Pasta Primavera — It’s quite amazing that a few moments ago it seemed no one had heard of the folktastic songs of Bon Iver but now low and behold Justin Vernon and Co. have hit the mark and the world is eating them up.  Bon Iver has a new EP, Blood Bank, set t... more info

5 Acts — It's been pretty tough for me this year selecting my top 20 albums for 2008. Since I wanted to include so many favorites that just fell under the top 20, I've decided to list the honorable mention ones here in alphabetical order.Bridges And Powerline... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Finn/Getty The Hold Steady continue to Stay Positive on the road, Lykke Li schedules a 2009 jaunt and rap duo Yo! Majesty share their electro-rap anthems with the rest of America. Full itineraries for all three treks, after the jump. The Hold... more info

Stereogum — For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear familiar blog hits from artists like Lykke Li, of Mon... more info

Silent Uproar — Sweden's Lykke Li has announced a North American tour for early 2009. The trek is in continued support of her debut full-length, Youth Novels, which was released in February. more info

Totally Fuzzy — stytzer said... Songs recently posted: + moi Caprice - To The Lighthouse/Drama Queen + One Weekly Gun - Seven Things I Hate + Plushgun - Just Impolite + Lykke Li - Dance, Dance, Dance + No & The... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

Crazed Hits — Signed to Atlantic Records. Buzz Track: Tonight Link: myspace.com/lykkeli Submit Music: Send MySpace links to info@crazedhits.com more info

I Guess I'm Floating — With 2008 coming to a close, Peter Bjorn & John's contribution may have been less than memorable -- a mostly instrumental, highly strange follow-up to one of the most loved debuts of 2006. Fortunately, Seaside Rock was never supposed to be a proper ... more info

My Old Kentucky — A few things vaguely Shepard Fairey related streaming together on me this week... Guy I've really been into lately, played the Obey party at SXSW this past year, is Nosaj Thing (aka Jason Chung). He is a L.A.-based electronic artist/producer. Know... more info

Said the Gramophone — Here are my 50 favourite songs of 2008: the ones I really, really, really, really like. I decided not to include any artist twice, nor any songs from albums I heard last year. I made similar lists in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The best way to browse th... more info