Topix — The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the organization behind the annual Grammy Awards, has such a distorted view of contemporary rock that its nominees for Best Rock Album includes efforts by Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin and... more info

Nialler9 — For the last few years, it had felt like Beck has been teasing us with new music with the proviso that an actual album was on the way. There were his sheet music album, immersive 3D concerts, reimagining Bowie, a few stray singles, production work f... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Here it is, the 111 best albums of 2013...as voted on by YOU.  If you don't like the list...change your listening habits.  Have a great 2014. Arctic Monkeys - AM The National - Trouble Will Find Me Daft Punk - Random Access Memories The Arc... more info

KEXP Seattle — Considered by many to be one of the most influential pop musicians of our time, David Bowie continues to surprise and delight fans and critics alike, with the 2013 secret recording and release of The Next Day, Bowie’s 24th album. KEXP toasts the Th... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Morrissey wants to end 20-year David Bowie feud more info

411 Mania — He praised her... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Truth be told, we didn't think there'd be a blog poll this year. Partly because this place was out of commission by choice for a while, but also the number of blogs closing down without notice, just disappearing and leaving a regular last pos... more info

Sweeping The Nation — To round off reminiscences of things just past, a sprint through another 75 tracks that we loved this year that didn't appear on one of our top 50 albums. All that are there of these, plus a track from each of that top 50 that are streaming on th... more info

411 Mania — From Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" and Eminem's "The Monster" to Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here," David Bowie's "The Next Day" and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 music videos of 2013! more info

Topix — The 8 Ball 12.27.13: The Top 8 Music Videos of 2013 Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 12.28.2013 From Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" and Eminem's "The Monster" to Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here," David Bowie's "The Next Day" and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts... more info