Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald I guess it never really gets any easier to lose your favorite musician. In the decade since discovering Elliott Smith, I’ve listened to thousands of bands and albums — and as much as I love them, nobody comes close. Since... more info

411 Mania — From Outkast's Stankonia to A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms and from Radiohead's Kid A to Elliott Smith's Figure 8, take a trip back to the beginning of the decade for the list of 2000's best albums in this week's edition of 411 Music Ten Deep! more info

NME - The Daily Download — Radio 1's Huw Stephens has been at the helm of the Daily Download all week this week to celebrate the forthcoming Swn Festival in Cardiff (Oct 22-24). In the final installment he's offering up two extremes on the loud/quiet spectrum... Right Hand Le... more info

8/1 — 150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days144 - Robert Wyatt Co... more info

Here Comes The Flood — l. to. r: Jeffrey Geesa, Nathaniel Sparks, Anthoney Scroggins, David Petrison Indie form Indianapolis, Indiana. Hey Hey Melodica is built around singer and guitar player Anthoney Scroggins who used to dabble in punk before being immersed in vintage... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Elliott Smith: 1998-11-06, Black session [mp3] "Division Day" [mp3] Elliott Smith: 1997-07-14, New York [mp3,ogg,flac] "Waterloo Sunset (Kinks cover)" [mp3] Elliott Smith: 1996-09-21, Los Angeles [mp3,ogg,flac] "... more info

My Old Kentucky — I'm pretty excited about some of the new blood making a name for themselves in 2009 (No disrespect to you stalwarts of the scene!). We've already talked about Heavy Hometown and Andy D, both of which will perform on the My Old Kentucky Blog Stage th... more info

NME - The Daily Download — So we got sent some Beatles covers today as various artists cash in on the hundredth wave of Beatlemania and it got us talking about the best interpretations of the band. Check this lot out and comment below with your own and don't forget to grab two... more info

Rawkblog — Editor’s note: We were planning on kicking off our top 100 albums of the decade tomorrow, but blanked on the holiday — instead we’ll launch it with five days of glory starting next Monday, September 14. Concert Photos: Division Day’s (at left... more info

Rawkblog — In my somewhat-exhaustive voyage through Elliott Smith’s performance history (analyzed here), this is the one that stands out the most. It’s certainly the best show I’ve heard from its era, the lucky combination of a fierce (in the hungry lion ... more info