Stereogum — Austin City Limits hosted some of the nicest weather in years alongside an impressive line up with main headliners The Strokes, Muse and the Eagles. Some tough scheduling choices though needed to be made like choosing Sonic Youth or Vampire Weekend, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield "Complete with a stage full of awesome musicians, a cool video projection in the background and James Mercer singing only to me (ok, that part may have just been in my imagination) [Broken Bells put on]... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Night fell down on Austin Town and it figured it'd be a busy night. And with The xx and Temper Trap setting the table for LCD Soundsystem, Gogol Bordello, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5, Matt & Kim,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Broken Bells @ Irving Plaza in June (more by David Andrako) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * UB40 @ BB King's * Broken Bells, Elf Power @ Terminal 5 * Mark Ronson @... more info

Stereogum — Some photos from Wednesday night’s show at the Wiltern, where Broken Bells breezed through their debut album and unveiled two new faster paced tracks (along with a cover of Black Keys “Everlasting Light”); Autolux provided the night’s opening... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — Broken Bells finds its unique voice in a beautiful, sad, kind of dark record. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — It seems to the be the year of the side project/solo album:  Gayngs, Tired Pony, Broken Bells, Dead Weather, Junip, S. Carey and about a dozen more solo albums.  Looks like TV on the Radio does not want to be left out of the trend.  David Sitek h... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Elf Power" by Elf Power was released this week...Elf Power is dedicated to the memory of dear friend, mentor, and close collaborator Vic Chesnutt, who committed suicide in late 2009. Chesnutt was long a guiding light in the close-knit... more info

MTV.com News — Newbie caps off a big year with a Moonman for smash video 'Baby.'By Mawuse Ziegbe Justin Bieber at the 2010 VMAs Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images This year, a slew of music newbies pumped out catchy hits and worked a signature style, be it... more info

MTV.com News — 'I couldn't have written a better story if I tried,' the singer tells MTV News.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash Jason Derülo Photo: MTV News Double VMA nominee Jason Derülo is pretty jazzed for Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, ... more info