Thom Yorke is taking over the 6 Mix this Sunday (October 16) and here's a little taster of what he has to offer. It's two hours from 8pm GMT hosted by Thom, playing and talking about the music he loves right now - like tunes by Zomby, Low, Emika and James Blake amongst others, and he also drops some exclusive cuts which didn't make it onto the TKOL RMX 1234567.

Thom Yorke 6 Mix (BBC 6 Music) teaser

Grimes is the most talked about artists of the year so far as Tom Robinson on Now Playing @6Music exclusively revealed.

BBC 6 Music and Hype Machine teamed up for the 2012 Music Blog Zeitgeist which drew on posts from 863 blogs to calculate who had the most online buzz in the last six months.

The Canadian songstress told us about why she never reads blogs about herself but why she thinks they are so important and reflects on her accolade.

Check out a full rundown of the Top 25 most hyped artists of the year on the Now Playing blog - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/2012/06/blog2012_-_the_25_most_talked.shtml

#Blog6Music - Grimes talks about being the most blogged artist in 2012

Grimes may have been the most blogged artist in Now Playing and Hype Machine's Music Blog Zeitgeist on Sunday but plenty of other bloggers had their own opinions on who should have come top of the list. 

These are Andy from The Von Pip Musical Express' views on who have stood out in 2012 - Velvet Two Stripes, Pins and Wet Mouth.

To check out what loads of other online musical authorities thought from Some Kind of Awesome to Flecking Records see our blog - http://bbc.in/NLXeJi.

The Top 25 can be found here - http://bbc.in/OgVUPK

And if you want to see what all the fuss Andy is making over Wet Mouth is about, then head over to their Soundcloud - http://bit.ly/MzDIPU

#Blog6Music - The Von Pip Musical Express' top three artists of 2012 so far

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