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

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

Streetkiss Music — … 2009’ girl with the most of good remixes VS Space VS Hedonism (Best remix of the year ?) To listen at the Matter of London (best club of the world : 60 m high, the loudest and spaciest soud system ever) or begin it just before the 3,... more info

MTV.com News — 'My favorite song of the year would have to be Jay-Z's 'Run This Town,' ' Pete Wentz says.By James Montgomery Kris Allen Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images There was no shortage of musical moments in 2009 — and not all of them revolved ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: UKFlorence Welch, Lady Gaga, La Roux and Little Boots were the "new" headline figures in music in 2009. These feisty females certainly kicked up a storm in terms of sales figures, gossip column inches and controversy, but the story behin... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Here are my fav's for 2009, or at least my top 20, there were far too many songs that could've made this list. If I had to put an album at the top spot for the year it would be between Camera Obscura, Handsome Furs, Miike Snow, Andrew Bird, and Phoe... more info

Guardian Music — These punky popsters aspire to be Roxy Music, but end up sounding like Menswear ... only not as goodHometown: Woodbridge, Suffolk.The lineup: Christian (guitar), Charlie (vocals, guitar), Rory (vocals), Ali (drums) and Thom (bass).The background: The... more info

NME - The Daily Download — As an extra Christmas gift to you - in addition to my bumper Christmas mixtape - here are our Top 10 Daily Downloads of 2009 (in no particular order): Memory Tapes - 'Bicycle' Crystal Fighters - 'Xtatic Truth' [...] Read more! more info

Allmusic Blog — The first year of Hot Damn Jamz saw some of our fledgling jamz turn into full-fledged successes: Bibio, La Roux, Girls, Neon Indian and Japandroids are just a few of the acts we featured that went on to stake their places on 2009 best-of lists on All... more info

Panormx — A lot of remixes lately in the inbox... I picked out the best ones.KITCH 'N SYNC PRESENT - DODYZ - THERES SNOW DAY LIKE A SNOW DAY - DECEMBER MIXTracklist:1) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas2) Jack Beats - U.F.O3) Florence & The Machine - Drum... more info