Culture Bully — Dan Auerbach recently shed some light on the band's recent move to Music City, also commenting on the new recording studio he's opening up downtown. 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

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

melophobe — About six hours prior to the December to Remember show that brought the Black Keys to the Crystal Ballroom stage for the third time in two months, I came across the Rolling Stone list that chose their 2010 release, Brothers, as the second best album ... more info

Perez Hilton — Kanye West's new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has taken the top spot in Rolling Stone's list of the Best Albums of 2010! Curious to see who he beat out for the #1 position? Here's the list of Rolling Stone's top 30 albums of 2010: 1. Kany... more info

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