I know, I know — a post a day about this doggone series could get very tiring. But seeing as past artists who made the BBC's "Sound of 2009" music-to-watch-for-in-the-New-Year series had pretty good years in '08 — MGMT, Santogold, The Ting Tings, Glasvegas, Black Kids — I feel I should prolly be following it to the very end (which happens to be on Friday, since only the top five artists, not the actual complete 10, will be revealed this week). The artist who placed third on the list is UK songstress Florence and the Machine (pictured, photo by Tom Beard Photography). And man oh man, is she ever great.
This article appears in Jan 7-13, 2009.