NME — Blikk Fang, the band formed as a side project by members of MGMT and Of Montreal, have approached Kanye West and Elliott Smith collaborator Jon Brion to help record their debut album. more info

Calgary HeraldWeekend Rewind: Madonna, Kanye West, VH1's 'Charm School'Entertainment Weekly - 7 hours agoIn case you missed it, here's a quick look back at all the music news that caught my attention this weekend. Booty call: Madonna slipped and fell... more info

NME — Kanye West made a surprise appearance at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert in Los Angeles last night (December 14). more info

NME — Kanye West made a surprise appearance at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert in Los Angeles last night (December 14). more info

TMZ — Tonight on TMZ TV -- Britney Spears can't grasp Japanese ... Kanye West can't handle the truth about his crappy SNL performance ... and Barry Bonds thinks he still has career as a swinger?!Check your local listings.... Permalink more info

Abeano — This week I’m gonna try and highlight my favourite records, tracks and music related things of 2008 without doing it in a lame-o straight list way. Expect the best lyricist of 2008, rarity of the year and most cack-handed album of release but I wan... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: Kanye West will be making copies and fetching coffee in no time. [Socialite Life] Speaking of which ... did you catch his 'SNL' performance? Interesting. [Dlisted] A 'Chinese Democracy' follow-up, you say? It... more info

MTV.com News — 'Ye popped up during a Common show in New York on Thursday, sang on 'SNL' Saturday and flew to L.A. concert on Sunday.By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by Matt Elias and Steven Roberts Kanye West performs at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christ... more info

VH1 News — Kanye West made a surprise appearance during KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas show in Los Angeles on Sunday. more info

Perez Hilton — viewNode("d062e991bab99", { player_profile:'vega4', width: 410, height: 315 }); viewNode("10dd7d9377b95", { player_profile:'vega4', width: 410, height: 315 }); Kanye West has put rapping on pause and sang live on SNL this weekend in two much talked ... more info