Guardian Music — Award recipients in key categories at the 54th Grammy awards in Los AngelesRecord of the year: Rolling In The Deep, AdeleAlbum of the year: 21, AdeleSong of the year: Rolling In The Deep, Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (songwriter award)New artist: Bo... more info

Stereogum — In their video for “Iswegh Attay,” a song from their Tassili album, the members of the Touareg desert blues band Tinariwen sit around a well-lit cave, playing music and making a pot of tea. And that tea looks so good. No tea has ever looked bette... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)Experimental folkies Tunng aren't the most obvious band to turn in a live album. They don't have a live reputation as "the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world" like the Rolling Stones, or ever held a stadium under their spell li... 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 — UK music magazine Uncut weighs on this year's best albums. Like Rough Trade, they give Josh T Pearson serious placement. They put Tinariwen, who appeared on Colbert last night (!) with Tunde and Kyp from TV on the Radio,... more info

Stereogum — Last night’s guest on The Colbert Report was Tinariwen, “from a North African nomadic tribe, which means they’re always on tour.” (Also: “Our guests tonight are a North African refugee band, so their living conditions are slightly better th... more info

Guardian Music — Forest Fire, On tourWith their acoustic guitars and outdoorsy name, it's little wonder Forest Fire have convinced some they're a folk group. In fact, this Brooklyn band are pretty much textbook literate indie rock. Two albums in, Forest Fire are all ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Tinariwen: With their hypnotic rhythms and weaving guitars touching on influences both familiar and exotic, this nomadic band is a hardened road crew -- their first gigs were in the Saharan desert. Tapes of their music circulated throughout Africa b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Spoon @ Fun Fun Fun Fest Spoon had nothing to promote and no surplus of new songs to unveil. This was just an Austin band -- Austin's biggest indie band ever -- playing an Austin festival... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A Tuareg blues rock collective born in Kadafi's military camps 30 years ago chronicles life in the desert and the plight of those displaced by war.A Tuareg blues rock collective born in Kadafi's military camps 30 years ago chronicles life in the dese... more info