Phoenix Red Carpet Interview at 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (Jan 31, 2010)

Reviews of last night’s show range from “worst Grammys ever” to “boring and irrelevant”, in other words, the show lived up to its reputation. Despite the parade of familiar faces during the televised portion of the show, Grammy history was made last night when both Neil Young and AC/DC picked up their first trophies after 50 and 30 years in the business respectively.

Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Record of the Year: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon
Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyonce
New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, Stephen Colbert
Country Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame, Lady Gaga
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Beyonce, “Halo”
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Jason Mraz, “Make It Mine”

You can check the rest of last night’s award winners over here.

Martin Sexton at Nokia Theatre (06/05/10)

Date	Event Name	Venue	Buy Tickets
Mar 22 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 23 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 25 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 26 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 27 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Jun 5 2010	Martin Sexton	Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY 07:00 PM	More Info presale begins: Wed, 02/03/10 10:00 AM
Mar 28 2010	Patti Austin w/ Tuck and Patti	Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY 07:00 PM	More Info presale begins: Wed, 02/03/10 10:00 AM

Phoenix at The Grammys

Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

Phoenix, Steve Earle, Imogen Heap, Levon Helm, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Neil Young, Steve Martin and Loudon Wainwright III, who says the Grammys aren’t cool! Check out a few of the early and non-televised 2010 Grammy winners below.

Best New Artist
WINNER
Zac Brown Band

Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix

Song Of The Year
WINNER
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
WINNER
Make It Mine
Jason Mraz

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
WINNER
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
WINNER
Lucky
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
WINNER
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
WINNER
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon

Best Hard Rock Performance
WINNER
War Machine
AC/DC

Best Metal Performance
WINNER
Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
WINNER
A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck

Best Rock Song
WINNER
Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

Best R&B Album
WINNER
Blacksummers’ Night
Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album
WINNER
I Am… Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé

Best Rap Solo Performance
WINNER
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Jay-Z

Best Rap Album
WINNER
Relapse
Eminem

Best Americana Album
WINNER
Electric Dirt
Levon Helm

Best Bluegrass Album
WINNER
The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin

Best Traditional Folk Album
WINNER
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
Loudon Wainwright III

Best Contemporary Folk Album
WINNER
Townes
Steve Earle

Best Musical Album For Children
WINNER
Family Time
Ziggy Marley

Best Recording Package
WINNER
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
WINNER
Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972)
Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)

Best Historical Album
WINNER
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)
Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
WINNER
Ellipse
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
WINNER
Brendan O’Brien
Black Ice (AC/DC) (A)

Check out the rest of the early and non-televised winners after the jump.

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Bahamas at The Bell House (11/06/09)

Photo: Jon Klemm

 
DOWNLOAD: Jason Collett – “Love Is A Dirty Word”
DOWNLOAD: Jason Collett – “Little Tiger”

Jason Collett, Zeus and Bahamas have announced a North American revue tour featuring all three artists performing together and alone during a night long set of incredible music. The three acts have a long history of collaboration, as intertwined as their musical lineage. Instead of the typical show in which each act plays its own set, Collett, Zeus and Bahamas will all take the stage together, playing songs by all three.

The tour comes on the heels of new albums for Jason Collett (Rat A Tat Tat, March 9) and Zeus (Say Us, February 23), and songs from both will be featured throughout the evening. The Bonfire Ball will kick off in March at Canadian Music Week in Toronto, wrapping in Kingston, April 17. Dates are below, with more to be announced. [Jason Collett's MySpace]

For those of you not familiar with these acts, Zeus is comprised up of Mike O’Brien, Carlin Nicholson and Neil Quin, who up until recently, may have been better known as Jason Collett’s backing band and eventual supporting band. Bahamas is the solo project Afie Jurvanen, who at times has played with the likes of: PasoMino, Great Lake Swimmers, The Stills, Howie Beck, Amy Millan, Jason Collett, Hayden, Zeus and Feist. Last but not least, Jason Collett was a pioneering member of Broken Social Scene, but after four albums on his own, he is now widely known as one of Canada’s top solo artists.

Though the “Bonfire Ball” tour hasn’t announced any US dates as of yet (outside of SXSW), Zeus will be in town for a couple of shows prior to SXSW. On Feb 26 you can catch them at The Knitting Factory w/ Franz Nicolay and Tim Fite (Buy Tickets) and they’ll be at the The Mercury Lounge on Feb 27 w/ The Sadies (Buy Tickets).

In addition to Rat A Tat Tat, Collett is releasing a digital/tour EP entitled To Wit To Woo, featuring six songs recorded during the album sessions. It will be made available digitally (on Mar 9?) and exclusively in physical form on the “Bonfire Ball” tour. According to the PR folks, more Jason Collett/Zeus/Bahamas US tour dates will be announced soon.

Also, in case you missed it, Bahamas debut LP, Pink Strat, was released in July of 2009 on Nevado Records.

Tour dates for all three artists, a Zeus video and more Bahamas Bell House pics after the jump.

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Hey just in case you didn’t notice the drop down list on the side nav, I’ve added a couple of new RSS feeds to the site, check them out below:

The Bell House Upcoming Events (Email, RSS)
Bowery Presents Just Announced (Email, RSS)
Presale Passwords and Promos (Email, RSS)
Bumpershine Upcoming Events (Email, RSS)
Bumpershine All Posts (Email, RSS)
Bumpershine FreshDirect Coupon Codes (Email, RSS)

As a Canadian, I am mildly perturbed by this.

PS This is a real screen cap. Google “Why Can’t” or “Why Can’t I” and see what the top suggestions are.

Wolf Parade at Warsaw (08/19/07)

Rumors have been swirling that the boys from Montreal will be releasing a follow-up to 2008’s At Mt. Zoomer some time this year. No album details have surfaced as of yet, but some Spring tour dates have just been announced for Canada and Europe. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some major tour and album news in the near future, keep your eyes glued to this space (or the Matablog) for more updates.

Wolf Parade 2010 Tour Dates
04/01 Quebec City, QC – Imperial de Quebec
04/03 Halifax, NS – Paragon Theatre
04/04 Fredericton, NB – The Market
04/06 Kingston, ON – The Ale House
04/07 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
05/06 Krems an der Donau, Austria – Donaufestival
05/13 Torino, Italy – Spazio 211
05/16 Brussels, Belgium – Le Botanique
05/17 Brighton, UK – Concorde2
05/18 London, UK – HMV Forum
05/19 Glasgow UK – Oran Mor
05/20 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
05/21 Manchester, UK – Manchester Club Academy
- via wolfparade.nonstuff.com

Like my friend on the West Coast said, it was a big, big week for music. So big, in fact, that such notables as the new “Moonface EP” (from Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug), “Casual Victim Pile” (Gerard Cosloy’s Austin club band compilation), Corrine Bailey Rae’s “The Sea” and Basia Bulat’s “Heart Of My Own” didn’t even register on the Drake’s radar. -ed.

Drake’s Take: New Releases 01.26.10

And on the fourth Tuesday of January, 2010, let it be known that the motherload hath officially dropped. I had this date circled some time ago thanks to new releases from Los Campesinos!, Beach House and Magnetic Fields, but there’s also fine fare from the likes of Four Tet, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Retribution Gospel, Harvey Milk, Jaga Jazzist, Bettie Serveert and cars & trains.

Playlist: New Releases 01.26.10

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Los Campesinos – Romance is Boring
Stream / Purchase [mp3]

I don’t know about everyone else, but I think I have my early contender for album of the year. The hot mess that is Romance is Boring has a misnomer of a title. It’s not the slightest bit boring, and yet has an underlying romantic notion throughout. According to the band, RiB is “about death and decay of the human body, sex, lost love, mental breakdown, football [ahem... soccer] and, ultimately, that there probably isn’t a light at the end of the tunnel.” That’s a lot of ideas swirling about, but it all jells, much like the cornucopia of musical ideas that are brought together in this delicious post-punk package.

The lyrics alone could provide a month’s worth of tweets/facebook updates, while the dual guitar action provides a cacophony of sound that moves between deftly between jarring and orgasmic release. “There Are Listed Buildings” and “Straight In At 101″ are brilliant guitar pop, and, well.. the rest is just so great I can’t be bothered to single one out. RiB isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, I realize, but I firmly believe even the musically timid will appreciate this release with patience, as the initial chaos opens itself up nicely with repeat listens. Los Campesinos! are really hitting their stride now, and with their already prolific pace and growth as artists, it’s entirely possible that RiB will be topped this year by their next album. One can dream…

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Beach House – Teen Dream
Stream / Purchase [mp3]

On the other side of the coin is Beach House’s third release, Teen Dream. No exhilerating highs or noisy moments here, instead just dreamy comfort in the lush vocals of vocalist Victoria Legrand. With TD, their Sub Pop debut, the Baltimore duo have merely polished their already lush sound by upgrading their recording studio. Some of the intimacy of their first two records (Beach House, Devotion), maybe lost in the move, but they more than make up for it in sweet ear candy.

AOL Album Stream
Download: “Norway” [mp3]

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More on the radar (and in the mp3 player) this week:
The Magnetic Fields – Realism
Four Tet – There is Love in You
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM / Free AOL album stream
Retribution Gospel – 2 / Free AOL album stream / “Hide It Away” [mp3]
Harvey Milk – Harvey Milk
Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit
Bettie Serveert – Pharmacy of Love
cars & trains – the roots, the leaves / Free AOL album stream / “Intimidated By Silence” [mp3]
AFCGT – AFCGT / Free AOL album stream / “Two Legged Dog” [mp3]
Thavius Beck – Dialogue
Oh No Ono – Eggs / “Helplessly Young”, “Internet Warrior” [mp3]
Erland and the Carnival – Erland and the Carnival
Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy – Unseen Music/Unheard Music / Free AOL album stream
Patty Griffin – Downtown Church
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009
Tindersticks – Falling Down a Mountain
Mondo Drag – New Rituals
Joe Firstman – El Porto
Good Shoes – No Hope, No Future
Never Shout Never – What is Love?
Soweto Gospel – Grace

REISSUES
Animal Collective – Campire Songs
David Bowie – A Reality Tour / Free AOL album stream

The Allman Brothers Band

Date	Event Name	Venue	Buy Tickets
Mar 22 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 23 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 25 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 26 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Mar 27 2010	Allman Brothers Band	United Palace Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 02/05/10 10:00 PM
Jun 5 2010	Martin Sexton	Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY 07:00 PM	More Info presale begins: Wed, 02/03/10 10:00 AM
Jun 18 2010	New Kids On the Block	Radio City Music Hall New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 01/29/10 10:00 PM
Jun 19 2010	New Kids On the Block	Radio City Music Hall New York, NY 08:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 01/29/10 10:00 PM
Jun 29 2010	Passion Pit with Tokyo Police Club	Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell Brooklyn, NY 06:00 PM	Buy Tickets presale ends: Fri, 01/29/10 12:00 PM

David Sedaris at the Apollo Theatre (11/01/10)

Buy Tickets

Buy	Event Name	Venue	Event Date	On Sale
Buy	David Sedaris	Apollo Theater	Nov 1, 2010 8:00 PM	10:00 AM EDT
Buy	The Yardbirds	B.B. King’s	May 26, 2010 8:00 PM	10:00 AM EDT
Buy	The Temper Trap	Webster Hall	Apr 2, 2010 7:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	She & Him	Bowery Ballroom	Mar 29, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	She & Him	Bowery Ballroom	Mar 30, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Ace Frehley	Nokia Theatre	Mar 21, 2010 7:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Keith Emerson & Greg Lake	Nokia Theatre	Apr 8, 2010 7:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Florence and the Machine w/ Holy Hail	Terminal 5	Apr 9, 2010 7:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	Bowery Ballroom	Mar 16, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Bob Schneider	Bowery Ballroom	Apr 3, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Sweet Apple (ft. J. Mascis, Cobra Verde & Witch Members)	Mercury Lounge	Apr 20, 2010 7:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Tamarama	Mercury Lounge	Feb 23, 2010 9:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	The Magnetic Fields	Town Hall	Mar 12, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	The Chieftains	Town Hall	Mar 17, 2010 8:00 PM	10:00 AM EDT
Buy	The National	Radio City Music Hall	Jun 16, 2010 8:00 PM	11:00 AM EDT
Buy	Teena Marie / The Whispers	The Theater at MSG	May 9, 2010 7:30 PM	10:00 AM EDT
Buy	The Reverend Horton Heat, Cracker, Miss Derringer	HighLine Ballroom	May 27, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	The Reverend Horton Heat, Cracker, Miss Derringer	HighLine Ballroom	May 28, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Cage The Elephant	MHOW	Mar 4, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Company of Thieves	Bowery Ballroom	March 8, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Evan Dando	Mercury Lounge	March 6, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Super Bowl Party	Mercury Lounge	Feb 7, 2010 5:30 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Surprise Me Mr. Davis	Mercury Lounge	Apr 17, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT
Buy	Flaming Lips	Wellmont Theatre	May 28, 2010 8:00 PM	12:00 PM EDT

Starting this Saturday (Jan 30), Caroline Creaghead will be hosting a new weekly comedy/variety show called “The Sycamore Rope Swing” at the Sycamore in Ditmas Park.

The Featured performers for the inaugural show are:

Joe Mande
Greg Barris
plus more entertainment!

Sycamore is a cozy, intimate venue and the show offers audiences a chance to see some of the city’s top comedians in a relaxed atmosphere, complemented by a variety of other artistic delights.

Show: The Sycamore Rope Swing
Date: Saturday, January 30
Time: Doors at 9pm
Cover: $8
Location: Sycamore (1118 Cortelyou Road)

The Sycamore also books some live music, click here to see what they’ve got coming up.

Los Campesinos! at Irving Plaza (04/22/10)

Event Date	Event Name	Venue	On Sale	Buy
04/22/10	Los Campesinos	Irving Plaza	12:00 PM EDT	Buy
04/08/10	Mayhem	Irving Plaza	12:00 PM EDT	Buy
04/30/10	Guns N Roses Tribute	B.B. King’s	10:00 AM EDT	Buy
05/05/10	Mick Taylor Band	B.B. King’s	10:00 AM EDT	Buy
03/26/10	Surf City	Mercury Lounge	12:00 PM EDT	Buy
08/20/10	The Juliana Theory	HighLine Ballroom	12:00 PM EDT	Buy

More Los Campesinos! tour dates and a video for “Romance Is Boring” after the jump.

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Due to shortness of promotion time and the need to raise substantial funds for Haiti Earthquake relief, today’s Hip-Hop Haiti Benefit has been rescheduled for a later date. Refunds can be gotten at point of purchase. Please keep an eye out for the official reschedule date.

Apologies for any inconvenience. [SOBs]

Skins Series 4 on e4

Tonight (Jan 28) is the long awaited premiere of the fourth season (aka series 4) of the UK teen drama Skins. You can check out the e4 site for some episode 1 spoilers, or for those of who are a little more “adventurous”, I’ve heard of these things called torrents. No word yet on when BBC America will start carrying the latest season of Skins, but most likely that won’t happen for a few months. In other news, the MTV produced US version of Skins continues to search for cast members.

Here’a a couple of new FreshDirect promotions that have rolled into the inbox lately.

For a limited time, when you buy any Tabla meal, side dish or entrée at FreshDirect (including one of our three new 4-Minute Meals), you will receive one $25 gift card to dine at restaurateur Danny Meyer’s Madison Square Park gem.

-and-

There’s still time to get $20 of free food! Spend $300 or more in January and get $20 of free food in February.*

*Limited-time offer. To qualify for the $20 savings pass, a customer must spend $300 on residential orders delivered between January 1-31, 2010. Qualifying purchases will be calculated based on the order subtotal, and the following do not count toward the $300 purchase requirement: Unlimited DeliveryPass purchases, delivery fees, taxes, new FreshDirect gift card purchases, bottle deposits, Robin Hood donations.