Sunday, January 26, 2014

Grammy Winners 2014

Eeeeek! Tonight marked the 56th annual Grammy Awards, held in LA with performances from Beyonce, Lorde, Taylor Swift, and more...









WINNERS                                                                                                   

Record of the year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- WINNER 
Best dance recording 
"Clarity" -- Zedd featuring Foxes -- WINNER

Song of the year 
"Royals" -- Lorde -- WINNER 
Album of the year 
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER 
Best new artist 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER 


Best dance/electronica album 

"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER 
Best pop solo performance 

Lorde -- "Royals" -- WINNER 
Best pop vocal album 

Bruno Mars -- "Unorthodox Jukebox" -- WINNER 
Best pop duo/group performance 
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- "Get Lucky" -- WINNER 
Best traditional pop vocal album 

"To Be Loved" -- Michael BublĂ© -- WINNER 
Best rock performance 
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" -- WINNER 
Best rock song 

"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear -- WINNER 
Best rock album 

Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" -- WINNER 

Best alternative music album 

Vampire Weekend -- "Modern Vampires of the City" -- WINNER

Best R&B song 
"Pusher Love Girl" -- Justin Timberlake -- WINNER 
Best urban contemporary album 

Rihanna -- "Unapologetic" -- WINNER 
Best R&B album 

Alicia Keys -- "Girl on Fire" -- WINNER 
Best rap performance 

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz -- "Thrift Shop" -- WINNER

Best rap/sung collaboration 

Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake -- "Holy Grail" -- WINNER 
Best rap song 

"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER

Best rap album 

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "The Heist" -- WINNER 
Best country solo performance 

Darius Rucker -- "Wagon Wheel" -- WINNER 
Best country duo/group performance 

The Civil Wars -- "From This Valley" -- WINNER 
Best country song 

"Merry Go 'Round" -- Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER 
Best country album 

Kacey Musgraves -- "Same Trailer Different Park" -- WINNER 

Producer of the year, non classical 
Pharrell Williams -- WINNER

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media 

"Sound City: Real to Reel" -- WINNER 


Best music video 
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie" -- WINNER 

Best music film 
Paul McCartney -- "Live Kisses" -- WINNER 
You can find all the rest of the winners HERE.


Thursday, January 16, 2014

Kendall on Harry - Chelsea Lately

We can always count on Chelsea to bring up the most awkward of situations...

Kendall and Kylie took to the couch to promote the 9th season of KUWTK, and BOTH got asked about their love life, or lack of. Watch below to see their answers :)


Wednesday, January 15, 2014

NME Nominations - 2014


Remember when award shows actually used to be a celebration of music and creativity? Yeah...me too.



Thousands of votes were cast by NME readers to create the shortlist for the official show on February 26th...below are the nominees.


Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Foals
Palma Violets
Two Door Cinema Club


Best International Band supported by Austin, Texas
Arcade Fire
Haim
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Queens Of The Stone Age

Best Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
Kanye West
Lorde
Lily Allen
Paul McCartney

Best New Band supported by Mossimo
Chvrches
Courtney Barnett
Drenge
Jagwar Ma
Swim Deep
Wolf Alice

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Haim
Palma Violets
Queens Of The Stone Age
Savages

Best Album
Arctic Monkeys – 'AM'
Drenge – 'Drenge'
Kanye West – 'Yeezus'
Peace – 'In Love'
QOTSA – '…Like Clockwork'
Savages – 'Silence Yourself'

Best Track supported by Blackstar Amplification
Arcade Fire – 'Reflektor'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Do I Wanna Know?'
Daft Punk – 'Get Lucky'
Disclosure – 'White Noise'
Lily Allen – 'Hard Out Here'
Primal Scream – '2013'

Best Music Video
Arcade Fire – 'Reflektor'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?'
Eagulls – 'Nerve Endings'
Haim – 'Falling'
Lily Allen – 'Hard Out Here'
Pharell – 'Happy'

Best Festival
Bestival
Glastonbury
Latitude
Reading & Leeds
T In The Park
V

Best TV Show
Breaking Bad
Doctor Who
Fresh Meat
Game Of Thrones
Misfits
Sherlock

Best Music Film
Good Vibrations
Made Of Stone
Muscle Shoals
Muse - Live At Rome Olympic Stadium
The National: Mistaken For Strangers
Sound City

Best Reissue
The Beta Band, 'The Regal Years: 1997–2004'
The Breeders, 'LSXX (Last Splash 20th Anniversary Edition)'
Bob Dylan, 'Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)'
The Clash, 'Sound System'
Nirvana, 'In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition'
The Velvet Underground, ‘White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition’

Best Band Blog Or Twitter
Alana Haim, Haim
Albert Hammond Jr
Grimes
James Blunt
Jehnny Beth – Savages
Theo Hutchcraft, Hurts

Best Book
Alan McGee – 'Creation Stories'
Beck – 'Song Reader'
Bob Stanley – 'Yeah Yeah Yeah'
Mark Lewisohn – 'The Beatles – All These Years: Volume One: Tune In'
Morrissey – 'Autobiography'
Richard Hell – 'I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp'

Best Small Festival
Green Man
Festival Number 6
Kendall Calling
Rockness
Swn
Y Not

Best Fan Community
Arctic Monkeys
Hurts
Haim
Morrissey
Muse
Peace

Music Moment Of The Year
Arctic Monkeys headline Glastonbury
Kanye West brings Jesus on stage
Morrissey's autobiography is released
Noel and Damon come together for Teenage Cancer Trust
Pussy Riot are freed
Rolling Stones headline Glastonbury

Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
The 1975
Imagine Dragons
Muse
One Direction
The Wanted

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
David Bowie
Este Haim
Lou Reed
Pussy Riot
Russell Brand

Villain Of The Year
David Cameron
Harry Styles
Miley Cyrus
Robin Thicke
Russell Brand
Vladimir Putin


I completely adore and admire the nominees for categories such as best British Band (the Arctic Monkeys are everything right now), and so on, but just the fact that there is even a category for Worst Band and Villain of the Year ruins it for me. These shows are not meant to put a label on other artists who don't necessarily "fit" into the type of music that the nominees typically dive into. Villain of the Year makes no sense, I'm still struggling to understand the purpose of it after last years winner..

Anyway, if you're up for the whole voting thing...the final round is open now..  http://www.nme.com/awards/vote?recache=5