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Elbow, Paul Weller and Bon Iver have been confirmed as headliners for this year’s Latitude festival.

Justin Vernon, principal member of Bon Iver, has continued his criticism of the Grammy Awards, branding the ceremony as ‘too self-important’.

Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon has revealed the band have turned down an invitation to perform at this month’s Grammy Awards.

After waiting three years for the follow up to 2008 debut ‘For Emma, Forever Ago‘, Bon Iver fans could be in for another long vigil after the band’s principal member Justin Vernon revealed he doesn’t have any songs written for a new album.

PJ Harvey‘s much-vaunted album ‘Let England Shake‘ has come out on top of HMV‘s annual Poll Of Polls rundown.

And so to the third and final part of Live4ever’s 2011 retrospective. A year packed with some genuinely outstanding releases, 2011 has enjoyed some of the most unanimously acclaimed records of recent years; PJ Harvey has won seemingly every award up for grabs thanks to ‘Let England Shake’, Kate Bush has wowed everyone with her first record of the decade, while the likes of The Boxer Rebellion, FIGO and The Minutes have come to the party with equally impressive, under-the-radar efforts just as deserving of your precious time and attention.

To celebrate another year of great music, the Live4ever Ezine is offering two readers the opportunity to win a pair of Boom earphones; a prize packed with both style and sound quality. So to be in with a chance of winning, when you’ve been through the pick of the LPs which have been taking up our space throughout the year, leave a comment below telling us your own Top 5 Albums of 2011 to be automatically entered into our giveaway. Good luck!

The nominees for the first ever Aim Independent Music Awards, established in July by The Association of Independent Music to highlight the best of British-signed indie music, have been announced today, with Adele, Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver amongst those up for awards.

New single released from the eponymous second studio album, out today (September 5th)

Adele‘s big-selling album ‘21‘ is back on top of the UK Album chart, replacing last week’s no.1 ‘4‘ which drops one place. The Horrors‘ new record ‘Skying‘ scores a more than respectable debut at #5, while Foo Fighters‘ ‘Wasting Light‘ stays in the top ten (#8). Elsewhere, Arctic Monkeys‘ ‘Suck It and See‘ drops to #15 and Bon Iver‘s self-titled second album is at no.33.

Summer’s here and up and down the UK and beyond bands are hauling themselves through rain, mud, occasional sunshine and irritating TV presenters as another festival season gets in full swing. So with 2011 already careering towards July, it seems like a good time to sit back, take stock of the first six months of the year, and sort through the best of what has been hogging the speakers at Live4ever so far. Is rock n roll music currently in a state of stagnation? Hmm, let’s just say, judge for yourself…

Is your favourite album so far not included? Why not leave us a comment below to recommend your own stand-outs from the first part of 2011.