Sky News — Interpol has put 11 people suspected in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai on its most-wanted list. more info

Guardian Music — Loop Festival, LondonPianist Kit Downes, the young Royal Academy graduate who first emerged with the much-acclaimed band Empirical, is one of the influential new British jazz artists on London's Loop Collective's programme. Downes was taught by forme... more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles trio the Delta Mirror say they're of a mind with bands like the Big Pink and Fuck Buttons, acts bent simultaneously toward shoegaze and electronics. But the DM is less expansive and less noisy, respectively, than those acts: Their debut L... more info

Guardian Music — From post-punk to synth-pop, the noughties saw a never-ending 1980s revival that left no trend unturned. But has it finally run its course?In December, I went to see Neon Indian play in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They were great, the spangled kitschadel... more info

From post-punk to synth-pop, the noughties saw a never-ending 1980s revival that left no trend unturned. But has it finally run its course?In December, I went to see Neon Indian play in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They were great, the spangled kitschadel... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — After emerging in 2005 as one of the lesser lights of the post-punk revival that also gave us the Killers and Interpol, these blog-buzzed British gloom merchants revealed some impressive artistic growth on 2007's "An End Has a Start," which... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — No, these are not official. But based on the rumors...the updates...even a couple tweets...this is likely what the end of the year should look like.Here are The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of 2010 (July-Dec):1. Outkast (Big Boi/Andre 3000 solo LPs) ... more info

Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music — 100 Best Albums of The Decade01. Kid A - Radiohead02. Is This It - The Strokes03. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco04. The Blueprint - Jay-Z05. Elephant - White Stripes06. Funeral - Arcade Fire07. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem08. Modern Times - Bob Dyl... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Following 9/11, the world seemed a bit colder. If there were an historical event that defined the 00s for the United States, it was certainly that one, and the disillusioned wake of its terror certainly felt chilly and uncertain. Maybe that’s why ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Chicago band, Bailiff has one four-song EP, Mm Hmm, and one spare, more recent, track on their MySpace - Out Of Bounds - but from just that limited output, I'm a fan. Bound Stems/Harvey Danger drummer Evan Sult also agrees. So much in fact that he ... more info