Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 10. Jay-Z - "99 Problems"; John Elway was the last person to truly go out on top, retiring with two Super Bowl wins in a row and then riding off into the sunset. Jay-Z almost pulled off the feat thanks to an album of stellar tracks and "99 Problems" ... more info

NME - Radar — You know James Murphy, right? Focal point of LCD Soundsystem. DFA label boss. Rare groove 'n' disco-edit disciple. Crate digger. Sculptor of chilly, stark post-dance punk. The David Byrne for the DJ generation. Svengali to a roster of globe-spanning ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — For no higher reason than wanting to leave you all with a little something special this weekend, here's a collection of songs that I've been absolutely in love with for the last month or so. I blggd abt some of them, and others I did not blg abt. It'... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offGwilym Simcock Blues Vignette Ambitious double-album by young UK piano star Simcock, covering solo accounts of his own compositions and standards such as On Broadway and Bla... more info

Stereogum — Noah Baumbach's new film's full of James Murphy: the LCD man wrote the score, and the trailer features "All My Friends" plus a shot of James holding a phone at 25 seconds. Acting! But yes it does make sense to have a film about aging feature "All My ... more info

Guardian Music — John Lewis's Christmas TV commercial evokes childhood with folk cover of Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child O' MineJohn Lewis is launching a Christmas TV campaign that aims to evoke childhood with a folk cover version of Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine â... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Adam BuebGerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs, a drummer for indie-rock bands like !!!, the Juan MacLean and most recently Maserati, died early Sunday morning, November 8th, after falling down an elevator shaft. Fuchs was 34. LCD Soundsystem’s James M... more info

Guardian Music — Canadian hardcore punks Fucked Up are to feed the world with help from Vampire Weekend, TV On the Radio and Broken Social SceneCelebrated Canadian hardcore group Fucked Up are to re-record Do They Know It's Christmas, mounting a charity benefit with ... more info

Guardian Music — This neo-soul hopeful with a foppish fringe croons with the weariness of Bryan Ferry and the numbness of David ByrneHometown: London.The lineup: Oliver Woolf (vocals, instruments).The background: Has Britain produced a credibly suave, urbane lounge-l... more info

Culture Bully — Even for people like myself who absolutely loved portions of his debut, I think it is safe to say that no one expected something so amazing out of James Murphy when he released Sound of Silver. more info