Grammys' Best New Artist Farce: Why the Category Needs a Makeover Spinner Other great examples of this farce include veteran country musician Shelby Lynne, power-pop group Fountains of Wayne and indie rockers Silversun Pickups. Lynne, the 2001 victor, acknowledged the absurdity of the honor in her speech, saying, ...
Ros? Champagne: The Chronicle recommends San Francisco Chronicle (Importer: Palm Bay Imports) NV RH Coutier Brut Rosé Grand Cru Champagne ($63, 12%): If the regular brut from this Ambonnay house is all Silversun Pickups, the rosé (45 percent Pinot Noir, 55 percent Chardonnay) is more Florence + the Machine: fruit ...
Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy musicOMH.com by Andrew Burgess In the post-modern landscape of popular music, you've got a weird mingling of new, ankle-biting bands trying to sound like they're from the '90s (Yuck and Silversun Pickups come to mind). And, you've got the venerable dinosaurs who've ...
Do Top-Selling Albums Always Get A Grammy Nod? Prefixmag Albums by such recent nominees as Ledisi, Silversun Pickups, Corinne Bailey Rae, Imogen Heap and the previously mentioned Esperanza Spalding, have seen sales well under 100000 copies in their first week of US release. This is not so much the case for ...
Grammys 2012: How have the best new artist winners fared? Toronto Star 2010 Zac Brown Band beat Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and The Ting Tings. In 2010, the country band released their second major-label album, You Get What You Give and a live collaboration album, Pass the Jar. Over the past two years, ...
Regent Theatre in Downtown L.A. to Become Performance Venue LA Weekly (blog) His clubs have fostered talent as diverse as Beck, Jenny Lewis and Silversun Pickups, making him a bellwether for local musical talent. At aa community outreach meeting, held on site at 448 S. Main Street Saturday morning, Frank unveiled the gutted ...
