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

melophobe — For the past two years, melophobe invited its contributors to vote for their favorite albums blindly, unaware of what other contributors were loving and loathing. In 2010, we got proactive. From January on, we shared music, and when voting time came,... more info

Rollo & Grady — Music Magazines :: Best Album of 2010 American Songwriter – Black Keys – Brothers Clash: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Exclaim!: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Fact: Forest Swords – Dagger Paths Filter: LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening ... more info

kata rokkar... — The Books “A Cold Freezin’ Night” Kanye West  “Runaway (Full-length Film)” LCD Soundsystem “Drunk Girls” Judgement Day “Cobra Strike” Weekend “Monday Morning/Monongah, WV” Arcade Fire  “The Suburbs” Blockhead “Th... more info

DrownedInSound — Listen to this week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring a whole lot from our end of year content and more, including LCD Soundsystem, Shearwater, Gang Of Four, Deftones, Joy Division, Dirty Projectors and, of course, more. Read the full story on... more info

Altsounds — *Check Out the **FADER Video Premiere* (http://girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&id=588de9bf37&e=eb04e1e77c)* of “The City Never Sleeps” **The Crystal Ark, featuring Gavin Russom from LCD Soun... more info

Impose Magazine — Continuing the day's meme of just throwing a bunch of successful artists into a Ronco Chop-O-Matic (New & Improved!) to produce a hot single, we give you The Hood Internet's "Just Wanna Dance Yrself Clean." Lest we ever forget Hov & Pharrell's decade... more info

Guardian Music — (Disney)It's not often the soundtrack for a film is awaited as itchily as the film itself. But Tron Legacy, the sequel to the influential 1982 thriller set inside a video game, has been scored by French electronic music heroes Thomas Bangalter and Gu... more info

Altsounds — *NME* today names These New Puritans top of* NME's 50 Best of Albums of 2010* with their second album,* Hidden*. The relatively unknown Southend outfit fought off stiff competition from well established artists including Arcade Fire, and LCD S... more info

Guardian Music — The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project, LondonThe clubbing equivalent of having a 15-year-old boy from the Parisian suburbs sleeping on your sofa before hitting on your girlfriend, the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project sees 14 cities across the wo... more info