Comedian Jon Stewart, who anchors a weeknight mock news program on the Comedy Central cable TV network, has been chosen to host next week’s Grammy Awards telecast, it was announced Wednesday. Stewart will step into the Grammy-hosting shoes filled during the past two years by talk show personality and actress Rosie O’Donnell, who received lukewarm reviews for her stints as emcee. Other past hosts include Ellen DeGeneres and Garry Shandling. In an interview Wednesday with the syndicated TV show “Access Hollywood,” Stewart joked about having “a whole week now to buy some CDs” and familiarize himself with today’s music. Asked… Read more »
Accused homophobe Eminem will have a special guest for his Grammy performance of “Stan” – the openly bisexual Elton John. John, who has been championed by the same gay activists who have frequently attacked Eminem, will sing the song’s chorus, which on record features a sample of pop singer Dido. The song appears on Eminem’s 2000 album, The Marshall Mathers LP, whose nomination for the Album of the Year Grammy has generated a continuing controversy. The Em and El duet, which will easily be the most-anticipated event at the February 21 Grammy ceremony, was confirmed on Saturday (February 10) by… Read more »
The Recording Academy just announced a long list of nominations for the forthcoming 2025 Grammy Awards. Excitingly, many rising pop artists lead the pack with Album Of The Year and Best New Artist nominations—we see you Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter. Additionally, some of our favorite rock and metal artists topped the list this year. For starters, Knocked Loose and Poppy are up for Best Metal Performance for “Suffocate.” Additionally, Green Day is walking away with three nominations for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance (The American Dream Is Killing Me”), and Best Rock Song (“Dilemma”). Check out the full… Read more »
Following the release of three new American Idiot tracks and revealing their Punk Bunny Coffee holiday offerings, Green Day has a unique drop in honor of Dookie‘s 30th anniversary. The band has collaborated with BRAIN—the wild and wonderful art studio that brought you Fall Out Boy’s CRYNYL—to make DOOKIE DEMASTERED. Each song will be given new life by being put into formats that are “inconvenient” at best when it comes to listening. Examples include Big Mouth Billy Bass singing “Basket Case,” Teddy Ruxpin playing “Chump” and much more. Listen to your favorite song in a bizarre, nostalgic object by entering to… Read more »
Fans are eagerly anticipating the release of the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of American Idiot due out October 25. Green Day has just revealed three more tracks that will appear on the release. The additions include “Shoplifter,” “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY 9/21/04,” and “Jesus Of Suburbia – Demo.” Uniquely, the iconic nine-minute American Idiot hit, “Jesus Of Suburbia,” began as a two-minute-long demo. Check out the demo below. With the release, Green Day has curated a variety of limited-edition box sets available in eight vinyls and 4 CDs, and each box set also includes… Read more »
On the debut episode of Add To Library, a show where hosts Shawn Kupfer & Brian LaCour bring you deep dives into awesome Heavy Albums both new and old, the guys are discussing Vile Creature’s awesome 2020 album Glory! Glory! Apathy Took Helm! This record was a Juno-Nominated album for Best Heavy Metal Album (which for those unaware is basically Canada’s version of the Grammys!) Follow Add To Library on Facebook & Instagram Tune in live Fridays @ 9pmET for new album breakdowns each and every week!
Green Day has announced the arrival of American Idiot 20th Anniversary Deluxe edition—which feels too perfectly timed with the forthcoming election. The deluxe release is scheduled to drop on October 25, 2024, a little more than 20 years after the original album was released on September 21, 2004. You can preorder and pre-save American Idiot 20th Anniversary Deluxe edition here. With the release, Green Day has curated a variety of limited-edition box sets available in eight vinyls and 4 CDs, and each box set also includes two Blu-ray discs. The deluxe collection will also feature 15 unreleased American Idiot demos,… Read more »
Following up their new collaborative single, “Psychopath,” featuring Fit for An Autopsy vocalist Joe Bad, released earlier this year, Body Count has unleashed the politically charged “Fuck What You Heard.” The new track marks the band’s second new single since the release of their 2020 Grammy-winning single “Bum-Rush.” “Fuck What You Heard” and “Psychopath” are both scheduled to appear on the group’s forthcoming full-length album, Merciless. Arriving just one day after the Republican National Convention, frontman Ice-T unleashes a scathing critique of the two-party system and the divisiveness stoked by “the blue and the red.” He takes sharp jabs at… Read more »
Marking their first new music since their 2020 Grammy-winning single “Bum-Rush,” Body Count has unleashed the bone-crushing “Psychopath” featuring Fit for An Autopsy vocalist Joe Bad. The track also acts as the first preview of the group’s forthcoming full-length album, Merciless. Equipped with a rapid-fire lyric video showcasing a red-string crime board, Ice-T and co. spews a series of vicious lyrics, including “Last night/They found three slain/I torture and kill and murder at will” across punishing instrumentation. Meanwhile, as FFAA leader joins the onslaught, he adds in a subtle but apt namedrop for his main project, growling, “Just another motherfucker/Fit… Read more »
Following the release of her latest single “poser” last month, LØLØ has returned with a mesmerizing acoustic rendition of Green Day’s “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.” The track appeared on the trio’s iconic American Idiot album. Marking the group’s seventh record released in September 2004, it spawned several GRAMMY nominations and won the award for Best Rock Album. “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” won the award for Record of the Year. The cover arrives as a part of the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs Reimagined Series on YouTube. The series is designed to give emerging artists a chance to showcase a song and/or artist that… Read more »
