I think this year I have to caption this article “A.K.A. Why Does The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hate Chic So Much?” For better or worse, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame really never ceases to amaze with their beguiling-if-not-perplexing list of nominees put up for induction. It’s a wonder that they…
Artists like this don’t come around often, if ever. They just don’t. Prince Rogers Nelson, the legendary artist known simply as Prince, passed away this morning at his iconic home, Paisley Park. Inevitably, the world has spent the day mourning the loss of this unparalleled artist and celebrating his career. While it would be easy to acknowledge…
The halftime show at Super Bowl 50 was destined to be momentous regardless of the angle the “Powers That Be” decided to go with. The performances, as of late, have been very pop-oriented; Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Madonna, and the Black Eyed Peas playing the last 5 years. Coldplay seemed like the perfect, necessary segue from pop back…
It’s with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to David Bowie today… By nature, there’s nothing objective about art. David Bowie was decisively an artist, and there’s certainly nothing objective about David Bowie. His medium wasn’t the music itself, it was becoming the living embodiment of it. Bowie had characters… Bowie had eras… Bowie had radical and jarring…
The 2015 Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are IN! What an exciting, eclectic group we have to work with this year. There are some total surprises, and some predictable inclusions, and a very clear breakdown of who should be in and who will get in… unfortunately there isn’t much overlap. Here is…
It seems as though another “epic” Grammy night is in the books. The 56th annual award ceremony was gearing up to be largely uninspired and embarrassing after a largely head-scratching list of nominees and a mismatched lineup of performers. Maybe it was because we were going in with so little expectation that it ended up…
RECORD OF THE YEAR THE NOMINEES: “Get Lucky” Daft Punk featuring Pharrell “Radioactive” Imagine Dragons “Royals” Lorde “Locked Out Of Heaven” Bruno Mars “Blurred Lines” Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell and T.I. WHO SHOULD WIN: This award should easily go to “Get Lucky.” The song is a masterclass in production and mixing, not to mention one…
