JamBase — NOISE POP 2009 FESTIVAL NEW ARTIST CONFIRMATIONS & BADGES ON SALE NOW Stephen Malkmus, St. Vincent, Josh Ritter, Ra Ra Riot, French Kicks Martha Wainwright, Morning Benders, Submarines Stephen Malkmus Noise Pop has announced additional headlin... more info

XLR8R — S.F.'s Noise Pop Festival continues adding to its previously announced artist lineup. For its 17th year, the indie music festival has already confirmed No Age, the New Pornographers' frontman A.C. Newman, and Antony and the Johnsons, among ... more info

Stereogum — Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installm... more info

XLR8R — Damian Abraham, lead singer of Toronto’s finest hardcore punk outfit, Fucked Up, celebrates Nodzzz, No Age, and his dad’s cross-hatching talents. Who was the best artist of 2008? No Age. We played a show with them and they covered the ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — panda bear :: miamiNo Age + Panda Bear made for a pretty tight double bill last night at the Nike Sportswear party for Miami's Art Basel. Huge thanks to reader Manuel Vigo, who was in attendance and took the following shots for us. Check out Panda Be... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — As if arbitrarily ranking one's favorite albums of the year isn't an absurd enough task, we leave you for the weekend with our favorite songs of 2008. Check David's list at the bottom of the post...50. Karl Blau - Mockingbird Diet49. CFCF - "Invitati... more info

Stereogum — When Scott posted about last night's Grammy nominations reveal, he mentioned Radiohead and Lil Wayne got nods for Album of the Year, Katy Perry was snubbed for Best New Artist, No Age got a surprise nomination, and that Foo Fighters performed Carly ... more info

Pop Matters — 1. Erykah Badu - "Honey" 2. No Age - "Eraser" Eraser - No Age 3. Caribou - "Zoe" (2008 fan video using MS paint) 4. White Williams Vs. TV... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — So I probably should've mentioned this last week, but our weekly GvsB SiriusXM radio show is now on Thursdays at noon + midnight EST, instead of Mondays. We weren't canceled, but thanks for all of your concern. The amazing Hipster Runoff radio progr... more info

Pitchfork — Well, this was unexpected. Perhaps coming to terms with the fact that increasingly few people give a shit about the Grammys, the Recording Academy tonight announced its list of nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, and those nominees were...sho... more info