Spinner.com — Filed under: The InterfaceSpinner.com: On this final day of the year, we've got the second installment of our Interface Best Of 2008. Vol. 2 includes our favorites from Passion Pit, Jay Reatard, the Night Marchers, Jamie Lidell, Alkaline Trio with... more info

Culture Bully — [by Jon Behm] If one could buy stock in musical futures I would have mortgaged the farm to invest in Janelle Monáe after seeing her open for Jamie Lidell at Minneapolis’ Varsity Theater last fall. The young pompadoured singer from Kansas Ci... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — I know you have all been waiting with bated breath, so I will keep you waiting no longer. Forthwith are my Top 15 Albums of 2008. 15. Image: Amazon Lykke Li, Youth Novels 14. Image: Amazon Clark, Turning Dragon 13. Image: Amazon Gnarls Barkley, Th... more info

Pitchfork — Southbound? Yeah, and quite a bit west, too. On January 2-3, 2009, the Southbound Festival will once again make its way to Busselton, Australia's Sir Stewart Bovell Park, located in the southwest corner of the country,  bringing with it a mess of ro... more info

Pitchfork — Attendees of the Rhythm & Vines Festival will be among the first folks to ring in the New Year for two reasons: 1) The festival takes place at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne, New Zealand, which is thisclose to the International Date Line, and 2) Rhythm ... more info

My Old Kentucky — With the planning of SXSW 2009 already in full-swing, I'm nostalgic for this past year's party already. DJ Amplive featured numerous original remixes of artist that were playing the Hot Freaks! party on the second day. Early this year the Bay Area ... more info

The Lemur Blog — Californian DJ AmpLive which you may very well know already from his remix album of Radiohead's In Rainbows, called Rainydayz, is now up for some more action.Together with emcee Zumbi he is the hip hop act Zion I and theyz b bout 2 release a new albu... more info

Get Weird — Earlier this year Amplive got in hot water with Radiohead over his RainyDayz project but there’s no fear of that happening with Jamie Lidell. He commissioned a few remixes from Amp and the first of that collaboration is the funked upÂ�... more info

Pitchfork — Boy, you get to jamming out at The Falls Music & Arts Festival down there in Australia, and the next thing you know, you'll find yourself in a whole nother year. The latest edition of the fest descends on both Lorne and Marion Bay from December 29 to... more info

Twin Cities: — Prince continues to play when he wants where he wants. (link) — CYSTSFTS reviews Dosh’s Wolves and Wishes. (link) — The Current is sharing a few recent in-studio performances by Ray LaMontagne, Jamie Lidell and Aaron Espe. (Int... more info