Stereogum — Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide To Earth was one of our favorite albums of the year, but it was still pretty surprising to see his name alongside mega-stars like Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, and Drake in the Grammys’ list of Album Of The... more info

ET Online — A brief refresher on the awards' eligibility requirements. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Today we follow up our albums of 2016 list with the much more interesting list of our 101 favorite songs of the year. Featuring a couple of inventive flips of Shangaan Electro and Tropicália samples in the top 3, the powerful opening missive from A ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Record producers use various metaphors to explain what they do. Some compare the job to being an interpreter, others to directing traffic. Malay, who was closely involved with the creation of two of 2016’s most talked-about albums, thinks of h... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Record producers use various metaphors to explain what they do. Some compare the job to being an interpreter, others to directing traffic. Malay, who was closely involved with the creation of two of 2016’s most talked-about albums, thinks of h... more info

Stereogum — Frank Ocean has been an answer on Jeopardy! before, and on Wednesday, the singer made his triumphant return to the show. The clue was “the visual album Endless and the album Blonde were this singer/rapper’s follow-up to Channel Orange,” so it l... more info

DJmag — Barcelona, here we come! more info

MTV.co.uk News — No Frank Ocean as yet... more info

Idolator — Frank Ocean, Grace Jones, The xx, Solange and more are slated to perform. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — One of the most consistently awesome music festivals in the world, Primavera Sound happens every spring in Barcelona and they just announced the unsurprisingly killer 2017 lineup, including Arcade Fire, Frank Ocean, Bon Iver, The xx, Aphex Twin, Grac... more info