Let's Hear It
So the Grammy nominations were announced and while most of the artists induced instant gag-reflexes, I was most interested in the nominees for Alternative Music Album. They are:
- Beck for Modern Guilt
- Death Cab for Cutie for Narrow Stairs
- Gnarls Barkley for The Odd Couple
- My Morning Jacket for Evil Urges
- Radiohead for In Rainbows (which was also nominated for Best Album Of The Year and will have to knock out Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss if they want to take home the title.)
And now we all wait patiently for that fateful February night to see who will win. Given these choices, my vote for best Alternative Music Album would have to go to Death Cab For Cutie and their sixth proper album, Narrow Stairs. Firstly, they hail from a magical city called Seattle, which lavished upon the world the gift that is Starbucks coffee. So they've got that goin' for 'em. Secondly, Ben Gibbard & Co. are a firesafe choice whenever I'm not quite sure what I want to listen to. My husband Robb got me box seats to a Plans-era Death Cab show in Columbus for our anniversary one year and the concert was fantastic. I'd loved their music for a long time, but as with a lot of bands, seeing your favorite songs performed live makes it 100 times better.
Of course, that isn't always the case. When I went to my first Rooney show, I hadn't heard any of their songs until the car ride on the way to the concert. Normally that's a bad idea. I've gone to a lot of concerts of bands I didn't know, and 9.99 times out of 10, it's a pretty boring experience. Rooney was that .001 though, the show was great and turned me into a convert. I'm sure some of you have had that experience--have any concerts made converts out of you?
- Beck for Modern Guilt
- Death Cab for Cutie for Narrow Stairs
- Gnarls Barkley for The Odd Couple
- My Morning Jacket for Evil Urges
- Radiohead for In Rainbows (which was also nominated for Best Album Of The Year and will have to knock out Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss if they want to take home the title.)
And now we all wait patiently for that fateful February night to see who will win. Given these choices, my vote for best Alternative Music Album would have to go to Death Cab For Cutie and their sixth proper album, Narrow Stairs. Firstly, they hail from a magical city called Seattle, which lavished upon the world the gift that is Starbucks coffee. So they've got that goin' for 'em. Secondly, Ben Gibbard & Co. are a firesafe choice whenever I'm not quite sure what I want to listen to. My husband Robb got me box seats to a Plans-era Death Cab show in Columbus for our anniversary one year and the concert was fantastic. I'd loved their music for a long time, but as with a lot of bands, seeing your favorite songs performed live makes it 100 times better.
Of course, that isn't always the case. When I went to my first Rooney show, I hadn't heard any of their songs until the car ride on the way to the concert. Normally that's a bad idea. I've gone to a lot of concerts of bands I didn't know, and 9.99 times out of 10, it's a pretty boring experience. Rooney was that .001 though, the show was great and turned me into a convert. I'm sure some of you have had that experience--have any concerts made converts out of you?
2 Comments:
I appreciate the shout-out, especially since it shows how connected I am (seriously, those tickets were hard to come by for a poor college kid). To answer your question, the Portugal. The Man show at the Grog Shop last month helped sway my folksy soul to the dark(read alternative) side.
P.S. If I was one of the academy members who actually get to hand out these decreasingly-important "awards," my vote would go to Modern Guilt. This is because I think the blend of Beck's abstract sound with Danger Mouse's producing is hawt, not because I secretly fear scorned Scientologists.
I was just sick at the noms for the rock, hard rock and metal categories. It proves how out of touch these people are for modern music. The alt noms all made sense, and did all album of the years and rap ones. I admit that this is a great year for rap and country not rock. (as per Family Force 5's rep in the recent AP) but the face that there is no UnderOath or Norma Jean in the metal catergory and intstead we get 3 bands who should have broke up 15 years ago. So these bands won't get noms until 2023 when they should all call it quits and the new generation of music gets pushed to the wayside.
Also I miss the alt radio of the 90s and not this shitty Clearchannel Nickleback pushed trash.
I still hope Deathcab and Lil' Wayne pull the wins in their categories tho.
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