Stereogum — The list-giving season continues with Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums Of 2010. The big surprise for people, I think, will be a Pitchfork year-end Top 10 without the Arcade Fire. (Is this End Times or what?) That and a Top 10 with Joanna Newsom via her be... 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

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom brought her harp and two taxidermy peacocks to The Late Show last night. Before she played, Letterman joked that the set looked like “… Sarah Palin’s den” and asked Newsom if she did her own taxidermy. She laughed. Here’s her ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BlogTO shares a "neighbourhood mixtape" that includes Owen Pallett covering Joanna Newsom's "Peach, Plum, Pear." The Observer examines the difference between literary fiction and genre fiction, using Dan Brown and Stieg Larsson as examples. I realise... more info

Altsounds — Hot on the heels of her outstanding performance at *Carnegie Hall* and this week's benefit concert with Neil Young for the new UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, *Joanna Newsom* is making the trek back to New York for a performance on the *Late Show w... more info

Popdose — Neil Young and Joanna Newsom lent their talents to a worthy cause in San Francisco, and Michael Fortes gives the rundown on how it all unfolded. more info

Stereogum — M. Ward’s cover of “Sadie” appears on Versions Of Joanna, a 22-track Dylan-punning compilation that also features Billy Bragg, Owen Pallett, and Ben Sollee remaking songs by Joanna Newsom. Ward’s Ward-like take doesn’t have the charm or ene... more info

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

melophobe — I’ve been humming “Sprout and the Bean” ever since I saw this news pop up on blogs, that news being that Joanna Newsom’s tribute album, Versions of Joanna, is free for streaming and available for purchasing with profits going to Oxfam Interna... more info