Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard brings you the latest on the Grammy nominations, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex opening in New York and Common’s banger-packed Universal Mind Control and Tobacco’s electro-hop LP (one of the year’s best stoner-rock records). Click above for the full report.

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