Twangville — With 65 of 300 total votes Twangville readers picked Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit‘s “Here We Rest” as their favorite album of 2011. Rounding out the top five were albums from Matthew Ryan, The Decemberists, Ryan Adams, and Gillian Welch. Congr... more info

411 Mania — This week's MBML has news on a new Bon Iver single and Arcade Fire and the Decemberists joining the Hunger Games Soundtrack. Also, I debut a whole new format with new weekly features: free downloads, music videos, artist previews, and recommended li... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Here they are.  The 111 Best Albums of 2011 as voted on by you my readers.  If you don't like the results...then vote for something better next year. I personally, always like the results of this list much better than most critic lists.  This li... more info

411 Mania — Big acts set for companion album... more info

Perez Hilton — The Hunger Games album is definitely going to be a must-buy-now item when the movie comes out. Taylor Swift released her original song and now the companion album to the soundtrack will be getting indie for its next guests. The Decemberists contribut... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Rolling Stone reported that T-Bone Burnett and Danny Elfman were collaborating to produce the soundtrack for next year’s forthcoming The Hunger Games, the movie adaptation of the popular (and rather enjoyable) young adult series of the s... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The list of performers collaborating with Oscar-winning artist T. Bone Burnett for a companion album to the upcoming film, "The Hunger Games" has been released. Lionsgate said on Friday that Burnett has assembled The Decemberists, Arcade... more info

Twangville — The Decemberists hit hard in January with The King Is Dead and maintained their number one status with me for the entire year. Butch Walker‘s The Spade was the best I’ve heard yet from the Master of Hooks. Let’s hope his work with The Black Wid... more info

KEXP Seattle — Bon Iver, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Cut Copy, Radiohead, Raphael Saadiq, The Decemberists, Los Amigos Invisibles, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Femi Kuti, Tinariwen, Daft Punk… you might not believe that this is a list of nominee... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mastodon fans (more by Greg Cristman) Bon Iver was nominated for four high profile Grammys (though not "Album of the Year" which is what Arcade Fire won). Adele & Katy Perry nominated for a zillion, and other nominees include The... more info