Totally Fuzzy — Sure, the Swedish sisters behind First Aid Kit exercise their love of Fleet Foxes on The Lion's Roar. But they also find room for the charming lilt of "Emmylou" and a ramshackle, clap-along rouser in "King of the World." First Aid Kit's new... more info

Guardian Music — Full list of all the artists nominated in categories for this year's awardsBritish male solo artistEd Sheeran (Atlantic Records/Warner Music)James Blake (Polydor/Universal Music)James Morrison (Island/Universal Music)Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird... more info

Chorus.fm — *J. Tillman* (http://www.myspace.com/jtillman) (*Fleet Foxes* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/fleetfoxes)) will release a new solo album titled Fear Fun on May 1 via Sub Pop (http://www.subpop.com/). It will be released under the new moniker of *Father ... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — It's time to break the radio silence on BTA, and bring you my best albums and tracks of the year 2011. A year that belonged to Ms. Harvey. Since Let England Shake was released early in the year no-one else had a chance.Top 10 Albums:10. Big Deal ... more info

KEXP Seattle — In keeping with blog-age tradition (see: 2010, 2009, 2008), I checked in with some of my favorite local artists and asked what albums musically defined their 2011. Here are the results: Galen from Pickwick: Gardens and Villa Shabazz Palaces - Black U... more info

Guardian Music — This pop polymath offers a bold, sometimes brassy, but always classy collection of tunes that recall Prince and George MichaelHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: Jhameel (vocals, instruments).The background: Jhameel (it means "beautiful" in Arabic) i... more info

Guardian Music — Next week we'll be counting down our top 10 albums of the year … but here's how the rest of our critics' top 50 looksStarting on Monday we'll be counting down Guardian critics' top 10 albums of 2011. To get you in the mood, here's how our writers v... 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

Guardian Music — Tell us what music you've been enjoying recently, and listen to some recommendationsLooking for something to listen to? Here's a selection of what some of our readers have been listening to recently.Listen to all these recommendations in one go with ... more info