The Grammy Awards are just days away, and this year's slate of nominees features loads of acts that have accumulated ample ink and pixels from SPIN over the past 12 months. Take a listen to the playlist below to get set for the show, which airs Sunday, February 12.

SPIN is teaming up with Bing, the Official Search Engine of Sundance, to present SPIN Sessions at the Bing Bar throughout this year's film festival. During "happy hour" each day, some of SPIN's favorite acts of 2011 will play sets that will also be live-streamed via Bing's Facebook page.

To celebrate the best music of 2011, SPIN teamed up with the world's best tasting vodka, Reyka, and Jeff Who?, one of Iceland's top up-and-coming bands, to create a unique series of cocktail recipes inspired by our favorite sounds and stories of the year gone by. And as readers entered to win a trip to Iceland, they also voted for their favorite recipe -- the Reykalicious!

Loads of aspiring DJ-producers downloaded SPINshapemix, SPIN's free dance music remix app, powered by Shapemix, for a chance to win a trip for two on the Holy Ship! three-day electronic music cruise -- and now we have a winner!

Over 1,500 bands entered, but it's Seattle's Ramona the Band who will play at a SPIN event this March during Austin's premier music festival, now that they've won pop up live, a fan-driven competition presented by popchips, SPIN, and Reverbnation.

Brooklyn quintet Friends, led by pals-since-childhood Samantha Urbani and Lesley Hann, recently caught our eye with their rad retro-chic video for "I'm His Girl," a cut which mixes "radio-friendly bubblegum with the vintage downtown cool of early hip-hop."

250 artists entered, but five put on the best live shows of the bunch to make the finals of pop up live, a hunt for hot new talent, presented by SPIN and popchips: NYC's Christine Hoberg, Chicago's Counterpunch, L.A.'s Starving for Gravity, the Bruises from San Francisco, and Seattle's Ramona the Band.

Follow @SPINMagazine on Twitter this month for your chance to win tickets to see Spank Rock, Big Freedia, the Death Set, Picture Plane, Franki Chan, and more on the first-ever Check Yo' Ponytail Tour. Keep your eyes on our feed -- be ready to retweet to win passes to some of the tour's upcoming shows.

SPIN is teaming up with UV Vodka for its 10th Anniversary, and the launch of their newest Vodka flavor, UV Cake. UV Cake is sweet and smooth; perfect for any celebratory occasion.

Reyka, the first ever vodka distilled in Iceland, held a Breakthrough at Airwaves contest to send three American bands to rock the awesome, upcoming Iceland Airwaves Music Festival.