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Today they’re looking at the tracks up for Best Rock Song, and there’s some heavy hitters in competition. Read on to see what their scrobbles predict.

Nominated are “The Cave” by Mumford & Sons; “Down by the Water” by The Decemberists; “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” by Coldplay; “Lotus Flower” by Radiohead; and “Walk” by Foo Fighters. With a combined scrobble count of over 9,000,000, there’ll be plenty of music fans eager to hear which track emerges victorious.

The Decemberists seem outside bets with the least-popular track, followed by Foo Fighters then Coldplay. Out of all the nominees, it’s British folk rockers Mumford & Sons who provide the shocks: with 2,930,823 fewer listeners than Radiohead overall, their track “The Cave” still pulls in 165,912 more listeners than “Lotus Flower.” We’ll have to see if the GRAMMY goes to an established artist, or a track that’s come to represent an incredible rise for a new band.

Tune into the GRAMMYs at 8pm this Sunday Feb 12th on CBS. In the meantime, hear all the nominees on GRAMMY radio by clicking below.

The nominees for the Alternative Music category are always among the most interesting selections for the GRAMMYs, because by definition “Alt” music is generally the kind of stuff that’s antithetical to winning major awards. By giving the genre its own category the Grammys are recognizing the growing popularity (and market share) of music that is considered outside of standard genre boundaries.

Without further ado, this year’s nominees for Alternative Album of the Year are:

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

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Codes And Keys - Death Cab For Cutie

Torches - Foster The People

Circuital - My Morning Jacket

The King Of Limbs -Radiohead

This years nominees are a particularly strong field. Heavyweights likeRadiohead, Death Cab For Cutie and My Morning Jacket all turned out stellar albums in 2011, Foster the People had one of the biggest singles of the year with their smash summertime hit “Pumped Up Kicks,” and Bon Iver has established himself as one of the most exciting new artists around  with two critically acclaimed albums to his own name, plus his high profile work on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

It’s a tough call to make but we’re going to go with Bon Iver. Topping many people’s end of year lists, it is a truly special album that represents huge growth for the artist stylistically and technically. Having blown up just a few years ago with his surprise hit of a debut album For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver is about as unlikely of an Grammy candidate as they come, but I guess that’s the point of the Alternative Music category!

Who do you think is going to win? Let us know in the comments!

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Live On Letterman has welcomed nominees such asAdele,Foo Fighters,Coldplay,Taylor Swift and more to perform a full-length concert webcast that (in our opinion) serve as the best criteria for judging them GRAMMY winners or not. Let us know what you think – watch each performance and let us know which of the performers deserve a GRAMMY!

Adele: Six Nominations, including Best Record, Album, and Song

Watch Adele perform more “Someone Like You,” “Chasing Pavement.” and more here

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The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards saw Canadian indie group Arcade Fire take the Album Of The Year award, causing widespread confusion across many music circles asking the simple question – Who Is Arcade Fire??!!?

Last.fm Trends looks at the scrobbles for the victorious album The Suburbs to see just what the award has done for Arcade Fire’s listener base.

The win has caused some reaction across the industry as well, with one music executive slamming the Grammys for awarding Arcade Fire over Eminem and Justin Bieber (read on Billboard) – causing Arcade Fire’s manager to respond in defense of the band’s triumph.

So what has the win done for Arcade Fire’s listener reach?

Well, a lot. The Suburbs had been hovering around the 37,000 weekly listeners mark leading up to the awards but the week post-Grammys saw the band rack up a huge 57,781 listeners – a 21,569 increase on the previous week.

The band’s most popular tracks, such as “Ready To Start” and “The Suburbs” took in 19,735 and 19,028 respective listeners prior to the awards, jumping to 38,766 and 37,240 listeners after the award swoop.

With a large portion of these sure to be the curious type wanting to find out just who Arcade Fire are, it will be interesting to see just how many of the band’s new listeners are converted into regular listeners. Last.fm Trends will be sure to keep an eye on it.

Find out more about Arcade Fire by visiting their Last.fm page.

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On today’s Kevin & Bean show: El Monte is the least romantic city in the USA, Grammys highlights, Curtis Micklish talks about a speed dating event on the world’s largest sofa, Love on the Rox recap and Bob Dylan’s performance at the Grammys.

Also, Maria Garcia Kalb wants you to torture your husband, Fort Wayne Indiana won’t name a building after Mayor Harry Baals, TMZ’s Harvey Levin and more.

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