New York Times — The Times’s chief pop music critic chooses releases by TV on the Radio, Portishead, Toumani Diabaté and Erykah Badu as some of his favorite albums and singles for the year. more info

Rolling Stone — You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s editor Michael Endelman’s year-end list: Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend My Morning Ja... more info

MTV.com News — Even Bad Boy artist Janelle Monae is affiliated with the movement.By Daniela Capistrano Afro-Punk band Blood Sugar Photo: www.bashirawebb.com James Spooner, like a lot of kids growing up in Southern California in the 1990s, was into punk r... more info

VH1 News — Afro-Punk, inspired by artists like Santogold, TV on the Radio and Janelle Monáe, has exploded into a multi-genre movement over the past five years. more info

Rolling Stone — Photograph by Nadav Kander We unveiled our Top 50 Albums and 100 Best Singles of 2008, with TV on the Radio and Beyonce taking the year’s gold medals, then asked our readers to tell us their favorites. Plus, with Benjamin Button himself Brad Pitt ... more info

Perez Hilton — As 2008 wraps itself up, Rolling Stone would like to offer its version of Top Albums Wankery, so here goes: 1. TV on the Radio: Dear Science 2. Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 3. Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III 4. My Morning J... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty You’ve waited 365 days, and now Rolling Stone can finally reveal our Top 50 Albums of 2008. In the end, our panel of critics selected Brooklyn collective TV on the Radio and their defiant, art-rock party album Dear Science as the victo... more info

XLR8R — In a nod to days gone by, when labels released sampler packages with the intention of encouraging consumers to purchase CDs, the folks at 4AD are giving music fans a little gift for the holidays. The label has gathered 12 tracks from the likes of Atl... more info

Pitchfork — Sub-zero temperatures, snow quietly cascading onto barren branches, and Marissa Nadler playing on the stereo; some things were just made for each other. Hopefully snow will still be falling on some parts of the world come March 3, as that's when Ms. ... more info

Pitchfork — Sub-zero temperatures, snow quietly cascading onto barren branches, and Marissa Nadler playing on the stereo; some things were just made for each other. Hopefully snow will still be falling on some parts of the world come March 3, as that's when... more info