411 Mania — From the Decemberist's "Don't Carry It All" and Wild Flag's "Romance" to Stephen Malkmus' "No One Is (As I Are Be)" and more, 411's Christopher Bill ranks the top 10 songs of 2011! more info

Impose Magazine — More pictures from Primavera Club Fest, which took place in Barcelona last week on November 25, 26, and 27. Pictures from the weekend of St. VIncent, John Maus, Gary War, Superchunk, Puro Instinct, EMA, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, and Mazes. See ... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the week! Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - ‘Senator’ (Domino) Only someone with a voice as neatly pressed as Stephen Malkmus could get away with a refrain of ‘What the senator wants is a blowjob’, and not have it feel like a chi... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights: Com Truise, St. Vincent (pictured), Twin Sister, Stephen Malkmus, Maria Minerva, Elastic Witch launch party, Acid Mothers Temple,  The Robert Glasper Experiment, The Naked & Famous... more info

Stereogum — Armed with some witty stage banter and clever lyrics, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks stopped by the Music Box in support of their latest album Mirror Traffic. Malkmus and the Jicks also delved into their back catalog by dusting off “Discretion Grov... more info

NME — Black appears as the sleazy 'Senator' in the promo more info

Stereogum — This week’s music-video MVP was whoever was responsible for researching New York signage in Kindness’s “Cyan” video. That must’ve taken a lot of work! As good as that video was, though, it couldn’t make it onto this week’s list. There�... more info

Stereogum — The Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks song “Senator” has a video now, and it’s a doozy. Jack Black, hamming it up hardcore as always, plays an unstable, cattle prod-wielding politician who tries to party with his much-younger campaign aides. Things... more info

Altsounds — The fifth year of international music festival Le Guess Who? is set November 24-27 in Utrecht, The Netherlands (30 minutes from Amsterdam) in eight different indoor locations. *Line-up//* Panda Bear, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, My Brightest... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Republic interviews Stephen Malkmus about his new album, Mirror Traffic. The A.V. Club Chicago interviews cartoonist Alison Bechdel about editing The Best American Comics 2011. At the Guardian, Adam Thirwell and Jeffrey Eugenides talk writing. Th... more info