In case you missed it, the nominees for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced in Bieberiffic primetime special last week.

While there were plenty of big names we don’t care about nominated (see Eminem, Bruno Mars), a few Chicago are bands and musicians were nominated for the major award(?). Check out a fill list of Chicagoland Grammy nominees after the jump.

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Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.

• • Time Out Chicago went to the Grammy’s Blues Fest kick-off party at Buddy Guy’s Legends and posted a picture gallery to prove it.
• • Kidz in the Hall tried to clear up the controversy surrounding their show in Atlanta that never took place and never was going to.
• • Andrew Bird will appear alongside an impressive roster of artists on a tribute album to Shel Silverstein.
• • NPR took a little time to explore The Nels Cline Singers and provided a free mp3 to listen to as well.
• • Kanye West appears on a list of artists named for the upcoming DJ Hero 2 release.

Many Chicago based artists were nominated for Grammys at the 52nd Annual Awards show held last night.

But only two, hip-hop diva Kanye West and jazz singer Kurt Elling, managed to walk away winners.

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