JamBase — 19th ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT IN NYC Patti Smith Tibet House US will hold its 19th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, February 3rd. Philip Glass, the concert's Artistic Director, once again brings together an original line-up of co... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Gorillaz have topped a list of the year's most popular music acts in the UK - on MySpace. The animated band has nearly 700,000 'friends' on the social networking site. Damon Albarn's group is followed in popularity by metal band Bullet For My Valenti... more info

My Old Kentucky — We were pretty stoked that our friends at Standard Recording Co. put out Of Great & Mortal Men : 48 Songs For 48 Presidencies, the project from Matthew Gerken, Christen Kiefer and Jefferson Pitcher. (Previous MOKB post)Gerken, Kiefer and Pitcher have... more info

Culture Bully — #10) Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s “As Tall As Cliffs” My friends, January 20 will be a good day. Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia) #9) Feist “I Feel It All” Fireworks + Feist = every dre... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty The Hot List has been a Rolling Stone tradition since 1986. All this week, Rock Daily takes a look back at the people and trends that stayed smoking and the ones that cooled off. Today, we visit 2000. Hot Hit: Sigur Ros. Named 2000’s ... more info

JamBase — M83 CONFIRMED TO TOUR WITH THE KILLERS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2009 M83 Following a sold-out tour throughout North America that continues through the end of November, Mute Records and M83 are proud to announce that the band is confirmed to open ... more info

Paste Magazine — Picking a “best of” list reminds me of all of the philosophical barbs one runs into when judging music. Instead of expounding upon what makes up my definition of a "top album," I’ll keep things simple. Of all the records released in 2008, the f... more info

Paste Magazine — 1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Beggars/XL/4AD)2. Santogold and Diplo - Top Ranking (Mad Decent) 3. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals (Illegal Art) 4. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner) 5. She & Him - Volume One (Merge) 6. Sigur ... more info

The Telegraph — Benjamin Secher finds the Icelandic rockers Sigur Ros provide beauty money cannot buy. more info

Pop Matters — Paul Kedrosky linked to this FT article describing life in Iceland after their banking system completely collapsed. The whole thing makes for some unsettling reading, unless you hate Sigur Ros or... more info