Kasabian, Friendly Fires, Florence And The Machine and Bat For Lashes were among the acts who got the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009 ceremony off to a start tonight (September 8).

Florence And The Machine singer Florence Welch says she thinks Glasvegas should win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which is due to be announced in London tonight (September 8).

Jamie T has revealed the fate of his collaboration with Florence And The Machine singer Florence Welch, admitting it ended up on the studio floor.

Lily Allen, Florence And The Machine and Robyn all starred as female-fronted acts dominated Gothenburg's Way Out West festival at the weekend (August 13-15).

Previously named as one of BBC's most likely breakout acts of 2009, UK duo the Big Pink are set to release their full-length debut A Brief History Of Love this September via venerable indie outpost 4AD. The first single from the eleven-song, self-produced LP is "Dominos," a catchy mid-tempo groover that pulls shoegaze and noise bits into a fat b...