Tag Archive: Music


(*) = Actually Won
(<3) = Should have won (if there is no <3, then I disliked all of the nominees)

Record of the Year:
* Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
Nothin’ On You, B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem feat. Rihanna
F*** You, Cee Lo Green
<3 Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes

Album of the Year:
<3 * The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
Recovery, Eminem
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Song of the Year:
* Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
Beg, Steal or Borrow, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
<3 F*** You, Cee-Lo Green
The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem, feat. Rihanna

Best New Artist:
* Esperanza Spalding
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and The Machine
Mumford & Sons

Best Pop Vocal Album
* The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
My World 2.0, Justin Bieber
I Dreamed a Dream, Susan Boyle
<3 Battle Studies, John Mayer
Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
* Lady Gaga, Bad Romance
Sara Bareilles, King of Anything
| Beyoncé, Halo (Live)
Norah Jones, Chasing Pirates
Katy Perry, Teenage Dream

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
* Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are
Michael Bublé, Haven’t Met You Yet
Michael Jackson, This Is It
Adam Lambert, Whataya Want From Me
<3 John Mayer, Half of My Heart

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
<3 * Hey, Soul Sister (Live), Train
Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version), Glee Cast
Misery, Maroon 5
The Only Exception, Paramore
Babyfather, Sade

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
* Imagine, Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
<3 Airplanes II, B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
If It Wasn't For Bad, Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone, Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls, Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Dance Recording:
* Only Girl (In The World), Rihanna
Rocket, Goldfrapp
In For The Kill, La Roux
Dance In The Dark, Lady Gaga
Dancing On My Own, Robyn

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
<3 * Tighten Up, The Black Keys
Ready To Start, Arcade Fire
I Put A Spell On You, Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
Radioactive, Kings Of Leon
Resistance, Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance:
* New Fang, Them Crooked Vultures
A Looking In View, Alice In Chains
Let Me Hear You Scream, Ozzy Osbourne
Black Rain, Soundgarden
<3 Between The Lines, Stone Temple Pilots

Best Rock Song:
* Angry World, Neil Young
Little Lion Man, (Mumford & Sons
Radioactive, Kings Of Leon
Resistance, Muse
<3 Tighten Up, The Black Keys

Best Rock Album
* The Resistance, Muse
Emotion & Commotion, Jeff Beck
Backspacer, Pearl Jam
Mojo, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Le Noise, Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album
* Brothers, The Black Keys
The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
Infinite Arms, Band Of Horses
Broken Bells, Broken Bells
<3 Contra, Vampire Weekend

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
* Wake Up! Everybody, John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Commo
Nothin’ On You, B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
Deuces, Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna
<3 Empire State Of Mind, Jay-Z & Alicia Keys n

Best Rap Song:
* Empire State Of Mind, Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Love The Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid, Eminem
Nothin’ On You, B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
<3 On To The Next One, Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album:
* Recovery, Eminem
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
Thank Me Later, Drake
<3 The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
How I Got Over, The Roots

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
* As She’s Walking Away, Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
Bad Angel, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
Pride (In The Name Of Love), Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
Hillbilly Bone, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
I Run To You, Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Song:
* Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
The Breath You Take, George Strait
Free, Zac Brown Band
The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
I’d Love To Be Your Last, Gretchen Wilson
If I Die Young, The Band Perry

Best Country Album:
* Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
Up On The Ridge, Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
Revolution, Miranda Lambert

I probably should have done these a while back, but whatever…

Top Ten Records of 2010
10. Some Things Just Don’t Wash Out – Me, You and Everyone We Know
9. Would it Kill You – Hellogoodbye
8. Contra – Vampire Weekend
7. Cosmogramma – Flying Lotus
6. The Five Ghosts – Stars
5. My Dinosaur Life – Motion City Soundtrack
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World OST – Various Artists
3. Blue Sky Noise – Circa Survive
2. Forgiveness Rock Record – Broken Social Scene
1. The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Top Ten Movies of 2010
10. Tron: Legacy
9. Kick Ass
8. Youth in Revolt
7. Iron Man 2
6. Despicable Me
5. The Town
4. Shutter Island
3. Inception
2. Scott Pilgrim vs the World
1. The Social Network

(in no particular order)

saves the day – through being cool
deftones – white pony
thursday – war all the time
brand new – your favorite weapon
death cab for cutie – transatlanticism
gatsby’s american dream – gatsby’s american dream
a new found glory – nothing gold can stay
broken social scene – you forgot it in people
glassjaw – everything you ever wanted to know about silence
juliana theory – emotion is dead
the postal service – give up
taking back sunday – tell all your friends
the blood brothers – …burn piano island, burn

So the next two weeks should be exciting as we’ll be straying from the usual posts, to my Gen-Con 2010 coverage. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to be a judge for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game’s World Championship this year and will be live blogging all week from my phone. I’m leaving this Wednesday, so we won’t have one line comic reviews this week.

That’s about it.

Oh yeh, I thought about reviewing new records and even went as far as to write an entire review of the Colour Revolt’s new record, The Cradle, which comes out on Tuesday, but for some reason I didn’t think the review was up to snuff. I’m not sure why it’s so hard for me to write music reviews, since I’ve been heavy into music longer than I have anything else, but I guess this is just the way it is. So in light of all that, I’m going to still rate new music releases, but will only say one of two statements about them: “It Sucks” or “It Doesn’t Suck”.