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April 19, 2012
Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday
Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others
Blogs
March 15, 2012
Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Something": Why This Song Sucks
[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Something" History: "Wanna Be Startin' Something" is the fourth single from Michael Jackson's album Thriller (said Th ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Dave Grohl "Clarifies" Grammy Speech After We Call Him Out For Sounding Like an Anti-EDM Geezer
Jena ArdellGuess we hit a nerve when we called out Dave Grohl for his anti-EDM Grammy Awards acceptance speech. Besides tons of hate mail (our favorite told us to " ... go eat a bag of dicks") and some support (Moby's former manager noted we were there when that real punk rocker went electro ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Why the Grammys Stink
See also: *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" So, our Grammy credentials were fairly limited last night. In fact, we were trapped in a room for eight hours, with journalists ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest
Rebecca HaithcoatDrake's after-partySee also: *Why The Grammys Stink *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" Adele won everything. Kanye didn't show. Nicki Minaj out-Gaga'ed Gaga by showing up with a Pope imitator as her e ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12
Deadmau5, Rihanna House of Blues 1-13-12 See also: *Why The Grammys Stink *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest Better than... The Grammy telecast's attempts to showcase EDM. Skrillex may have won three Grammys, but it was Deadmau5 who ultimately impacted the celebration, its red c ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Dave Grohl: His Grammys Speech About Electronic Music Was Bullshit
See also: Dave Grohl "Clarifies" Grammy Speech After We Call Him Out For Sounding Like an Anti-EDM Geezer We like Foo Fighters. They're the Samuel Adams beer of pop -- solid, familiar, a good call in a one-jukebox town. But innovators they're not. Quite the opposite: If one could feed off a dying ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2012
Whitney Houston Found Dead in Beverly Hills: Police Investigating, But No Foul Play Suspected So Far
Updated at the bottom: Reports indicate Houston might have been found underwater in a tub. First posted at 6:02 p.m. Saturday. Pop music icon Whitney Houston was found dead in a room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was to appear tonight at a Grammy pre-party with music industry execut ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Los Amigos Invisibles, La Vida Boheme
Updated at the bottom: Reports indicate Houston might have been found underwater in a tub. First posted at 6:02 p.m. Saturday. Pop music icon Whitney Houston was found dead in a room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was to appear tonight at a Grammy pre-party with music industry execut ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
Lawsuit: If You Bought Grammy Tickets from Western States Ticket Service, You're Screwed
The folks who run the Grammy Awards want to remind you, dear readers, that you are not important or glamorous enough to score a ticket to the big show that airs every February. So don't even try. For if you do, you will be treated like a common intruder and tossed out on your ass.
Blogs
December 14, 2011
Frank Gehry's Grammy Awards Poster: A Transparent Attempt at High-Brow Legitimacy? Not So Fast
Last week saw the release of the official poster for the 54th Grammy Awards, which was designed by the patron saint of L.A. architecture, Frank Gehry. At first, the poster seems to be another flailing attempt by the Grammys to maintain their relevance in a world where the value of music, and ... More >>
Music
June 23, 2011
Brick's Picks: Scare the Bejesus Out of Everybody!
Last week saw the release of the official poster for the 54th Grammy Awards, which was designed by the patron saint of L.A. architecture, Frank Gehry. At first, the poster seems to be another flailing attempt by the Grammys to maintain their relevance in a world where the value of music, and ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2011
Hell No, We Won't Go: Musicians Protest Grammy Decision to Eliminate Latin Jazz Category
Things have been rough at NARAS, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. You probably couldn't tell, not with their two big buildings and a brand new museum and certainly the Awards telecast with all its rock stars and movie stars and high priced commercials. That thing alone loo ... More >>
Music
February 17, 2011
Brick's Picks: Esperanza, the Upsetter
Things have been rough at NARAS, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. You probably couldn't tell, not with their two big buildings and a brand new museum and certainly the Awards telecast with all its rock stars and movie stars and high priced commercials. That thing alone loo ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Serene Branson Grammy Trip-Up Caused by Extreme Headache, Says UCLA Doc
CBS2Serene Branson had the world's most-public headache.That strange on-air episode of jumbled language uttered by CBS2's Serene Branson during a Grammy Awards report Sunday night wasn't a minor stroke, as some had surmised. Nope. According to her doctor, it was a case of a "complex migraine ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Why Esperanza Spalding Matters (Sorry, Justin Bieber Fanatics--She Does)
TheGrio [Here at LA Weekly, we're honored to count with the services of LA's Top Jazz Journalist, the inimitable Brick Wahl. We asked Brick to weigh in on the Esperanza Spalding Grammy upset. Brick has been an Esperanza fan from way back, and he was happy to put it all in context for us (and ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Grammy Party Report #2: Model DJs at Colony, MSTRful Turntablism at Roxbury, and an Un-Friendly Reception at Paramount
Lina LecaroDance floor fatales at Colony One of the best things about Grammy Party Weekend? Getting to check out the velvet roped dens du jour one might not frequent in Hollywood in fell swoop. Most pre-Grammy events this year were at the newest and nicest swankpits in town (Roxbury, Supper ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
69 Things for Music Lovers to Do In L.A. on Valentine's Day
Timothy Norris Don't sacrifice your Monday night music excursions into our fair city of Los Angeles, just to be a slave to the grueling whip of commercialized love. You can have your cake and eat it too, especially if that cake comes with a plethora of "ingredients" that help you get your ro ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Serene Branson's CBS2 Grammy Coverage Ends With Paramedics Checking Her Out (Video)
CBS2Serene Branson.L.A. news hounds were abuzz Monday over CBS2 reporter Serene Branson's stand-up meltdown outside the Grammy Awards at Staples Center. Her wrap-up Grammy report for the station, caught on video (after the jump), ended with a jumble of nonsensical words. Gawker on Monday sur ... More >>
Music
February 10, 2011
Dance Club Pick: Bashing the Grammies
CBS2Serene Branson.L.A. news hounds were abuzz Monday over CBS2 reporter Serene Branson's stand-up meltdown outside the Grammy Awards at Staples Center. Her wrap-up Grammy report for the station, caught on video (after the jump), ended with a jumble of nonsensical words. Gawker on Monday sur ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Top 20 Most Ridiculous Grammy 2010 Nominations: Still Ridiculous after All These Months
Grammys: they're nuts! [Originally published December 2010] It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Top 10 Under-the-Radar Grammy Artists You Should Know
Sure, you may secretly dance to Justin Bieber in your Wonder Woman undies or fantasize about Drake making you a hot fudge sundae, but there's a lot more talented, relatively unknown musicians hiding in the Grammy nominee list. The Grammys, on the most part, are about the awards gifted to peo ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Bet You Can't Guess Who the Two Singers in the Picture Are
Photo: Bobby Bank/WireImage.com via Grammys.com This picture was taken this past January 22. Can you guess who these two singers are? You'll be shocked (especially by the buff blonde).
Music
January 6, 2011
Dance Club Pick: Move Forward, Get Social
Photo: Bobby Bank/WireImage.com via Grammys.com This picture was taken this past January 22. Can you guess who these two singers are? You'll be shocked (especially by the buff blonde).
Calendar
December 16, 2010
MS. GRIFFIN AND HER BIG CHRISTMAS BALLS
Photo: Bobby Bank/WireImage.com via Grammys.com This picture was taken this past January 22. Can you guess who these two singers are? You'll be shocked (especially by the buff blonde).
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Top 20 Most Ridiculous Grammy 2010 Nominations
Grammys: they're nuts!It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>
Calendar
October 21, 2010
An Evening with Hans Zimmer
Grammys: they're nuts!It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>
Calendar
September 2, 2010
COME ON AND TAKE A TRAIN RIDE
Grammys: they're nuts!It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>
Calendar
April 8, 2010
Latin Music Concert
Grammys: they're nuts!It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>
Music
February 5, 2010
BOOM, BOOM, OW! SURVIVING GRAMMY WEEK IN L.A.
Grammys: they're nuts!It's that time of the year, the time when the imploding music industry gathers to display their astonishing cluelessness by nominating a bunch of hacks, flashes-in-the-pan, and old people that have done their best work 40 years ago as "the best music of the year." Yup-- ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
The Grammy Awards, As Seen from the Staples Center Press Room
Last year we came down pretty hard on the numbskulls journalists in the press room at the Grammys, but would like to officially recant last year's unfair judgment. Specifically, for the record, this is what we said about what awaits the lucky Grammy winners backstage: ...their audience, a bunch of ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Grammys' Social Media Rock Star Summit: Music Fans at the Forefront of Digital Culture
Melissa Jun RowleySocial Media Rock Stars: Digg's Kevin Rose and Mashable's Pete CashmoreFor more than half a century the Grammy Awards have been the pinnacle institution of American music. (But that doesn't mean the tone of the show and the brand itself have to be institutional.) While the ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Grammy Winners Meet Jersey Shore
Grammy Winners Meet Jersey Shore: Hypothetical Jerzification
Calendar
January 28, 2010
Hawaiian Music
Grammy Winners Meet Jersey Shore: Hypothetical Jerzification
Blogs
January 28, 2010
John Mayernaise and Celine Dijon: Creating Food for Grammys No Easy Task
N. GalutenEdibles in the Grammy luxury suitesAs Woody Allen's character in Annie Hall once said, upon arriving in Los Angeles, "What's with all these awards? They're always giving out awards. Best Fascist Dictator: Adolf Hitler." This city does love to give out awards, and when we do, there a ... More >>
Music
January 28, 2010
Rock Picks: Prefuse 73, the Gaslamp Killer, VoicesVoices, Beyond the Pale
Also, Do Make Say Think, the Living Sisters, Wale and others
Blogs
December 3, 2009
Notes on the Grammy Nominations: Excuse Us While We Puke
What follows are a few random notes on LA-based nominees for the 2009 Grammys, which were announced yesterday in downtown LA. If you're looking for thoughts on the big-ass pop categories, go elsewhere; we're going to try and wade through the rock and lesser known categories without throwing u ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2009
And The Nominees For The 52nd Grammy Awards Are ...
Grammy AwardsHere's a running count of some of the more interesting nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards, which were being announced Wednesday night at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Song of the Year: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga. "Pretty Wings," Maxwell "Single Ladies," Beyonce "You ... More >>
Calendar
September 3, 2009
Tequila Tasting
Grammy AwardsHere's a running count of some of the more interesting nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards, which were being announced Wednesday night at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Song of the Year: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga. "Pretty Wings," Maxwell "Single Ladies," Beyonce "You ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
An Evening with Terence Blanchard
Grammy AwardsHere's a running count of some of the more interesting nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards, which were being announced Wednesday night at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Song of the Year: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga. "Pretty Wings," Maxwell "Single Ladies," Beyonce "You ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2009
Lil Wayne Announces Springtime Gibson Amphitheatre Show
Hopefully it'll be with the New Orleans musicians he gigged with at the Grammys, but we're not holding our breath. Just as long as its not Lil Wayne's "rock project." The date is Sunday, March 29. Tix go on sale Saturday, Feb 21 at 1 p.m., but they're through Ticketmaster, so it's not like you hav ... More >>
Music
February 12, 2009
Katy Perry Unpeeled — and Other Signs of Life in the Dead of the Grammys PressRoom
Including the buzz over Rihanna and Chris Brown, and revelations from Natalie Cole on heroin addiction
Blogs
February 9, 2009
Behind the Scenes at the Grammys: In the Press Room, A Quiet Night Jolted Alive by Chris Brown/Rihanna Allegations
When you tell an outsider that you're "covering the Grammys," it sounds pretty swank. Before I did it for the first time, I imagined glamor, some rubbing shoulders, and, above all, a lot of music. But the reality is different. Those of us not covering the red carpet are planted in a hotel-confere ... More >>
Calendar
January 22, 2009
Dig In
When you tell an outsider that you're "covering the Grammys," it sounds pretty swank. Before I did it for the first time, I imagined glamor, some rubbing shoulders, and, above all, a lot of music. But the reality is different. Those of us not covering the red carpet are planted in a hotel-confere ... More >>
Columns
February 14, 2008
Grammy Hair Talk: Night of the Long Bob
If you're doing Pink's hair, even if you're not doing her hair in pink, you have to remember she's still Pink.
Blogs
December 6, 2007
Grammy Nominations
If you are the kind of person that actually pays attention to this kind of thing, then here's a full list of this year's Grammy nominees . Yes, Amy Winehouse got a ton of nominations, if she can hold it together until the awards area announced. Kanye West got eight, and we can only hope he gets sh ... More >>
Music
February 15, 2007
Grammy Shmammy
If you are the kind of person that actually pays attention to this kind of thing, then here's a full list of this year's Grammy nominees . Yes, Amy Winehouse got a ton of nominations, if she can hold it together until the awards area announced. Kanye West got eight, and we can only hope he gets sh ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2007
Why I Wore Flip-flops to the Grammys
Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 70s halter dress. But still I felt pretty earthy and under-dressed sauntering amidst all the Manolos and Choos that flooded the Staples Center last n ... More >>
Columns
February 3, 2005
O Brother, Where Art Thou Screening?
Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 70s halter dress. But still I felt pretty earthy and under-dressed sauntering amidst all the Manolos and Choos that flooded the Staples Center last n ... More >>
Columns
February 12, 2004
Dark Shadows
Ok they weren't really flip-flops, more like comfy black slides with rubber soles, and they were hidden under an entirely appropriate long and billowy 70s halter dress. But still I felt pretty earthy and under-dressed sauntering amidst all the Manolos and Choos that flooded the Staples Center last n ... More >>
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