Posts Tagged ‘Kings of Leon’

Coachella Line-up : Kanye, Arcade Fire, Cee-Lo, Robyn Head for Desert

In Hip Hop, Music, News, R&B on 19 January 2011 tagged A-Track, Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green, coachella, Coachella 2011, COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Damian Marley, Erykah Badu, Fedde Le Grand, Gogol Bordello, Interpol, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Ozomatli, Paul Van Dyk, PJ Harvey, Raphael Saadiq, RATATAT, Rye Rye, Sander Kleinenberg, Sleigh Bells, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums with 1 comment

One year after Jay-Z headlined the 11th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival his protege Kanye West is set as a headliner for the 2011 Coachella. Joining West as headliners are the Kings of Leon, The Strokes, and Album of the Year nominated band, The Arcade Fire. Other notable performers include: PJ Harvey, Cee-Lo Green, [...]

2010 Grammy Nominatons, Less Old And Less Interesting Than ’09

In fame, Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, R&B, radio, TV on 3 December 2009 tagged 2010 Grammy Awards, Adele, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Blueprint 3, Britney Spears, Celebration, Common, David Guetta, Day 'N Nite, Drake, eminem, Fearless, Flo Rida, Grammy Nominations, grammys, Halo, I'm on a Boat, Idolator, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, K'Naan, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, Kid Cudi, Kids, Kings of Leon, Madonna, Maxwell, MGMT, Mos Def, NARAS, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Pearl Jam, Pretty Wings, Q-Tip, rihanna, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Run This Town, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Sugarland, T-Pain, T.I., Taylor Swift, The Fixer, The Lonely Island, Universal Mind Control, Use Somebody, Victoria Hesketh, When Love Takes Over, Womanizer, You Belong With Me with 1 comment

Last year’s Grammy nominations seemed to be a step in a direction more reflective of the Pop zeitgeist (don’t believe us, check out what Pitchfork had to say) but was ultimately plagued by the presence of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. This year, for the first time in seemingly forever, the Grammy nominations are not [...]

King of Pop Scores FIVE Posthumous American Music Award Nominations

In Art, fame, Hip Hop, History, MJ, Music, News, R&B, radio, TV on 13 October 2009 tagged AMA, AMAs, American Music Awards, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Day26, Drake, Fearless, Gloriana, Green Day, Idolator, Jeremih, Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole, Kid Cudi, King of Pop, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, Number Ones, Shinedown, Taylor Swift, Zac Brown Band with no comments

Obviously we’re rooting for the King of Pop to sweep the awards, because no matter what, he was the biggest force in American pop music this year. Also, even in death the King of Pop’s decades old hits managed to outshine the newest most glossy productions of today’s pop stars: POP/ROCK Favorite Male Artist Eminem [...]

BNW’s 2009 VMA Picks

In Art, fame, fashion, Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, R&B, TV on 13 September 2009 tagged 2009 Video Music Awards, Anthony Mandler, Best Choreopgrahy, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Female Video, Best Male Video, Beyoncé, Bjork, Breakthrough Video, Britney Spears, Earth Intruders, gnarls barkley, Hype Williams, Joseph Kahn, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, Love Lockdown, MTV, MTV VMAs, music video, My Life Would Suck Without You, Paparazzi, Poker Face, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Sophie Muller, Use Somebody, Video Music Awards, Video Of the Year, VMA, VMA nominees, VMAs, Wayne Isham with 1 comment

As a whole, this year’s VMA nominees did very little to advance the art of video making so to determine who should win this year’s moonmen we looked for stylish videos that made some sort of a statement in place of an artistic advancement of music video: Best Female Video: Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would [...]

Video : Jay-Z Food For Thought Interviews

In fame, fashion, Hip Hop, History, Music, News, Opinion, TV on 12 September 2009 tagged 534 Flushing, American Music Awards, Angie Martinez, Barack Obama, BET, Beyoncé, Big Pimpin', Blueprint 3, Can I Live, Conversations With Jay-Z, D.O.A., D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune), Def Jam Records, Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Drake, eminem, Food for Thought, Frank Sinatra, Iceberg, iPod, Jay-Z, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, L.A. Reid, Leak, LeBron James, Marcy Projects, Memphis Bleek, Michael Jordan, oprah, Oprah winfrey, Q Side, Reasonable Doubt, Renegade, Reprise, Rocawear, Run This Town, So Ghetto, Solange Knowles, The Beatles, The Blueprint, The Q Side, Timbaland, Video, Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter with no comments

“The truth doesn‘t have a social status or agenda or color“ Conversations with Jay-Z [The Q Side]