Guardian Music — Here's the top 40 of the year, as voted for by the Guardian's rock and pop writers1 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid2 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy3 Hot Chip One Life Stand4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs5 These New Puritans Hidden6 Caribou Swi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Erykah Badu - 4 albums Outkast - 5 albums Kruder & Dorfmeister - 3 albums GoTan Project - 3 albums La oreja de van Gogh Nelly Furtado - 2 albums Juan Luis Guerra and: V.A. - Les Compositeurs Des Films De Jacques Tati V.A. - Ext... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010) Review - The record is very intense, a relentless tour de force, even though simpleminded. Swans draw inspiration from blues and gospel, but they give their music an apo... more info

Guardian Music — Forum, LondonIt's almost a decade since Big Boi toured as a member of Outkast. Although the Atlanta duo have released two more albums in that time, and have another on the way, Big Boi's colleague Andre 3000 bailed out of live performance after 2001'... more info

Soul Sides — Back in August, me and Rani D put together two different summer songs themed sets right towards the end of the season. Devil’s PIe now has ‘em available for download. Here’s the tracklisting: PART 1 – DJ O-DUB 1. Heatwave “Star Of The St... more info

ContactMusic — Soul star ERYKAH BADU has denied internet rumours she is expecting her fourth child - but confesses she is broody for another son.The Bag Lady singer gave birth to... more info

MTV.co.uk News — American soul singer Erykah Badu has recently shared some of her controversial thoughts about the route that hip-hop seems to be going down. Badu feels like too many rappers are choosing to rhyme... more info

Altsounds — Be a rock superstar and hang at the CYPRESS HILL SMOKEOUT in style! Enter the *Ultimate VIP Experience Sweepstakes* and score some exclusive hookups! Artists playing at this year's festival include INCUBUS, MANU CHAO, DEADMAU5, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, CY... more info

Guardian Music — When the exciting new thing called social media first came along, it promised to do what years of reality television, forests' worth of glossy magazines and countless fish-suppers' worth of paparazzi shots failed quite to manage: it would allow celeb... more info

Guardian Music — Watch, bookmark and send to your pals: it's like The Box, only way cooler1 RATATAT - DRUGSSometimes it's the simplest ideas that work best. For this creepy, Lynch-style outing, director Carl Burgess trawled stock footage of grinning actors in the Get... more info