ContactMusic — David Bowie showed Bono how to sing beyond his "man" voice, and add a feminine touch to his vocals. The U2 frontman has spoken about his love of the 'Life on... more info

Popdose — Happy holidays, David Bowie...and to all a good last-day sale as Barnes and Noble's Criterion Collection blowout winds down. Bob Cashill sifts recent releases. more info

Mjsbigblog — The X Factor UK Results begin at 3 pm EST! Who will be going home tonight? Will there be a surprise double elimination? Watch the X Factor UK Live Stream with us, after the jump. I’ll be live blogging the results! Olly Murs, run... more info

Guardian Music — Pulp frontman will bring bespectacled charm to bear on four December performances of Prokofiev's classicWho's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not national treasure and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, who will be bringing his lanky, bespectacled charm to bea... more info

The Telegraph — This week's shows see the high priest of cool collide with Cowell, the king of commerce. more info

411 Mania — From Smashing Pumpkins' "1979" and David Bowie's "Changes" to "In My Life" by The Beatles, Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" and more, 411's Andrew Moll counts down the top 10 songs about growing up! more info

Guardian Music — Grand Opera House, York"By day we have flat hair, at night we stick our hair up and become superstars," shrieks the John Grimes half of Jedward, explaining the "Jedward paradox" that has seen the ridiculously quiffed twins go from X Factor flops to ... more info

VH1 Blog — We’re super excited about VH1 Storytellers: T.I., premiering Friday, December 10 at 11/10c. We hear the shooting time was epic (we’ll have a whole batch of online-exclusive performances from it in coming weeks) and if anyone’s got a story to te... more info

Guardian Music — No points for trying to create an interesting moniker out of the name David. But top marks for this compelling and claustrophobic trackDavid Hedges, aka Dave I.D, is a bit of a mystery. All we know is that he's from south London and that his attempts... more info

Pop Candy — Happy Monday to you all! I hope you had a relaxing weekend -- I watched lots of movies, ate a big ol' stack of pancakes and bought a fancy dress, ... more info