Classical cellist Matt Haimovitz has been astounding audiences -- and confounding critics -- with his edgy, high tech "Figment" tour and album. In his own words, Matt talks with AMG about embracing non-traditional venues, new technology and his collaboration with new music composer Du Yun.

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The Smashing Pumpkins have released the first track from the band's upcoming "album," Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, which will span 44 songs over the course of 11 (!) discs. "A Song for a Son" finds front man Billy Corgan crooning and snarling over piano, guitars, and 19 year-old Mike Byrne's percussion. Fans can expect the remaining Kaleidyscope songs to be released in similar fashion, one at a time, over the course of several months. [Guardian.co.uk]

Eddie Vedder and longtime girlfriend Jill McCormick are engaged. The Pearl Jam front man popped the question last Friday night in Washington, D.C., several hours after he joined President Obama in paying tribute to Bruce Springsteen at the Kennedy Center Honors gala. Meanwhile, Pearl Jam recently announced a string of European dates for mid-2010, including several festival appearances. [Spinner.com]

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We covered 2007 in a similar way before -- way back in 2007 -- but not to this extent. Some of these lists from our editorial staff go up to 20 rather than 10, so there is more Radiohead, Panda Bear, White Stripes, UGK, and probably M.I.A. (There is the exact same amount of Amerie, Frank Zappa, and the National, however.) Consider this the expanded, remastered, reissued version of our two-year-old feature AllMusic Editors Pick Their Top Ten of 2007. The AllMusic Loves series will finish out the decade shortly.

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