My Old Kentucky — Today is the all cover song end-of-year edition of My Old Kentucky Blog on SIRUS XMU! Tune in at 12pm EST (10 mins ago...sorry!) and again at Midnight EST!Annie - Two Of Hearts (Stacy Q cover)Lykke Li - Knocked Up (Kings Of Leon cover)Pepi Ginsberg ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock band Elbow have rounded off a breakthrough year with their album topping an annual "poll of polls" list.Their Nationwide Mercury Prize-winning record The Seldom Seen Kid came out top in the eighth such chart, which combines the choices of critic... more info

On this week?s playlist, releases by Laura Marling, Leona Lewis, Chris Brown, Vampire Weekend and Santogold. more info

JamBase — 19th ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT IN NYC Patti Smith Tibet House US will hold its 19th Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, February 3rd. Philip Glass, the concert's Artistic Director, once again brings together an original line-up of co... more info

New York Times — On this week’s playlist, releases by Laura Marling, Leona Lewis, Chris Brown, Vampire Weekend and Santogold. more info

Rolling Stone — You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s how our army of interns ranked the year’s best: Albums of the Year Fleet Foxes - Fleet ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Gene Autry, the Four Tops, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Dean Martin will receive the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. Tom Paxton, Brenda Lee and Hank Jones will also receive the honor at a special... more info

Perez Hilton — Here they are! 20. Stars, "Bitches In Tokyo" 19. Vampire Weekend, "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" 18. Omaha Bitch, "Orgasmic Troopers" 17. Bert and Ernie, "Ante Up" 16. Bowerbirds, "In Our Talons" 15. Feist, "I Feel It All" 14. Yeasayer, "Wait for the Summe... more info

MTV.com News — Members of Death Cab For Cutie and Cobra Starship also participate in round two of our artists' year-end wrap-up.By James Montgomery David Archuleta Photo: Steve Granitz/ WireImage Last week, when we published a list of artists' favorite s... more info

VH1 News — David Archuleta, John Mayer, David Banner, Vampire Weekend and more tell us their favorite albums and songs of 2008. more info