Stereogum — Welcome to the fourth annual Gummy Awards! The following results are based on thousands of Stereogum and Videogum readers' votes for the best of 2009's music, film, television, and Web videos. Because it's almost 2010, you guys also decided on ... more info

Undercover, Australia — Bon Iver singer Justin Vernon has released a jazz album, recorded with his high school jazz band, Eau Claire Memorial High School’s Jazz Ensemble I. more info

Stereogum — If you missed Justin Vernon's trek to his Eau Claire alma mater to lead his high school's jazz band in arrangements of his songs and standards, the night's been memorialized on A Decade With Duke, available at Amazon. (Thanks for the tip, Jesse.) more info

Rawkblog — eMusic’s best of the decade list is, at once, interesting, broad enough to please us indie kids but idiosyncratic enough to excite, and the product of actual taste — not a number-mashing staff vote. At least so it appears. A few missteps, of cour... more info

Guardian Music — Armed with a hoard of antique instruments, this multi-tasking band create ornate pop full of sepia-tinted nostalgiaHometown: Portland, Oregon.The lineup: Micah Rabwin (vocals, guitar, musical saw, keyboard), Sean Ogilvie (vocals, keyboard, guitar, ac... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I normally move away quickly to the opposite corner of the record shop as fast as I can if someone points in the direction of a charity record, for almost without exception they are well-meaning but crap.But not Dark Was The Night, a 2CD release fro... more info

Guardian Music — The soundtrack to the second instalment of the inescapable vamp romance may prove an unexpected pleasure. Instead of target market-chasing pop punk and watered-down emo, it supplies an intriguing blend of cult collaborations (Grizzly Bear with Beach ... more info

The Music Fix — News: Two months after joining the 4AD stable (alongside Bon Iver, The National, St. Vincent and Deerhunter), Efterklang have announced details of Magic Chairs, the band's third full-length studio album and their first for the... more info

Rollo & Grady — Insound is offering 50 free downloads from their top selling albums of 2009. Some of the artists include Deerhunter, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, M. Ward, Thee Oh Sees, Phoenix, to name a few. Insound downloads (click here). **The downloads are moving at... more info

All About Jazz — Peter Gabriel Covers Radiohead, Neil Young, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Bon IverAnd More On New Album, Scratch My Back, Due January 25 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel has announced the track list for his new album, Scratch My Back, due January 25, 201... more info