Author: News on Shuffle

Kings of Leon and Green Day Highlight This Year’s Grammys

In a world where Top 40 radio seems to be somewhat less relevant than it was before (at least in my opinion) the Grammy Awards provided me with one or two pleasant surprises. The biggest and best of these was Kings of Leon taking Record of the Year over Beyonce, Black-Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift. This was an extremely competitive category this year, with Kings of Leon looking like they would be the odd man out. It honestly renewed some of my faith in the music industry to see Kings of Leon win this award. This isn’t to say the other nominees weren’t deserving. I simply mean that the music industry seems to have turned it’s back on rock music for the most part in recent years. Since this is primarily what I listen to, it has been hard to find anything on the radio that interests me. Speaking of rock music, Kings of Leon also took Best Rock Performance by a duo or group and Best Rock Song. They were nominated for Song of the Year but lost to “Single Ladies” by Beyonce. Green Day was another well-representied rock group this year, as they were nominated for three awards. Two of these were lost to Kings of Leon, but they did manage to take Rock Album of the Year, which I believe was very much deserved. 21st Century Breakdown was possibly one of the Best Albums of the Year, not just in rock but overall. Green Day was also one of the featured performers for this year’s Grammys, appearing with the cast of American Idiot to perform “21 Guns”. Other notable performances were given by Bon Jovi performing three of his hits, including one that was voted on by the fans. Out of three choices “Livin on a Prayer” won the most votes and was played as the end of his mini set. Overall the awards were too long (3.5 hours is a little much) but there were a few good moments that made it somewhat worthwhile.

Muse To Headline Coachella 2010

As if Muse wasn’t getting enough buzz in recent months, they now have something else to look forward to. They have been added as the headliner for the Saturday, April 17 date for Coachella. The festival takes place every year in California. This is in addition to a growing tour they will be on for most of this year with Silversun Pickups opening. The New York date of this tour is on March 5 at Madison Square Garden and is sold out (according to Silversun PIckups’ website).

Golden Globe Awards

I only watched the first hour of the awards last night (turned it off for the season premiere of 24) but I kept track of everything through EW’s live blog and the award’s website. I have linked to the nominations and winners list for you. What I would really like to focus on is Glee’s win for Best Comedy or Musical. They had been nominated for four awards total but this was the only prize they got to take home last night. This one award is probably what amounts to the cherry on what has been a delicious sundae for them this season. ratings are good, soundtracks have been made and sold, and they have been renewed for a second season. Now they are being called the best of what comedy shows have to offer. Exciting news for both the cast and their Gleeks. Here is an interview the cast did with Spin Magazine:

http://www.spin.com/node/56263/

This will have to tide you over until they start up again in April.

Yummy Fur show moved to Market Hotel

The Yummy Fur show originally scheduled to take place tonight at Lombardy St has now been moved to Market Hotel. Tickets will be honored at the door. Here is the message sent to everyone via Facebook:

HELLO EVERYONE
with heavy heart
TONITE’S AMAZING
whats yr rupture/capeshok
YUMMY FUR SHOW
SHOW AS BEEN MOVED……. TO MARKET HOTEL
and i really need your help getting the word out!!!

VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY
SORRY
FOR THE INCONVENIENCE/CONVENIENCE
! its a little closer to you in retrospect. please do all you can!!!!!!!!
this needs to go out to the public NOW, or, as soon as possible
this is real as real can be. please spread the word!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry sorry sorry sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MARKET HOTEL
1142 Myrtle Ave @ BDWY, BKLYN, NY

JMZ TRAIN TO MYRTLE
it’s 30 feet from our door

L TRAIN TO JEFFERSON
it’s about 7 blocks, kinda longish, get a friend to walk with you

G TRAIN TO MYRTLE/WILLOUGHBY
it’s about 5 blocks, kinda longish, get a friend to walk with you

Jukebox the Ghost Make Plans to Haunt the U.S.

Jukebox the Ghost, who have been working on a second record, are now planning a U.S. tour to share all their new tunes with us. Exciting news for fans everywhere. The list of dates is as follows:

March
03 – Boston, MA – Great Scott #
04 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
05 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt #
06 – Westport, CT – Toquet Hall #
07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theater #
09 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig #
10 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection #
11 – Madison, WI – The Frequency #
12 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall #
13 – St Louis, MO – Firebird #
15 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues #
16 – Houston, TX – House of Blues #
17 – Austin, TX – SXSW
18 – Austin, TX – SXSW
19 – Austin, TX – SXSW
20 – Austin, TX – SXSW
22 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown #
23 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
24 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 #
25 – Washington, DC – The Black Cat #
26 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar #
27 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s #

# = w/ Tally Hall, Skybox

A short documentary about the new album is also available.

Social Media Site Goes Pink

People all over are starting to see the potential benefits of using social media sites to help promote their organization. Lately the focus has been on strategies in using Twitter for business and promotional purposes, but Facebook has recently been put back in the spotlight for ingenuity on the part of its members. If you are one of the millions of people who log on to their Facebook page every day, you may have noticed the status updates of many of your female friends have become much more colorful. That is because these ladies are trying to help raise awareness for breast cancer. While the origin of this campaign is unknown, the results are concrete. What may have started as a small project has brought attention to Susan G Komen’s fan page and their fight against breast cancer. Good Morning America even did a feature on it, which is the link of the day here. This is the power of the internet and the good that can come from it. Who said this thing was just a fad?

Things to do in NYC this week

This week has plenty of fun events to offer for fans of live music. Tonight go check out Bryan Fenkart and special guests at Bitter End on Bleaker Street. Make sure to stick around for Richie Cannata’s Monday Night Jam. Wednesday continues Yula Beeri’s Residency at Knitting Factory, which you won’t want to miss. Thursday spend the night at Rockwood Music Hall for a great night of music, including a performance by Yula Beeri and the eXtended Family and the second night of Joey Ryan’s Residency. Top off the week on Friday with The Yummy Fur, which features members of Franz Ferdinand and 1990s.

Have a musically good week, everyone. Keep rockin’ on. \m/

American Idiot Moves To Broadway


Green Day has transformed their Top Selling album “American Idiot” into a stage musical. Previews started at Berkeley Repertory Theatre but will move to Broadway this spring. Previews for the Broadway production will begin March 24, 2010 and opening will be on April 20, 2010. The show is directed by Michael Mayer, who won a Tony for directing “Spring Awakening”. A version of “21 Guns” recorded by the cast of the show is currently available on iTunes.