Detroit Free Press — • "The Silver Chalice," 1955. • "Somebody Up There Likes Me," 1956. • "The Rack," 1956. • "The Helen Morgan Story," 1957. • "Until They Sail," 1957. • "The Long Hot Summer," 1958. • "The Left-Handed Gun," 1958. • "Cat on a Hot Tin Roo... more info

Silent Uproar — Brooklyn-based Obits have signed a deal with Sub Pop. Obits features Rick Froberg (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu) and is currently working a debut album with members of Girls Against Boys handling production. Listen to a couple tracks on MySpace. more info

The Quietus — Pet Shop Boys feature on new free download more info

Idolator — Last week we discussed Jerry Seinfeld getting dumped by Microsoft in favor of the high-powered trio of Pharell Williams, Eva Longoria, and Deepak Chopra. It's looking like the folks over Microsoft vetted these candidates less than Sarah Palin. Longor... more info

The Late Greats — As we approach the home stretch of this historical presidential election, I harken back to the year of the last presidential election. There were a treasure-trove of great political songs that came out that year. This mix focuses on thirteen of the... more info

Pop Justice — We've got 'I'm In Love With A German Film Star' as Song Of The Day today. The clip that you can... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Melinda Norris They say you dance with who brought you, which is something that Taylor Swift took seriously for her upcoming album Fearless. “I just wrote songs about what I like to write about, which is boys,” says Swift, who brought in C... more info

Pitchfork — Brooklyn dance-rap label Fool's Gold has partnered with boxy car company Scion for a two-disc compilation called Scion CD Sampler Volume 22: Fool's Gold Remixed.The first disc of the comp, Fool's Gold Remixed, features a collection of Fool's Gold joi... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Before Dangermouse, who sampled The Beatles? more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — In the mid-'70s, the punk sound sprang forth in the seedy downtown New York dives CBGB and Max's Kansas City, the fetid spawning ground of the cream of the crud, including the Ramones and Suicide and the Voidoids and Wayne... more info