Bon Iver on ‘SNL’: Indie-pop at its most easy-listening
The hushed, never-speak-or-you’ll-miss-it synth-adorned folk of Bon Iver was a surprise best nominee for Feb. 12′s Grammy Awards. Nonetheless, the band was no doubt more at house last evening on “Saturday Evening Dwell,” which has opened 2012 with a string of adventurous musical bookings. Following the husky, torch-signer camp of Lana Del Rey and preceeding the novelty pop of Karmin next week, the Justin Venon-led Bon Iver carried out a pair of songs that slowed the show to lullaby pace.
The campfire-pleasant reclusive pop of “Holocene” is an unlikely Grammy nominee for record and song of the year. Unusual do Grammy voters opt for subtle, and Bon Iver’s “Holocene” stands out amid the heady drama of Kanye West and the knockout vocals of Adele for merely being so easily ignorable.
“Holocene” is all mysterious imagery and lightly plucked hypnotic guitars, and the song was fleshed out on “Saturday Night Dwell” with simple-listening brass and wind chimes. Paired with Vernon’s falsetto, which has constantly been more an instrument than a indicates for lyrical articulation, and the mini-orchestra positioned a premium on tranquility.
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“Holocene” was a significantly much better offering for network television than the 2nd song, “Beth/Rest.” Even though Vernon’s lyrics drift toward the abstract, the song showcased Bon Iver’s puzzling affection for ’80s cheeseball balladry, and it came off even much more hokey live than it does on record. Musically, it sounded like a deconstructed version of Don Henley’s “Finish of the Innocence,” a retro, synth-pop exercise rather than a song.
Bon Iver says ‘No, thank you’ to performing at the Grammys, with expletives
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver had a rather remarkable 2011, what with the focus for his self-titled album, his work with Kanye West, and his sudden demand as a collaborator and producer. He’s up for a handful of Grammys following Sunday, February 12, and may just walk away with some gold, but you will not see him onstage with a guitar.
The conversation surely occurred, however it broke down in apparently magnificent fashion. Billboard spoke to Vernon final evening (he’s in New York for a overall performance on Saturday Evening Dwell this weekend), and he laid out the story in instead verbose terms.
“We wished to perform our music, but had been advised that we couldn’t perform. We had to do a collaboration with a person else,” Vernon advised the magazine. “And we just felt like it was such a huge stage — we’re finding nominated for this record that we created. Me and Brian [Joseph] and a bunch of our f—ing friends and we have been offered accolades for it, and all of a sudden we have been being asked to perform music that had nothing to do with that. We kind of said ‘f— you’ a minor bit, and they type of acted like they needed us to play, but I do not assume they wanted us to play.”
Vernon didn’t divulge who the Grammy producers wanted him to collaborate with, but he did not that they had been “awesome folks.” “But you know what? F—in’ rock n’ roll must not be made the decision by men and women that have that job,” Vernon additional. “Rock n’ roll must be the f—ing people with guitars close to their backs.”
So even though Vernon will not be joining the likes of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Foo Fighters, and Nicki Minaj on the Grammys stage, who are the “awesome people” the producers wished Vernon to tag-group with for a song or two? Leave your guesses, conspiracy theories, and wild accusations in the comments.
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Kanye West to Shoot a Film in the Persian Gulf
Post by Chelle Jones, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:36 am
Kanye West’s innovative group not too long ago set out to scout locations in the Middle East in preparation for the ‘Watch the Throne’ co-creator’s plans to produce a quick film primarily based on the cultures of the Persian Gulf. According to rumors, the quick flick will be really comparable to the 30-moment hybrid art film ‘Runaway’ that the rapper released in 2010.
The rapper’s team has a amount of meetings scheduled with film businesses and government officials in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha, Qatar in order to examine the long term production, which could start filming as early as March. The venture has resulted in a heated bidding war in each nations as production firms compete for the opportunity to hook up with Yeezy. “In Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha all of the film initiatives are government controlled. A bidding war is going on in between different government entities and private traders to fund the film. There is quite intense rivalry right here among Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Qatar. They all want to claim the film as their own and take credit for creating the publicity,” an unnamed supply advised the Observer.
Apparently Kanye West devised the story for his film right after carrying out in Abu Dhabi last 12 months when he formulated an appreciation for the area. West’s production is expected to make use of nearby talent and production crews and portray the cultures of the region in a optimistic light.
West’s 2010 film starred Selita Ebanks as a phoenix that fell from the heavens and became the topic of discrimination as a end result of her uncommon behavior and appearance. The quick featured tracks from West’s then unreleased ‘My Gorgeous Dark Twisted Fantasy,’ and many of the rapper’s G.O.O.D. Friday tracks.
2 Chainz: Def Jam Signs Rapper, Kreayshawn Stars in ‘Murder’ Video
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A great deal has happened because the final time The BoomBox spoke with rapper two Chainz. The Atlanta MC revealed Wednesday (Feb. one) that he has officially signed with Def Jam, and has been working with his new labelmate Kanye West for the past year.
“We have records collectively, we have tips that we’re preparing on releasing to the world real soon. I’m tryna get my ‘N—-s in Paris’ swag up,” 2 Chainz told MTV. “It’s no secret that I came from the hustle background, from that trap, and it’s no secret that he’s maybe a lot more of a hipster swag, backpack kinda guy. So I feel it’ll be fascinating when you just drop that in the pot, in the blender, and see the outcome and results of some of that.”
Chainz has also released a behind the scenes glimpse at the video shoot for his Kreayshawn-assisted single ‘Murder,’ from his acclaimed 2011 mixtape ‘T.R.U. REALigion.’
The Alex Nazari-helmed video — he’s directed for the likes of Wiz Khalifa and Ray J — depicts Chainz and the White Girl Mob rapper engaging in various horror film scenarios, presiding over some “uncommon meat” in bowls of blood and spitting rhymes in a torture chamber. This all occurs whilst Chainz jokes, “Rock and roll s—, ya dig?”
“It is gonna be murderous, I inform you what,” Kreayshawn crows in the clip. “We’re carrying out all sorts of crazy items like eating people, killing people.”
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Top 40 Pop Songs – February 2012
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A new month is right here, and that implies a new recap of the Top rated 40 Pop Songs for February 2012! This month, you can anticipate to hear a lot of new singles in addition to some tracks that have previously been producing typical radio rounds. For example, whilst Adele will take our No. one spot with her new single ‘Set Fire to the Rain,’ Bruno Mars is continuing to garner airplay with his emotional ‘Twilight’ single ‘It Will Rain.’
Nonetheless, Mr. Mars and Ms. Adkins are not the only artists blowing up PopCrush’s Top 40 Pop Songs list for February 2012. Rihanna comes in not when, not twice, but three occasions as she keeps cranking out singles from her new album ‘Talk That Speak,’ with her substantial club hit ‘We Found Love’ nonetheless going sturdy. Some other honorable mentions include LMFAO, who come in twice on the countdown, as well as David Guetta, Chris Brown, Jay-Z and Kanye West, who continue to dominate with ‘Watch the Throne.’
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Adele confirms Grammys performance, her first since throat surgery
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Sorry, England: The excellent outdated U.S. of A. gets Adele back 1st.
Two weeks ago, the chart-busting singer announced that she would be generating her triumphant return to the stage at the Brit Awards. That all modified this morning when the confirmation came that Adele would in truth be carrying out at the Grammys, producing that physical appearance her very first on stage since she took time off for profession-threatening throat surgical treatment virtually six months ago.
“I’m immensely proud to have been asked to execute at this year’s Grammy Awards,” Adele mentioned in a press release sent out this morning. “It’s an absolute honor to be included in such a evening, and for it to be my very first efficiency in months is quite fascinating and of program nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all.”
There is no word on what she’ll be performing, but she has a trio of songs that have reached the leading of the Hot a hundred at her disposal. And although the Grammy Awards broadcast likes to pair up large stars, it’d be a waste to crowd the stage with anybody else, specifically considering her arresting solo stint at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
Adele joins an ever-growing list of performers, which now contains Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Foo Fighters, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Jason Aldean, and Paul McCartney. Confirmed tag-teams contain Coldplay and Rihanna (marking the live debut of their Mylo Xyloto collaboration “Princess of China”) and Glen Campbell, Blake Shelton, and the Band Perry (which ought to be an emotional number of minutes of tv). For the very first time in seven a long time, the show even has a host in LL Cool J.
That is a rather total Grammy stage previously, though contemplating last year’s display featured 19 performers, that even now leaves a couple of slots open.
