Hearts of Palm, and other Thursday tidbits

Not just another pretty face?

Hearts of Palm UK, the duo who came on our radar earlier this year, won a $20,000 grant and a trip to perform in New York City when they were picked as the music winners of the Uncover/Discover emerging talent contest put on by the arts and entertainment foundation Gen Art and underwritten by Biore Skincare.

Erica Electra says she and partner-in-pop Ambi-D will use the money to finish up recording their full-length album.

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Something for Rockets debuted its new single, "Beautiful Life," today --in an episode of lonelygirl15. Hmm. This weekend, the band will make its sophomore album, "One Track Mind," available for free download through its MySpace site. Pretty nice of them. SFR plays with Low Vs Diamond on Nov. 2-3 at the Viper Room.

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The British trio called the Enemy has been forced to postpone its U.S. tour -- which included dates Monday at Spaceland and Tuesday at Cinespace -- "due to issues concerning the band's name in North America only," according to a release from Warner Bros. Records.

There are several U.S. bands using that name, including the Rhode Island quintet, the Enemy. Reached by phone, a band member in Rhode Island declined to say whether his band had any role in contesting the British act's use of the name: "It's been interesting, to say the least, and we plan on continuing to pursue things as the Enemy."

The British trio, teenagers from Coventry, signed to Warner this spring after some nice chart success in the U.K.

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Division Day continues to digitally release cover songs to celebrate the Oct. 2 release of their album "Beartrap Island" on Eeenie Meenie. Here's one of the latest, a cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This."

Speaking of Eenie Meenie, another of its L.A. acts, Great Northern (playing Nov. 8 at the Echoplex), will release a five-track EP described as the "prequel" to its album "Trading Twilight for Daylight." Titled "Sleepy Eepee," the batch of early recordings was previously available only at shows. Now they will be released on iTunes on Nov. 6 (with a disc due in February).