Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.

• • Kanye West’s new album title may have been leaked by one of his protégés Big Sean who Tweeted “Good Ass Job” as the working name.

• • Friday night’s Rock & Wrestling at the Bottom Lounge was recorded in a great looking photo gallery by local photographer Clayton Hauck

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Introducing Monday Afternoon Quick Fix! A brand new series that will run every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.

• Democratic Cheryle Jackson, who’s running for U.S. Senate, has tapped Lupe Fiasco to perform at a fundraiser for the candidate Thursday, January 28 at the Shrine Chicago.
• Jennifer Hudson will join Usher Celine Dion,  Carrie Underwood, and Smokey Robinson as part of a 3-D tribute to the late Michael Jackson at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, January 31.

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So after a brief day off for New Year’s Eve, we’re back up and running with more Top 10 Albums from 2000-2009 lists as determined by Loud Loop Press editors and contributors. Today, contributor Britni Day cures our hangovers with her list for the Top 10 Albums from 2000 – 2009. Happy 2010!

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VH1 announced the addition of Jennifer Hudson to the roster of artists scheduled to perform as part of the return of the “VH1 Divas” program.

The Chicago native and Grammy Award and Academy Award winner will join Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis and Jordin Sparks for a live concert set to air on VH1 on Thursday, September 17 at 9:00pm. 

Paula Abdul is set to host the musical event that will also include special musical guests Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper and Martina McBride. The “Divas” will perform together live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York.

Lollapalooza announced the lineup for the official aftershows that will take place in Chicago during the festival weekend of August 7-9.

The festivities begin on Thursday, August 6, with the Beastie Boys at the Congress Theatre, The Decemberists at The Metro and Thievery Corporation the House of Blues. 

Among the shows slated for Friday, August 7, are  TV On the Radio at the Double Door and Arctic Monkeys at The Metro .

Saturday, August 8 brings Fleet Foxes to The Metro and Dan Auerbach to Schubas along with additional special guests.

Finally, on Sunday, August 9, if still in need of more music, Deerhunter, No Age and Dan Deacon bring their round-robin tour to Logan Square Auditorium and MSTRKRFT will perform at the Bottom Lounge.

The entire lineup of shows can be found here, with tickets set to go on sale Saturday, June 27 at 10am.

According to Time Out Chicago’s music blog, The Flaming Lips have done a 180 and will be a part of Pitchfork Fest’s inaugural “Write The Night” series, which allows ticket holders to vote on the set list for participating bands.

There was massive buzz when Pitchfork originally announced The Flaming Lips as the Sunday July 19 headliner because it reported the band would be taking fan requests. Then no less than a day later, that announcement was redacted and Pitchfork issued an apology. Well it looks like the band has warmed to the thought of playing some of their older, weirder material. From TOC:

Coyne stated, “The Lips are more than glad to be part of ‘Write the Night’. They will do their best to accommodate the wildest and most obscure of requests—covers included.”

Other bands scheduled to take part in “Write The Night” at Pitchfork 2009 will all perform on Friday July 17 and include Yo La Tengo, Built To Spill, The Jesus Lizard and Tortoise.