Stereogum — Canada's known for indie rock, so makes sense you'll find plenty of homegrown talent (BSS, Stars) and international musicians (Wilco, Iron & Wine, Joan As Policewoman) near the slopes at Vancouver's Winter Olympics. More names at CoS. more info

Live Daily — Alt-rockers Rooney [ tickets ] will head out on the road this fall after the band puts the finishing touches on its new album, which it hopes to unveil to fans early next year. The Southern California group kicks off the outing near home, launchin... more info

All About Jazz — AVATAR STUDIOS is one of the most prestigious and legendary recording facilities in the world. On Monday evening, October 19, AVATAR STUDIOS will once again make history when it will host its first ever “Ask The Producers” panel featuring... more info

Chorus.fm — I don't know.*Kids Like Us* - The Game (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1344111) (James RE Hughey) *Wilco* - Wilco (The Album) (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1344812) (gspinn) *The Dismemberment Plan* - Emergency & I (http... more info

Rollo & Grady — Respectable list. I would have gone with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot over A Ghost Is Born; Kid A over In Rainbows. Kate, Bruce and Bob wouldn’t have cracked my top 100 list of albums. Uncut’s Top 20 Albums Of The ’00s: 1.) The White Stripes – ... more info

Live Daily — While soldiering through its current fall tour, Wilco [ tickets ] has already started looking into the future, mapping a winter US/Canada trek for early 2010. The band, which continues its current stretch tonight (10/9) in Dallas, kicks off next y... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-10 Coventry, England - The Tin Angel 10-11 Manchester, England - Islington Mill 10-12 Bristol, England - The Cube10-13 London, England - Cafe Oto 10-14 Koln, Germany - Kulturbunker 10-15 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur 10-16 Weikersheim, Germany ... more info

Rolling Stone — Farm Aid 2009 hit St. Louis’ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre yesterday with Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson leading a pack of performers that also included Wilco, Jason Mraz and late addition Gretchen Wilson. Local farmers... more info

Twangville — Critics often throw around the title “best American rock band”, usually in relation to outfits like the Drive-By Truckers, My Morning Jacket, or Wilco.  Who am I to disappoint?  So I’ll say it, 1372 Overton Park is Luceroâ�... more info

All About Jazz — The Farm Aid 2009 music concert event of the year, presented by Horizon Organic, will be October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, Missouri. Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, inspiring millions o... more info