Kings of A&R — Check out the track Modest Mouseketeer by Playdough. Playdough has opened for and/or collaborated with The Black Keys, Method Man & Redman, Mos Def, Erikah Badu, Mutemath, and others… He is also the freestyle battle champion of Dallas, TX for 2 yea... more info

Stereogum — Weird that Kid Rock’s Born Free topped M.I.A.’s, but at least I now know John Mellencamp, Peter Wolf, and Elton John released albums this year. Otherwise, the Top 10’s very kind to hip-hop and the Black Keys (hip-hop by association?). The Top 5... more info

Rollo & Grady — Origami Vinyl :: Top 10 Records (11/27 – 12/3) 1. Grinderman – Heathen Child 12″ 2. The Black Keys – Brothers (Deluxe Edition) 3. Birds & Batteries – Panorama 4. Young Hunting – Into Yr Mind 7″ 5. Warpaint – Exquisite Corpse EP 6. U2 ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Don’t know anything about this King Koyote. No matter. He sent me a pretty cool psych/garage rock tune called “Balloon Song”. Reminds me a little of The Black Keys + Black Lips. Pretty cool stuff. The only info attached to the e-mail was that t... more info

Rollo & Grady — MOJO Magazine – Top Albums of 2010 1 John Grant – Queen of Denmark 2 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 3 MGMT – Congratulations 4 Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep 5 The Black Keys – Brothers 6 Paul Weller – Wakes Up The Nation 7 Midlake – The Cou... more info

VH1 Blog — It’s that time of the year already! The 53rd annual Grammy nominations (for 2011) were announced last night and it’s safe to say that Eminem made a clean sweep popping up in 10 categories. Love the Way you Lie is up for Song and Record of the T... more info

Guardian Music — (In the Red)Like a Deep South version of our own Billy Childish, Greg Cartwright has made scores of garage-rock albums, with scores of different bands over scores of years. His latest iteration seems him joined by Coco Hames of fellow nostalgists t... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - OH native, singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield announced plans to make her Nonesuch Records debut with, Tell Me, releasing the new effort on February 8, 2011. The new set was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and... more info

DrownedInSound — While not quite on the scale of Stonehenge, Lord Lucan or the Lost City of Atlantis, the fact The Walkmen still remain a relatively unknown quantity as far as mainstream success is concerned is something of a mystery. Read the full story on Dro... more info

NME — Collection will include a 10-inch vinyl featuring six previously unreleased live songs more info