The girls of The Girls’ Room put the spotlight on the winners of the recently concluded 55th Grammy Awards for this week’s mixtape.

I’m especially ecstatic when the presenters announced the winner for Album of the Year is Mumford & Sons (hooray!)

1. RECORD OF THE YEAR: Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye featuring Kimbra

2. ALBUM OF THE  YEAR: Babel - Mumford & Sons

3. SONG OF THE YEAR: We Are Young - Fun featuring Janelle Monae

4. BEST NEW ARTIST: Fun

5. BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE: Set Fire to the Rain - Adele

6. BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE: Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye featuring Kimbra

7. BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM: Impressions - Chris Botti

8. BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Stronger - Kelly Clarkson

9. BEST DANCE RECORDING: Bangarang - Skrillex & Sirah

10. BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM: Bangarang - Skrillex

11. BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE: Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

12. BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE: Love Bites (So Do I) - Halestorm

13. BEST ROCK SONG: Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

14. BEST ROCK ALBUM: El Camino - The Black Keys

15. BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM: Making Mirrors - Gotye

16. BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM: Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

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Have a great week!

Kit of The Girls’ Room

The Cinema - My Blood Is Full Of Airplanes (2011)

1. Satellites

2. The Wolf

3. Kill It

4. Say It Like You Mean It

5. Picasso

6. Kinetic

7. She’s On My Arm Now

8. Banker

9. All The Lights

10. My Blood Is Full Of Airplanes

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Folkin’ It Out

Recently I took a liking to country/folk indie from hearing so much of it on the radio. The next step, naturally, was to go on a hunt for the treasure trove!

-Kit

SING TO THE MOUNTAIN - Elephant Revival

ROLLING SEA - Vetiver

ANOTHER PILOT - Hey Rosetta

SETTING OUR TABLES - Bison

THE WOLVES - Ben Howards

THE END OF THAT - Plants and Animals

ONE RED THREAD - Blind Pilot

MILES AWAY - Years Around the Sun

TREES AND BIRDS AND FIRE - I Am Oak

THE CONCUBINE - Beirut

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It’s another Mixtape Monday, with a fresh dose of tunes especially prescribed to you to chase away those Monday Blues. Do you feel like Sunday night is the worst time of the week with Monday so close and the weekend a whole seven days away?

LOVER OF THE LIGHT - Mumford and Sons

LET’S GO - Matt and Kim

GIVING UP THE GUN -  Vampire Weekend

ORIGINS - Tennis

THE ALAMO IS NO PLACE FOR DANCING - The Scene Aesthetic

SHUFFLE - Bombay Bicycle Club

COLORADO - We Are Trees

AT HOME - Crystal Fighters

HALF MOON -  Blind Pilot

TIGHTROPE - Walk the Moon

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