GARY Lightbody was on jovial form as he & guitarist Nathan play brilliant acoustic set more info

Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music —  Release Date.: 2009-11-03Store Date...: 2009-11-09Source.......: CDStyle........: IndieRecord Label.: FictionCat Nr.......:Encoder......: Lame 3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new)Quality......: 194kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo++ Track listing ++.::Disc 1/2::.1... more info

NME — Band mark release of 'Up To Now' compilation with London basement show more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonOf the many confusing things about the current series of The X Factor – not least the issue of exactly what Simon Cowell asks for when he goes to the hairdressers – perhaps the most confusing is the judges' attitud... more info

AngryApe — Not even their own fans... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I'm off later today to the city of Dundee to watch my beloved Raith Rovers in a league match. The photo above is not some sort of visual trick. The stadium in the foreground is Dens Park, home of Dundee FC, while just 50 or so yards beyond it, on th... more info

XFM.co.uk — The band will join the star-studded cast in Manchester... more info

Paul McCartney will headline a gig at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of Children In Need this November. Muse, Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal, Snow Patrol, Leona Lewis and Shirley Bassey are also on the more info

Guardian Music — Once they would drink champagne all night and hobnob with the stars. Now it's the Travelodge and no profit, no job. Whatever happened to the A&R men?Paul Harris is watching his first band of the evening, at the Dublin Castle, the legendary Camden Tow... more info

Altsounds — Back following the release of her debut album ‘I Love You’, Amanda Blank releases ‘Shame On Me’. Slowing slightly after the joyride that was ‘Make It Take It, ‘Shame On Me’ has been pr... more info