Gigwise — The world's dumbest tattoo?.. more info

Stereogum — The National, who have been staying pretty busy lately, brought out Arcade Fire’s Win Butler in Montréal Friday night for a performance of “Start A War.” Check it out after the jump. Though Win does his country proud, I’m guessing Bieber and... more info

Stereogum — We’re deep enough into Listmas to know which albums to expect on year-end roll calls, and how to identify something approximating an outlier. SPIN’s list of the year’s best LPs gives proper props to often overlooked records like The Men’s Lea... more info

Guardian Music — This week's Music Weekly interviewee is Gilles Peterson, who spoke to Ben Beaumont-Thomas just before it was announced he is to leave Radio 1. He discusses his new CD: 'Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura: The Search Continues' - and explains what Cuba... more info

Perez Hilton — Enough with the Kardashian sisters. What's baby boy Robbie K up to! For starters, he's got a new girl! Sources are reporting that Rob is getting closer to Rita Ora, a 21-year-old singer and model, with her own discernible credit being a spot in Drake... more info

411 Mania — Do we loathe Drake's "Hate Sleeping Alone?" Is Britney Spears' "Scary" frighteningly good? Is 50 Cent's "Stop Crying" a winner? 411's Jeremy Thomas and Tony Acero listen to these tracks and more! more info

Guardian Music — This free download was anything but throwaway. The chillwave-tinged R&B spoke of codeine, cold sex and pills … and invited you to luxuriate in Abel Tesfaye's heartacheHouse of Balloons was the debut album by this Toronto-based artist, and was so hi... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Snoop Dogg, Y.G. and Nipsey Hussle remix Drake's "The Motto" more info

Mjsbigblog — Another week, another chart dominated by Canadians. This week, Michael Buble tops our partial HDD report with 37.17% reporting. With over 202K in sales reported already, the boy from Burnaby has nothing to fear from the boy from Stratford (Justin Bi... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Much Music in Canada shot this documentary special on Drake. The rapper speaks to T-Rexxx about his new album, Rihanna, his hometown and so much more. more info