Artists and songwriters signed to Universal Music Publishing won four Ivor Novello Awards yesterday. Annie Lennox was awarded the fellowship of the British Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (Basca) - the society's highest honour.

Jimmy Napes walked away with two awards for his co-writing part in the success of Clean Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’, which won Best Contemporary Song and Most Performed Song. David Holmes won Best Original Film Score for ’71.

Paul Weller never stops dropping landmark recordings, nor striking out for new turf. 

“What would I do if I stopped?” he asks rhetorically with a shrug, as if it’s the silliest thing he’s ever heard. “And why would I stop if making music is what I always wanted to do?” 

Instead he furthers his reputation as one of Britain’s very greatest living musicians by doing what he’s always done: heading back into the studio and making a new album.

Brandon Flowers releases his new album ‘The Desired Effect’ this week on Virgin EMI. It’s The Killers frontman’s second solo outing since 2010’s chart topping ‘Flamingo’ and has attracted rave reviews, with Rolling Stone calling it “the best straight-up pop album made by a rock star in recent memory.”

The South London four-piece release their eagerly anticipated second album ‘Danger In The Club’ via Rough Trade.

Palma Violets have gone from putting on riotous DIY gigs in their London studio to traveling the world playing to enraptured sold-out crowds and festivals including Coachella and Glastonbury. Their debut ‘180’ had been lauded by press outlets including the New York Times, who called the album “raggedly charming,” and Rolling Stone, who praised its “garageland guitars… and psych-nuggets organ” and declared the album one of 2013’s best debuts.

Recorded at Air Studios, London and produced by James Ford (HAIM, Florence & The Machine), ‘Wilder Mind’ features twelve new tracks, written collaboratively by the band in London, Brooklyn, and Texas.

This new album marks a significant departure for the young British band from their previous records, 2009’s ‘Sigh No More’, and 2012’s ‘Babel’. The early sessions in New York and London witnessed a change in the band’s approach not just to writing and recording, but to texture and dynamics, too. There is a minimalist yet panoramic feel to the new album, whose sound Marcus Mumford describes as “a development, not a departure.” It came about by both accident, and by conscious decision. 

David Hasselhoff performs the theme song 'True Survivor' from the upcoming Kickstarter funded film 'Kung Fury, directed and written by David Sandberg. The video got over four million views in 72 hours!

'True Survivor' is written by Jörgen Elofsson and Mitch Murder. 'Kung Fury' premieres online on Youtube and SVT Play May 28th.

In search of inspiration for his second album, Dotan retreated to the living room. Not just his own living room, the enigmatic singer-songwriter also visited the dens of complete strangers. The result is ‘7 Layers’, a magical album performed by a singular talent.

The Veronicas have spent the last two years travelling the world, writing and recording their self-titled third album. This will be their first album released since the Double Platinum ‘Hook Me Up’ in 2007. 

Written and recorded in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York and Sydney ‘The Veronicas’ represents a powerful, emotive and uncensored account of Jessica and Lisa’s journey. Exploring love, life, power and personal rebirth, the album exposes a raw vulnerability; a side of the band previously unseen.

Axwell /\ Ingrosso have released their new single 'On My Way'. The official video has been unveiled as well, which is the first part of a story that continues in the video for the already released track Can't Hold Us Down. The videos are directed by Christian Larson.

'On My Way' is written by Axwell /\ Ingrosso, Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare.

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Universal Music Publishing has signed an exclusive, worldwide administration deal with legendary UK band New Order, it was announced today by Paul Connolly, President of Europe and UK, Universal Music Publishing

The deal with New Order, which was overseen by UMP’s London-based Creative Director Darryl Watts, sees Universal Music Publishing globally representing the full New Order catalogue by the original four members including their nine studio albums and classic songs such as ‘Blue Monday’, ‘Regret’, ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ and ‘True Faith’.