Guardian Music — Alexis Petridis chooses his pop picks of the coming year, kicking off with news of Elbow's forthcoming tourElbowElbow, by frontman Guy Garvey's own admission, found themselves in a peculiar new position when they came to record their fifth album – ... more info

Pop Crunch — The Culinary King of Mean has forked over fistfuls of greenbacks to ward off the Male Cardinal Sin of Aging: Balding. As Drake would say: “You fancy, huh?” Kitchen Nightmares boss Gordon Ramsay, 44, spent $45,000 on a radical new hair treatment t... more info

Guardian Music — Drake, on tourLil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment is like a finishing school would be, were swearing actively encouraged there. And while Wayne himself was unavoidably detained for much of 2010, his proteges performed magnificently in his absence. ... more info

Guardian Music — It's been another bumper year for our tireless New Band writer. Join him as he runs through his playlist of 2010's best tracksAs with any 12-month period since time immemorial, 2010 was hailed by some as a weak year for music, while others claimed it... more info

Pop Crunch — Stick a fork in ‘em! Bajan pop queen Rihanna has reportedly called it quits with beau of less than a year, Matt Kemp. “It happened over the last few weeks,” a source close to the “Rude Boy” singer told Us Weekly Tuesday. “She basically wa... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Our home girl Winnie Cooper just passed this new mix our way. Cream Soup Mix by Christian Flores HNNY – I Want To Know What Love Is Rick Ross ft Drake, Chrisette Michele – Aston Martin Music The Streets – Going Through Hell (Diplo Remix) Wiz ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Travis Barker* covered "Forever" by *Drake (http://myspace.com/drake)*. See his version in the replies. Submitted by topher465 more info

411 Mania — Does Lil Wayne's "6'7'" stand tall? Do Nicki Minaj and Drake make a good team on "Moment 4 Life?" Does Pink's new single "F*ckin' Perfect" live up to its name? 411's Lenny Vowels and Mitch Michaels listen to these tracks and more in the latest 411 Mu... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ted Barron said... A Junky's Christmas by William S, Burroughs @ the Boogie Woogie Flu http://boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com VoodooSeb said... Joyeux Noël / Merry Christmas Black Sabbath - Come to the Sabbath - Paris (1970) (Bootleg download) and mor... more info

Unreality Music — Well, if you're being pedantic - Robyn Rihanna Fenty. There. Happy now? Rihanna's musical output can be said to have been greatly influenced by her personal life. Before the whole Chris Brown ... more info