The Grammys are back, you guys! While I usually wait until the awards are over to write a snarky commentary, I’ve decided to give it to you straight, as the action happens. Some Hype Hype Hooray-regulars might note that I don’t have cable, but this year I found a liiiittle loophole (my girlfriend has to… Continue reading Knox Road Live Blogs the Grammys (With a One-Hour Delay)!
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The year Adele won all the Grammys
That’s what the 2012 Grammy Awards will be known as because, WOW, girl makes some awesome music and she has just about zero competition this year. This might be some good news to indie kids, who are still celebrating last year’s massive Arcade Fire upset, 50-something moms and just about everybody in the world. I… Continue reading The year Adele won all the Grammys
[Hype Hype Hooray] How Arcade Fire Beat the System to Steal the Industry’s Crown Jewel
Every [two weeks?] Jamie Hale takes a long, hard look at the music industry and the blog scene that feeds it. Here, he releases those findings and makes snarky, sarcastic remarks. Admittedly, both Jamie and Knox Road are a part of this scene. So sue us. Music lovers took to the streets of Twitter on… Continue reading [Hype Hype Hooray] How Arcade Fire Beat the System to Steal the Industry’s Crown Jewel
Grammy nominations are slightly less terrible this year!
It’s no secret that the Grammy awards are useless and irrelevant and horrible. I mean, when you give awards to Kings of Leon and Green Day, what do you expect? But this year (THIS YEAR) the nominations are a leeeedle bit better! Taking my notes are you, Grammy people? Well you might be able to… Continue reading Grammy nominations are slightly less terrible this year!
The Grammys: Why bother trying anymore?
Well that happened. Music’s biggest night nightmare of the year played out just like we all knew it would: unpredictably and hilariously miserable. Seriously, so many LOLs! Remember that time Dave Matthews Band was old and boring? And that other time Justin Bieber was too busy trying to be a “cool black guy” to speak… Continue reading The Grammys: Why bother trying anymore?
LOL @ AWFUL Grammy nominations
ZOMG, the 52nd annual Grammy Award nominees are out and they’re SO bad it’s actually funny. Unlike last year when they were so bad it was just all awkward glances and kicking nonchalantly at the ground. Nono, this time they’re really going for the ol’ We’re Old And Irrelevant Award. Case and point in the… Continue reading LOL @ AWFUL Grammy nominations
Radiohead performing 15 Step with the USC Trojan marching band at last night’s Grammy
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IMiiJRwhS0] Jealous, Chris Martin?
M.I.A., Radiohead go crazy with Grammy performances
M.I.A. and Radiohead are both slotted to perform at this years’ Grammy Awards, but these aren’t your mother’s performances. M.I.A is playing the show nine months pregnant, actually on her due date (coolest birth ever?). Meanwhile Radiohead is planning on playing with the University of Southern California marching band. What, like the Grammys is the… Continue reading M.I.A., Radiohead go crazy with Grammy performances
Grammy Nominations: Meh.
The nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards are out tonight, and there aren’t a lot of surprises. Adele got a ton of nominations, as did Radiohead, Coldplay, and Robert Plant & Allison Krauss. The full nominations are here, but here are the most interesting (or rather, surprising) parts: -M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” is nominated for Record… Continue reading Grammy Nominations: Meh.