411 Mania — Transference will arrive in January... more info

Live Daily — Spoon [ tickets ]'s new album, "Transference," will be released in the US on Jan. 26, according to a press release. The album is the band's first full length release since 2007's "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga." In related news, the band's first four albums--"Te... more info

Live Daily — Despite his former band members quitting on him mid-tour last month, garage/punk rocker Jay Reatard [ tickets ] will return to the tour circuit later this month for a round of US club shows. Reatard, who just kicked off a 17-date European run yest... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Spoon give us a 44 second tease of their upcoming album Transference! Watch it: Apparently the song used in the trailer is called “Written In Reverse”, which is the 5th track on the album. You can watch a live performance of the song below: Trans... more info

Rollo & Grady — 1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois 2. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3. Arcade Fire: Funeral 4. Radiohead: Kid A 5. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning 6. The White Stripes: Elephant 7. Gillian Welch: Time (the Revelator) 8. OutKast: Stanko... more info

Rolling Stone — Lil Wayne’s legal troubles are mounting: a man named Thomas Marasciullo is suing the MC along with Birdman, claiming the pair used lyrics from some Italian spoken-word recordings he did for them without permission. Marasciullo says his words appear... more info

Rawkblog — Live: Rose Melberg — my hero, Rose Melberg (left; photo by David Greenwald) — played two rare, intimate shows in Los Angeles. News: It was a real Vampire Weekend as the band hit Los Angeles for Halloween; release dates for long-awaited albums fro... more info

NME — 'Transference' will be released on January 25 more info

Silent Uproar — Merge Records will drop the seventh album from Spoon, Transference, on January 26th, 2009. Hit up Merge for the track list. [mergerecords.com] more info

Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald If it’s anywhere near the quality of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, it’ll be nice to have the best album of 2010 on the early side. No word yet if frontman Britt Daniel’s sessions with Jon Brion (who previously did the band’s “The... more info