The host for the 2012 Grammy Awards, music’s biggest night has been announced…two time Grammy winner and still relevant..LL Cool J. This marks the first time in 7 years the award ceremony has had a host and no doubt LL will be doing it good. The awards air on Feb. 12 with Adele leading the pack with 6 nominations.
Check out the new video from ONE of ONE’s favs, The Kills. The video for their song “The Last Goodbye” is in celebration of their ten years together and was directed by Oscar nominated actress Samantha Morton. Enjoy!
The list for Coachella 2012 has dropped. The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog are slated to headline and as always the rest of the roster is a venerable list of this year’s who’s who of artists. The festival will be held over back to back weekends, April 13-15 and April 20-22. Get your tickets now and see you there!
Van Halen is back and has announced an upcoming 45 stop U.S. tour to accompany their new album kicking off on February 18 including two shows at Madison Square Gardens. Can't wait!
Not much of a surprise here...Billboard magazine has named Adele as their number 1 on the Top Artists of the Year list. Congrats to Adele, well deserved!
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced. This years big winners are The Guns N' Roses, the Beastie Boys, Donovan, Laura Nyro, the Faces, Freddie King, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rock on!!
The 2012 Grammy nominations were announced last night. Topping this year’s list is Kanye West with 7 noms followed closely by Adele, Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters. Album of the year…we’re thinking Lady Gaga or Adele. The Awards air on February 12th.
If you haven’t heard of them yet, you soon will. ‘Lazerdisk Party Sex’ the hottest new DJ group is making some serious noise. Fresh off a number #1 on hypem.com for their afrojack Selecta remix, the group has been working with Steve Aoki who has used one of LPS’s songs on his new mixtape (Aoki’s House 23) and commissioned the group to do an official remix for his new album. Check them out!! www.soundcloud.com/lazerdisk-party-sex http://hypem.com/item/1fm8r/Diplo+-+Horsey+(Lazerdisk+Party+Sex+Remix)
Check out the video of our modern day renaissance man Scott Lipps on the drums rocking out with Courtney Love and Hole this past weekend at the SWU Music & Arts Festival in Brazil. Scott and Hole were in good company with other acts including Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Duran Duran, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the list goes on…Epic!
All four members of the original Black Sabbath including Ozzy Osbourne will be reuniting for a new album and international tour kicking off summer 2012. The original group last released an album together back in 1978 and this time around they’ve tapped legendary producer Rick Rubin. We'll be waiting for this one!
