptempo indie-pop tunes all year long, and “Be Good” as yet another example of his prowess. As ever, he sounds like some unwieldy combination of Damon Albarn, Stephin M... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Blur star gives fans of the cartoon band hope during a chat with NME... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Erina Uemura Flaming Lips / Outcast / Arcade Fire @ Fuji Rocks 2014 The transition from indie darlings to stadium-rockers is rarely a painless one, although a decade on from the release of its debut album "Funeral," Arcade... more info

Nialler9 — The songs: Jessie Ware – ‘Tough Love’ (Cyril Hahn remix) Real Lies – ‘North Circular’ Juce! – ‘Burning Up’ letthemusicplay – ‘Our Town’ feat. Kate Tempest Reid – ‘Fractures’ featuring Slow Skies Death From Above 1979 �... more info