Pasta Primavera — After 5 days of sickness and 20+ inches of snow on the ground I’m finally back to posting.  What better way to get back to it than with my top albums of 2009. 20. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest | Buy 19. Deastro – Moondagger | Buy 18. Memory Tap... more info

Rollo & Grady — Rolling Stone Magazine 25 Best Albums of 2009 25 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II 24 Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk 23 Levon Helm – Electric Dirt 22 Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 21 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 20 Y... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — With this weekend's Northeastern winter storm dubbed "fierce" and "blizzard-like" by media all over the country, I figured now would be a good time for a little winter-themed mix. Rather than focusing on the positive side to winter (does. not. compu... more info

Altsounds — From veterans Sonic Youth to newcomers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, from Brooklyn’s White Rabbits to Britain’s Bat For Lashes to San Francisco’s Girls to three bands who had exceptional years in 2009, Animal Collect... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Local Natives are an L.A. five piece that have drawn comparisons to Fleet Foxes due to their harmonizing melodies; however, I would think of this band as their rocking cousins, blending their harmonies with some rapid beats and twisting guitar parts.... more info

Guardian Music — At first it seemed like a mere internet prank – now it's in with a real shot. The Facebook campaign to get Rage Against the Machine to Christmas No 1 has been gripping guardian.co.uk/music readers all week. By Wednesday, RATM were ahead by a g... 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 — The aim was to engage with contemporary black dance music. The result? Solange Knowles became a big fan!Who else made the top albums of 2009?It has been a great year for intelligent, experimental American pop: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and Dirt... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — With attention to flow rather than order of preference, my absolute favourite songs of 2009.1. Happy Up Here - Röyksopp2. 1901 - Phoenix3. Osaka Loop Line - Discovery4. Lovesick Teenagers - Bear in Heaven5. Blood Pt 2 - Buck 65 Remix ft Sufjan Ste... more info

Stereogum — Each year when Pitchfork posts their annual Top 100 Songs Of XXXX you can be sure to find a number of hip-hop and popular radio tracks filtered into the electronic and indie stuff. Makes sense: Those genres and/or sensibilities can result in great... more info