melophobe — I got an extra little Christmas gift in my inbox on Saturday from Yeasayer, saying that I could pay whatever I wanted for a live album they put out that day! Didn’t I feel special! Yes, I know it was a mass email, but in the spirit of giving and re... more info

Nialler9 — 30. Shit Robot – From the Cradle to the Rave 29. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 28. Vampire Weekend -Contra 27. The Redneck Manifesto – Friendship 26. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter Of Mixed Drinks 25. Sam Amidon – I See A Sign 24. Broken Social... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Christmas 2010 is seeing even more free goodies from indie rockers. Yeasayer have joined the party and released a live album titled Live at Ancienne Belgique. It’s taken from their October 28th performance at the Ancienne Belgique venue in Brussels... more info

Stereogum — Williamsburg is a Camel cigarette, the new Bedford Ave. Duane Reade has a wine bar inside of it, the yuppies are part of the firmament. Along with the latest wave of high-end gentrification in this neighborhood comes the inevitable migration of its r... more info

Guardian Music — You've seen our top 40 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Alex Macpherson Albums1. Ciara - Basic Instinct2. The-Dream - Love King3. K. Michelle - What's the 911?4. Sade - Soldier Of Love5. Erykah Badu - New ... more info

Guardian Music — Here's the top 40 of the year, as voted for by the Guardian's rock and pop writers1 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid2 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy3 Hot Chip One Life Stand4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs5 These New Puritans Hidden6 Caribou Swi... more info

The Music Fix — We run a tight ship at TMF, in terms of staff numbers at least and this perhaps skews things a little when it comes to trying to c... more info

melophobe — For the past two years, melophobe invited its contributors to vote for their favorite albums blindly, unaware of what other contributors were loving and loathing. In 2010, we got proactive. From January on, we shared music, and when voting time came,... more info

Dan Black — YEASAYER "O.N.E." from Paranoid US on Vimeo. more info

kata rokkar... — The Books “A Cold Freezin’ Night” Kanye West  “Runaway (Full-length Film)” LCD Soundsystem “Drunk Girls” Judgement Day “Cobra Strike” Weekend “Monday Morning/Monongah, WV” Arcade Fire  “The Suburbs” Blockhead “Th... more info