The up-and-coming Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Penny Black appeared on the STV program The Hour last week. Black performed her brilliant song “Green” on the show. ►
Gary Numan’s current tour, which features his landmark 1979 album The Pleasure Principle performed in full, hit the Best Buy Theater in New York City’s Times Square on Saturday night, October 23rd. ►
Klaxons performed material from their new album, Surfing The Void, as well as songs from their 2007 Mercury Prize-winning album Myths Of The Near Future at their stellar September 20th concert at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom. ►
The Manic Street Preachers have been promoting their latest album, Postcards From A Young Man, by playing live sessions on XFM London, Absolute Radio, and BBC Radio 2. ►
Ellie Goulding has released the fourth single, “The Writer,” from her Lights album. She will be playing two special shows in America, in L.A. and NYC, later this month. ►
In this Q&A, Darlene Perez, a model and Priscilla Presley tribute artist, discusses attending Elvis Week in Memphis last month as well as other Elvis-related topics. ►
Among the up-and-coming UK-based acts that are gaining notoriety these days are Glasgow’s rock/pop/electronica trio GoGoBot. They’ve been getting airplay recently from some of the UK’s most respected DJs. ►
MySpace continues to bring neat things in the music space, like the band The Dead Weather premiering their new album, “Sea of Cowards,” tonight at 6pm EST. ►
Kate Nash is making the promotional rounds in the run-up to the release of her second album, My Best Friend Is You. (The album is being released next Monday, April 19th, in the UK and the following day in the United States.) ►