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Neil Young has been speaking of his admiration for bands such as Mumford & Sons and My Morning Jacket, but has bemoaned the lack of sound quality in modern day recordings.

Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon has revealed he was recently approached by Neil Young with a view to the possibility of the pair working together – just one of many requests Vernon has said he is currently dealing with.

Canadian rock band Arcade Fire were the big winners at the weekend’s 53rd Grammy Awards, after taking home the coveted Album of the Year prize for their third record ‘The Suburbs‘.

British folk-rockers Mumford & Sons are to perform with the legendary Bob Dylan at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, it has been announced.

It’s been a while since Damon Gough‘s name has been met with anything but low blows and sneering comments from critics and fickle fans alike; churning out albums that just don’t quite feel like home, it takes no genius to see that his Mercury Music Prize success over a decade ago wound up as a blessing and a curse in equal measure.

The selection of some of Live4ever’s favourites from the past twelve months continues with the second part of our Albums rundown.

Once you’ve been through this part of our list, why not do us a favour and recommend your own stand-outs from 2010. Leave us a comment below telling us what has rocked your 2010 to be in with a chance of winning a selection of prizes from acts featured on our own rundown.

UK acts Florence & The Machine and Mumford & Sons have both been named in the Best New Artist category for the 2011 Grammy Awards.

Bon Jovi have become the first act to be confirmed as headliners at next year’s Hard Rock Calling festival, which will take place in London’s Hyde Park between June 24th-26th 2011.

Modest Mouse are to re-issue two of their acclaimed EPs next month. The American band, led by the unique talents of Isaac Brock, will re-release 1997′s ‘The Fruit That Ate Itself‘ and 2001′s ‘Sad Sappy Sucker‘ on November 9th. Both EPs were originally issued through K Records.

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