The announcement of the Grammy Award nominees is like an early Christmas gift for me...

I was pleasantly surprised by a few nominations this year.

Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, The Fray, u2, Deathcab for Cutie, David Bryne and Brian Eno, Jason Mraz, Kings of Leon, and the guy who engineered Ray LaMontange's latest album are all up for nominations, but I'm most thrilled for nominations for progressive rock hippies, MGMT and Paris based rockers, Phoenix!!!

Taylor Swift, Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, and Lady Gaga all have a bunch of nominations and certain technologies make it easy to see how people feel about the academy's choices for nominees.

However you feel about the nominees, it is easy to post your feelings on Twitter. The nomination list came out last night and was in the top 10 topics tweeted about today.

If you're not familiar with all the nominees, there is no better (or easier) way to find out their music by simply popping their name into google or YouTube.

For a full list of the 2010 Grammy Nominees go to http://www.grammy.com/

MGMT is up for 2 awards, including best new artist!
Check them out!

"Kids" by MGMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAmcpsN1GL4&feature=related

Rock on!
Kimmy