VH1 Blog — As promised, popular write-in candidates for O Music Awards categories—a full nineteen of them—have been added to the official lists of nominees. Thanks to fan voting, all but two categories have new nominees. Three artists lead the additions: Ad... more info

Guardian Music — There are free downloads for fans of Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear and the Chemical Brothers in this week's roundup of the best music on the webOn Monday, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold took to the Seattle folk band's Twitter profile (twitter.com/fl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Princeton - The Alps (MP3) Princeton are visiting NYC from LA this week playing three times: an early show Thursday (2/24) at Mercury Lounge, then Friday (2/25) at Cameo and Saturday (2/26) at Union Hall. Princeton... more info

Stereogum — Last year we posted some of the covers by Girl Crisis, the video-only, female-only, evolving group of Brooklyn musicians who record covers for fun (no plans for releases or touring). This time around they’re covering much-loved Sabbath track “Par... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Tabayo Yatukishi said... SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD - The Flaming Lips - "Unconsciously Screamin' " EP (1990, Atavistic Records) - The Flaming Lips - "Drug Machine" - 7''- (1989, Sub Pop Records) - The Flaming Lips - "Flaming Lips" EP (1984, Lovely Sor... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Papercuts – aka Jason Robert Quever – recently signed to Sub Pop for their / his fourth album ‘Fading Parade’ (out Feb 28th). Another sackful of layered dream pop, it calls on Quever’s multi-instrumentalist skills and an assortment of Moogs... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It seems appropriate that director Eli Stonberg should answer his cellphone for an interview while standing out in front of his favorite video store. And while Vidiots, a treasure trove of indie video sales and rentals in Santa Monica, seems... more info

Stereogum — There’s a larger dose of videos this week, since we took Friday off for the holiday. And the best videos this week are varied — there’s a new, interactive clip from Au Revoir Simone, another fan-made clip for Sleigh Bells (that is way more fun ... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Paganini Rocks" by Robortom, directed by Graham Baclagon. more info

I Like Music — Rob da Bank, Tom Middleton and Au Revoir Simone rework classical track Paganini's 24th Caprice. Watch the video here more info