Owen Pallett, the creative genius and one-man-band behind Final Fantasy, is to release his upcoming album Heartland under his own name

After nearly 1,500 votes for our 15 albums of the year (they're all winners really), the public have voted Muse's fifth studio album The Resistance as TMM's Album of 2009.

Everyone's favourite indie/dance/electro buddies Hot Chip are back with the single One Life Stand.

North East musical luminaries Field Music have announced their biggest headline show to date in London next year.

It's an exciting time annually for new music, as lists of what to watch for in the next 12 months start to emerge. None are quite as important in the mainstream as the Beeb's, typically combining the well known with the genuine underground and representing a pretty wide range of "new" music.

Some bands will go to any length in order to tour the UK, especially Asobi Seksu - who are so desperate to support White Lies across this fair land that they're asking for fans to help out with the costs.

It's probably quite safe to say we're reasonably excited about the upcoming Lightspeed Champion album over here at TMM.

Owen Pallett (him who has worked with Arcade Fire and the Last Shadow Puppets among many others) has released a taste of his upcoming album under the Final Fantasy moniker.

This week's day late look at four of the newest singles.

The third part of Ash's attempt to release 26 singles in 52 weeks - Arcadia. It's got Space Invaders and everything!