8/1 — 50 Sonic Youth - The Eternal49 Karen O and The Kids - Where the Wild things are48 Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane47 Florance and the Machine - Lungs46 Ebony Bones - Bones of My Bones45 Prodigy - Invaders Must Die44 Bibio - Ambivalence Av... more info

Guardian Music — Vampire Weekend have been derided as preppy imperialists trading in African culture – but appearances can be deceiving. Paul Lester meets the New York quartet in CaliforniaVampire Weekend are being mobbed in California. By teenage girls. In a ... more info

Nialler9 — A promo video for Una Mullally’s (formerly UnaRocks) new TG4 music show which airs from next Thursday the 14th of January at 11.45pm. There’ll be videos, live performances and interviews. Julian Casablancas, Grizzly Bear, The XX, Passion Pit, Del... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — 166. It's the magic number. It's the number of posts from 2008. It's also the number of posts from 2009. Funny how these things work out.It's also been a great year for albums. And a great year for concerts. And a great year for music in general. Her... more info

Stereogum — The purest year-end music list would be a playcount of the tunes you listened to most, and not the carefully sculpted, self-consciously eclectic 1-10s we end up reading. We know you're as sick as we are of parsing critics' picks, so here's at leas... 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

I Guess I'm Floating — Brooklyn: cesspool of indie creativity and the stomping grounds of a seriously potent pipeline o' talent. Most cities have their day in the musical spotlight and then it moves elsewhere around America, yet Brooklyn could be the focal point of an ent... 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

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 40. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"; If I were doing a video list the video for this song would definitely be high up on that. But videos even great ones rely on the songs to get the point across and this song is amazing. The harmonies, the intricate soun... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-10 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts02-11 Manchester, England - Islington Mill02-12 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club 02-13 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans02-14 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Speakeasy02-16 Cardiff, Wales - Arts Centre02-17 London, Englan... more info