DrownedInSound — DiS receives an awful lot of emails asking us to feature videos and downloads of bands, and every so often we find a gem amongst the turd. This week's gem is Lanterns on the Lake. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock band Elbow have rounded off a breakthrough year with their album topping an annual "poll of polls" list.Their Nationwide Mercury Prize-winning record The Seldom Seen Kid came out top in the eighth such chart, which combines the choices of critic... more info

MTV.com News — After postponing release to record more tracks, group is set to drop 12th studio album.By Gil Kaufman U2 Photo: Phillip Massey/ FilmMagic U2 have locked down a date for one of the first big releases of 2009. The veteran rockers have announ... more info

StrictlySocial — Art: Signalnoise.com Tis’ the season of giving and we are diving into the archives to share some gems between now and the end of the year. We’re going to start it off with a bang! This could very well could be the best Daft Punk remix to date. ... more info

Pitchfork — Easily the best "odyssey of two robots who journey across a mythic American landscape of haunting, surreal beauty on a quest to become human" to grace silver screens and television monitors since The Brown Bunny, Electroma finds your favorite Daft Pu... more info

Pitchfork — Easily the best "odyssey of two robots who journey across a mythic American landscape of haunting, surreal beauty on a quest to become human" to grace silver screens and television monitors since The Brown Bunny, Electroma finds your favorite Daft Pu... more info

All About Jazz — You've played the iPhone app. Now get the soundtrack. EMI Music has become the first major label to line up multiple artists for an edition of Tapulous' popular iPhone game application Tap Tap Revenge. The new version of the rhythm game, called Tap... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty Beyoncé and sister Solange have canceled their December 9th hurricane relief concert in Houston due to “irresolvable scheduling conflicts.” Check out “Tiffany Blews,” the collaboration between Fall Out Boy and Lil Wayne. The s... more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - You've played the iPhone app. Now get the soundtrack. more info

All About Jazz — Grammys Get Real with Nominations Radiohead After years of throwing hyper-saturated mainstream poop at the masses, it appears the Grammys have come around to some real dope sounds. In addition to fairly entertaining rockers Coldplay (who will pro... more info