Guardian Music — Robyn's Dancing On My Own was our track of the year. But you thought Crystal Castles and Scissor Sisters made better songsThis year has been a mixed bag for music. Critics were keen to praise exciting new genres such as cold wave, drag and zef, which... more info

Guardian Music — You've seen our top 40 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Alex Macpherson Albums1. Ciara - Basic Instinct2. The-Dream - Love King3. K. Michelle - What's the 911?4. Sade - Soldier Of Love5. Erykah Badu - New ... more info

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

melophobe — For the past two years, melophobe invited its contributors to vote for their favorite albums blindly, unaware of what other contributors were loving and loathing. In 2010, we got proactive. From January on, we shared music, and when voting time came,... more info

Rollo & Grady — Music Magazines :: Best Album of 2010 American Songwriter – Black Keys – Brothers Clash: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Exclaim!: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Fact: Forest Swords – Dagger Paths Filter: LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening ... more info

kata rokkar... — The Books “A Cold Freezin’ Night” Kanye West  “Runaway (Full-length Film)” LCD Soundsystem “Drunk Girls” Judgement Day “Cobra Strike” Weekend “Monday Morning/Monongah, WV” Arcade Fire  “The Suburbs” Blockhead “Th... more info

DrownedInSound — Listen to this week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring a whole lot from our end of year content and more, including LCD Soundsystem, Shearwater, Gang Of Four, Deftones, Joy Division, Dirty Projectors and, of course, more. Read the full story on... more info

Altsounds — *Check Out the **FADER Video Premiere* (http://girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&id=588de9bf37&e=eb04e1e77c)* of “The City Never Sleeps” **The Crystal Ark, featuring Gavin Russom from LCD Soun... more info

Impose Magazine — Continuing the day's meme of just throwing a bunch of successful artists into a Ronco Chop-O-Matic (New & Improved!) to produce a hot single, we give you The Hood Internet's "Just Wanna Dance Yrself Clean." Lest we ever forget Hov & Pharrell's decade... more info

Guardian Music — (Disney)It's not often the soundtrack for a film is awaited as itchily as the film itself. But Tron Legacy, the sequel to the influential 1982 thriller set inside a video game, has been scored by French electronic music heroes Thomas Bangalter and Gu... more info