Altsounds — Hosted by Melvyn Bragg, the 15th South Bank Sky Arts Awards was held earlier today in London and will be broadcast on Sky Arts at 9pm tonight. The Times Breakthrough Award is the only award decided by public vote and the winner was announced today a... more info

Gigwise — They collect prizes in London... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Foals and Biffy Clyro are among the acts nominated for this year's Shockwaves NME Awards.Despite still not having played live or released their debut album Beady Eye are up for best new band.The winners will be ... more info

Gigwise — Joining White Lies and Everything Everything... more info

Perez Hilton — This is by far the most awesome and different cover of What's My Name? we've heard! Check out the interpretation by UK band Everything Everything (above)! more info

I Like Music — The cult hopefuls turned rapidly rising stars take control of our Indie section, including an in-depth interview and carefully chosen playlist more info

Guardian Music — From Jonathan Richman mourning his old corner shop to Gene Vincent heralding a 'brand new beat', here's what made our playlist of songs about the here and nowA new year, a new Readers Recommend curator (me) and a new theme: songs about modernity. Las... more info

Guardian Music — Man Alive, debut album by Mancunian contemporaries of Delphic and Hurts, has found favour with everyone from Elbow to Take ThatMan Alive, the debut album by Everything Everything, was one of the most intriguing releases of 2010. Encompassing the most... more info

Abeano — Who? Joni Juden and Sara Atalar. East Londoners pigeonholed as chillwave (what else…) but are so much more than that would suggest. Why should we be listening? Together, Joni and Sara create pop perfection dressed up in bold, tropical c... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... * HOTLEGS (10cc) Thinks: School Stinks (1970) The original 1970 first LP release from Hotlegs (10cc, minus Graham Gouldman). Featuring the same album cover Alice Cooper would co-opt 2 years later for School's Out. Includes the minor hit, "N... more info