Mjsbigblog — Nigel Lythgoe tweets, “AI contestants will still be able to play instruments just not every week. “Playing” a guitar is totally different from “hiding” behind it.” *** Track two from Tim Urban’s 6 song EP is now availa... more info

Mjsbigblog — ‘American Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe hopes ‘we give a damn’ about new contestants “I can only believe from what I’ve seen, that we really will get a good top 12, but we’ll wait and see,” he said. “All I’m inte... more info

Mjsbigblog — Today’s theme is Billboard Charts. There are 7 billion BB Charts, so if I missed your favourite on the “Top Tibetan Throat Singers” chart, please feel free to post it. This is the daily number threads, so all current numbers a... more info

Mjsbigblog — Crystal Bowrsox’s producer, David Bendeth tweets an update on her album. “6 down… and a bunch more to go,” Bendeth is in the midst of mixing Crystal’s record, Farmers Daughter, set to be released 12/14. *** David Archuleta... more info

Mjsbigblog — Today’s theme is Billboard Charts. There are 7 billion BB Charts, so if I missed your favourite on the “Tropical Heatseakers” chart, please feel free to post it. This is the daily number threads, so all current numbers are wel... more info

Cross Rhythms — Katharine McPhee, Travis Ryan, Michael Johns on I AM soundtrack album more info

Mjsbigblog — Lee DeWyze chooses his band. He tweets, “Going to band practice…. Official, the band has been formed…good times.” *** @DweezySignal tweets that Chris Wrate (@ChrisWrate) is a confirmed member. *** Katharine McPhee saw Kellie... more info

Mjsbigblog — The Grammy Submission lists have leaked. Nearly every Idol who has released music this year has been submitted to the Grammy committee by their record label for consideration. Check out the Idol list after the jump. Links: Record ... more info

Mjsbigblog — Katharine McPhee’s new Christamas album, Christmas Is The Time …. (To Say I Love You), is now available everywhere. The new record, Katharine’s 3rd studio album, is a mix of traditional and contemporary tracks with a few su... more info

Pop Justice — Together: K78wUirYq9A Amazing. We quite like how the clip has been given its own 'proper start' and 'proper end', making it feel like a real (if slightly aggressive) edit of the song to sit alongside (for example) 'full length' and 'radio edit'. ... more info