One last celebration of this year past is from DJ Earthworm, who gives us a video mashup of the best pop songs out in 2008.  Fusing artists from Leona Lewis, T-Pain, T.I., Reanna, Lil Wayne, Alicia Keyes and others all atop...

Our pick for Most Underrated in 2008, The Kills come rocketing into 2009 with Black Balloon. A one-time David Lachappelle protegé, Kenneth Cappello directs this awesome stark video which shows Mosshart finding the pleasure of...

Sort-of new school dance-punk-indie-rock music, these guys will definitely get you moving with their new single Checkmate, full of roaring chants and battling riffs that'll make you want to fight your landlord anyday.

Kid Cudi plays a store attendant in this video for Crookers' bad-ass remix of Cudi's single, who's sex-crazed imagination leads him to fantasies every straight man has had, including a magic clothes-shedding pen.  God we love...

His most successful song to date, certified four times Platinum by the RIAA and rated #7 Hip-Hop song of 2008 by MTV, you can't blame us for nominating Lil Wayne's Lollipop for Most Overplayed Song of 2008.  Irritatingly...

What better reminder that the second season of Flight of the Conchords starts January 18th on HBO than to show you what we consider to be the Funniest Music Video of 2008 from their self-titled LP.  Brilliant in every way,...

The Kills take Most Underrated Act because they just are, and like to keep it that way.  Refusing to give in to the music industry's demands, spiting major record label offers and interviews, The Kills keep the punk ethos...

You'd be hard pressed to find any better new band out there than Fleet Foxes.  We award them Best New Act for their uninhibited creativity, putting newfound vigor into the American folk revival.  Their self-titled debut album...

This might be one of the most anachronistic bands we've ever seen, which is certainly no diss.  Dressing up like a mix between hippies in the Haight-Ashbury days and the glamrockers of the 70's, and sounding like a mix...

Though we're already sold on the album, BPA (a.k.a. Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) released this club mix for Iggy Pop's feature on the album (among many other wonderfully talented individuals).  The video is nothing short...

Death Cab For Cutie play their album Stairs's standout Cath... for Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show and are given an fantastic introduction by none other than Inside The Actor's Studio James Lipton.  Though who would have...

From Broken Social Scene's new Presents... album, Brendan Canning and BSS plus new member Land of Talk's Liz Powell give Letterman a quintessential BSS song.  And after the performance, Letterman boasts about his tie. His tie!...

In September, Legacy Recordings released To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story, a three-cd + dvd collection spanning the legendary singer's career, from her debut on Little Girl Blue to her final recordings on A Single Woman. The...

Though we feel the dark days have just begun, it's nice to hear a voice of reassuring strength affirming the opposite.  Florence Welch brings her deep sonorous soulful voice to the indie genre - if you're willing to cross the...

Like we commented on earlier last week, there's hardly any genre that hasn't been affected by electronic music and hip hop most of all, as seen in Kanye, T-Payne and Common's new albums.  And Curt@!n$ here definitely has no...