Gigwise — They lead the way... more info

Gigwise — Plan B, Tinie Tempah, The xx scoop nods... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - The XX and Villagers are also up for the songwriting awards.... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThe fearsome woman who takes to the stage at this sold-out show is clad boot-to-cape in black, like a high art reading of a Scottish Widows advert. Surrounded by billowing black drapes, Lykke Li is lit by strobing sea... more info

NME — Producer passed on offer to work with Mike Skinner on latest album more info

NME — Hudson Mohawke and Jamie Smith of The xx also set for Yorkshire bash more info

Pop Justice — 1. NERINA PALLOT She has written some enjoyable songs for other people. She has written some new songs for herself too and will be releasing these, which she's recorded with Bernard Butler, in the not-too-distant future. More importantly she has had ... more info

The Quietus — Hear 'Shelter' here more info

Guardian Music — New York's nu-disco crew turn the xx's hushed tones into a house anthemThe xx must be one of the most remixed and covered bands in recent years. Artists including Jonquil, OMD, Shakira and Gorillaz have all successfully (well, not Shakira, let's be h... more info

Stereogum — At the end of the world, when cockroaches rule the ruins, the house band will probably be Sloan … at least in what once was Canada. 20 years after forming in Halifax, the power-pop quartet’s releasing their 10th album, The Double Cross, aka The X... more info