Live Daily — The annual 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, MN, will take a hiatus because of financial difficulties. Promoters of the multi-day fest, which ran for the past seven Julys, posted a notice on the event website last week that said the 10KLF could... more info

Music for Robots — We'd like to take a second and welcome our new friends Because Sound Matters to our tiny little blogroll over there on the right. They're a new vinyl-only venture from the Warner Bros. family, offering reissues from all kinds of sick catalo... more info

Rolling Stone — As the Kings of Leon begin work on their first album of the next decade, bassist Jared Followill checked in with Rolling Stone to share his thoughts on his favorite albums of and songs of the past 10 years. From driving around Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Being a blog that is largely of the retro variety, I'm not all that fussed about publishing a rundown of what I reckon to have been the best songs/albums of the year/decade. Yes, I do admit to making a few suggestions last month of stuff that you mi... more info

Rollo & Grady — Paste – The 25 Best Albums of 2009 25. Thomas Function – In the Valley of Sickness 24. Various Artists – Dark Was the Night 23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz! 22. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE 21. Wilco – Wilco (The A... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-07 Missoula, MT - Adams Center *02-09 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall *02-10 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre *02-12 Victoria, British Columbia - Royal Theatre *02-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - David Lam Park *02-15 Edmonton, Albert... more info

MTV.com News — MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 records of the year.By James Montgomery Bigger Than The Sound's Best Albums of 2009 Photo: MTV News Well, we made it. 2009 is practically in the books, and now it's time to look back on the rathe... more info

Stereogum — We told you Beck and friends (Jamie Lidell, Wilco, Feist, etc.) were covering Skip Spence's 1969 solo album Oar for Hansen's Record Club: They've made it to song five, "Weighted Down (The Prison Song)," the first to feature Feist on lead. Take a look... more info

Topix — As a medium, the rock album is so under siege that even Radiohead made noise in 2009 about giving it up for downloadable singles and EPs. more info

8/1 — 40 Kiss - Sonic Boom39 Wilco - Wilco38 Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap37 Gallows - Grey Britain36 Brakesbrakesbrakes - Touchdown35 Miike Snow - Miike Snow34 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx33 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You32 U2 - No Line On... more info