Rolling Stone — Fiona Apple will be making a rare concert appearance in Los Angeles this weekend for Haiti relief. The singer-songwriter, who last toured in 2007, will perform at Largo Saturday night alongside Jon Brion, Tom Brosseau and others, according to the Sc... more info

Rolling Stone — Seventy-five years ago today Elvis Presley was born, and in 1947 a man named David Bowie arrived, too. (Also celebrating birthdays today: The Doors’ Robby Krieger, Jenny Lewis and R. Kelly. January 8th rocks.) As a gift to the Thin White Duke on hi... more info

My Old Kentucky — (Show photos by Dave Evans)I totally spaced on this local friends! Tonight at Locals Only, as part of the Butler Scion Free Thursdays, our friends at Transpanther bring us America Owns The Moon and Louisville's Invaders!We've done shows with AOTM, ... more info

Guardian Music — If rock'n'roll is the sound of life beginning afresh, why are we so obsessed with ranking it in end-of-year lists? Philip Larkin has the answerAlong with half the pop-loving population of Britain, I tuned in to listen to Morrissey on Desert Island Di... more info

5 Acts — Mean Creek recently received the "Best New Band" award at the Boston Music Awards. I think you should stop by Black Cat tomorrow night (12/10) and congratulate them. Better yet, you wanna attend the show and take a buddy for free? E-mail me at 5acts... more info

Guardian Music — The past decade was the Eminem show – the rapper sold more than 32 million albums in the US during the noughties, outselling the Beatles, 'NSync and Britney SpearsThough the 2010s may belong to Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga, the 2000s belonged to ... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Tomorrow night FIXED is having their Holiday Bash at Le Poisson Rouge with a very special DJ set by Tastes Like Caramel staple Hot Chip! Resident DJ’s JDH & Dave P will also be spinning along with Optimo for what is sure to be a great mid-week nigh... more info

MTV.com News — Sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan reveal Em beat the Beatles in the '00s.By James Montgomery Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP Photo: Interscope Records Back in 1999, Eminem was best known as the slightly screwy, bottle-blond protégé of Dr... more info

Undercover, Australia — Los Angeles music venue The Key Club has shut its doors, at least for the time being. more info

Chorus.fm — In the immortal words of the Doors, "The time to hesitate is through." *Tigercity* - Ancient Lover (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1455122)(Gregory Robson) more info