ContactMusic — Owl City singer Adam Young gets inspired to make music when he can't sleep. The 'Fireflies' hitmaker has been diagnosed with insomnia, but said he uses it positively... more info

The Mirror — Top 10 SINGLES 1 (1) Everybody Hurts - Helping Haiti 2 (-) You Got The Dirtee Love-Florence/Dizzee Rascal 3 (2) Fireflies - Owl City 4 (3) If We Ever Meet Again -Timbaland ft Katy Perry 5 (4) Empire State Of Mind (Part II) - Alicia Keys 6 (10) Rude B... more info

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NME - Radar — Put your hands up if the first time you heard Owl City's 'Fireflies', that behind the obvious immediately scathing walls of repulsion, that part of brain went, 'hmmm... pretty nifty chorus, though'. No? No one? Hmm, suit yourselves then. Well, for... more info

DrownedInSound — Hiding beneath the syrupy vocals is a record filled with surprising musical innovation. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. If you come here to grab the new mashups, you probably noticed I don't feature many tracks with rap or hip-hop vocals. It's not because I don't like either, it's because many of them don't offer much artistry or push the... more info

Stereogum — As mentioned at the start of the year, Robert Smith has turned his attention away from 4:13 Dream to Almost Alice, a collection of songs inspired by Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. He's joined by the likes of Owl City, Avril Lavigne, the All-Ame... more info

The Independent — On February 15, more than 31,000 Twitter users shared the names of music and songs they liked in a tweet using the "#musicmonday" hashtag. The week's top songs, as recorded on twit40.com, were "Kings and Queens" by 30 Seconds to Mars, "Rude Boy" by ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — We'll be back later today with Monday's barrage of music downloads, but we just wanted to interrupt normal service briefly with this exclusive first listen of new Muse tune 'Prague'. The b-side to forthcoming single 'Resistance' (out next Monday), it... more info

Guardian Music — Anyone with a low sugar tolerance should beware Owl City, aka Adam Young, the Minnesotan MySpace phenomenon currently topping the singles charts with "Fireflies". Following in that track's footsteps, Ocean Eyes deals in emotive electro-pop primed to ... more info