NME - The Bands Blog — Florence Welch on bizarre rumours, deranged fans, and dressing like a Grecian space-witch The 'NME academy' is more than just a learning experience The January issue of NME was my first ever cover. I was terrified, but luckily there were other fa... more info

Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity and pop act Florence and the Machine are nominated for South Bank Show Awards. more info

BBC News - UK — Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity and pop act Florence and the Machine are nominated for South Bank Show Awards. more info

Guardian Music — From sporting montages to adverts for Living TV, Florence and the Machine's version of You've Got the Love is the most ubiquitous song on the boxIf you've been watching telly recently you've probably been unable to escape Florence and the Machine's c... more info

Addict Music — The Drums’ recently released a 7-track EP on Moshi Moshi Records (the label responsible for launching Hot Chip, Florence and the Machine, Friendly Fires, Kate Nash and Late of the Pier amongst others). more info

AngryApe — Welch will soon start recording the LP more info

Guardian Music — • Entertainment Retailers Association wants more original output • Dominance of sequels and covers 'raises long-term issues'Retailers have called on media companies to stop churning out sequels and cover versions and produce original fil... more info

Guardian Music — The votes have been counted and verified and we can now announce that, this year, you lot really did like a bit of Animal CollectiveAs the year draws to a close, the final word on the best music of 2009 goes to ... you! Well, it does if you cast your... more info

Nialler9 — La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey remix) Sébastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane ‘Italo 84′ Remix) Florence and the Machine – You Got The Love (The XX remix) Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — While the debate rages onward on which album you think should've been 2009's number one, HMV have released their 9th annual "Poll of Polls" year-end list surveying 34 different publications/websites. Although their survey tends to (obviously) favor ... more info