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Album Review: Manchester Orchestra – Cope
With running themes, allusions, and a distinct motif of the supernatural, Cope is definitely an album you want to have tucked away high on your shelf for years to come.
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With running themes, allusions, and a distinct motif of the supernatural, Cope is definitely an album you want to have tucked away high on your shelf for years to come.
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This is what you don't see! #birdseyeview #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/0xCjOHLPSa — idobi Radio (@idobiradio) January 27, 2014 Missed our live coverage of the Grammys? Check out our Twitter feed for live tweets courtesy of Fish from Gone Fishkin and take a look at the full list of winners below! Record of the Year Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky Album of the Year Daft Punk – Random Access Memory Song of the Year Lorde – Royals The 70 year woman next to me is rocking out harder than anyone on here. This is awesome. #GRAMMYs —… Read more »
Kevin Devine has a massive announcement today that includes album titles and details for both of his new albums (due out this fall), his upcoming fall tour, and he has released a new song titled “Private First Class.” All of this information, including tour dates, can be found by clicking “Read More.”
Paper + Plastick has put together a 41 song compilation with some amazing artists at the price of “donation only” to help our friend Rey Roldan of Another Reybee Production recover from a loft fire. Read more for the link to donate and to see the tracklisting.
Manchester Orchestra main man Andy Hull is a pretty hirsute dude. So when he starts talking about recording a new album and he mentions that his main goal is to make the listeners’ hair stand straight up, you know he means business.
Call him the “dark horse,” the “Come-From-Behind Kid,” the humble crooner. Call him whatever you like. But from now on you also need to call Kris Allen your “American Idol.” After a historic tally of nearly 100 million votes, the shy 23-year-old singer from Conway, Arkansas, pulled off one of the most surprising wins in the show’s nearly decade-long history by taking the crown from the theatrical season-long frontrunner, Adam Lambert. After nearly two hours of anticipation, when the time came for host Ryan Seacrest to announce the results, Allen and Lambert stood arm-in-arm, their friendship looking much more like… Read more »
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List of winners at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards Album of the Year: ” Raising Sand” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ; T Bone Burnett producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer (Rounder) Rap Album: ” Tha Carter III” Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) Male Pop Vocal Performance : “Say,” John Mayer ; track from “Continuum” (Columbia) Record of the Year: “Please Read The Letter,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; track from “Raising Sand” (Rounder) New Artist: Adele Rock Album: “Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends,” Coldplay (Capitol) Pop… Read more »
