I Guess I'm Floating — The first installment of the Music Alliance Pact was a good introduction to a collective feature that's continuing to grow as a beacon of solidarity in the music blog community. Last month featured a collection of 12 songs from 12 blogs from around ... more info

Paste Magazine — My Official PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008 Calendar tells me I'm supposed to be going on about some "K"-named blog or another today, but you know what I just told My Official PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008 Calendar? "Shove it, I am going to post abo... more info

Pitchfork — Now that all that hard work is over with, it's time to party! As you know, this week, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books published The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. To celebrate the book, we're throwing... more info

Pitchfork — Now that all that hard work is over with, it's time to party! As you know, this week, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books published The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. To celebrate the book, we'r... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — [MP3] Calico Horse - IdiotequeStarting of this Thursday's session of covers, I'll be sticking to a handful of bands that are lesser known. Well.. lesser known for now anyways, think of this as a precursor to an upcoming dose of exposure to each band... more info

JamBase — Thom Yorke Offers Free Song for Obama Victory Thom Yorke Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is offering a free download remix of his song "Harrowdown Hill" in honor of "the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA." The track originally appeared on ... more info

Guardian Music — You get a sample, loop it, ask somebody to shout "throw your hands up in the sky" over the top and "that's 80 per cent of it right there". Kanye West no longer finds making hip-hop challenging, he told a gathering of hacks at an Argentinian steakhous... more info

Pitchfork — Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, today, November 11, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books publishes The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. This handy paperback chronologically explores Pitchfork's 500 favori... more info

Pitchfork — Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, today, November 11, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books publishes The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. This handy paperback chronologically explores Pitchfork's 500 f... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Saul Williams hasn't given up on the internet, though his pricing-optional album didn't sell nearly as well as Radiohead's In Rainbows — the album that inspired his strategy. Nonetheless, his taste for commercial and sonic experimentation is a... more info