Brooklyn Vegan — "who else would assemble a bill like this but weird magic? three months deep and we're bringing our dream bill to brooklyn on new years. first weird magic event of this scale... we've got a 10k sq ft warehouse, fully... more info

melophobe — Year end lists don’t come free, just ask our contributors. Sure, we look like a unified front in public, but getting to that place of collective agreement can be a hard road. Especially in a year like this, where the number of great albums far exce... 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 — Janelle Monáe! We've been counting down to the Guardian's best album of the year – and our No 1 surprised some of youThe Guardian's top 10 albums of 20101) Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)2) Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark T... 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

Brooklyn Vegan — Ariel Pink backstage @ Webster Hall (more by Erez Avissar) Ariel Pink wrote the best song in 2010 Pitchfork says.... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The NJ Underground said... Nada Surf - Inside of Love Miniature Tigers - Bullfighter Jacket Twin Sister - Ginger Bad Books - Baby Shoes Big Troubles - Slouch Bearhands - What A Drag Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Simple Girl Freelance Whales - Kilojoules T... more info

Guardian Music — Ariel Pink's first album on a big label was no sell out – it was a fractured, frazzled oddity that confirmed his position as the godfather of lo-fiOne observation you could make about music in 2010 was that rock stars – you know, those charismati... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — 01 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and Round 02 Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving... Read more » more info

Stereogum — As noted when covering Ariel Pink live @ Irving Plaza this past summer, Californians Piper and Skylar Kaplan, aka Pearl Harbor, changed their name to Puro Instinct. Under the new moniker, the sisters are joined by aforementioned tourmate Ariel Pink o... more info