Altsounds — Io Echo is Leopold Ross and Ioanna Gika- They are set to play debut UK performances with opening shows for The Drums this week. After spending the past year touring the US with the likes of Florence and the Machine, La Roux and The Big Pink (for ... more info

Guardian Music — This LA duo's murky and mystical music conjures the 80s Liverpool of Echo and the Bunnymen and the MissionHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Leopold Ross and Ioanna Gika.The background: There we were, thinking we were lavishing too much praise on too ... more info

Perez Hilton — Watch the video (above) to see a preview of New Directions heading to sectionals. Can't wait for a little Florence and the Machine! more info

Stereogum — Florence Welsh brought her breakout single “Dog Days Are Over” and her cover of The Source’s “You’ve Got The Love” to Saturday Night Live this weekend. The microphone in her hands could have been a prop — her voice is huge. “Dog Days ... more info

411 Mania — Florence brings "Dog Days Are Over" to Saturday Night Live... more info

Culture Bully — Coverage of Florence and the Machine's performance on the November 20 edition of SNL. more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe tips for 2011 lists will be out any day now, conveniently coinciding with the current tour by the girl-most-likely-to of 2010 .With nearly 300,000 sales of her debut album, Lights, Ellie Goulding is the biggest new artis... more info

Chorus.fm — *Florence + The Machine* (http://absolutepunk.net/florenceandthemachine)'s performance on SNL can be viewed here (http://theaudioperv.com/2010/11/21/florence-and-the-machine-dog-days-are-over-youve-got-the-love-1120-snl/). more info

Idolator — UK fans of Q Awards winner Florence + The Machine were treated to the release of Between Two Lungs, a souped-up version of Lungs, this week. Included on the new edition is a second disc containing the Dizzee Rascal mash-up “You’ve Got The Dizzee ... more info

Mercury News, California — When 24-year-old British singer Florence Welch and her band, the Machine, first performed in the Bay Area in April, the buzz band played to a full house at the smallish Mezzanine. more info