Rawkblog — Almost there, gang! Welcome to the penultimate day of The Rawking Refuses To Stop!’s countdown of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade. To click through the entire list, click below. 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 #s 40-21 after the jump. ... more info

411 Mania — Band joins Courtney Love, Rufus Wainwright and Scarlett Johannson for benefit... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bono and Gavin Friday (U2Log) On October 4 at New York City's legendary Carnegie Hall, (RED) unites a world-class line up of artists for a special (RED)NIGHTS concert "Hal Willner Presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends." The star-studded.... more info

Rolling Stone — All four members of U2, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love, Antony, Martha and Rufus Wainwright and many more will take the stage at a (RED)NIGHTS concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on October 4th. “Hal Willner Presents: An Evening with Gavin Fri... more info

All About Jazz — Next week, Concord Jazz will release Vagabond, the highly anticipated new album from singer songwriter and pianist Spencer Day. Day's 14 track Concord Jazz debut draws from the 'Great American Songbook' and is infused with contemporary influences ... more info

The Music Fix — Review: The ever-so-shy Rufus Wainwright treats us to a CD/DVD package showcasing his most recent tour. more info

Stereogum — You know when your parents are like, "What is the garbage you're listening to?" and turn down your Soulja Boy CD and try to turn you to on to some Bob Seger shit from before you were born? Parents are so lame. That is sort of like what happened to... more info

411 Mania — Tracklisting and album art for big CD/DVD release... more info

Altsounds — Affectionately referred to by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet” and praised by The New York Times for his "genuine originality," Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and son... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — In this week's NME, Blaine Harrison of Mystery Jets picks his favourite records. Click below to listen to some of his picks - and see the mag to read his full selection. Right now I'm loving: Music Go Music – 'Light Of Love' "People ask me what... more info