NME - In The Office — Everyone's assuming the cartoonish Strokes album artwork that Julian Casablancas Tweeted last night is a joke, though I thought the same when Kanye West unveiled the 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' sleeve, and that turned out to the real deal. ... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Alright...without further delay...here it is.  The final grand tally.  The 111 Best albums of the year...as voted on by you.  Don't send your complaints to me.  Send them to your own inbox. The Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Kanye West – My D... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Academy GlasgowDrake is on his knees at the front of the stage, describing with words and pelvic notation what having sex with the most extraordinary hip-hop success story of 2010 might be like. The 24-year-old rapper makes no bones about being yo... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — On January 11th the first single from Watch The Throne will be released. If you remember, Watch The Throne is the collaborative album between Kanye West and Jay-Z. The other day Kanye tweeted the date 1/11/11 with the album art for H.A.M., the first ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The first single from Kanye West and Jay-Z’s highly-anticipated joint album is set to be released next Tuesday, 11 January. Yeezy teased the imminent release as he performed with Jay-Z at his... more info

Chorus.fm — *Jay-Z* (http://www.jay-z.com/index.php) & *Kanye West's* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/kanyewest) collaborative album Watch the Throne will drop (http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2011/01/kanye-west-jay-zs-watch-the-throne-coming-march-1st.html) on March... more info

411 Mania — What is "H.A.M."? more info

melophobe — AND IT RETURNS. A new trailer for the Sufjan documentary Crooked River, which, according to the movie’s PR, may never actually be released . . . boo. Pandit’s “Pack Your Bags” Pandit - “Pack Your Bags” Video from stereogum on Vimeo... more info

411 Mania — Says he thinks Kanye got it... more info

Pop Bytes — Oh Kanye, will you ever win? Anyway, it looks like Kanye West is being sued by a photographer for reportedly sicking his entourage on him a couple years ago. In all fairness, celebrities are like animals: Never approach them when they are hanging in... more info