NME - The Daily Download — First up today, something Not Safe For Work, the video for Lawrence Arabia's 'Apple Pie Bed', in all its floppy-fleshed silk panties 'n' erotique masked glory: 'Apple Pie Bed' is the second track from the quirky pop hope's debut album 'Chant Darli... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Couple of treats for you today. First up Teenagersintokyo. Teenagersintokyo (or "TIT" as they're probably not abbreviated as) are a slightly gothier NYPC that have been winning fans at support slots for the likes of CSS and The Slits, and are set ... more info

Altsounds — Australia’s KARNIVOOL embarked on the magnanimous tour of their homeland last week as they began the already SOLD OUT BIG DAY OUT music festival along with sonic powerhouses Muse, The Mars Volta, The Horrors & Mastodon. This is the VOOLÃâ€... more info

NME — Spanish festival already features Franz Ferdinand, The Horrors and Madness more info

Pasta Primavera — I feel bad.  Somehow I left The Horrors‘ Primary Colours off my best of 2009 list.  It was that good, and I feel terrible for the omission.  Ah well… as my tribute to them I’ve decided to dedicate this post to them and the fine job the... more info

Nialler9 — Wowza. The Horrors do their stellar remix thing once again. Florence Welch played this on BBC Radio 1 when she guest DJed this week. Another fine remix from The Horrors of TeenagersinTokyo just popped in the inbox. MP3: TeenagersinTokyo – Peter ... more info

NME — Fatboy Slim and Madness will also play Spanish event more info

NME — Band tell NME.COM how the 'Album Of 2009' came to be 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 — 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