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

Persona Sauna — I've let my obsession with the holidays get to me and not allow for any time to concentrate on keeping updated on music.My apologies.I will be back.In the meantime, here is a nice little list compiled by Spinner of the best songs of 2009. Go over to... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Our beloved Florence Welch has covered The Pogues‘ famed Christmas tune Fairytale of New York with legendary Billy Bragg in-studio for Rob Da Bank’s BBC Radio show! Check out the beautiful rendition below! Thanks to YATM for the heads up on the v... more info

Panda Toes — I'm well aware that the vast majority of this world's inhabitants live for the Grindin chart, so it's my great pleasure to give y'all our Best of 2009 chart. And, as you might expect, every last song on the list is spectacular in every sense of the w... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Big Issue interviews Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. NPR is streaming in its entirety Laura Veirs' new album, July Flame (out July 12th). Fluxtumblr posts the sales numbers of Pitchfork's top 10 albums of 2009, and Sound... more info

Nialler9 — Yes, it’s still list season. As State kicks off its Top 50 of the year, here are my own top 30 albums of the year in four-page epic form. 30. Channel One – Sound to Light 29. Clark – Totem’s Flare 28. The Phantom Band - Checkmate ... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Guardian – Top 50 Albums of 2009 01 The xx – xx 02. Fever Ray – Fever Ray 03. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers 04. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 05. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion 06. Florence and the Machine – Lungs ... more info

8/1 — 1 - Brett Anderson – Wilderness2 - Patrick Wolf – Bachelor3 - PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman a Man Walked By4 - Bat For Lashes - Two Suns5 - Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light6 - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers7 - Richard Hawley - Tr... more info

Guardian Music — New music's opening batsman straps on his pads and strikes the blogosphere's best balls for sixSurfer Blood - Swim (To Reach The End)(from MySpace via Sex is Disgusting)Knarly old walnuts of Christmas tat fill the blogosphere's threadbare stocking. L... more info