L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The visuals for Tim Burton's upcoming "Alice in Wonderland" may create a new world, but the music inspired by the film wouldn't be out of place in your local mall. Avril Lavigne will have the showcase non-score track in the... more info

Stereogum — The first solo recording from the Cure singer comes for Tim Burton's forthcoming take on Alice. He'll be covering this. Cute! Here's the tracklist, featuring fellow iconic trailblazers Owl City. more info

MTV.com News — Owl City, All-American Rejects, Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz also contribute to Almost Alice. By James Montgomery Tokio Hotel Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Who ever knew Alice was so angsty? On Tuesday (January 12), after a month of sol... more info

The Independent — On January 11, more than 30,000 tweeters shared the names of music and songs they liked in a tweet using the "#musicmonday" hashtag. The week's top songs recorded on twit40.com included several singles by 30 Seconds to Mars, plus songs by Owl City, L... more info

Pop Justice — It's out today, which is earlier than it was supposed to be out, and the reason for that is that there were some cover versions creeping up the iTunes chart (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/26/shakira-itunes-she-wolf-cover-versions) and Owl ... more info

Live Daily — Indie rockers Vampire Weekend [ tickets ] have lined up a spring headlining outing in support of the band's forthcoming second album, "Contra," which is due in stores next week. Friday (1/8) on-sales are set for Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Albert... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming shows across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Festival Grounds of Angel StadiumBamboozle with AFI and Something Corporate, March 27-28 (Sat.) Hollywood Palladium Infected Mushroom, Feb. 20 (Fri.) The Wiltern Citize... more info

MTV.com News — Lady Gaga takes #2 spot in slow week of album sales for everyone.By Gil Kaufman Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream Photo: Sony Music Entertainment It's becoming clear that you can't stop Susan Boyle, you can only hope to contain her. Actually... more info

Stereogum — Anyone with a set of ears knows Owl City sounds a lot like the Postal Service. Just in case you weren't sure, though, Adam Young and his laptop basically admitted to ripping off Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello. He didn't stop there: Young also na... more info

The Independent — On Monday, January 4, nearly 50,000 tweeters shared the names of music and songs they liked in a tweet using the "#musicmonday" hashtag. The week's top songs included continuing favorites by 30 Seconds to Mars, Owl City, Lady Gaga, and Ke$ha. more info